Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. Biopharma Deals Are Hot. There’s More to Come—and These Stocks Can Benefit. (barrons)
  2. Yellen warns US decoupling from China would be ‘disastrous’ (ft)
  3. Amazon Earnings Are Next Week. It Remains the ‘Best Idea’ for J.P. Morgan Analysts. (barrons)
  4. GM and Tesla Want to Sell You Insurance. What It Means for Auto Stocks. (barrons)
  5. Fusion will not be regulated the same way nuclear fission is — a big win for the fusion industry (cnbc)
  6. Fed tilts toward rate hike, with a possible pause in view as lending slows (reuters)
  7. SAP Cloud Sales Miss and Software Giant Cuts Outlook. Why the Stock Is Rising. (barrons)
  8. Home Prices in March Posted Biggest Annual Decline in 11 Years (wsj)
  9. How one food tech company is using science to build a better burger (foxbusiness)
  10. Asian stocks slide on concerns US will restrict China tech (ft)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Why bears can’t keep the stock market down despite bad news (marketwatch)
  2. Fed’s Williams says inflation is slowing and labor market is cooling (marketwatch)
  3. Alibaba’s (BABA) grocery stores operator Freshippo pursuing Hong Kong IPO, could be valued upward of $10B (streetinsider)
  4. Regional Banks Post Hits and Misses but Prove Strength After Turmoil (barrons)
  5. Contagion in banking sector isn’t likely, but credit probably tightens: Howard Marks (marketwatch)
  6. Tesla Earnings Dented by Price Cuts (wsj)
  7. Lending Slowed, Economy Cooled After Bank Failures, Fed Report Shows (wsj)
  8. The Era of Easy Deposits Is Over for Main Street Banks (wsj)
  9. Builders Are Winning as Search-Weary US Buyers Rush to New Homes (bloomberg)
  10. AMEX spending volume climbed 14% to $398.9 billion in first quarter (bloomberg)
  11. The Number Of Americans Claiming Jobless Benefits Hits 17-Month High (zerohedge)
  12. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) blows past Q1 estimates; Analysts raise numbers (streetinsider)
  13. Can Intel become the chip champion the US needs? (ft)
  14. Jeff Bezos’s First Job Was At McDonalds, Here’s What The Billionaire Learned During His Time Flipping Burgers (benzinga)
  15. STAR Market Shines, Yellen To Visit China (chinalastnight)

“Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…

“‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door’ is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, written for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Released as a single two months after the film’s premiere, it became a worldwide hit, reaching the Top 10 in several countries. The song became one of Dylan’s most popular and most covered post-1960s compositions, spawning covers from Eric Clapton, Guns N’ Roses, Randy Crawford and more.” Wikipedia

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