Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. U.S. adds 136,000 jobs in September, unemployment rate hits 50-year low (MarketWatch)
  2. The Dow Could Rebound in ‘a Matter of Days.’ One Way to Play the Comeback (Barron’s)
  3. Apple to Increase iPhone 11 Output by Up to 10%, Nikkei Reports (Bloomberg)
  4. Alphabet (GOOGL) PT Raised to ‘Street High’ $1,600 at Deutsche Bank; ‘Bullish on Google Cloud’ (Street Insider)
  5. ‘Sahm Rule’ enters Fed lexicon as fast, real-time recession flag (Reuters)
  6. Eddie Murphy says ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ (and Obama’s urging) spurred his return to stand-up (USA Today)
  7. The McRib is returning to McDonald’s menus at more than 10,000 locations across America (Business Insider)
  8. Soybean Futures Bounce Back After China Restarts Purchases (Wall Street Journal)
  9. The EU signaled it won’t retaliate after Trump said he’d slap Europe with $7.5 billion in tariffs (Business Insider)
  10. Ray Dalio: ‘I’m going to go quiet in about a year’ (Yahoo! Finance)

Be in the know. 11 key reads for Thursday…

  1. The bull market for stocks may be old, but it’s not dead yet, say Citi strategists (MarketWatch)
  2. Texture, Flavor, Funk! Six Rules for Building a Better Cheese Board (Bloomberg)
  3. Microsoft Looks to Rewrite History on Its Phone Business (Bloomberg)
  4. Here’s why a Houston businessman is betting millions on the Astros winning the World Series (MarketWatch)
  5. The Curious Case of the Terrible Manufacturing Number (Barron’s)
  6. Chinese Stocks Are Tumbling. Here’s Why Alibaba and Others Will Bounce Back. (Barron’s)
  7. Everything Is Private Equity Now (Bloomberg)
  8. Chicago Fed’s Evans says he’s worried about inflation outlook, open minded on more rate cuts (MarketWatch)
  9. GE’s Larry Culp Talks About His First Drama-Filled Year as CEO (MarketWatch)
  10. Slumping Data May Force Powell to Move to Third Cut (Bloomberg)
  11. A Secretive Committee of Wall Street Insiders Is the Least of the New York Fed’s Concerns. (Institutional Investor)