Be in the know. 12 key reads for Saturday…

  1. ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Defying Projections At Weekend Box Office (forbes)
  2. PayPal’s ‘battleground’ stock sees longest winning streak in years. Earnings are on deck. (marketwatch)
  3. Venmo, PayPal users can now send money to the US government to help pay down $36.7T national debt (nypost)
  4. As Consumers Lose Their Appetite, Food Brands Fight to Keep Wall St. Happy (nytimes)
  5. Newly built homes are cheaper than previously owned homes as builders ramp up price cuts (marketwatch)
  6. Morgan Stanley expects strong Estee Lauder earnings, adds to catalyst watch (investing)
  7. Scorching Heat to Raise Power Demand in Central, Eastern US (bloomberg)
  8. Trump: strong dollar sounds good but ‘you make a hell of a lot more’ with a weaker one (reuters)
  9. Technicals Favor Further US Stock Gains (zerohedge)
  10. U.S. and China to Talk Tariffs. Hopes Are Rising That Truce Lasts. (barrons)
  11. China’s Baby Bonus: Can Cash Incentives Convince Young Chinese to Have Kids? (barrons)
  12. China releases AI action plan days after the U.S. as global tech race heats up (cnbc)