- Alphabet first quarter earnings top estimates, announces $70B stock buyback (yahoo)
- Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller shorts the dollar after ‘biggest miss of my career’ on Fed rate view and weaponized currency fears (businessinsider)
- The Roots of the Options Trading Revolution (barrons)
- Brazil inflation hits 30-month low as govt calls for rate cuts (reuters)
- Bullish signals are flashing that suggest the stock market is headed for a ‘summer rip’, Bank of America says (businessinsider)
- Alibaba Cuts Cloud Prices to Spur Growth Before Possible IPO (bloomberg)
- Overseas News & US Dollar Strength Outweigh China’s GDP Recovery (chinalastnight)
- Black-Scholes at 50: how a pricing model for options changed finance (ft)
- The Party for Consumer Staples Stocks Might Be Ending. Here’s Why. (barrons)
- Microsoft Profit, Sales Top Estimates on Strong Cloud Demand (bloomberg)
- J&J’s $40 Billion Spinoff Has One Rival. Who Will Rule Consumer Health. (barrons)
- Office occupancy climbs to nearly 50% in renewed push for return-to-office initiatives (yahoo)
- Boston Properties (BXP) Beats Q1 FFO and Revenue Estimates (yahoo)
- Legendary investor Peter Lynch shares the 2 things investors should look for when picking stocks – and one big pitfall to avoid (businessinsider)
- China’s Xi Makes First Call to Ukraine’s Zelensky Since Russian Invasion (wsj)
- 3M (MMM) Beats on Q1 Earnings, Announces Restructuring Plans (yahoo)
- D.A. Approves Drug for Rare Form of A.L.S. (nytimes)
- Mortgage demand rebounds, even as interest rates hit the highest level in over a month (CNBC)