Be in the know. 27 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Johnson & Johnson to Settle Talc Claims for $8.9 Billion (barrons)
  2. The Economy May Be Weakening. Here’s What That Means for Interest Rate Hikes. (barrons)
  3. Google-Owner Alphabet Says Its Chips Can Beat Nvidia’s. What This Means for AI. (barrons)
  4. Companies See a Slowdown Ahead. This Figure Tells the Story. (barrons)
  5. How the Dollar’s Decline Could Add to Inflation Problems (barrons)
  6. Here’s what is really behind OPEC+ oil-production cuts, say energy analysts (marketwatch)
  7. Alibaba’s Split-Up Brings Back Cash Inflow Into China’s Bourses (finance.yahoo)
  8. Telecom Competition Is ‘Destructive.’ Why Comcast Is Rated as a Winner. (barrons)
  9. ADP data show private sector of U.S. economy adding a fewer-than-forecast 145,000 jobs in March (marketwatch)
  10. The commodity supercycle is still young, these strategists say. Here’s why. (marketwatch)
  11. Good Friday complicates how stock-market traders will digest March U.S. jobs report (marketwatch)
  12. U.S. Job Openings Dropped in February (wsj)
  13. Tech Shines, Cyclicals Lose as Traders Bet on Growth Shock (wsj)
  14. Jamie Dimon Says Effects of Banking Crisis Will Be Felt for ‘Years to Come’ (nytimes)
  15. UBS Chairman’s Top-Secret Prep Paid Off in Credit Suisse Moment (bloomberg)
  16. US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Falls to Seven-Week Low (bloomberg)
  17. You Can Go on the Ultimate James Bond Vacation for $74,000 (bloomberg)
  18. Stock Market Cassandras and Pollyannas Are Stuck in Limbo (bloomberg)
  19. How the market’s biggest companies manage their cash and investments (cnbc)
  20. Adani could deliver ‘multibagger’ returns, an investor who bet $2 billion on the troubled business empire says (businessinsider)
  21. Jimmy Buffett, LeBron James, Tom Ford, and Tiger Woods are all officially billionaires (businessinsider)
  22. BofA witnessed the biggest week of equity outflows since October (streetinsider)
  23. China, Malaysia to discuss Asian Monetary Fund to reduce dependence on US dollar (foxbusiness)
  24. China’s reopening expected to release pent-up demand for art after 2022 decline
  25. Fund Star Terry Smith Builds $1 Billion Fortune With Riches Held Offshore (bloomberg)
  26. How China Aims to Counter US ‘Containment’ Efforts in Tech (bloomberg)
  27. The US Warehouse Capital Boomed During the Pandemic. Now It’s Facing a Slowdown bloomberg)