Be in the know. 24 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Disney Raises Profit Forecast on Strong Parks, Streaming (bloomberg)
  2. Disney reports surprise uptick in streaming subscribers, beats on top and bottom lines (cnbc)
  3. Alibaba’s Qwen3 topples DeepSeek’s R1 as world’s highest-ranked open-source AI model (scmp)
  4. Trump officials Bessent and Greer to meet with Chinese counterparts on trade, economic issues (cnbc)
  5. China injects ‘tactical’ monetary stimulus ahead of US trade meeting (reuters)
  6. China Cuts Key Rate, Reserve Ratio to Aid Economy Hit by Tariffs (bloomberg)
  7. Alibaba collaborates with social media platform RedNote in fresh domestic e-commerce push (scmp)
  8. US-China Tariff Pause Reasonable to Expect, Council Head Says (bloomberg)
  9. Post-Holiday Rebound Driven By Consumer Stocks (chinalastnight)
  10. Bessent Says Good Trade Offers Made, Sees Deal Soon as This Week (bloomberg)
  11. So Much For “Not A Safe Asset”: Yields Tumble After Stellar 10Y Treasury Auction Stops Through On Soaring Direct Demand (zerohedge)
  12. UK and US in Intensive Talks on Economic Deal to Reduce Tariffs (bloomberg)
  13. Rush to beat tariffs boosts US trade deficit to record high in March (reuters)
  14. The economy is resilient enough to handle this uncertainty, says Ed Yardeni (youtube)
  15. Europe Is a Safe Haven. 5 Stocks—and 3 ETFs—to Buy for Turbulent Markets. (barrons)
  16. EU Lays Out Plan to Cut Russian Energy Imports by 2027 (wsj)
  17. BMW chief predicts lower tariffs from July (ft)
  18. US companies plot $500bn share buyback spree (ft)
  19. What’s in Buffett’s Berkshire Empire? Cowboy Boots, Candy and Railroads (wsj)
  20. Baby boomers are buying more homes than millennials. Is that backwards? (usatoday)
  21. Traders Most Bullish Loonie Since 2009 as Carney, Trump Meet (bloomberg)
  22. Intel shareholders approve equity incentive plan, new CEO pay (reuters)
  23. PayPal to introduce contactless mobile wallet in Germany (yahoo)
  24. Temu, Shein See US Sales Drop in Week After Tariff Price Hikes (bloomberg)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. ‘Made in China’ airliner faces trade turbulence (ft)
  2. Trump’s Middle East Trip Has Qatar Lining Up Major Boeing Order (bloomberg)
  3. Alipay and WeChat Pay see booming inbound spending in China during Labour Day holiday (scmp)
  4. China Plans Wednesday Briefing on Market Stabilization Measures (bloomberg)
  5. Beijing’s ‘Made in China’ Plan Is Narrowing Tech Gap, Study Finds (wsj)
  6. China’s New AI Niche Could Upend Global Tech Investing. How to Get in on the Data Gold Rush. (barrons)
  7. Pres. Trump will reduce China tariffs to 60% in coming weeks, says Piper Sandler (youtube)
  8. Optimism Is Back for Biotech Stocks. This Time, It Could Last. (barrons)
  9. What Recession: Goldman Now Expects Q2 GDP To Surge To 2.4% (zerohedge)
  10. Hollywood Wanted Trump to Bring Movie-Making Back to the U.S.—but Not Like This (wsj)
  11. Bessent Pitches Skittish Investors to Bet on Trump’s Economic Plan (nytimes)
  12. India Offers Zero-for-Zero Tariffs on Auto Parts, Steel From US (bloomberg)
  13. We should not believe consumers who say they’ve got the blues (ft)
  14. Avoid Unforced Errors and Stay Humble: Warren Buffett’s Leadership Lessons (wsj)
  15. BofA’s Trading Chief Says Shift Out of US Is Still Marginal (bloomberg)
  16. 5 Stocks to Buy in May and Hold for the Long Term (morningstar)
  17. GXO secures $2.5 billion NHS logistics contract (investing)
  18. Generac Urges Homeowners to Prepare as 2025 Hurricane Season Forecasts Above-Average Storm Activity (investing)
  19. Nike Switches Up Leadership Team Amid Ongoing Turnaround (wsj)
  20. Hims & Hers Stock Stumbles After Earnings. The Long-Term Sales Outlook Looks Low. (barrons)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. You’re More Like Warren Buffett Than You Think (wsj)
  2. How Warren Buffett Changed the Way Investors Think of Investing (nytimes)
  3. What Warren Buffett Learned From His Biggest Hits—and Misses (wsj)
  4. CEOs Celebrate Buffett as He Calls a Close on 5,500,000% Run (bloomberg)
  5. Warren Buffett to Remain Berkshire Hathaway Chairman (wsj)
  6. Disney’s Marvel Takes Top Spot at Weekend Box Office (barrons)
  7. Trump Calls for 100% Tariff on Movies Made Overseas (wsj)
  8. Trump Suggests Some Trade Deals May Come as Soon as This Week (bloomberg)
  9. Trump Won’t Fire Powell, But He Wants a Rate Cut (barrons)
  10. Hartnett: Market Now Expecting Trump Pivot To “Lower Tariffs, Lower Rates, Lower Taxes” (zerohedge)
  11. Trump Says He’s Willing to Lower China Tariffs at Some Point (bloomberg)
  12. Malaysia Seeks to Bring US-Imposed Tariffs Down to Zero in Talks (bloomberg)
  13. Strategists optimistic on China even as US-China trade war climbdown looks far off (reuters)
  14. Goldman: Upside massively under-priced (zerohedge)
  15. “Better Than Cash”: PayPal Announces Plans to Revolutionize In-Store Payments in Germany (paypal)

Be in the know. 18 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Warren Buffett Plans to Step Down as Berkshire CEO at Year-End (wsj)
  2. Why There Will Never Be Another Warren Buffett (wsj)
  3. Read the WSJ’s Early Coverage of Warren Buffett (wsj)
  4. Warren Buffett, on Stage at Berkshire Meeting, Defends Global Trade (wsj)
  5. Who Is Greg Abel, the Man Preparing to Take Over for Warren Buffett? (wsj)
  6. Warren Buffett has created a $348bn question for his successor (economist)
  7. U.S. auto sales up 10.0% in April on rush demand, inventory decline and price hikes concerns going forward (marklines)
  8. Ford CEO does the math on Trump’s auto tariffs (npr)
  9. GM to increase production in existing U.S. plants, hold pricing steady (marklines)
  10. April Auto Sales: How Tariffs Shaped the Market (coxauto)
  11. eBay and Etsy are relatively confident despite tariff pressures (techcrunch)
  12. China’s Ant Group plans to list overseas unit in Hong Kong, report says (reuters)
  13. Can Starbucks be turned around? (economist)
  14. Big tech has a big Trump problem (economist)
  15. The trouble with MAGA’s manufacturing dream (economist)
  16. 69 housing markets where higher inventory is tipping scales to buyers (fastcompany)
  17. The 4 bucket-list trips that any cultured golfer needs to take (golfdigest)
  18. The Ferrari 296 just got a lot more Speciale (classicdriver)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Nike, Adidas, Puma, Steve Madden, Caleres + Dozens More Companies Urge Trump to Exempt Shoes From Tariffs in FDRA Letter (footwearnews)
  2. Vans Owner VF Corp. Confirms 400 More Layoffs Across the Company (footwearnews)
  3. Berkshire Stock Could Drop 99% and Still Top S&P 500 Over Buffett’s 60-Year Reign (barrons)
  4. Berkshire shareholders head to Buffett’s 60th annual meeting, economy top of mind (reuters)
  5. Trump’s Auto Tariff Relief Shields USMCA Auto Parts From 25% Tax (bloomberg)
  6. Commercial aircraft demand boosts US factory orders in March (reuters)
  7. U.S. natural gas inventories in underground storage ended winter at a three-year low (eia.gov)
  8. US adds surprisingly strong 177K jobs in April as labor market holds up in face of tariffs (nypost)
  9. Speculators Turn Most Bearish on the Dollar Since September (bloomberg)
  10. Even Marvel Knows Its Movies and Shows Need to Be Better (wsj)
  11. Beijing Weighs Fentanyl Offer to U.S. to Start Trade Talks (wsj)
  12. Europe’s first grid crisis may not be its last (ft)
  13. Visa, Mastercard, PayPal Fuel Agentic AI Commerce Boom (pymnts)
  14. Temu and Shein Will Feel ‘De Minimis’ Pain. So Will These U.S. Companies. (barrons)
  15. These 3 Oil Refiners Can Buck the Energy Downturn (barrons)

Be in the know. 22 key reads for Friday…

  1. Warren Buffett proves, once again, why he’s the best (marketwatch)
  2. Warren Buffett, Mum So Far on the Trade War, Steps Up to the Mic (wsj)
  3. 10 Burning Questions for Warren Buffett at the Annual Berkshire Meeting (barrons)
  4. Cooper Standard Reports Robust Operating Performance and Significant Margin Improvement in the First Quarter of 2025 (investing)
  5. Ford’s April sales, led by pickups, surged 16% ahead of tariffs (usatoday)
  6. Inside Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant, It’s About as American as Can Be (barrons)
  7. General Motors to deploy ‘Covid playbook’ to offset $5bn tariff hit (ft)
  8. Chinese EV makers sell more plugin-hybrids in the EU to avoid tariffs, research firm says (reuters)
  9. China Signals Readiness to Respond to U.S. Trade Overtures (wsj)
  10. China Says Its ‘Door Is Wide Open’ for Trade Talks. What It Means for the Market. (barrons)
  11. China Quietly Exempts About a Quarter of US Imports from Tariffs (bloomberg)
  12. Hong Kong’s Growth Unexpectedly Picks Up on Tourism, Export Boom (bloomberg)
  13. Alibaba launches Taobao fast-delivery service ahead of time to challenge JD.com, Meituan (scmp)
  14. Emerging-Market Stocks Roar Back a Month After Tariff Shock (bloomberg)
  15. EU Could Offer to Buy $56 Billion of U.S. Products to End Trade War, Top Negotiator Says (wsj)
  16. Venmo gaining ground in payments as Cash App struggles (cnbc)
  17. Etsy is leveraging AI to boost personalization (yahoo)
  18. Baxter tops quarterly estimates on strong demand for medical devices (reuters)
  19. Trump Plans Record $1.01 Trillion National Security Budget (bloomberg)
  20. Amazon Shares Drop on Tariff Concerns Despite Strong Quarter (wsj)
  21. Why the dollar doom is overdone (ft)
  22. Investing Pros Haven’t Been This Worried About the Stock Market in at Least 28 Years, Our Exclusive Poll Finds (barrons)

Be in the know. 26 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Chinese Stocks Look Like an Opportunity Amid Trump’s Tariff Chaos (barrons)
  2. China signals opening for trade talks with US (ft)
  3. US Has Reached Out to China to Initiate Tariff Talks, CCTV Says (bloomberg)
  4. Alibaba’s Qwen3 AI model family helps narrow tech gap between China and US: analysts (scmp)
  5. Goldman’s First-Take On Alibaba’s Hybrid Qwen3 Model (zerohedge)
  6. Chinese Automakers Report Robust Sales Growth in April (wsj)
  7. How the New Trump Tariffs on Car Parts Will Work (wsj)
  8. A Small, Affordable Pickup Truck? It’s Finally Here (wsj)
  9. Ford to Delay Price Increases to See How Rivals React to Tariffs (bloomberg)
  10. Home Builders Are Piling on Discounts as They Struggle to Entice Buyers (wsj)
  11. America’s housing crisis: Realtor.com CEO says there is way to solve it (foxbusiness)
  12. US Pending Sales of Existing Homes Increase by Most Since 2023 (bloomberg)
  13. US Treasury chief urges Fed to cut rates (reuters)
  14. U.S. Treasury Won’t Boost Bond Sizes for Refunding, Signals Changes to Buybacks (barrons)
  15. Small-Cap Stocks Have Suffered. It’s Time to Be Cautiously Optimistic. (barrons)
  16. EU to Present Trade Proposals to US Negotiators Next Week (bloomberg)
  17. Millions of people in Europe lost power for hours on Monday, and no one knows why (marketwatch)
  18. Biggest Dollar Slump Since 2022 Hints at More Losses Ahead (bloomberg)
  19. U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter as Imports Surged Ahead of Tariffs (wsj)
  20. E-Commerce Sellers Brace for End of De Minimis (wsj)
  21. The 10 Best Companies to Invest in Now (morningstar)
  22. Estée Lauder Forecasts Return to Sales Growth in 2026 (bloomberg)
  23. Albemarle maintains 2025 outlook due to lithium tariff exemptions (reuters)
  24. Baxter shares rise as Q1 earnings top estimates, guidance raised (investing)
  25. Crown Castle Reports First Quarter 2025 Results and Maintains Outlook for Full Year 2025 (investing)
  26. Comstock Resources beats Q1 estimates, stock rises 3.5% (investing)

Be in the know. 26 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Trump Softens Blow of Automotive Tariffs (wsj)
  2. For Ford, Tesla, the Worst Auto Tariff Case Is Off the Table (barrons)
  3. Trump eases auto tariffs burden as Lutnick touts first foreign trade deal (reuters)
  4. Stanley Black & Decker Raising Prices to Offset Tariff Costs (wsj)
  5. Generac tops Q1 forecasts, lowers bottom end of 2025 outlook (investing)
  6. Etsy tops quarterly revenue estimates on steady demand for apparel, gifts (reuters)
  7. Etsy shares pop on revenue beat as company says it’s ‘staying nimble’ to tariff uncertainty (cnbc)
  8. Intel Says Clients Preparing to Test New Production Process (bloomberg)
  9. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan charts foundry roadmap (streetinsider)
  10. PayPal Is Launching Programmatic Ads Powered By Shopping Data (adweek)
  11. Disney, Universal Films to Screen in China Despite Trade Dispute (bloomberg)
  12. Alibaba Rolls Out ‘Instant Commerce’ Feature as China Delivery Battle Heats Up (wsj)
  13. Demand for Chinese stocks lifts Hong Kong exchange’s profits (ft)
  14. Alibaba gives Taobao on-demand delivery an upgrade in Meituan, JD.com competition (scmp)
  15. Huawei delivers advanced AI chip ‘cluster’ to Chinese clients cut off from Nvidia (ft)
  16. Chinese Set to Spend Record $1 Trillion in Local Travel Boom (bloomberg)
  17. A Weak Dollar Is A Blessing for Emerging Markets (zerohedge)
  18. Bessent Cites Digital Services Tax as Sticking Point in EU Talks (bloomberg)
  19. Tariff-Frontrunning Sends US Trade Deficit To New Record High In March (zerohedge)
  20. Hedge Funds Lose Market Conviction, Except for Shorting US Stocks (bloomberg)
  21. The Best Basic Materials Stocks to Buy (morningstar)
  22. US NatGas Deemed “Oversold” By Goldman Ahead Of Summer (zerohedge)
  23. Bank of America, Mattel, and 5 Other Stocks Have Priced in Recession. Buy Them. (barrons)
  24. Starbucks’ Sales Keep Falling, Amping Up Turnaround Stakes (bloomberg)
  25. US Economy Contracts for First Time Since 2022 on Imports Surge (bloomberg)
  26. US Firms Add 62,000 Jobs, Smallest Gain Since July in ADP Data (bloomberg)

Be in the know. 26 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. PayPal Reports Strong First-Quarter Earnings. Turnaround Strategy is Working, CEO Says. (barrons)
  2. PayPal Profit Gauge Tops Estimates in Sign of Turnaround Success (bloomberg)
  3. Venmo revenue grows 20%, with debit card payment volume soaring (cnbc)
  4. Alibaba launches new Qwen LLMs in China’s latest open-source AI breakthrough (cnbc)
  5. Alibaba Rolls Out Latest Flagship AI Model in Post-DeepSeek Race (bloomberg)
  6. China Offers Olive Branch to U.S. Firms After Boeing Delivery Halt (wsj)
  7. Bessent Says China Must Take Lead on Tariffs Talks, Hints at India Deal (barrons)
  8. The Best Chinese Stocks to Buy (morningstar)
  9. China’s E-Commerce Giants Are Putting Up a Fight (bloomberg)
  10. What’s the De Minimis Tariff Loophole Trump Is Closing? (bloomberg)
  11. Huawei Races To Replace Nvidia: New Ascend 910D AI Chip Will Begin Testing Next Month In China (zerohedge)
  12. Nvidia’s Chip Market Problems Aren’t Just in China (wsj)
  13. Trump to Soften Blow of Automotive Tariffs (wsj)
  14. Boeing Removed From Credit Watch by S&P in Turnaround Boost (bloomberg)
  15. India Plans to Highlight Boeing Order Pipeline in US Trade Talks (bloomberg)
  16. Why Restarting a Power Grid After Massive Collapse Is So Hard (bloomberg)
  17. Housing on Federal Lands Aims to Ease Affordability Crisis (nytimes)
  18. How to Invest Like Warren Buffett (morningstar)
  19. Dollar on track for biggest two-month fall in more than two decades (streetinsider)
  20. Has sentiment bottomed out? (ft)
  21. Buyback Blackout Period Ends: Record Stock Repurchases On Deck (zerohedge)
  22. Woodside Energy Approves $17.5 Billion Louisiana LNG Development (wsj)
  23. GM Beats Earnings Estimates, Delays Conference Call. It’s Waiting for Trump Tariff Changes. (barrons)
  24. Royal Caribbean raises annual profit forecast on strong cruise demand (reuters)
  25. American Tower beats quarterly revenue estimate on strong telecom infrastructure leasing demand (reuters)
  26. Starbucks Is Reinventing Itself. Earnings Will Show the Progress. (barrons)

Be in the know. 16 key reads for Monday…

  1. Unhedged and Burned, Stock Investors Brace for More Dollar Pain (bloomberg)
  2. The Dollar’s Weakness Creates an Opportunity for the Euro. Can It Last? (nytimes)
  3. Morgan Stanley’s Wilson Says Weak Dollar Will Buoy US Stocks (bloomberg)
  4. China moves to protect economy from trade war, vows to hit 5% growth target (scmp)
  5. China rolls out employment support and hints at more stimulus as U.S. tensions escalate (cnbc)
  6. Goldman says China funds to buy US$110 billion of Hong Kong-listed stocks (scmp)
  7. China’s Huawei Develops New AI Chip, Seeking to Match Nvidia (wsj)
  8. Goldman Sachs Offers Advice on Tariffs to Countries Scrambling to Please Trump (wsj)
  9. Philippines Aims to Lower US Tariff to Zero During Talks (bloomberg)
  10. Emerging-Market Stocks Extend Rally Amid Earnings Optimism (bloomberg)
  11. Riyadh Air willing to buy Boeing planes from cancelled Chinese orders, CEO says (reuters)
  12. Bernstein raises Boeing stock rating, price target to $218 (investing)
  13. Boeing Stock Is Rising for Two Reasons (barrons)
  14. Inflation Fear Is Making Some People Spend More—and Others Less (wsj)
  15. Home prices starting to crack: Here’s why (youtube)
  16. The 7-year car loan is here. Do you really want to be paying off your car in 2032? (usatoday)