Be in the know. 16 key reads for Friday…

  1. WTI crude tops $86, hits highest level since April 2024, Brent crude breaks above $89 a barrel (cnbc)
  2. Oil Prices Head For Biggest Weekly Gains in 4 Years Amid Fresh Iran Fears (barrons)
  3. Qatar warns war will force Gulf to stop energy exports ‘within days’ (ft)
  4. Fed’s Waller Doesn’t See Sustained Inflation from Iran War (bloomberg)
  5. Tariffs Are Lower and Businesses Are Racing to Take Advantage (wsj)
  6. GXO Appoints Mark Suchinski as Chief Financial Officer (gxo)
  7. China approves Pfizer GLP-1 drug for weight loss (reuters)
  8. Pfizer Secures China Nod for Obesity Drug as Generics Loom (bloomberg)
  9. Health Care Has Become the Lifeblood of the Labor Market (nytimes)
  10. “The inflection supports our call for decade-high US Industrial growth into 2H’26 & 2027” (zerohedge)
  11. Home sellers are relisting properties at the fastest pace in a decade (cnbc)
  12. Big Tech Stocks Were Expensive. Then the Market Turned on AI (bloomberg)
  13. China’s Annual Economic Plan Highlights Tech Push, Market Stability (bloomberg)
  14. Alibaba sets up new task force, led by CEO Eddie Wu, to focus on AI model development (scmp)
  15. How to Invest Like Warren Buffett (morningstar)
  16. Bernstein initiates Crown Castle stock coverage with outperform rating (investing)