Heard on the Street: Home builders have been offering sweeteners including mortgage-rate buydowns, price cuts and design upgrades to try to entice buyers wsj.com/economy/housin… via The Wall Street Journal

Heard on the Street: Selling nearly half a trillion dollars in goods and services every three months makes it hard to hide from the global economy’s turbulence. It also provides a lot of cover.  wsj.com/finance/what-b…

Apollo capitalises on buyout dip to report record fee earnings ft.com/content/2e0d26… via @ft

Japan says US Treasury holdings could be ‘card’ in trade talks ft.com/content/912f86… via @ft

The bright line between public and private markets is fading fast ft.com/content/afd350… via @ft

Nicolai Tangen, the CEO of Norway’s $1.8 trillion sovereign-wealth fund, is remarkably laid back for a man contemplating the possible loss of $600 billion, WSJ columnist James Mackintosh writes wsj.com/finance/invest… via The Wall Street Journal

Dubai attracts Swiss family offices tired of tax and regulation via Financial Times on.ft.com/42S7JqN

Europe’s first grid crisis may not be its last via Financial Times on.ft.com/4jEBL7d

New rules result in near absence of ‘sustainable’ passive funds via Financial Times on.ft.com/3ECzA4W

Morgan Stanley weighs move to offer crypto trading on ETrade platform via Financial Times on.ft.com/44X9RyH

Given the pace of innovation, and the time it takes for organizations to adapt, companies will do themselves a favor by getting a head start on multiagent systems wsj.com/articles/ai-ag… via The Wall Street Journal

Is ‘hidden leverage’ an accident waiting to happen? ft.com/content/d218b0… via @ft

Private equity’s bind should prompt an investor rethink ft.com/content/f8ea56… via @ft

How much exposure to US stocks is too much? ft.com/content/66f997… via @ft

Check out my latest article: Finserv Reading - Week ending May 4, 2025 linkedin.com/pulse/finserv-… via LinkedIn

Jumptuit Expands Artificial Intelligence Intellectual Property Portfolio with USPTO Notice of Allowance for AI Assisted Search Jumptuit, an AI research and development company, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance

OpenAI has called off a controversial effort to change which entity controls its juggernaut artificial intelligence business wsj.com/tech/ai/openai…

Palantir Technologies raised its full-year outlook after logging higher profit and revenue in the first quarter, fueled by continued demand for its artificial-intelligence products wsj.com/business/earni… via The Wall Street Journal

High mortgage rates and tariff uncertainty drag on US housing market ft.com/content/a27270… via @ft

‘Do you ever talk about what could go wrong?’ CEOs share the leadership lessons they’ve taken to heart from Warren Buffett. wsj.com/business/avoid…