Be in the know. 17 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. US car buyers rush to dealer lots to avoid tariff-related price hikes (reuters)
  2. U.S., China Discuss a Trump-Xi Summit for June (wsj)
  3. Alibaba.com targets 100% AI adoption by merchants in 2025 in global expansion drive (scmp)
  4. Mainland Chinese investors snap up a record amount of Hong Kong stocks to play AI (cnbc)
  5. Chinese stocks find favour on DeepSeek trade as Citigroup downgrades US equities (scmp)
  6. Deflation Weighs On China’s Markets, Mainland Investors Buy Dip In Hong Kong (chinalastnight)
  7. Chinese Stocks Notch Best NPC Gain in Seven Years on Tech Boost (bloomberg)
  8. Chinese EV Stocks Jump After Robust Sales Outlook, Tesla’s Selloff (marketwatch)
  9. Top US Utility Says Gas Can Meet Only a Fraction of Power Demand (bloomberg)
  10. Volkswagen Touts US Spending in Face of Trump’s Tariff Threats (bloomberg)
  11. Euro surges on hopes of German defence deal; dollar slips again (streetinsider)
  12. US transportation chief to meet with Boeing CEO on safety efforts (reuters)
  13. Companies seek AI solutions to supply chain fragility (ft)
  14. U.K. Retail Sales Grew Slightly in February Supported by Growth in Food (wsj)
  15. The S&P 500 Has a Case of the ‘Mondays’ Blues (barrons)
  16. The Stock Market Selloff Has Been Savage. Why It’s More Blip Than Crisis and 5 Other Things to Know Today. (barrons)
  17. Trump meets Corporate America as economic fears nip stocks (reuters)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. Japan 10-Year Yield at Highest Since 2008 on Bets for BOJ Hikes (bloomberg)
  2. 3 CEOs Just Spent Millions Buying Their Beaten-Down Stock (barrons)
  3. Disney’s Parks Chief Sees Fortnite as Key to Its Future (bloomberg)
  4. Mainland Chinese Investors Buy Record Amount of Hong Kong Stocks (bloomberg)
  5. How Natural Gas Became America’s Most Important Export (bloomberg)
  6. Nvidia Stock Drops. Why Shares Keep Falling. (barrons)
  7. Beacon, QXO in ‘friendly’ talks on $11B deal as QXO aims to double EBITDA (streetinsider)
  8. How Alibaba’s new RISC-V chip hits the mark for China’s tech self-sufficiency drive (scmp)
  9. International-Stock Funds Finally Wake Up (wsj)
  10. ‘Chaos creates opportunities’: Wall Street sees dip as buying chance (yahoo)
  11. JPMorgan joins Goldman, hikes euro area’s 2025 economic growth forecast (reuters)
  12. China’s car sales rise 1.3% in first two months of 2025 (reuters)
  13. Who Likes Tariffs? Some U.S. Industries Are Eager for Them. (nytimes)
  14. What the Dot-Com Bust Can Tell Us About Today’s AI Boom (wsj)
  15. Trump’s Tariff Whipsaw Is Handing European Stocks Another Win (bloomberg)

Be in the know. 18 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Unlocking the housing market: Here’s what would get more homeowners to sell (fastcompany)
  2. Mortgage rates fall again with largest weekly decline since mid-September (foxbusiness)
  3. North Face President Caroline Brown Shares Ambitious Go-Forward Plan (shopeatsurf)
  4. Vans Is Getting in on the Thin-Soled Sneaker Trend (footwearnews)
  5. Disney reveals details for new theme park rides based on beloved franchises (foxbusiness)
  6. Gimme Credit (oaktreecapital)
  7. Near-term gloom, long-term boom (scottgrannis)
  8. A look at some of the creative ways companies try to dodge high tariffs (npr)
  9. US Markets Are Trailing the World as Aura of America First Fades (bloomberg)
  10. 44 housing markets where inventory has spiked, and homebuyers have gained power (fastcompany)
  11. Catering to protein-rich diets is a tasty business (economist)
  12. China’s Seven Titans vs Wall Street’s Magnificent Seven: DeepSeek sparks stocks re-rating (yahoo)
  13. Should You Forget Home Depot and Buy These 3 Housing-Related Stocks Instead? (yahoo)
  14. This Rare, Barely Driven Lamborghini Sían Is Now up for Grabs (robbreport)
  15. 51 fun stats for 51 years of the Players Championship (golfdigest)
  16. The Myth Behind Daylight-Saving Time (wsj)
  17. 5 collector cars to put into your garage this week (classicdriver)
  18. Cainiao’s AI+Logistics Wins China’s Top AI Science & Technology Award, Leading Innovation in Logistics (alizila)