Today’s Issue Cluster: Mining
Retail – Fast-rising JD.com has Alibaba looking over its shoulder
Ship – This Yard Is So Unprofitable It’s Turning Into a Parking Lot
Watches – Swiss face another challenging year
China – Q1: GDP growth slows; +6.7% from +6.8% / FT / WSJ / R / AP / NYT
US – Mar: Industrial output falls more than expected; -0.6% from -0.6% / R
US – Apr: UMich Consumer Sentiment Falls; 89.7 from 91.0 / B
Negative Rates – World: The Bomb Ticking Inside Bond Market WSJ *
Negative Rates – Japan: Experiment Is Floundering WSJ *
Negative Rates – Germany: Life Insurers Feel the Pain WSJ *
Negative Rates – Swiss: One Bank Learns to Live in Subzero World WSJ
Negative Rates – Denmark and Sweden: Real estate booming WSJ *
Negative Rates – What Comes Next? Helicopter Money wsj *
Negative Rates – Central bank tightening risk, charted ft *
Retail – Shoppers Flock to Apps WSJ **
Retail – Grocers battle to find small format success B *
Retail – Fast-rising JD.com has Alibaba looking over its shoulder N *
Ship – Chinese Shipping Majors Splash $2.5b for 30 Giant Valemaxs WSJ
Ship – This Yard Is So Unprofitable It’s Turning Into a Parking Lot B *
Watches – Clock ticking as Swiss await recovery R
Watches – Swiss face another challenging year R *
Diamonds – It’s a Great Time to Buy, But Fewer People Want One B *
Diamonds – De Beers reports higher demand FT *
Gold – Posts Biggest Quarterly Gain in Decades WSJ *
Gold – China Goes Prospecting for Mines WSJ *
Copper – Turned Into Precious Metal as Miners Loath to Sell B *
Copper – World’s top producer bemoans spectre of speculators FT *
Copper – China Imports Jump 36% to Record as State Buying Eyed B *
Copper – China stockpiles intrigue market FT / FT
Copper – Miners pin hopes on electric cars as China falters FT
Steel – Price recovery threatened by slowing China demand FT / B *
Steel – Cheap imports put US under pressure FT * *
Photos taken by locals and tourists in LA motw *
