Be in the know. 21 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Guess who’s buying stocks? (marketwatch)
  2. These Are the 33 New Measures China Is Taking to Boost Growth (bloomberg)
  3. China Faces Growing Pressure to Iron Out Audit Deal With the U.S. (wsj)
  4. Xi Jinping May Not Get a Third Term? George Soros Thinks So. Here Are the Odds (bloomberg)
  5. China’s Central Bank, Regulator Urge Banks to Boost Lending (bloomberg)
  6. No Lying Flat for These Student Activists in Covid-Zero China (bloomberg)
  7. In the hotseat Putin cronies fed up with him, weighing replacements: report (nypost)
  8. Nordstrom Shares Soar After It Lifts Forecast. Shoppers Are Buying Dress Clothes Again. (barrons)
  9. Here’s the signal for investors from the deep pessimism of Bill Ackman and George Soros (marketwatch)
  10. Bernanke: Why the Fed Didn’t Act Faster (barrons)
  11. Fed Minutes Come Out Today. 4 Key Themes to Watch. (barrons)
  12. Nvidia Reports Earnings Today. Data Centers Could Be a Silver Lining. (barrons)
  13. Southern charms Exodus to Florida heating up despite NY reopening after COVID restrictions (nypost)
  14. High-profile NFT auctions from Beeple, Madonna flop amid crypto crash (nypost)
  15. Biden’s Iran Envoy Says Nuclear Talks Aren’t Dead But Almost (bloomberg)
  16. China Will Soon Aspire to American-Style Growth (bloomberg)
  17. China Truck Data Showing Lockdown’s Hit Disappears From Public (bloomberg)
  18. That’s Incredible. The Energy Report 05/25/2022 (Phil Flynn)
  19. China Growth Target in Tatters as Covid Zero Hammers Economy (bloomberg)
  20. Why Casinos Are Spying on Their Ultra-Rich Clients (bloomberg)
  21. Chances of a global recession are ‘touch and go’, economist Jim O’Neill says as he slams the Fed’s hawkishness and China’s COVID-zero policy (businessinsider)