June 05 (Wednesday)

Markets
Stocks just had their second best day of the year — Dow rallies more than 500 points (C)
Opinion: Stock bulls are telling themselves a lot of lies about this market (MW)
Stocks Surge as Fed Hints at Possible Rate Cut (W)
‘Buckle up!’ When oil and gold trade like this, it usually spells doom for the stock market (MW)

Central banks
Fed Puts Interest Rate Cut in Play (W)
Central Banks Are Poised to Act as World Economic Warnings Flash (B)
Powell signals it might be time to wave goodbye to the Fed’s ‘dot plot’ (MW)

US politics
Senate Republicans Threaten to Block Trump on Mexico Tariffs (W)
Trump administration approved nuclear energy transfers to Saudis after Khashoggi killing (C)
Majority of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign workers say they want to unionize (C)
Farmer sentiment hits its lowest level since before Trump’s election as the China trade war drags on (C)

Geopolitics & trade
Trump Says Tariffs on Mexico Are Likely (W)
Trump Talks Up U.K. Trade Deal Despite Brexit Impasse (W)
Trump’s blacklisting of Huawei is hammering some U.S. manufacturers — Skyworks is the latest (C)
China Warns Its Citizens About Visiting or Studying in the U.S. (W)

Industries & companies
Autos: Tesla just finished its best day of the year (C)
FAANGs: Amazon paid a Trump fundraiser to lobby against vendors who sell counterfeit goods (C)
FAANGs: Why Apple’s Siri isn’t as smart as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant (C)
Shipping: Trade Tensions Worry Ship Operators (W)
Tech: Salesforce Raises Earnings Outlook (W)

Corporate finance
Renault Board Is Studying ‘With Interest’ Fiat Chrysler Merger (W)