Be in the know. 10 key reads for Monday…

  1. Berkshire’s $11.6B Alleghany deal expands insurance business (washingtonpost)
  2. Worried About Oil Prices? These Charts Show What Could Come Next. (barrons)
  3. Russian elites planning to overthrow Putin: Ukrainian intelligence (nypost)
  4. China’s Disneyland shuts down following COVID-19 surge (nypost)
  5. China Plane Crash Update: Airline to Ground Boeing 737-800 (bloomberg)
  6. Ukraine Update: Mariupol Rejects Surrender Demand; Kyiv Mall Hit (bloomberg)
  7. Here’s Why a Russian Bond Default Would Be Particularly Messy (bloomberg)
  8. Fed’s Bostic Favors Six Rate Hikes in 2022, Fewer Than Colleagues (bloomberg)
  9. Traders See Key Part of Treasury Yield Curve Inverting by June (bloomberg)
  10. Russia staves off default by sending dollar bond payments to creditors, but now faces a $4.6 billion challenge (businessinsider)
  11. Is travel back? (marketwatch)
  12. Opinion: Nuclear power can be part of the energy solution if we can get over our unfounded fears (marketwatch)
  13. From Record Selling To Panic Buying: A Week For The Hedge Fund History Books (zerohedge)
  14. Why Warren Buffett Doesn’t Buy Real Estate And Most Other Investors Shouldn’t Either (benzinga)
  15. Hong Kong’s stock market needs more than just verbal assurances for a sustainable rally, say analysts (scmp)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Sunday…

  1. How Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Built A Global Internet Empire (maxim)
  2. Tencent reported to be cutting 20% of its workforce (technode)
  3. Technology since the Fed hikes has done great, says Paul Hickey (cnbc)
  4. 8 Stocks That Are High in Quality, Cheap in Price (morningstar)
  5. Why Is A Major Bank Buying Land In The Metaverse? (thestreet)
  6. Be ready to lose all your money in crypto, EU regulators warn (reuters)
  7. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (advisorperspectives)
  8. The Next Tech Battleground: Online Gaming & the Metaverse (goldmansachs)
  9. GREAT FALL OF CHINA China’s ‘zero-Covid’ policy could cause thousands of deaths and see President Xi Jinping ousted in a coup, claims expert (the-sun)
  10. 5 Well-Known ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks Trading Under $10 (247wallst)
  11. Interest In NFTs Has Plummeted (zerohedge)
  12. The Metaverse and NFT Boom Is About to Go Bust (onezero)
  13. Fed Chairman Powell’s “Base Effects” Are Revealing (cato)
  14. Making the Case for Investing in Nuclear Power (bloomberg)
  15. Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service is a massive hit in war-torn Ukraine (foxbusiness)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Russia backs down on demands in Iran nuclear deal talks, making revival of 2015 pact imminent (cnbc)
  2. Berkshire-Backed StoneCo Issues a Bullish Outlook. The Stock Is Soaring. (barrons)
  3. Twitter Is on the Mend Again—This Time It Might Stick (barrons)
  4. Remembering Michael Price, Famed Value Investor (barrons)
  5. China Put Can Be Game Changer for Stock Market After Global Rout (bloomberg)
  6. Wayfair Stock Has Slumped. Director Michael Choe Bought Up Shares. (barrons)
  7. Ukraine’s Zelenskyy pushes for meaningful talks with Russia; Biden warns Xi of ‘consequences’ (cnbc)
  8. China Tests More-Targeted Covid-19 Strategy Amid Record Omicron Surge (wsj)
  9. Mark Zuckerberg’s advice for young people: Focus on ‘building relationships’ (cnbc)
  10. Wall Street is starting to tune out Ukraine (cnn)