【Morning Brief | 2026-05-16】

Key Points (8 items)
1. Wall Street Breakfast FM-Radio | May 16, 2026 (Wall Street CN)
2. Russia's Q1 GDP dropped 0.2%, marking its first contraction since 2023 (Wall Street CN)
3. Oil prices surged, triggering a sell-off in the bond market; US stocks pulled back, Nvidia down over 4%, long-term yields hit multi-year highs, metals took a hit (Wall Street CN)
4. Hillhouse Capital increased their positions in Nvidia, Intel, TSMC, and Lumentum (Wall Street CN)
5. Ackman initiated a position in Microsoft, claiming its moat is 'unrepeatable', while trimming his stake in Google (Wall Street CN)
6. A key issue impacting global markets: What's next for the situation in the Middle East? (Wall Street CN)
7. Popular Chinese stocks in the US market collectively weakened pre-market, with Alibaba down over 3% (36Kr)
8. Major US tech stocks fell pre-market, with Intel down over 5% (36Kr)

— Source: Wallstreetcn/36Kr/Tencent
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