Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. As Summer Driving Season Starts, Gas Prices Surge (Barron’s)
  2. 5 Biopharma Stocks That Are Cheap and Growing (Barron’s)
  3. Nasdaq Shrugs Off ‘Tapering Talk’ (Barron’s)
  4. Tencent Earnings Power Through Tech Crackdown (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Salesforce Stock Gets a Boost as Morgan Stanley Turns Bullish After Sharp Drop (Barron’s)
  6. Netflix Stock Has Been Stuck in a Rut. Why One Analyst Offers Rave Reviews. (Barron’s)
  7. Tesla To Deliver Model S Plaid On June 3; Musk Calls It ‘Fastest Production Car Ever’ (Benzinga)
  8. Amid a Bear Market in SPACs, Hedge Funds Stuck With Them (Institutional Investor)
  9. Fed Officials Hinted They Might Soon Talk About Slowing Bond-Buying (New York Times)
  10. Unemployment claims continue to fall as states slash extra benefits (New York Post)
  11. Hedge Fund Picks at Sohn 2020 Show Perils of Covid Investing (Bloomberg)
  12. Step Inside the ‘Little Island,’ Barry Diller’s $260 Million Public Park (Bloomberg)
  13. BofA Securities Channel Checks Suggest Upside for salesforce.com (CRM) (StreetInsider)
  14. Philly Fed factory activity grows at slower pace in May (Reuters)
  15. Forget the crypto chaos. Look at this underappreciated sector for stock-market gains, says strategist. (MarketWatch)