Is that it? Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…

We don’t know (if that’s it), but in our July 27 note, we put out the following warning:

In our weekly podcast|videocast – we also emphasized the probability of 3-5% pullbacks coming in this normal seasonally weak period – that would be bought by institutions having to play “catch up.”  So now we got it, and we think getting close to the point where we should begin to see some institutional cash step in:

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Be in the know. 14 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. China Pledges Domestic Consumption Expansion to Boost Growth (bloomberg)
  2. China Asks Some Funds to Avoid Net Equity Sales as Markets Sink (bloomberg)
  3. com’s Sales Beat Estimates Despite Chinese Economy Weakness (bloomberg)
  4. China Digs Deeper Into Toolbag in Grapple With Investor Gloom (bloomberg)
  5. China Will Have to Put More Fiscal Policy to Work: Leong (bloomberg)
  6. China Is Buying the Most Iranian Oil in a Decade, Kpler Says (bloomberg)
  7. Why China’s Reopening Isn’t Providing Enough Youth Employment (bloomberg)
  8. OMNI PGA Frisco Resort, a new star in golf travel (golfdigest)
  9. TENCENT (00700.HK) Expects Domestic Games Revenue to Resume YoY Growth in 3Q23 (aastocks)
  10. Inflation is on a glide path towards sub-2% by the middle of next year, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee (cnbc)
  11. Surprise Rate Cut Confirms Economic Support Measures (chinalastnight)
  12. Furious Investors Protest Outside China’s Insolvent Shadow Banking Giant After It Misses Payments, Warns “Liquidity Has Suddenly Dried Up” (zerohedge)
  13. Shoppers Boost Retail Sales for Fourth Straight Month (wsj)
  14. Biden’s China Investment Rules Go Far Enough (bloomberg)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Tepper increased his stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, buying 4,375,000 shares for a total holding of 4,475,000 shares. (yahoo)
  2. Loeb’s investment company increased its Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA, position by 122% to 2.95 million shares that were worth $245.9 million as of the end of the period. (marketwatch)
  3. Chinese stock funds attracted $4.4 billion in 8 days, fueling speculation of a state-run buying-spree (businessinsider)
  4. Wall Street Is Ready to Scoop Up Commercial Real Estate on the Cheap (wsj)
  5. PBOC Adviser Says China Urgently Needs to Boost Consumption (bloomberg)
  6. China Central Bank Unexpectedly Cuts Rates (bloomberg)
  7. China Cuts Rate by Most Since 2020 as Economic Woes Deepen (bloomberg)
  8. China Mulls Stamp Duty Cut to Revive Slumping Stock Market (bloomberg)
  9. China Halts Youth Jobs Data, Stoking Transparency Concerns (bloomberg)
  10. The Fed’s Interest-Rate Debate Is Shifting (bloomberg)
  11. ‘Magnificent 7’ Stock Meltdown Costs Investors $632 Billion (investors)
  12. Home Depot Tops Earnings Estimates, Launches $15 Billion Stock Buyback (barrons)
  13. Jim Cramer says new Trump indictment, not weak China economic data, is reason for depressed sentiment (marketwatch)
  14. Intel and Synopsys Expand Partnership to Help Foundry Customers Build Chips Faster (barrons)
  15. Chriss is currently executive vice president and general manager of Intuit’s small business and self-employed group, which generates more than half of the TurboTax parent’s revenue (PYPL). (wsj)
  16. Kraft Heinz Names Carlos Abrams-Rivera as Next CEO (wsj)
  17. Fitch warns it may be forced to downgrade dozens of banks, including JPMorgan Chase (cnbc)
  18. China on course to become the world’s No.1 car exporter by end of year (cnbc)
  19. New PayPal CEO Alex Chriss ‘is a good fit,’ analyst says (yahoo)
  20. Yeti and Newell both might be buys, says Jim Cramer (cnbc)