Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. U.S. Stocks Are Near Record Highs. Why It’s Time to Buy in Europe. (Barron’s)
  2. Futures Point to Flat Open as Investors Monitor Inflation (Cheddar)
  3. HP Enterprise Earnings Top Estimates, Sees First-Ever Double-Digit Sales Growth (Barron’s)
  4. Oil’s Sunset Years Could Be Profitable for Some (Wall Street Journal)
  5. U.S. labor market worse than it appears, Fed paper suggests (Reuters)
  6. Cathie Wood Buys Another $1.6M In Netflix And Trims Stake In Chipmaker NXP By $14.8M (Benzinga)
  7. Attention Biotech Investors: Mark Your Calendar For June PDUFA Dates (Benzinga)
  8. Why central bankers no longer agree how to handle inflation (Financial Times)
  9. Fed’s Bullard: US jobs market is tighter than it looks (Financial Times)
  10. Unhedged: Will value stocks save the day? (Financial Times)
  11. OPEC Plus agrees to add production as oil prices climb. (New York Times)
  12. Why China’s Most-Hated Internet Company Decided to Play Nice (New York Times)
  13. Energy Stocks Are on Fire and These 5 Pay Lavish and Reliable Dividends (247wallst)
  14. Costco is bringing back sample stations this week (CNBC)
  15. Opinion: Tech stocks are out of favor — 5 reasons to buy alongside the contrarians (MarketWatch)
  16. Tweedy Browne Comments on Alibaba (gurufocus)
  17. Hedge Funds Boost Short Bets, Escalating Retail-Trader Showdown (Bloomberg)
  18. Oil Price Rises to Two-Year High as OPEC and Allies See Higher Demand (Wall Street Journal)
  19. Brazil’s Economy Bounces Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels While Covid-19 Still Rages (Wall Street Journal)
  20. The Southwest Is America’s New Factory Hub. ‘Cranes Everywhere.’ (Wall Street Journal)