Be in the know. 16 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Cooper Standard Announces Pricing of $1.1 Billion of Senior Secured First Lien Notes (cooperstandard)
  2. Detroit Auto Industry Spared From Trump’s Latest Tariff Program (bloomberg)
  3. Tax season presents a boom-or-bust test for U.S. auto sales (cnbc)
  4. Average IRS tax refund is up 14.2%, according to early filing data (cnbc)
  5. GDP grew 2.2% in 2025. The economy might do better this year. (marketwatch)
  6. US economy can grow at least 3.5% in 2026, Bessent tells Fox News (reuters)
  7. 2025 New Home Sales Highest Since 2021 (zerohedge)
  8. Benchmark reaffirms QXO stock Buy rating after Kodiak deal (investing)
  9. Court’s Tariff Ruling Puts $133 Billion in State of Limbo (wsj)
  10. Don’t Overreact: Tariffs Overturned, but Fundamentals Still Rule (morningstar)
  11. Warsh Eyes Slashing the Fed’s Balance Sheet. How He Could Do It. (barrons)
  12. China’s AI labs unleash new models and bubble tea to lure in customers (ft)
  13. Trump Will Travel to China in Late March for High-Stakes Xi Meet (bloomberg)
  14. BofA Says US Stocks Draw Lowest Share of Global Flows Since 2020 (bloomberg)
  15. China’s tech giants report huge gains from Spring Festival marketing blitz (scmp)
  16. Truist raises Etsy stock price target to $83 on Depop sale, growth (investing)