Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Apple Beats Recession Fear. Why It Can Keep Winning. (barrons)
  2. Jobs Growth Is Robust, But April Data Also Hint at a Slowdown (barrons)
  3. What’s the Real Situation with CRE and Banks: Doom Loop or Headline Hype? (moodys)
  4. CRE is Vulnerable, but Please Don’t Overlook the Details (moodys)
  5. Why the stock market and the Fed are on ‘two different pages’ after Friday’s jobs report (marketwatch)
  6. Google Retools to Stay at the Top of Search (wsj)
  7. PacWest Stock Surges 82%, Regional Banks Recover After Selloff (wsj)
  8. The Big Read. JPMorgan: the bank that never lets a crisis go to waste (ft)
  9. FDIC Mulls Loss-Sharing With Nonbanks to Boost Bids on Failures (bloomberg)
  10. This Kentucky Derby, Back a Dark Horse With No Regrets (bloomberg)
  11. Xi Calls for Population-Plan Revamp as China’s Demographic Crisis Builds (bloomberg)
  12. Fed Can Still Achieve Soft Landing, Bullard Says (bloomberg)
  13. Wall Street Is Getting More Worried About the Debt Ceiling. These Charts Show How Much (bloomberg)
  14. Mario Gabelli, John Rogers, and 3 other Warren Buffett experts just weighed in on the banking turmoil, pressure on house prices, and some of the investor’s biggest bets. Here are their 10 best quotes. (businessinsider)
  15. What Warren Buffett is buying in Japan’s Berkshire Hathaway look-alikes (cnbc)
  16. Biopharma firm Acelyrin valued at $2.1 billion in strong market debut (reuters)
  17. Haynesville natural gas production reached a record high in March 2023 (eia)
  18. 5 Book Recommendations From Charles Munger (acquirersmultiple)
  19. The 10 Greatest US Investors and the Virtues That Made Them (cfa)
  20. First Drive: Shredding Ferrari’s Super SUV Purosangue Through The Alps (maxim)