Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Jack Ma shows up at Alibaba’s Hangzhou campus to talk about charity (scmp)
  2. S. wholesale inflation slows in April (marketwatch)
  3. Opinion: Everybody seems scared about where streaming is headed, but calm down and see the benefits (marketwatch)
  4. What Energy Shock? The Energy Report 05/12/2022 (Phil Flynn)
  5. Used-Car Prices Are Finally Falling. What That Means for Inflation. (barrons)
  6. Bitcoin Is Finally Breaking. Why That’s Good News for the Stock Market. (barrons)
  7. Buy GM Stock. It’s Time for the Auto Maker to Stomp on the E-celerator. (barrons)
  8. Treasury yields fall, led by 10-year rate (marketwatch)
  9. The Tech Selloff Is Ugly. But the 2000 and 2008 Crashes Were Far Worse. (barrons)
  10. Disney Reports Jump in Disney+ Subscribers in Latest Quarter (wsj)
  11. China’s Forgotten Premier Steps Out of Xi’s Shadow as Economic Fixer (wsj)
  12. Intermittent Fasting May Have Cognitive Benefits, New Research Shows (wsj)
  13. The Big Read. Can Xi vanquish Covid without crushing China’s economy? (ft)
  14. Retail traders no longer ‘buyer of first resort’ as US stocks slide (ft)
  15. Hong Kong steps in to prop up weaker dollar amid capital outflows (scmp)