Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. The Kanye West, “Drive Slow” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)… (ZeroHedge)
  2. Target says same-store sales rose more than 7% so far in first quarter as digital sales double (CNBC)
  3. Stocks Still Make Sense for The Long Term (Barron’s)
  4. The Next Coronavirus Package Might Not Pass Until June (Barron’s)
  5. Restaurant Chains Received Many of the Biggest Paycheck Protection Loans (Barron’s)
  6. Texas Instruments Bets Big on Shelf Life (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Private Equity to Get Squeezed Out of Another Stimulus Program (Bloomberg)
  8. Kuwait Cutting Oil Output Ahead of Schedule, Minister Says (Bloomberg)
  9. Germophobes Shunning Public Transit Give Carmakers a Bit of Hope (Bloomberg)
  10. Harvard Professor Reaps 17,000% Return on Early Moderna Bet (Bloomberg)
  11. Hot Pharma Stock Rallies After Strong Earnings (Investor’s Business Daily)
  12. What to Watch: The Return of Michael Jordan, the End of ‘Homeland’ (Wall Street Journal)
  13. 565 Americans Have Lost Their Job For Every Confirmed COVID-19 Death In The US (ZeroHedge)
  14. Las Vegas Sands predicts speedy recovery in Asia on pent-up gambling demand (StreetInsider)
  15. RBC Capital Handicaps Gilead Sciences (GILD) Upcoming Remdesivir Data (StreetInsider)
  16. 5 Buy-Rated Oil Stocks Trading Under $10 With Massive Upside Potential (24/7 Wall Street)
  17. Steve Forbes: How Trump can help our oil industry now and skip Pelosi’s stall tactics (Fox Business)
  18. The Curious Case of Dmitry Balyasny (Institutional Investor)
  19. The Chinese Trick That Could Save Oil (Yahoo! Finance)
  20. Oil jumps 25%, extending Wednesday’s rally as traders bet on US production cuts (CNBC)