Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. China Promises to Cut RRR When Needed to Boost Economy (bloomberg)
  2. Investors ‘Unusually Fearful’ Ahead of Earnings – Goldman Sachs (streetinsider)
  3. What to do with stocks? China’s Covid-19 rules raise spectre of ‘man-made recession’ (scmp)
  4. Delta Air stock surges after narrower-than-expected loss, big revenue beat (marketwatch)
  5. Opinion: Emerging markets stocks with a host of tailwinds are poised to outperform U.S. equities (marketwatch)
  6. Why Small-Cap Stocks Could Get an Earnings Pop This Quarter (barrons)
  7. UBS Upgrades Tech to Overweight, Urges Investors to Focus on Software and Services (streetinsider)
  8. 10 Beaten-Down Stocks That Investors Are Starting to Like Again (barrons)
  9. Brazil Retail Sales Beat Forecasts as Omicron Wave Fades Away (bloomberg)
  10. Twitter (TWTR) Staff ‘Super Stressed’ Over Elon Musk’s Decision Not to Join Board (streetinsider)
  11. Boeing (BA) Says Conflict in Ukraine is Hurting Orders, Analyst Reaction Mixed (streetinsider)
  12. 5 Elite and Very Safe Dividend Kings Are Also Wall Street Favorites (24/7 Wall Street)
  13. JPMorgan profit falls in Q1 on lower trading revenue, slowdown in deal activity (yahoo.finance)
  14. Game On as Approvals Lead Internet Names Higher (chinalastnight)
  15. Buffett Showed Tough Negotiation Skills in Alleghany Deal (barrons)
  16. Supply-Chain Woes Won’t Be Solved by ‘Reshoring,’ Report Says (wsj)
  17. The Safe Investment That Will Soon Yield Almost 10% (wsj)
  18. ‘Bond King’ Jeff Gundlach sees a potential ‘calamity’ coming for markets in 2023 as recession hits the US (businessinsider)
  19. RBC shares why these 16 tech companies are most likely to be bought by competitors and private equity as tech M&A heats up, with $13B in deals already announced this week (businessinsider)
  20. Putin Says Ukraine Talks ‘at Dead End’, Vows to Pursue War (bloomberg)

 

Be in the know. 25 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. China Steps Up Stimulus With Infrastructure Bond Sales Quota (bloomberg)
  2. China Stocks Storm Back on Bets of Policy Support, Covid Shift (bloomberg)
  3. GOLDMAN SACHS: Buy these 18 deeply oversold stocks that have upside of at least 50% over the next year (businessinsider)
  4. CSRC renews call that firms buy back shares to boost prices amid sluggish market (scmp)
  5. Hong Kong stocks climb from 4-week low as China ends freeze on online games (scmp)
  6. What Record Consumer Credit Says About Inflation—and Recession (barrons)
  7. Looking for a Stock Boost? Just Wait for Earnings Season (bloomberg)
  8. China Starts Approving Videogame Licenses Again (wsj)
  9. The Number of Small Businesses Raising Prices Just Hit Another Record High (bloomberg)
  10. Elon Musk, Again an Outsider at Twitter, Emerges as Unshackled Wild Card for Company (wsj)
  11. Charlie Munger’s Daily Journal Slashed Its Stake in Alibaba Stock (barrons)
  12. This Is How an Elon Musk Twitter Takeover Could Work (bloomberg)
  13. Airports Clogged With Queues as Travel Rebound Strains Resources (bloomberg)
  14. This value fund manager is sticking with Netflix and Facebook’s parent — and has a new position in another megacap tech stock (marketwatch)
  15. EasyJet Summer Bookings Above 2019 Levels: The London Rush (bloomberg)
  16. Apple Poised to Boost Buybacks by $90 Billion, Citi Analyst Says (bloomberg)
  17. Oil Rebounds as Investors Assess China’s Easing Virus Lockdown (bloomberg)
  18. China’s Goal in Covid Zero Pursuit Shifts Amid Omicron Outbreak (bloomberg)
  19. China Tech Stocks Rise as Gaming Approval Lifts Sentiment (bloomberg)
  20. Chairman Yi Huiman’s Weekend Speech Positive (chinalastnight)
  21. Investors Turn Cautious on Consumer Debt (wsj)
  22. If Crypto Can’t Be Used to Evade Russian Sanctions, What Is the Point? (wsj)
  23. European Companies Plead China To Revise “COVID Zero” As Beijing Vows Stronger Policies To Reverse Economic Collapse (zerohedge)
  24. Twitter (TWTR) Staff ‘Super Stressed’ Over Elon Musk’s Decision Not to Join Board (streetinsider)
  25. Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will test selling virtual goods in the metaverse (cnbc)