Be in the know. 18 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Will Fed rate hike be a ‘clearing event’ for battered U.S. stock market? What investors are watching for on Wednesday (marketwatch)
  2. Stocks Are Doing Better After Earnings Now. It’s a Positive Sign. (barrons)
  3. The Fed’s Moves Are Baked In. Focus on Powell’s Outlook. (barrons)
  4. Regeneron Stock Rises as First-Quarter Earnings Top Forecasts (barrons)
  5. ‘I Don’t Really Have a Business Plan’: How Elon Musk Wings It (nytimes)
  6. Teva CEO Sees a Final Opioid Settlement Coming This Year (barrons)
  7. Moderna Stock Jumps After Earnings Trounce Estimates (barrons)
  8. Markets are primed for how Powell will respond to this key question on interest rates (marketwatch)
  9. 6 Gauges That Show How Much the Fed Will Raise Rates (barrons)
  10. Stocks and Bonds Are Falling in Lockstep at Pace Unseen in Decades (wsj)
  11. Biden Officials Divided Over Easing China Tariffs to Slow Inflation (wsj)
  12. Airbnb Revenue Climbs on Record Nightly Bookings and Higher Prices (wsj)
  13. Why Surging Natural-Gas Prices Haven’t Sparked a Drilling Boom (wsj)
  14. New 9.6% rate on US I Bonds could take edge off Fed’s rate hike (usatoday)
  15. Dolly Parton is in! Now it’s time to get these country greats into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (usatoday)
  16. S. Companies Added 247,000 Jobs in April, ADP Data Show (bloomberg)
  17. Arizona semiconductor company offers solution to chip shortage (foxbusiness)
  18. It is a Supply Thing. The Energy Report 05/4/2022 (Phil Flynn)

Be in the know. 22 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Shanghai Residents Protest Lockdown With Marches, Smashed Vegetables and Art Projects (wsj)
  2. Pope Francis: Hungarian PM said Russian invasion will end May 9 (nypost)
  3. China Cracked Down on Big Tech Companies. Now It Needs Them (bloomberg)
  4. Firstrade first to offer individual crypto trading, beats Schwab and TD Ameritrade (foxbusiness)
  5. Biogen Searches for New CEO in Wake of Struggles With Alzheimer’s Drug (barrons)
  6. Costco Is Challenging Amazon as Most Valuable Retailer. Why It Deserves the Title. (barrons)
  7. Why Under Armour Stock Could Be a Slam Dunk (barrons)
  8. Expedia Stock Rises as Revenue Jumps. It Sees a ‘Robust’ Summer Recovery. (barrons)
  9. How China’s Economic Pain Could Help Avoid a Global Recession (barrons)
  10. What’s Needed for a Sustained Recovery in China’s Stocks (barrons)
  11. Big Tech Couldn’t Save the Market. AMD, Airbnb, and Other ‘Medium Tech’ Might. (barrons)
  12. Amazon Has Shed 25% of Its Value. Wall Street Still Thinks the Stock Is a Buy. (barrons)
  13. Warren Buffett says inflation is ‘swindling’ investors and cash hoarders alike (nypost)
  14. Amazon Workers Reject Union in New York After Labor Victory at Separate Facility (wsj)
  15. Netflix Hit a Subscriber Peak, Here’s How It Plans to Keep Growing (wsj)
  16. NFT Sales Are Flatlining (wsj)
  17. Brawl breaks out as Toronto Maple Leafs rout Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 (usatoday)
  18. Russia Dodges Default as Some Investors Receive Dollar Funds (bloomberg)
  19. SEC Crypto Team Getting 20 More Officials in Bid to Crack Down (bloomberg)
  20. Why China’s 2022 Party Congress Will Be a Landmark (bloomberg)
  21. Oppenheimer upgrades JPM, Morgan Stanley, SVB Financial on rising interest rates and loan growth (marketwatch)
  22. What you see first in this optical illusion reveals a key part of your personality (nypost)