Be in the know. 12 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Albemarle Jumps as UBS Says It’s Time to Buy on Lithium Recovery (bloomberg)
  2. Albemarle Stock Soars. The Reason Is Easy to See. (barrons)
  3. Biggest NatGas Quarterly Spike In Decades As Deep Freeze Slams U.S. East (zerohedge)
  4. Qatar Says AI Demand, Underinvestment May Drive LNG Shortage (bloomberg)
  5. Fed’s preferred inflation gauge gives Jerome Powell green light to cut rates after prices barely budge (nypost)
  6. BofA says markets may soon price a January Fed cut more aggressively (streetinsider)
  7. Investors Look Ahead to Rate Cuts, Lifting Stocks Near Records (wsj)
  8. Why Home Buyers See Some Hope in 2026 (barrons)
  9. Analysts see strong luxury market in 2026 (thestreet)
  10. Zootopia 2 fueling IP shopping bonanza (chinadaily)
  11. Why China is going all-in to win its version of the AI race (investing)
  12. Boeing deal with Spirit Aero could close as early as Monday, notice says (reuters)