Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. BlackRock’s Rieder: Federal Reserve Rate Cuts Needed to Tame Inflation (cnbc)
  2. Companies are leaning into opportunity in China (cnbc)
  3. China’s industrial output up 6.7 pct in April (cn)
  4. 3 Reasons to Buy Alphabet Stock Like There’s No Tomorrow (fool)
  5. Buy Nestlé Stock. Despair Is Turning to Hope. (barrons)
  6. A Cheap Dividend Aristocrat to Buy Before It Bounces Back (morningstar)
  7. Weekly Leading Economic Index (advisorperspectives)
  8. Inside Disney’s Hunt to Replace Bob Iger as CEO: Bibbidi Bobbidi Who Will It Be? (vanityfair)
  9. Alibaba sees steady revenue increase, GMV and order numbers on Taobao and Tmall return to double-digit growth track (technode)
  10. AI creates level playing field, can provide most people with equal opportunities, says Sundar Pichai (firstpost)
  11. The highs and lows of US rents (npr)
  12. Google Puts AI in Its Search Engine (inc)
  13. Charts with a message (scottgrannis)
  14. Alibaba Back on Growth Track with GMV Up Double Digits, Extra Dividend to Shareholders (alizila)
  15. Alibaba Overhauls Taobao Website Ahead of Revamped 6.18 Sale (alizila)