Be in the know. 12 key reads for Monday…

  1. Warren Buffett may have bought back more than $5 billion in Berkshire Hathaway stock in recent weeks (Business Insider)
  2. Barron’s Daily: Merger Monday Is Back (Barron’s)
  3. Stocks are resilient because investors have been braced for much worse COVID-19 news, says strategist (MarketWatch)
  4. Pfizer, BioNTech stocks surge after COVID-19 vaccine candidates get Fast Track designation (MarketWatch)
  5. Income rates: How much you need to make to be in the top 1% in every state (USA Today)
  6. Blank-Check Boom Gets Boost From Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Wall Street’s Earnings Forecast: Cloudy With a Chance of Turbulence (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Are Banks Afraid of Covid-19? Watch How Much They Set Aside for Loan Losses This Week (Wall Street Journal)
  9. Bank Earnings: Main Street Blues vs. Wall Street Boom (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Fed’s Support for Corporate Debt Has Been a Wall Street Bonanza (Bloomberg)
  11. These ignored stocks may be poised to rebound (Yahoo! Finance)
  12. Alibaba’s Jack Ma sells $9.6B worth of shares, stake dips to 4.8% (Fox Business)