Be in the know. 16 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. US Core Consumer Prices Explode Higher At Fastest Pace Since 1981 (ZeroHedge)
  2. US casinos raked in $11B in first quarter to match best-ever ‘win’ (New York Post)
  3. There’s a Lot Riding On Disney+ When Disney Reports on Thursday (Barron’s)
  4. What Rising Inflation Means for the Stock Market (Barron’s)
  5. What is the Jones Act? And why might waiving it help ease gas ‘supply crunch’? (MarketWatch)
  6. IEA sees oil demand recovery outpacing growth in supply (Reuters)
  7. Toyota profit nearly doubles, beats expectations (FoxBusiness)
  8. Return of SALT deduction spicing up debate on Capitol Hill (Fox Business)
  9. Occidental Petroleum Climbing Out of Its Anadarko Hole (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Mortgage Lenders Need to Pump Up the Volume (Wall Street Journal)
  11. These ‘panic events’ could soon spell relief for stock markets, says top strategist Thomas Lee (MarketWatch)
  12. Weekly mortgage refinance demand jumped on brief drop in rates (CNBC)
  13. Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller blasted the Fed, touted bitcoin over ethereum, and issued a dire warning about the dollar in a recent interview. Here are the 10 best quotes. (Business Insider)
  14. MGM Resorts’ Las Vegas Strip gaming floors can return to 100% occupancy, no social distancing (MarketWatch)
  15. Americans Up and Moved During the Pandemic. Here’s Where They Went. (Wall Street Journal)
  16. Not-So-Clean Energy Transition (Wall Street Journal)