Good morning. Momentum is running out of the European economy
https://www.ft.com/content/b5358702-3d7d-11e8-b7e0-52972418fec4
And in the US as well??
https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/empire-manufacturing-report-weakens/
Still one of the more remarkable stock market phenomena out there: Sell in May
https://twitter.com/ldaalder/status/985854877443248128
Raising tariffs a more subtle way
https://voxeu.org/article/raising-tariffs-china-without-grabbing-headlines
US stocks, expensive or not?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stock-valuations-are-at-multiyear-highs-and-multiyear-lows-2018-04-13
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