Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Investors Are Running Scared From China’s Stocks. Where to Find Opportunities. (Barron’s)
  2. BlackRock plunges headfirst into China with debut mutual fund offering, shrugging off Beijing’s regulatory onslaught (Business Insider)
  3. Lawyers fight back following attack on SPACs (New York Post)
  4. Natural Gas Soars. Natural Gas Stocks Climb, Too. (Barron’s)
  5. Taper Time Is on the Way, Maybe. Powell Sets the Stage With Plenty of Caveats. (Barron’s)
  6. Fed Chair Powell’s Comments on Bond Buying and Interest Rates Prompt More Stock Gains (Barron’s)
  7. The Housing Market Isn’t a Bubble Yet. These Stocks Could Keep Climbing. (Barron’s)
  8. SPACs Have Run Out of Steam. That’s Created Some Opportunities for Investors. (Barron’s)
  9. Why Did Charles Munger Buy Alibaba? (acquirersmultiple)
  10. Hertz Stock Looks Appealing. The Warrants Might Be Even Better. (Barron’s)
  11. ConocoPhillips Director R.A. Walker Makes Largest Insider-Stock Purchase in Years (Barron’s)
  12. GE and Four More Industrial Stocks Due For a Bounce–For Good Reason. (Barron’s)
  13. Brazil Tries to Get Ahead of Inflation. What That Means for Stocks. (Barron’s)
  14. Why Blackstone made a $5bn bet on housing low-income Americans (Financial Times)
  15. OPEC+ Seen Sticking to Planned Output Hike as Oil Prices Rebound (Bloomberg)

 

Be in the know. 14 key reads for Friday…

  1. Investors Are Running Scared From China’s Stocks. Where to Find Opportunities. (Barron’s)
  2. Boeing’s 737 MAX Is Back in India. China Is Next. (Barron’s)
  3. Biden Advisers Weigh Powell as Fed Chair, Brainard as Vice Chair (Bloomberg)
  4. China’s stock regulator plans to propose new rules that could thwart internet companies’ plans to list in the U.S. (Wall Street Journal)
  5. U.S. consumer spending slows in July; monthly inflation moderates (Reuters)
  6. Look for Taper Talk but No Clear Plans When Powell Speaks (Barron’s)
  7. Apple’s Changing Its App Store Rules in a Tentative Lawsuit Settlement. (Barron’s)
  8. Bostic Says ‘Very Close’ to Conditions to Taper: Fed Update (Bloomberg)
  9. New China Vaccine Shows 82% Effectiveness Against Serious Covid (Bloomberg)
  10. OPEC+ Seen Sticking to Planned Output Hike as Oil Prices Rebound (Bloomberg)
  11. Debunking the Hemline Index (Bloomberg)
  12. Fed’s Mester: Ready to begin taper this year and complete it by mid-2022 (MarketWatch)
  13. Tim Cook sells $750m of Apple stock after completing decade as chief (Financial Times)
  14. China’s top court takes aim at ‘996’ overtime culture in blow to tech groups (Financial Times)