What I Am Reading
Saturday, April 9, 2022
Markets
- S&P 500, Nasdaq Fall While Bonds Extend SelloffWall Street Journal
- Dow climbs 100 points Friday, stocks post weekly losses after Fed commentsCNBC
- Benchmark Treasury yield hits 3-yr high; dollar index reaches 100Reuters
- Oil prices settle up 2%, post weekly loss on stockpile releasesReuters
- A Market Mystery: The ‘Wheat Whale’ That Came Out of NowhereNew York Times
Global
- Ukraine War Drives Food Prices to Record HighWall Street Journal
Central banks
US
- Interest-Rate Surge Ripples Through Economy, From Homes to Car LoansWall Street Journal
- As inflation bites, higher-income consumers are cutting back, tooCNBC
- Congress Punts on Funding Vaccines, Treatments as Covid-19 Hits Some LawmakersWall Street Journal
- Biden Plan to Combat Inflation with U.S. Manufacturing Faces SkepticismWall Street Journal
- Americans Are Pushing Back on the Warehouse Construction BoomWall Street Journal
- Blue-Collar Workers Make the Leap to Tech Jobs, No College Degree NecessaryWall Street Journal
China
- Shanghai’s Omicron Outbreak Corners Chinese LeaderWall Street Journal
Europe
Geopolitics & trade
- Russian Missile Attack Kills Dozens at Railway Station in Eastern UkraineWall Street Journal
- U.S. curbs Russian access to foreign fertilizers and valvesReuters
- The dawn of financial warfareFinancial Times
- Ukraine War: Switzerland, Norway Join U.S. Group Limiting Tech for RussiaBloomberg
- Ukraine Belongs in ‘European Family,’ EU Chief Von der Leyen Says on Kyiv TripBloomberg
Industries & companies
- Autos:Elon Musk: Telsa may have to get into mining, refining lithium directlyCNBC
- Autos:Inside Tesla’s ‘Cyber Rodeo’ Opening Party at Austin, Texas Factory (TSLA)Bloomberg
- Energy:Chevron, union negotiators to meet over California oil refinery strikeReuters
- Financials:Big banks' earnings and a hot inflation report could sway markets in short holiday weekCNBC
- Financials:Morgan Stanley unveils family office unit, looking to serve richest of the richCNBC
- Restaurants:Starbucks Hires New Strategy Chief as More Baristas UnionizeWall Street Journal
Corporate finance
Beyond markets
- Pinterest Will Remove Content Deemed Climate-Change MisinformationWall Street Journal