Be in the know. 18 key reads for Monday…

  1. Hong Kong companies push stock buy-backs to decade-high amid price slump (scmp)
  2. Investors Bet Fed Will Need to Cut Rates Next Year (wsj)
  3. Beijing plans strategy to avoid US market delistings: report (foxbusiness)
  4. China regulator denies report on data strategy to avoid U.S. delistings (reuters)
  5. Citi’s Contrarian View on China: ‘Economy Is Turning the Corner’ (bloomberg)
  6. Morgan Stanley Sees More Fed Hikes While JPMorgan Expects Pivot (bloomberg)
  7. Intel to Help Make Chips for Taiwan’s MediaTek (barrons)
  8. Weak Earnings Reports Aren’t Fazing Investors After Brutal Year for Stocks (wsj)
  9. Inside Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Build a Skyscraper That Stretches for 75 Miles (wsj)
  10. Rich Americans Keep Borrowing, Defying Economic Gloom (wsj)
  11. China Bets Big on Basic Chips in Self-Sufficiency Push (wsj)
  12. Ferrari 410 Sport Spider Leads RM Sotheby Pebble Beach Auction (barrons)
  13. Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports (nytimes)
  14. China’s Choice: Covid Zero or Xi’s Three Red Lines (bloomberg)
  15. BofA’s Suttmeier Sees Stronger Longer-term S&P 500 Returns After NYSE 90% Up Day (streetinsider)
  16. Strong dollar wipes billions off US corporate earnings (ft)
  17. Investors bet on redemption for China’s godfather of education (ft)
  18. Developers’ shares rise on news of China’s US$12 billion bailout fund (scmp)