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Apr 19 (Monday)

YRI
YRI Podcast. In our latest video podcast, Dr. Ed discusses the main points of today’s Morning Briefing.
Daily Markets Overview
Today’s Morning Briefing

Markets
More Stocks Are Participating in Rally, an Encouraging Sign for Bull Market | W
Barron’s Top 100 Financial Advisors: Q&A With Merrill Lynch’s Private Executive Services Team | BR
T-Mobile and 13 Other Stocks That Could Pop on Earnings | BR

Central banks
The Fed should explain how it will respond to rising inflation | E

US
America’s inflation spike begins | E
Economic Growth Is Set to Surge. Hiring Might Not Keep Up. | W
U.S. Building Boom Is Sending Lumber and Steel Prices Through the Roof | BR
The political CEO | E

China
Is growth in China soaring or slowing? | E

Europe
Brexit has reinvigorated Scottish nationalism | E

Geopolitics & trade
Op-ed: China-Russia cooperation could be Biden’s biggest challenge | C

Industries & companies
Airlines: Airlines beef up U.S. summer schedules with big planes | C
Autos: ‘No one was driving’ in Tesla crash that killed two men in Spring, Texas: Report | C
Consumer: Pet Care Is a Booming Business and PetIQ Is a Smart Way to Play It. | BR
Consumer: U.S. CPSC tells consumers to stop using Peloton’s Tread+ treadmill | C
Energy: BP Wants to Stop Burning Off Gas in America’s Top Oil Field | W
Financials: Citigroup Refocuses Asia Strategy as It Pulls Back From Consumer Banking | W
Media: Netflix Is Chill About Pandemic’s End | W
Media: With Disneyland Reopening, Disney Stock Can Continue to Climb | BR

Virus
Half of U.S. adults have received at least one Covid vaccine shot | C
J&J’s Vaccine Pause Could Have Ripple Effects for the World | BR
J&J Covid-19 Vaccine Pause Driven by Risk of Mistreating Blood Clots | W
Fauci: U.S. will likely resume use of J&J Covid vaccine with a warning | C
Covid-19 ‘Challenge Trial’ Will Purposely Reinfect Adults | W
China presses Hong Kongers to accept a Chinese vaccine | E

Crypto
Bitcoin tumbles from recent high as cryptocurrencies take weekend hit | C

Tech
The creation of part-human, part-monkey embryos will discomfit many | E

Offbeat
When Fed Chief Talks, So Do Listeners—and They Provide an Earful | W