Be in the know. 16 key reads for Monday…

  1. Alibaba Is No. 1 for China Traders Plowing $1.7 Billion in Stock (bloomberg)
  2. Alibaba leads $100 million investment in Chinese humanoid robot startup (cnbc)
  3. Exclusive: Chinese robotics firm Unitree eyeing $7 billion IPO valuation, sources say (reuters)
  4. Global investors shift from US equities drawn by Asia’s AI boom, looser Fed policy: BofA (scmp)
  5. Goldman’s Kostin Says US Stock Rally Set to Expand to Small Caps (bloomberg)
  6. Standard Chartered Now Expects Half-Point Fed Rate Cut Next Week (bloomberg)
  7. How to invest in the cheapest sector of the stock market for long-term gains (marketwatch)
  8. Why Oil Prices Are Rising Even After OPEC Hiked Production Again (barrons)
  9. Why Morgan Stanley Thinks The Dollar Bear Market Isn’t Over (zerohedge)
  10. Ford EV sales surge as buyers race to beat expiring $7,500 tax credit (usatoday)
  11. Detroit’s Carmakers to Save Billions in Trump Emissions Rollback (yahoo)
  12. Mercedes Electrifies Top-Selling SUV to Bolster Luxury Push (bloomberg)
  13. Volkswagen targets dominance in Europe with affordable EV push (cnbc)
  14. To EV or Not to EV (wsj)
  15. PayPal at Jefferies 2025 Global FinTech Conference: Strategic Growth Insights (investing)
  16. Canada Goose just upgraded at TD Cowen, here’s why (thefly)