Be in the know. 25 key reads for Friday…

  1. Nvidia Won AI’s First Round. Now the Competition Is Heating Up. (barrons)
  2. China’s Ant Group in talks to launch Alipay+ in Indonesia, says executive (reuters)
  3. Investors underestimating China’s middle class ‘tidal wave’: private equity CEO (scmp)
  4. The Cloud Giants Are Taking On Nvidia in AI Chips. Here’s Why—and How. (barrons)
  5. American Express Profit Rises as Cardholder Spending Jumps (barrons)
  6. Google consolidates teams with aim to create AI products faster (scmp)
  7. $4 Million Bugatti Bolide Hypercar That Can Reach 300 MPH Will Be Track-Only (barrons)
  8. Oil Prices Fall Back After Spike Following Israel Attack on Iran. Here’s Why. (barrons)
  9. This Chemicals Stock Is Ready to Power Higher. Clean Hydrogen Is Helping. (barrons)
  10. Five reasons the stock market’s ‘painful’ pullback may be nearing its end (marketwatch)
  11. Why buying stocks in this hot sector may turn out to be a money-losing bet (marketwatch)
  12. 3M may be poised to cut its dividend — and break with a 64-year tradition, says analyst (marketwatch)
  13. Nordstrom Says It Will Evaluate if Family Should Take Company Private (barrons)
  14. Israel Strikes Iran in Narrow Attack Amid Escalation Fears (wsj)
  15. Millennials Are Coming for Your Golf Communities (wsj)
  16. Ultra-rich put off buying yachts, jets in hope of massive Trump tax break if he wins (nypost)
  17. Is this the last stand for Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the Oilers? (theathletic)
  18. Everything we know about the Coyotes’ move to Utah: What went wrong? Will team name change? (theathletic)
  19. Banks Believe They Are Well-Prepared for Commercial Real Estate Fallout (wsj)
  20. Bridgewater Adds China Stocks (bloomberg)
  21. Is pickle juice good for you? Here’s what experts want you to know (usatoday)
  22. China Vows to Support Hong Kong IPOs to Bolster Hub Position (bloomberg)
  23. Yields fall as investors weigh economic data, Israel strike against Iran (cnbc)
  24. The world’s largest chipmaker just issued a warning that the industry’s red-hot growth could slow (businessinsider)
  25. JPMorgan warns of need for ‘reality check’ on phasing out fossil fuels (ft)

 

Be in the know. 12 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Billionaire Brad Jacobs: Meditation, thought experiments, and cognitive behavior therapy helped me succeed—and can do the same for you (fortune)
  2. BMO shares 4 charts showing why stock investors shouldn’t fear higher-for-longer interest rates (businessinsider)
  3. Alibaba has made dramatic changes to its corporate restructuring plan as founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai return to the driver’s seat (scmp)
  4. Chip Giant TSMC Offers Reassurance—and a Warning (wsj)
  5. Inside Amazon’s Secret Operation to Gather Intel on Rivals (wsj)
  6. Buyers Are Back in Control as Luxury Home Sellers Slash Prices (wsj)
  7. China’s Youth Unemployment Level Remains Steady in March (bloomberg)
  8. High rates haven’t always been a problem for stocks (yahoo)
  9. Chinese and US firms collaborate on first global generative AI standards (scmp)
  10. Alibaba’s Taobao launches 3D-capable app for use on Apple’s Vision Pro headset (scmp)
  11. John Catsimatidis’ Red Apple Group taps energy exec to lead rollout of small nuclear reactors (nypost)
  12. How an Obscure Chinese Real Estate Start-Up Paved the Way to TikTok (nytimes)

Be in the know. 14 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Dealmaking Is Looking Up as Companies Stop Waiting Out the Fed (wsj)
  2. ASML Orders Plunge as Chipmakers Pause High-End Gear Purchases (bloomberg)
  3. Serious investors need China exposure, should ‘forget about the short-term pain’, asset managers say (scmp)
  4. Fed’s Beige Book Holds Clues to Predicting Downturn, Study Shows (bloomberg)
  5. The stock market just flashed bullish a signal suggesting 19% upside by August 2025, BofA says (business)
  6. Fund managers are giving up on bonds in a way they haven’t in 20 years (marketwatch)
  7. Do cash-gushing stocks outperform the S&P 500? Here’s what history has to say. (marketwatch)
  8. Consumer spending has slowed but is hanging in there, says BofA CEO Brian Moynihan (cnbc)
  9. Oakmark’s Bill Nygren shares his thoughts on CITI (cnbc)
  10. Bonds are a good diversifier for risk assets over most cycles: Steve Laipply (foxbusiness)
  11. China warns west of ‘survival of the fittest’ as manufacturing boosts economy (ft)
  12. Powell Dials Back Expectations on Rate Cuts (wsj)
  13. Rents have finally stopped skyrocketing. (marketwatch)
  14. Boeing Defends Safety of 787 Dreamliner After Whistle-Blower’s Claims (nytimes)

Be in the know. 13 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. China Q1 GDP grows 5.3%, more than expected (streetinsider)
  2. How Legatum Succeeds at Generating Capital, Ideas, and Helping People Prosper (barrons)
  3. Bank of America tops estimates on better-than-expected interest income, investment banking (cnbc)
  4. BofA Beats Estimates for Trading and Profit Even as Costs Soar (bloomberg)
  5. China’s Economy, Propelled by Its Factories, Grew More Than Expected (nytimes)
  6. China’s Rising Youth Unemployment Needs Attention, Official Says (bloomberg)
  7. Alibaba strengthens commitment to open-source development of AI model (scmp)
  8. European bank stocks are a better bet than U.S. peers, says JPMorgan (marketwatch)
  9. What If Fed Rate Hikes Are Actually Sparking US Economic Boom? (bloomberg)
  10. Why the Dollar Is Causing Chaos in Emerging Markets (bloomberg)
  11. New York Tops Destinations for Relocating Tech Workers (wsj)
  12. Boeing defends 787 Dreamliner safety after whistleblower allegations (cnbc)
  13. Stock-market pullbacks are price of admission. Historically, markets rise afterwards, this strategist says. (marketwatch)

Be in the know. 52 key reads for Monday…

  1. The Best Chinese Stocks to Buy (morningstar)
  2. Alibaba News Roundup: Alipay Sees Inbound Payment Surge; Hong Kong Consumers Score Festive Deals at Freshippo; Alibaba Cloud AI Assistant Helps Write Code (alizila)
  3. Chinese Stocks Advance as Beijing Renews Regulatory Support (bloomberg)
  4. Wharton legend Jeremy Siegel sees Tesla’s fall from grace in Wall Street’s ‘Magnificent 7’ as a sign of good market health (yahoo)
  5. Rory McIlroy is close to joining LIV Golf for a whopping $850,000,000 according to reports (sportskeeda)
  6. Want to play Augusta National? Here are 10 ways to get a tee time (golf)
  7. Boeing’s CEO search has a new front-runner—and insiders say it could mean a radical change for the $104 billion ailing planemaker (yahoo)
  8. Masters 2024: The clubs Scottie Scheffler used to win at Augusta National (golfdigest)
  9. Energy grid faces demand strains from AI, EVs: Generac CEO (yahoo)
  10. Retail sales rose sharply in the first quarter — and could boost U.S. GDP (marketwatch)
  11. Wall Street Powers Goldman to Higher Quarterly Earnings (wsj)
  12. What Higher for Longer Means for the Stock Market (wsj)
  13. Inside the Controversial Bid to Buy the Studio Behind The Godfather and Top Gun: Maverick (vanityfair)
  14. The United States exported a record volume of natural gas in 2023 (eia)
  15. To Answer the Question of Why I Invest in China (Ray Dalio)
  16. JP Morgan Annual Letter (Jamie Dimon)
  17. 4 Undervalued Stocks That Just Raised Dividends (morningstar)
  18. The Best Technology Stocks to Buy (morningstar)
  19. Citigroup Earnings: Laser Focus on Expenses Needed to Achieve Long-Term Targets (morningstar)
  20. 3 Cheap Stocks to Watch in the Fight Over Sports Streaming (morningstar)
  21. The Crazy Swing That Made Scottie Scheffler a Two-Time Masters Champion (wsj)
  22. Here’s What Higher for Longer Means for the Stock Market (wsj)
  23. The Home-Solar Boom Gets a ‘Gut Punch’ (wsj)
  24. Steve Mnuchin seeks AI partner to rebuild TikTok’s algorithm in takeover bid: sources (nypost)
  25. Iran’s Attack on Israel Sparks Race to Avert a Full-Blown War (bloomberg)
  26. Why Car Insurance Keeps Getting More Expensive (bloomberg)
  27. There’s a global shortage of stocks that will backstop the market for the foreseeable future (businessinsider)
  28. 3 Facts That Help Explain a Confusing Economic Moment (nytimes)
  29. The 25 Best Restaurants in Boston Right Now (nytimes)
  30. A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up (nytimes)
  31. UK’s Smaller Stocks Are Ripe for a Catchup as Profits Reignite (bloomberg)
  32. The U.S. Is Trying to Cripple Russia’s Vast Arctic LNG Project (wsj)
  33. The New, More-Hopeful Face of Alzheimer’s Disease (wsj)
  34. April Monthly Option Expiration Week – DJIA Up 33 of Last 42 (almanactrader)
  35. Meet The New AI-Robot Billionaire (forbes)
  36. Michigan Consumer Sentiment Moves Sideways for 4th Straight Month (advisorperspectives)
  37. Weekly Leading Economic Index (advisorperspectives)
  38. Nike’s boss says remote work was hurting innovation, so the company realigned and is ‘ruthlessly’ focused on building a disruptive pipeline (fortune)
  39. Car of the Week: This Restored 1962 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster Could Be Yours for $2.6 Million (robbreport)
  40. The 9 Best Vintage Ferraris Ever Made (robbreport)
  41. The 20 Most Expensive Cities in the US—And Why They Might Be Worth It (architecturaldigest)
  42. Google goes all in on generative AI at Google Cloud Next (techcrunch)
  43. 2024 Aston Martin DB12 Volante First Drive Review: Possibly the Best Aston, Roofless (thedrive)
  44. Apple iPhone Shipments Drop 10% in First Quarter (barrons)
  45. Intel Has Slumped This Year. Why One Analyst Sees a Rebound Ahead. (barrons)
  46. Cisco Stock Gets Upgraded to Buy. Why Wall Street Is Abuzz. (barrons)
  47. Defense Stocks Haven’t Rallied, but There’s Opportunity (barrons)
  48. What do the royals do all day, anyway? (npr)
  49. Why companies spin off (npr)
  50. Hal Lawton on Tractor Supply’s Phenomenal Growth (bloomberg)
  51. Former auto executives warn electric vehicle push happened ‘too soon and too fast’ (foxbusiness)
  52. Meta’s AI chief: LLMs will never reach human-level intelligence (tnw)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Third Point, Saddle Point win board seats at Advance Auto Parts. A plan to improve margins may unfold (cnbc)
  2. Generac Eyes Power Deals With $1 Billion to Spend (bloomberg)
  3. Texas Warns of Possible Power Emergency Next Week (bloomberg)
  4. High Rates Have Been a Profit Machine for Banks. Not Anymore. (wsj)
  5. China Tells Telecom Carriers to Phase Out Foreign Chips in Blow to Intel, AMD (wsj)
  6. China Exports Rise as Trade Tensions Mount (wsj)
  7. The 18 Handicap Who’s Spending Billions on Golf (wsj)
  8. Two Brothers, a Big Biotech Bet and an $8 Billion Payout (wsj)
  9. Warehouse Rents Slipping on Declining Demand (wsj)
  10. Iran Launches Drone and Missile Attack at Israel (wsj)
  11. Tiger Woods’s Record-Breaking 23-Hole Marathon (wsj)
  12. Who can run Disney? The four insiders competing for Bob Iger’s job (ft)
  13. The pound is no longer so vulnerable (ft)
  14. The Golf Apps and Gear Changing Our Love of the Game (bloomberg)
  15. The stunning strength of the US economy means the soft landing may already be here, Evercore founder says (businessinsider)

Be in the know. 5 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Shares of Citi Rise After Earnings Beat (barrons)
  2. Consumer Sentiment Slips in April as Inflation Remains Sticky (barrons)
  3. Solventum Stock Is Cheap. Why Wall Street Says to Wait. (barrons)
  4. Mario Gabelli comes out against Paramount’s merger with Skydance: ‘I’d rather see no sale’ (nypost)
  5. Musk and Milei share their love of free markets in first meeting (ft)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Friday…

  1. The Podcast Host Who Also Manages a $1.6 Trillion Investment Fund (wsj)
  2. China’s policy to boost demand by $700 billion will have a ‘bigger and bigger’ impact, official says (cnbc)
  3. Citi Profit Beats as Companies, Consumers Go on Borrowing Binge (bloomberg)
  4. 3M Could Lose Its Elite Dividend Status After 64 Years. What It Means for the Stock. (barrons)
  5. Boeing Knows What It Needs to Do—So Do It. Change the Culture. (barrons)
  6. U.K. stocks eye record as higher commodity prices boost miners and oil groups (marketwatch)
  7. Interest Rates Have Investors Worried. Profits Give Them Comfort. (wsj)
  8. Golf Is Booming. But Can the Good Times Last? (wsj)
  9. The Masters Still Sizzles. But Is Golf Scaring Off Its Fans? (wsj)
  10. Bank of England scraps outdated inflation forecast model after Fed boss’ review (cnbc)
  11. China has strong fundamentals and should remain a focus for businesses: Gan Kim Yong (cnbc)
  12. Amazon CEO Touts AI Revolution While Committing to Cost Cuts (wsj)
  13. China’s March exports and imports shrink (reuters)
  14. Ford spotlights a new lineup of popular trucks (foxbusiness)
  15. Charting the Fed’s rate path – Nick Timiraos (cnbc)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Fed Favors Reducing Monthly Asset Runoff Pace by Roughly Half (bloomberg)
  2. Fed Prepares Slower Pace of Runoff for $7.4 Trillion Portfolio ‘Fairly Soon’ (wsj)
  3. Nike Stock Jumps On Upgrade As Estimates ‘Finally Look Achievable’ Ahead Of Paris Olympics (investors)
  4. Producer Prices Rise Less Than Expected (barrons)
  5. US Producer Prices Rise But Show Some Relief in Key Categories (bloomberg)
  6. Give us a (tax) break How empty office buildings could help NYC solve its housing crisis (nypost)
  7. ECB’s Lagarde Says ‘a Few’ Were Ready to Cut Rates Today (bloomberg)
  8. Alphabet Heads Toward $2 Trillion With Investors Cheering AI Progress (bloomberg)
  9. China will remain the world’s No. 1 growth driver, says the Asian Development Bank (cnbc)
  10. China’s commercial property segment is seeing some bright spots amid a slump in the wider realty sector (cnbc)
  11. Fed likely to cut rates before ECB blinks, former BOE member says (cnbc)
  12. What PPI tells us about PCE: Fed’s preferred inflation gauge may not look so bad for March (marketwatch)
  13. These in-the-know investors are more bearish than they’ve been since 2014 (marketwatch)
  14. Costco’s March Sales Jump. E-Commerce Is Taking Off. (barrons)
  15. Hot Inflation Report Derails Case for Fed June Rate Cut (wsj)

 

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. <Research>CITIC Securities: BABA-SW’s Focus on Core E-commerce Yields Results; Good Shareholders’ Return Expected to be Kept (aastocks)
  2. Maybe core inflation isn’t as bad as it seems (marketwatch)
  3. Alibaba’s Jack Ma steps out from the shadows with morale-boosting post (reuters)
  4. Intel Says New Gaudi 3 AI Chips Top Nvidia H100s in Speed and Cost (barrons)
  5. Alibaba shares jump after founder Jack Ma reemerges with praise of Chinese giant’s ‘transformations’ (cnbc)
  6. ‘We turned the company from a cumbersome organisation into one that is simple and agile, where efficiency comes first, and the market comes first,’ Ma wrote (this week) (scmp)
  7. US consumer prices rise more than expected in March (reuters)
  8. Beijing retail rents jump by most since 2019 amid ‘demand surge’ (scmp)
  9. Boeing Engineer Says Company Used Shortcuts to Fix 787 Jets (wsj)
  10. Hot Inflation Report Weakens Case for Fed’s June Rate Cut (wsj)
  11. Google, Intel debut new AI chips to fight Nvidia’s dominance (scmp)
  12. Bank Earnings Are Here Again. Keep Your Eyes on This Metric. (barrons)
  13. How the End of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Flipped the ‘Seinfeld’ Finale on Its Head (wsj)
  14. Commodities Rally Reflects a Better Economy, but Also Poses Inflation Risks (wsj)
  15. China Vehicle Sales Rebound (wsj)
  16. The 22-Year-Old Beanpole Who Just Played His Way Into the Masters (wsj)
  17. The Merchant Banker Who Could Win the Masters (wsj)
  18. Goldman Says It’s Time to Take Tech Profits and Invest Elsewhere (bloomberg)
  19. Alphabet’s stock nabs fresh high, is only ‘Magnificent Seven’ name to finish at a record (marketwatch)
  20. Earnings Are Last Pillar of Equity Strength as Rate Cuts Recede (bloomberg)