Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Etsy Sells Depop, a Secondhand Clothing App Popular With Gen Z, to eBay (nytimes)
  2. eBay to Buy Etsy’s Depop for $1.2 Billion. Both Stocks Are Jumping. (barrons)
  3. Etsy shares surge on Depop deal, fourth-quarter earnings beat (investing)
  4. Boeing Bags Orders for Almost 100 Jets From Vietnamese Carriers (wsj)
  5. Airbus falls 6% after targeting only 870 deliveries this year as Boeing competition tightens (cnbc)
  6. US Industrial Production Increases by Most in Nearly a Year (bloomberg)
  7. Housing starts jump to highest level in five months, showing momentum going into the new year (marketwatch)
  8. Stanley Black & Decker at Barclays Conference: Strategic Transformation Unveiled (investing)
  9. Housing Demand Is Picking Up, Toll Brothers Says. But the Builder Isn’t ‘High Fiving’ Yet. (barrons)
  10. AI Upheaval Has Delivered a Stock Picker’s Market for the First Time in Years (barrons)
  11. 9 Strong Dividend Stocks as the Market Rotates to ‘Real Things’ (barrons)
  12. China Should Shift Economic Gears to Consumption-Led Growth, IMF Says (wsj)
  13. Dentsply Sirona stock rating upgraded to buy by BofA on valuation (investing)
  14. Foreign Buying of US Stocks Jumps 134% in 2025 Despite Tariffs (bloomberg)
  15. Venezuela’s Oil Output Can Climb 30%-40% This Year, US Says (bloomberg)