Good morning. Cool overview of the biggest companies worldwide based on turnover

http://ritholtz.com/2017/05/biggest-companies-revenue/

And there goes the soft data on the US…

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/ism-manufacturing-miss/

The make China Great again earnings bump?

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/05/01/2188051/its-the-corporate-earnings-growth-hope-that-kills-you/

The VIX and its buyers…

https://www.ft.com/content/7f4fa84e-2eaa-11e7-9555-23ef563ecf9a

So much for the communist ideals…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/05/01/chinas-economic-miracle-has-an-ugly-underbelly/?utm_term=.aeff6ad1385a

In 100% of the cases it has led to an outperformance!

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-a-tip-for-investing-after-trumps-100-day-checkup-buy-foreign-stocks-2017-05-01

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