Be in the know. 15 key reads Friday…

image: NYTimes

  1. Asian Currencies Set for Best Week in Two Months on Intervention (bloomberg)
  2. Carry Trades Wobble as Yen Swings Roil One of Year’s Best Bets (bloomberg)
  3. Average hourly earnings growth slipped below 4% (investors)
  4. Apple Earnings Were a Relief. What the Street Says. (barrons)
  5. Amgen Jumps on Obesity Drug Hope. What’s Next. (barrons)
  6. Jobs Growth Slows More Than Expected in April (barrons)
  7. XPO Stock Soars on Earnings Beat. The U.S. Freight Market Is Soft, Though. (barrons)
  8. Online Marketplaces Like eBay, Etsy Are Counting on AI to Supercharge Shopping (wsj)
  9. The Wealthy Are Refusing to Sell Their Luxury Homes (wsj)
  10. Americans Went All-In on Self-Storage. That Demand Is Suddenly Cooling. (nytimes)
  11. Yen Rally Takes Pressure Off Japan to Prop Up Battered Currency (bloomberg)
  12. Most of Warren Buffett’s wealth was accumulated after age 65. Here’s what that can teach individual investors (cnbc)
  13. The mortgage reform that could unleash the next big US stimulus (ft)
  14. China Tech’s Stealth Rally Continues Unnoticed (chinalastnight)
  15. Billionaire investor Mario Gabelli: Warren Buffett has created enormous wealth for his shareholders (cnbc)