Today’s Issue Cluster: Crops
Stocks – Strange Trades Are Happening in Global Markets
BOJ – Holds Off on More Stimulus
Oil – Bulls Plunge Into Market as US Gasoline Demand Hits Record
Japan – Mar: Falls back into deflation; -0.1%, core +0.7% / FT / R / B
EZ – Apr: Confidence Picks Up After ECB Stimulus; 103.9 from 103.0 / WSJ
US – Q1: Growth cools; +0.5% from +1.4% / FT / NYT / WSJ / R / B
US – Week: Jobless Claims Rose; +9k to 257k / WSJ / B
Stocks – Strange Trades Are Happening in Global Markets B * * *
Stocks – US set for second-longest bull run FT *
Stocks – US in Midst of Historic Bull Market B * * *
EU – Obama Praises Europe in Op-Ed Aimed at Swaying Brexit Vote B
EU – Putin’s Propaganda Machine Is Meddling With Elections B *
Fed – Concerns about global economic risks ease FT / WSJ / NYT / B *
Fed – No One Believes It, but Inflation Is a Pretty Good Bet WSJ *
Fed – Japan’s Nirp is an alarm bell for the US FT
BOJ – Holds Off on More Stimulus B *
BOJ – Hold disappoints FT / FT *
BOJ – Why Kuroda Held Fire WSJ *
F&B – Big food in health drive to keep market share FT * *
F&B – Wholesale Food Distributors Push Higher IBD
Cybersecurity – Thieves target bank systems after Bangladesh heist FT *
Cybersecurity – Iran opens a new front FT *
Crops – Hedge funds double bets on rally as weather gets nastier B *
Crops – Corn and soybeans attract heavy investor buying FT
Crops – China may relax its almost total ban on growing GM food E *
Crops – Global Coffee Shortage Looms B *
Crops – Are the sweet days over for orange juice? FT *
Crops – El Niño: Feeling the heat FT *
Oil – Bulls Plunge Into Market as US Gasoline Demand Hits Record B *
Oil – Magic Number Becomes $50 for Promise of Recovery B *
Oil – Could Reach $75 in Q1 Says Standard Chartered / b *
Oil – Most Analysts Aren’t Buying the Rally WSJ *
Oil – Companies’ Bet on Kurdistan Turns Sour WSJ *
Oil – Unexpected consequences of slump FT *
Oil – Skid in Prices Pulls Recycling Industry Down With It NYT / B *
Country flags: Have families, too *
