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Forecasts that U.S. economy would add a million jobs in April fail to materialize as unemployment rate ticks upward (MarketWatch )
Here’s the catalyst that could shift the market debate from selling the news to buying the dip (MarketWatch )
It Isn’t a New Era for Productivity Yet (Wall Street Journal )
Biden’s Vaccine Patent Move: Watch Out for Side Effects (Wall Streeet Journal )
Pfizer and BioNTech start process of seeking full FDA approval of their COVID-19 vaccine (MarketWatch )
Fed’s Kaplan wants taper talk ‘sooner rather than later’ (StreetInsider )
5 Goldman Sachs Conviction List Growth Stocks to Buy Also Pay Big Dividends (247wallst )
Fed warns of hidden leverage lurking in financial system (Financial Times )
Stock buybacks top $200 billion in April, the second highest monthly total since Republican tax revamp of 2017 (MarketWatch )
Millions Are Unemployed. Why Can’t Companies Find Workers? (Wall Street Journal )
Why More Electric Vehicles Don’t Pose a Threat to Oil (Barron’s )
Nikola Stock Rallies On Big Order Ahead Of Earnings Report (Investor’s Business Daily )
Pfizer Will Meet Growth Goals Even Without Vaccine Sales, CFO Says (Barron’s )
Planning a Vacation This Summer? European Vaccinations Are Picking Up, Says Goldman Sachs. (Barron’s )
Everything Screams Inflation (Wall Street Journal )
Get Ready for a Blockbuster Jobs Report of 1 Million or More (Barron’s )
Services Gains Point to Global Economic Pickup Despite Covid-19 Flare-Ups (Wall Street Journal )
Workers file 498,000 new jobless claims as US hits pandemic low (New York Post )
Broadway Is Reopening. But Not Until September. (New York Times )
Fed Officials Tamp Down Overheating Worries as Investors Fret (New York Times )
Companies Warn of U.S. Labor Shortages Economists Call Temporary (Bloomberg )
Moderna says early data shows Covid vaccine is 96% effective in teens (CNBC )
Yellen Says She Isn’t Predicting Higher Interest Rates (Wall Street Journal )
10 Reasons to Buy Bank Stocks (Barron’s )
Electric vehicles and renewables will need a dramatic rise in mineral supply, IEA warns (CNBC )
Higher Taxes Won’t Squash the Biden Boom (Wall Street Journal )
Vaccine Rollouts Are a Key Ingredient for Big Food (Wall Street Journal )
Yellen’s Interest-Rate Comment Illustrates the Market’s Greatest Worry (Wall Street Journal )
U.S. LNG Club Could Get More Exclusive (Wall Street Journal )
Biden Aims to Get 70% of Adults at Least One Covid-19 Vaccine Dose by July 4 (Wall Streeet Journal )
Pfizer Expects Vaccine Will Be “Durable Revenue Stream” As It Seeks Approval For Children 2 To 11 (ZeroHedge )
Europe’s Vaccine Rollout Relies Heavily On Pfizer/BioNTech (ZeroHedge )
Pfizer Reaps Hundreds of Millions in Profits From Covid Vaccine (New York Times )
Boeing-backed start-up Wisk inks first deal to operate air taxis in the U.S. (CNBC )
Washington shies away from declaration to defend Taiwan (Financial Times )
Fed’s Evans says policy likely on hold for some time (Reuters )
U.S. private payrolls post biggest gain in seven months in April (Reuters )
Bitcoin will soon be available through hundreds of US banks in a partnership with crypto firm NYDIG, report says (Business Insider )
BofA Securities Upgrades ConocoPhillips (COP) to Buy for 3 Reasons (streetinsider )
Lyft Shares Rally As March Quarter Results Top Guidance (Barron’s )
Hedge funds had become ‘extreme’ sellers of stocks even before Yellen’s interest-rate remarks. Here’s why. (MarketWatch )
The Untold Story of How Jeff Bezos Beat the Tabloids (Bloomberg )
Jessica Alba’s Honest Co. IPO valued at $1.4 billion (Fox Business )
Cobalt price jump underscores reliance on metal for electric vehicle batteries (Financial Times )
Krispy Kreme files for IPO (New York Post )
Canada authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids between the ages of 12 and 15 years old (MarketWatch )
Foil Maker Reynolds Sees Three Rounds of Price Hikes in 2021 (Bloomberg )
Fed’s Kaplan, in interview, says it’s time to open discussion on tapping brakes on central-bank support for economy (MarketWatch )
Pfizer’s next play: A vaccine maker and pandemic ‘partner’ to governments (MarketWatch )
Suburban Homes and Retail Are the Budding New Office Hotspot (Wall Street Journal )
The Man With More SPACs Than Anyone (Wall Street Journal )
Jamie Dimon on Booming Economy and Finally Getting Off Zoom (Wall Street Journal )
Pfizer lifts sales forecast for COVID-19 vaccine to $26 billion (Reuters )
Pfizer (PFE) Tops Q1 EPS by 15c, Raises FY Guidance (StreetInsider )
Pfizer plans to file for full FDA approval of Covid vaccine at the end of this month (CNBC )
Clorox is still selling many more cleaning products than it was pre-pandemic (MarketWatch )
Consumer Lenders Face a New Challenge: Each Other (Wall Street Journal )
Starboard Value Finally Makes Its Move on Box (Barron’s )
How Inflation Could Shape the Next Phase of the Stock Market (Barron’s )
U.S. Stock Market Futures Mixed, With Airlines Lifted by Travel Reopening Plans in Europe (Barron’s )
Apple and Epic Games Trial Has Started. What to Know. (Barron’s )
Bank Stocks Continue to Gain. Why Wall Street Says the Rally Still Has Steam. (Barron’s )
Why Ether is Soaring to New Highs (Barron’s )
The world risks ‘running out of copper’ — and here’s how high prices may rise as the economy reopens, BofA warns (MarketWatch )
The Fed Doesn’t Want to Talk Tapering Yet. Wait for Summer, Wall Street Says. (Barron’s )
‘Buy in May and go away’: Why US stocks can trade higher into the summer months, according to JPMorgan’s quant guru (Business Insider )
Mohamed El-Erian says inflation is here to stay and won’t be ‘transitory’ like the Fed claims (Business Insider )
Why supply-chain bottlenecks, price pressures may ease by year end (MarketWatch )
OPEC Keeps Crude Production Steady Before Planned Increases (Bloomberg )
UPDATE 2-ConocoPhillips profit tops as travel demand boosts oil prices (Reuters )
New York, New Jersey Lift Covid-19 Capacity Limits on Businesses (Wall Street Journal )
Record Share of Companies Are Beating Earnings Estimates (Wall Street Journal )
Apple Has Two Trillion Reasons to Fight for the App Store (Wall Street Journal )
Berkshire Hathaway’s Greg Abel Is Planned Successor to Buffett Abel oversees Berkshire’s big non-insurance operations. (Barron’s )
Exxon Mobil Board Fight Enters Final Rounds (Barron’s )
3 Things to Know From Berkshire Hathaway’s Shareholder Meeting (Barron’s )
Biden’s Plan to Spend $4.5 Trillion Without Boosting Deficits Depends on Factors Beyond His Control (Wall Street Journal )
Americans Can’t Get Enough of the Stock Market (Wall Street Journal )
Covid-19 Savings Stockpile Could Accelerate Economy—if Consumers Spend It (Wall Street Journal )
Epic vs. Apple Trial: Tim Cook, Tim Sweeney and the Other Key Players in ‘Fortnite’ Maker’s Antitrust Lawsuit (Wall Street Journal )
Workers are coming back to the office – slowly (USA Today )
Verizon sells Yahoo and AOL as part of $5 billion deal (USA Today )
EU Looks to Open Its Borders After a Year of Pandemic Isolation (Bloomberg )
New York City Is Roaring Back to Life, One Year After Its Nadir (Bloomberg )
Buffett says Berkshire is seeing ‘very substantial inflation’ and raising prices (CNBC )
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Americans can expect a ‘big return’ from Biden’s $4.1 trillion spending proposal (Business Insider )
Intel CEO stresses more U.S. chip production, fewer stock buybacks (MarketWatch )
A 10% drop or at least a pause could be looming for the S&P 500. Take shelter in these sectors, says veteran strategist (MarketWatch )
Bridgewater Co-CIO: The Market Is “Very, Very Dangerous” (ZeroHedge )
China stocks take lion’s share as EM flows bounce back in April –IIF (Reuters )
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to revive Wells Fargo accounts scandal suit (Reuters )
9 Takeaways From Berkshire Hathaway’s Annual Shareholder Meeting (Benzinga )
Guy Fieri, Fired Up: The Food Network King, With a Massive New Deal, Pushes for More Restaurant Relief (Hollywood Reporter )
Bridgewater on Bubbles (Podcast) (Bloomberg )
Warren Buffett’s Deputy Calls Bitcoin ‘Disgusting’ And Bad For Civilization (Forbes )
Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting 2021: Highlights and storylines (Yahoo! Finance )
Buffett says Berkshire “not competitive” with SPACs on deals (Reuters )
12 Best Vacation Stocks to Buy Now (insidermonkey )
NYC falls to second on billionaire list as new tax hikes push wealthy out (New York Post )
Americans Can’t Get Enough of the Stock Market (Wall Street Journal )
A Chinese province powered 8% of all Bitcoin mining. Then the government gave miners 2 months to get out (Fortune )
Thinking of Buying a Pro Sports Team? 10 Things Successful Owners Think You Should Know (RobbReport )
Here’s What It’s Like to Drive McLaren’s 611 HP Street-Legal Racer, the 620R (RobbReport )
The World’s Largest Aircraft, With a Wingspan Longer Than a Football Field, Just Completed Its Second Test Flight (RobbReport )
Forget Batteries, This New Lightweight Hypercar Will Be Powered Entirely by Hydrogen (RobbReport )
Jerry Jones’s Custom Airbus Chopper Is a Dallas Cowboy for the Skies (RobbReport )
Big Tech is now worth so much we’ve forgotten to be shocked by the numbers (TechCrunch )
Aston Martin Unveils Roofless V12 Speedster Special Edition (Maxim )
Wayfair’s $112 billion plan to take over your entire home (Fast Company )
Inflation, Unemployment And The Phillips Curve (NPR Planet Money )
Lotus Wants Its First Electric Sports Car to Weigh the Same as Its Last Gas-Powered Car (Road and Track )
How Costco Is Masking A 14% Price Jump With Shrinkflation (ZeroHedge )
Apple Hit With Landmark Antitrust Charges in Europe Over App Store (Barron’s )
Here’s What Biden’s Corporate Tax Plan Means for Investors (Barron’s )
Biden’s $4 Trillion Economic Plan, in One Chart (New York Times )
What the cluck? Fast food chains warn of dire chicken shortage in US (New York Post )
Bank of America Stock Is a Buy. Here’s Why. (Barron’s )
PracticesThe Price of the Stuff That Makes Everything Is Surging (Bloomberg )
Legalized Marijuana Will Be a Big Win for U.S. Pot Stocks. How to Bet on the Sector. (Barron’s )
Exxon, Chevron Preach Prudence Even as Cash Waterfall Returns (Bloomberg )
Summers Sees Signs of Scarce Workers as Harbinger of Inflation (Bloomberg )
U.S. Personal Incomes Soar by Most on Record on Fiscal Stimulus (Bloomberg )
Thanks to Spotify, the Music Is Stopping for Apple (Bloomberg )
8 different areas have taken turns leading the latest bull market in stocks – and that diversity is part of what makes the climb so sustainable, says one Wall Street chief strategist (Business Insider )
Why investors should invest in asset bubbles rather than avoid them, according to JPMorgan (Business Insider )
Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting is here: What to expect from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger (CNBC )
Berkshire Hathaway’s operating earnings jump, Buffett continues to buy back stock (CNBC )
Clorox weighs price increases on products in response to inflationary costs (CNBC )
Value investing: Is this the biggest opportunity since the tech bubble? (BNP )
U.S. stocks have risen to all-time highs this year. Should you ‘sell in May and go away’? (MarketWatch )
Railroad Stocks Are Rallying. What That Means for the Economy (Barron’s )
Residents Furious at Release of 500 Million Gene-Hacked Mosquitoes (Futurism )
Taxing Speculation (investoramnesia )
Why ‘Black Swan’ author Nassim Taleb calls bitcoin an ‘open Ponzi scheme’ (CNBC )
Dining out is back, as America gets vaccinated (CNN )
The last clean energy boom turned to bust. Will this time be any different? (CNN )
More than 90 New Airlines Are Launching in 2021. They Say It’s the Perfect Time. (Wall Street Journal )
Rally in Transportation Stocks Nears 122-Year-Old Record Streak (Wall Street Journal )
2021 Ferrari Roma: A High-Tech Sports Car With a Midcentury Look (Wall Street Journal )
Investors move into cash at fastest rate since March last year (Financial Times )
Why a $10,000 Tax Deduction Could Hold Up Trillions in Stimulus Funds (New York Times )
Deepest Backwardation Since ‘07 Shows World Short on Commodities (Bloomberg )
Warren Buffett will discuss stocks, deals, and the pandemic at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting on Saturday. Here are 18 questions he might answer. (Business Insider )
EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after Spotify complaint (CNBC )
Goldman Sachs Sees $80 Oil This Year: 4 Conviction List Energy Stocks to Buy Now (24/7 Wall Street )
AstraZeneca Reveals Covid-19 Vaccine Sales. That Isn’t Why the Stock Is Rising. (Barron’s )
It May Be Time to Check In to InterContinental Stock (Barron’s )
Why It’s Great News That Cyclical Stocks Are Selling Off on Earnings (Barron’s )
SPACs Switch Their Ticker Symbols—and Shares Climb. What’s Really Going On. (Barron’s )
What Ails Gilead’s Sales (Barron’s )
Apple’s Spectacular Earnings Aren’t Lifting the Stock. The Worry Is Growth. (Barron’s )
Kraft-Heinz thrives as pandemic spurs home dining (New York Post )
Cyclical Stocks Are Selling Off on Earnings. Why That’s Great News. (Barron’s )
Apple v. Epic: What to expect from a trial that could change antitrust law and the mobile-app ecosystem (MarketWatch )
Oil’s Rebound Greases the Way for Energy Giants’ Green Pitch (Wall Street Journal )
U.S. fast-food chains cash in, seize market share during pandemic (Reuters )
5 Best Chinese Stocks To Buy And Watch Now (IBD )
Amazon Continues To Outpace Google, Facebook On Ad-Revenue Growth: What You Need To Know (Benzinga )
Cobalt price jump underscores reliance on metal for electric vehicle batteries (Financial Times )
Exxon and Chevron surge back to profit (Financial Times )
Colgate-Palmolive stock gains after profit, sales top expectations (Yahoo! Finance )
Warren Buffett generates half of his dividend income from these stocks: Apple, Bank of America, Coca-Cola (USA Today )
Nokia Earnings Were Surprisingly Good. The Stock Is Soaring. (Barron’s )
25 Undervalued Stocks with Earnings Set to Beat Pre-Covid Levels (Barron’s )
Amazon Is Likely to Post Blowout Profits. The Question Is What Follows. (Barron’s )
Oil aims for 3-day win streak on demand optimism (MarketWatch )
Texas Instruments Weighs In on the Chip Shortage—and Creates Confusion (Barron’s )
Treasury yields come off highs as Fed’s Powell pushes back on taper speculation (MarketWatch )
Apple Couldn’t Dodge Chip Pain Forever (Wall Street Journal )
Google Springs Forward (Wall Street Journal )
Northrop Grumman (NOC) Tops Q1 EPS by $1.09; Raises Guidance (streetinsider )
Optimistic Breakout. The Energy Report 04/29/2021 (Phil Flynn )
Shell (RDS) Gains on Raised Dividend and Q1 Beat, Analyst Says ‘Earnings Power Intact’ (streetinsider )
Fed Chair Powell In Response To GameStop, Dogecoin Mania Says He Sees ‘Froth In Equity Markets’ (Benzinga )
McDonald’s revenue tops pre-pandemic levels, fueled by the strong U.S. recovery (CNBC )
Chip shortages for iPads and Macs may cool Apple’s hot streak (CNBC )
These two stocks unloved by analysts may be worth a second look (CNBC )
CDC to cruise industry: Sailing could restart in mid-July (USA Today )
U.S. Recovery Gains Steam as Spending Fuels 6.4% GDP Growth (Bloomberg )
Verizon Explores Sale of Media Assets, Including Parts of Yahoo and AOL (Wall Street Journal )
Biden Proposal Would Close Longtime Real-Estate Tax Loophole (Wall Street Journal )
Private Equity and Hedge Funds, Facing a New Tax Burden, Prepare Their Defense (Wall Street Journal )
Taper Talk? Inflation Outlook? Here Are 4 Things to Watch in Fed’s Policy Update (Barron’s )
Analysts Have Higher Hopes for These 4 Energy Stocks (Barron’s )
Amazon Is Likely to Post Blowout Profits. The Question Is What Follows. (Barron’s )
Inflation Is Coming. 5 Stocks to Buy Now. (Barron’s )
Facebook Reports Earnings Wednesday. What to Expect. (Barron’s )
What’s in $1.8 Trillion Biden Spending Plan Funded by Taxes (Bloomberg )
Gundlach Says Fed Is Guessing That Inflation Will Be Transitory (Bloomberg )
Shoemaker Allbirds reportedly in talks with banks for IPO (CNBC )
Biden to unveil $1.8 trillion plan for families — here’s what’s in it (CNBC )
General Electric (GE) Falls on Revenue Miss, But Still Plenty of Runway for the Turnaround Bull Case Says Analyst (Street Insider )
The Best Managers Aren’t in It Just for the Money (Institutional Investor )
GSK chief defends against accusations of flat performance (Financial Times )
Apple To Slash AirPods Production Due To Competition From Cheaper Alternatives (Benzinga )
India’s surging Covid-19 cases shouldn’t dissuade investors from buying emerging markets equities, UBS Wealth Management says (Business Insider )
Investors are still keeping their cash levels high — but here’s what’s drawing them to stocks, UBS says (MarketWatch )
Shoppers Return to Malls, With an Urge to Spend (Wall Street Journal )
U.S. Warship Fires Warning Shots in Encounter With Iranian Vessels (Wall Street Journal )
