Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. BlackRock’s Rieder: Federal Reserve Rate Cuts Needed to Tame Inflation (cnbc)
  2. Companies are leaning into opportunity in China (cnbc)
  3. China’s industrial output up 6.7 pct in April (cn)
  4. 3 Reasons to Buy Alphabet Stock Like There’s No Tomorrow (fool)
  5. Buy Nestlé Stock. Despair Is Turning to Hope. (barrons)
  6. A Cheap Dividend Aristocrat to Buy Before It Bounces Back (morningstar)
  7. Weekly Leading Economic Index (advisorperspectives)
  8. Inside Disney’s Hunt to Replace Bob Iger as CEO: Bibbidi Bobbidi Who Will It Be? (vanityfair)
  9. Alibaba sees steady revenue increase, GMV and order numbers on Taobao and Tmall return to double-digit growth track (technode)
  10. AI creates level playing field, can provide most people with equal opportunities, says Sundar Pichai (firstpost)
  11. The highs and lows of US rents (npr)
  12. Google Puts AI in Its Search Engine (inc)
  13. Charts with a message (scottgrannis)
  14. Alibaba Back on Growth Track with GMV Up Double Digits, Extra Dividend to Shareholders (alizila)
  15. Alibaba Overhauls Taobao Website Ahead of Revamped 6.18 Sale (alizila)

Be in the know. 17 key reads for Friday…

  1. Chinese vice-premier calls on cities to buy back residential land, unsold homes (scmp)
  2. China’s e-commerce market still has ‘ample room’ for growth: JPMorgan analyst (scmp)
  3. Emerging-Market Stocks Are Breaking Out, and Could Beat the S&P 500 From Here (barrons)
  4. China Attempts to End Property Crisis With Broad Rescue Package (bloomberg)
  5. Vietnam’s Economy Is Humming. 3 Growth Stocks to Play. (barrons)
  6. Utilities Are Meant to Be Sleepy. They’re the New Growth Stocks. (barrons)
  7. Is PayPal a Millionaire Maker? (yahoo)
  8. China Is Finally Getting Serious About a Housing Rescue (wsj)
  9. Walgreens and CVS Are Trying to Fix America’s Flailing Pharmacies (bloomberg)
  10. David Tepper Scoops Up Alibaba as Hedge Funds Hunt for Bargains in China (bloomberg)
  11. PBOC Earmarks $42 Billion for State Buying of Unsold Homes (bloomberg)
  12. Intel Inside Ohio (bloomberg)
  13. Canada Goose jumps 16% after the company reports growth surge in China (cnbc)
  14. China just unveiled the strongest remedies yet for its troubled housing market (businessinsider)
  15. Openwashing (nytimes)
  16. Alibaba rallies to 7-mth high as ‘Big Short’ investor Burry increases stake (streetinsider)
  17. ​​After bumping S&P 500 target, BMO is also turning more bullish on Canada (streetinsider)