wiar 06-22-19

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June 22 (Saturday)

Markets
S&P 500, Dow Head Toward Their Best June In Decades (W)
It was a monumental week for markets with major milestones in stocks, bonds, gold and oil (C)
Fed Loses Its Patience and Almost Everything You Can Trade Goes Nuts (B)
Traders this week bet on a Fed rate cut in record-setting numbers (C)

Central banks
Fed’s Clarida: ‘We’ll Act as Appropriate to Sustain Expansion’ (W)
Kashkari Says He Wanted Half-Point Rate Cut at Fed Meeting (B)
Hating the Fed Is as American as Apple Pie (W)

US
U.S. Existing Home Sales Top Estimates as All Four Regions Gain (B)
The National Debt Is Still a Problem (N)

Europe
European Auto Makers Are Under Pressure to Sell More Electric Cars (W)

Global
Faltering Factories Cast a Dark Cloud Over Global Economy (W)

Geopolitics & trade
Trump says ‘we were cocked & loaded’ but ‘in no hurry’ to attack Iran after abruptly calling off strike’ (C)
Trump says he aborted strike to spare Iranian lives (R)
U.S. Targets China’s Supercomputing Push With New Export Restrictions (W)

Industries & companies
FAANGs: Inside Apple’s team that greenlights iPhone apps for the App Store (C)
FAANGs: Amazon gets U.S. patent to use delivery drones for surveillance service (R)
Financials: Big Banks Ace First Round of Federal Reserve’s ‘Stress Tests’ (W)

Technology
McDonald’s Tests Robot Fryers and Voice-Activated Drive-Throughs (W)
Home Is Where They Know Your Name (And Face, Hands and Fingerprints) (W)
The Next Big Privacy Concern Is Up in the Air (W)
Alexa Gone Bad: When A.I. Assistants Turn On Us (W)