Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. Oil prices plunge as China steps up efforts to contain delta variant outbreak (MarketWatch)
  2. Goldman downgrades China growth, citing delta variant’s spread (MarketWatch)
  3. Global Markets Caught Between Delta Spread and U.S. Recovery (Barron’s)
  4. Berkshire Reports Strong Earnings, Boosted by Manufacturing and Buybacks (Barron’s)
  5. Cash Is Flooding Into Short-Term Markets Like Never Before. Is That a Bad Sign? (Wall Street Journal)
  6. China’s Export Machine Still Hums Despite Covid-19, Extreme Weather (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Rising Rents Pose Risks to the Fed’s Inflation Outlook (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Record Pace for Corporate Earnings Keeps Stocks Buoyant (Wall Street Journal)
  9. China’s Covid-Zero Strategy Risks Leaving It Isolated for Years (Bloomberg)
  10. More Than 4.45 Billion Shots Given: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker (Bloomberg)
  11. Chinese Air Travel Posts Biggest Drop Since Start of Pandemic (Bloomberg)
  12. Goldman Sachs Says These 3 Top Energy Stocks Deliver Unique and Rising Dividends (24/7 Wall Street)
  13. Last year saw 96,000 inground pools built in the U.S. (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Disney’s Combined Strength Across Sectors Remains ‘Unparalleled’ In Global Media Industry, Says Dan Loeb (Benzinga)
  15. Alibaba Fires Manager As Sexual Assault Case Rocks China (Yahoo! Finance)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Sunday…

  1. JP Morgan Wins Permission for Full Control of a Securities Business in China (Wall Street Journal)
  2. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  3. Tony Hawk on Olympic Skateboarding and Looking Up to Michael Jordan (Men’s Journal)
  4. The Morgan Plus Four CX-T Is a Totally Retro Off-Roader (Maxim)
  5. ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 4: Netflix Drops ‘All Valley Karate Tournament’ Teaser Trailer (Maxim)
  6. This Gloss Green Aston Martin DB4 GT Is a Road Racing Legend (Maxim)
  7. The Origin of Value: The Greater Fools Theory (NPR Planet Money)
  8. How nature inspired the science behind these 3 powerful technologies (Fast Company)
  9. T&C Travel Guide: Provence & The French Riviera (Town and Country)
  10. 2021 Chevy Corvette, Genesis GV70, Acura NSX Type S and more: Roadshow’s week in review (CNET)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. 4 Very Undervalued Wide-Moat China Stocks (Morningstar)
  2. Royal Dutch Shell Has the Most Potential of Any Big Oil Stock. Here’s Why. (Barron’s)
  3. A New Economic Reality Is Weighing on Tech Stocks (Barron’s)
  4. Spectrum Brands Offers a Cheap Way to Play Many Consumer Trends (Barron’s)
  5. These 5 Infrastructure Stocks Still Look Like Bargains (Barron’s)
  6. Good News on Jobs Could Set the Stage for Normal Fed Policy (Barron’s)
  7. The Reopening Trade Is Back. These Bank Stocks Stand to Benefit. (Barron’s)
  8. Why Nokia Stock’s Rally Could Continue (Barron’s)
  9. Abundance of cash in the financial system isn’t going away even after the Fed tapers bond purchases (MarketWatch)
  10. Cathie Wood, Meme-Stock Champion Who Bet Big on Tesla and Bitcoin, Stands Her Ground (Wall Street Journal)
  11. Elon Musk’s Boring Company in talks with San Antonio, Austin for tunnel system (New York Post)
  12. Walmart dangles bonuses for warehouse workers as summer sales surge (New York Post)
  13. Consumer Borrowing in U.S. Surged in June by Most on Record (Bloomberg)
  14. 44 Dividend Champions For Further Research (DGI
  15. Inflation, Monetary Policy & Pandemics (investoramnesia)