Good morning. Stocks react positive on positive earnings

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/stocks-reacting-positively-to-earnings-3/

The IMF on Sub-Saharan Africa

http://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2018/05/11/na051118-sub-saharan-africa-firming-up-the-economic-recovery

The bond market and ETFs

http://www.etf.com/sections/blog/next-bond-crash-etf-story

China’s Tourist account is huge

https://www.cfr.org/blog/disaggregating-fall-chinas-current-account-surplus-2007

And the schedule for the week to come

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2018/05/schedule-for-week-of-may-13-2018.html

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