Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…

  1. Vertex Stock Fell After a Setback on a New Drug. It’s an Opportunity for Investors. (Barron’s)
  2. Oil Jumps On Shocking OPEC+ Move As Saudis Brush Off Shale; ‘Drill, Baby, Drill Is Gone Forever’ (Investor’s Business Daily)
  3. Companies Are Issuing Guidance Again. What Investors Should Know. (Barron’s)
  4. Gasoline prices may hit highest levels since 2014 as OPEC+ keeps oil output cuts: report (MarketWatch)
  5. Walmart-Held Flipkart Reportedly Weighs U.S. Listing Through SPAC Deal (Barron’s)
  6. Oil Prices Spike on OPEC Surprise. How to Play It. (Barron’s)
  7. What’s next for markets, after the Fed’s Powell signals he’s not riding to the rescue just yet (MarketWatch)
  8. Rising Rates Hit M&A as CoStar Pulls Offer for CoreLogic (Barron’s)
  9. Amgen Acquires a Cancer Drug. Expect More Deals. (Barron’s)
  10. 5 reasons why negative repo rates are different than the last overnight-funding crisis (MarketWatch)
  11. ‘Coming 2 America’ Review: Comedic Royalty (New York Times)
  12. Here’s What’s in the Senate’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Legislation (Bloomberg)
  13. Boeing’s 737 Max Return Gathers Pace With 100 Planes Back in Sky (Bloomberg)
  14. A Country Club for Race Cars Emerges Minutes From Miami Beach (Bloomberg)
  15. Here’s why inflation is kryptonite for bonds as Powell’s comments rock markets (CNBC)
  16. Tech stocks’ market leadership may be over and investors aren’t ‘bullish enough about the reopening’, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee (Business Insider)
  17. General Electric (GE) Catalyst Ahead on 3/10, PT Raised to ‘Street High’ $17 at Morgan Stanley (Street Insider)
  18. Connecticut Rolls Back Covid-19 Business Restrictions (Wall Street Journal)
  19. Apple Faces U.K. Antitrust Probe Over App Store Rules (Wall Street Journal)
  20. Winter Storm Eased Natural-Gas Glut (Wall Street Journal)