Be in the know. 20 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Alibaba Returns to the Scene of the Crime (stockcharts)
  2. Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen2 with Enhanced Capabilities Tops LLM Leaderboard (alizila)
  3. Why the Recession Still Isn’t Here (wsj)
  4. Freshippo Launches Private Label at North American Supermarkets, Eyes Global Expansion (alizila)
  5. Hiring and Wages are Up, Reinforcing the Economy’s Resilience (wsj)
  6. World’s 50 best restaurants for 2024 revealed — and one NYC spot made the list (nypost)
  7. The Former Amazon Intern Now Running Its Profit Engine (wsj)
  8. Economic Data Paint a Picture of Two Americas (wsj)
  9. We’re Spending Billions on This Work-From-Home Indulgence (wsj)
  10. The Great AI Challenge: We Test Five Top Bots on Useful, Everyday Skills (wsj)
  11. What to Watch: The Best Movies and TV Shows From April (wsj)
  12. 11 Fascinating Facts You Didn’t Know About the Record-Busting Rimac Nevera (robbreport)
  13. Cher’s Ferrari Dino 246 Spider Is Up For Grabs (maxim)
  14. This Elite Anguilla Beach Resort Just Debuted A New Luxury Villa (maxim)
  15. Alibaba and JD see performance boost during 618 shopping festival (technode)
  16. Apple is reportedly ready to announce AI — in the most Apple way possible (mashable)
  17. How much national debt is too much? (npr)
  18. The First Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider Ever Built Is Going to Auction (roadandtrack)
  19. Tight money hasn’t hurt corporate profits (scottgrannis)
  20. Amazon Could Join the $3 Trillion Club. How It Could Happen. (barrons)

Be in the know. 5 key reads for Saturday…

  1. The Jobs Report Is Like a Box of Chocolates. Pick the Data You Like. (barrons)
  2. SL Green to start deploying $1 billion arsenal for New York real estate this year (marketwatch)
  3. 3M Stock Is Rising. Wall Street Sentiment Is Turning. (barrons)
  4. Stock Market Concentration How Much Is Too Much? (morganstanley)
  5. KraneShares’ Brendan Ahern on China’s Economic Landscape: Is It Still Investable? (mebfaber)

Be in the know. 13 key reads for Friday…

  1. Alibaba says new AI model Qwen2 bests Meta’s Llama 3 in tasks like maths and coding (scmp)
  2. US Payroll Gains and Unemployment Rate Both Pick Up at Same Time (bloomberg)
  3. China’s foreign goods trade picks up steam in first 5 months (cn)
  4. Economists expect realty bounce soon (cn)
  5. Payrolls Instant Reaction: A Schizophrenic Report (zerohedge)
  6. Has Lululemon Athletica Turned a Corner? Perhaps Not, Wall Street Says. (barrons)
  7. ‘The China equity trade is back’ and here are the stocks to pick, says SocGen (marketwatch)
  8. A look inside a $1 billion real-estate bet on the future of San Francisco (marketwatch)
  9. Three stocks now account for 20% of the S&P 500’s value. That’s making some investors nervous. (marketwatch)
  10. Opinion: S&P 500 is now giving a ‘buy’ signal and there’s strong support for a summer rally (marketwatch)
  11. Too soon for small caps? This money manager is picking up bargains. (marketwatch)
  12. ECB Cuts Interest Rates for First Time Since 2019 (wsj)
  13. Big US Job Gains Is Out of Sync With Recent Weaker Economic Data (bloomberg)