Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. Sanofi and Glaxo Are Back With a Covid-19 Vaccine (Barron’s)
  2. Shares of Realogy Look Cheap as Housing Booms (Barron’s)
  3. New Oil Barons Strike It $329 Billion Richer On Powerful Rally (Investor’s)
  4. Will Demographics Tank China’s Housing Market? (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Inside Jeff Bezos’ Obsessions (New York Times)
  6. AT&T signs deal to combine media business with Discovery (USA Today)
  7. Elon Musk says bitcoin isn’t decentralized as he goes to war with crypto bulls (Business Insider)
  8. The red-hot commodity market is being underappreciated in the long term by investors still obsessed with stocks, JPMorgan says (Business Insider)
  9. Foxconn the carmaker? Disruption in the era of electric vehicles (Financial Times)
  10. Swiss Central Bank Bought Li Auto, XPeng, Zoom, and This Marijuana Stock (Yahoo! Finance)
  11. Central banks seek out riskier assets for reserves in yield drought (Financial Times)
  12. Markets weigh prospect of new commodities supercycle (Financial Times)
  13. U.S. screens 1.85 million people on Sunday at airports, highest since March 2020 (Street Insider)
  14. Rackspace Technology (RXT) Sees Insider Buys from 3 C-Level Executives (Street Insider)
  15. Companies Ponder Speeding Up Plans to Bring Workers Back to Offices (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Soros buys stocks linked to Bill Hwang’s Archegos collapse – Bloomberg News (Reuters)
  2. Hedge Fund Investor Letters Q1 2021 (Insider Monkey)
  3. Daniel Kahneman on Behavioral Economics (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  4. US banks could cut 200,000 jobs over next decade, top analyst says (Financial Times)
  5. Major Rare And Vintage Car Shows Making A Comeback This Spring And Summer (Forbes)
  6. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  7. GoodRx helps people afford drugs. But is it improving health care or profiting off a broken system? (Fortune)
  8. How Bumble’s Whitney Wolfe Herd Became the Youngest Female Self-Made Billionaire (Robb Report)
  9. 2021 NHL Playoffs: The Storylines That Will Shape This Year’s Postseason (Men’s Journal)
  10. Inside the Hotel du Cap, The South Of France’s Legendary Celebrity Getaway (Maxim)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Here’s What Could Stop Inflation in Its Tracks (Barron’s)
  2. GE Stock Is Getting a Boost From Wall Street (Barron’s)
  3. Lumber prices fall for a 5th straight day in a reprieve for surging commodity prices (Business Insider)
  4. Inflation Is Here and Hotter Than It Looks. Why It’s Time to Worry. (Barron’s)
  5. Shares of Realogy, an Unlikely Hero of the Realty Revolution, Look Cheap (Barron’s)
  6. Income Investors, Meet GARY: It Brings Growth and Reasonable Yield (Barron’s)
  7. Disney CEO: CDC mask rule will spur ‘immediate’ jump in theme park attendance (New York Post)
  8. Value Investing Still Beats Growth Investing, Historically (Alpha Architect)
  9. Lessons from the 2021 Berkshire Meeting (Novel Investor)
  10. U.S. Shoppers Continued Stimulus-Fueled Spending in April (Wall Street Journal)
  11. Marijuana Medical Research Growers Receive U.S. Approval (Wall Street Journal)
  12. The Capitalist Culture That Built America (Wall Street Journal)
  13. The summer of inflation: will central banks and investors hold their nerve? (Financial Times)
  14. Israel’s Iron Dome keeps toll of rockets in check (Finacial Times)
  15. US day trading frenzy eases as investors ‘move on to other things’ (Financial Times)
  16.  Solar panels are key to Biden’s energy plan. But the global supply chain may rely on forced labor from China (CNN)
  17. When Inflation Is High, Hedge Fund Managers Thrive (Institutional Investor)
  18. A Look Under the Hood For Inflation (DGI)
  19. David Swensen: The Peter Lynch of Institutional Investing (Morningstar)
  20. The Pygmalion Effect: Proving Them Right (Farnam Street)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. Is the Stock Market’s Inflation Reset Over? (Barron’s)
  2. The New York Mets’ Record-Breaking Folk Hero (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Airbnb Sales Top Estimates as Some Travel Resumes (Barron’s)
  4. DoorDash Stock Rallies as Earnings Top Expectations (Barron’s)
  5. Fully Vaccinated People Can Stop Wearing Face Masks and End Physical Distancing in Most Settings, CDC Says (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Fisker (FSR) Announces Framework Agreement with Foxconn (Street Insider)
  7. McDonald’s to boost wages by 10 percent amid worker shortage (New York Post)
  8. U.S. Retail Sales Stall After Latest Wave of Stimulus Spending (Bloomberg)
  9. Opinion: These big bank stocks may be a great three-year play on the economy and inflation (MarketWatch)
  10. Israel steps up battle against communal violence and Gaza rocket attacks (Financial Times)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. XPeng’s Earnings Have a Lot to Like. That’s Good News for Weary EV Investors. (Barron’s)
  2. Tesla Stops Accepting Bitcoin for Environmental Reasons (Barron’s)
  3. SoftBank Boosts Size of Vision Fund 2 to $30 Billion (Barron’s)
  4. The Stock Market Selloff Has Hit Everything. Why It’s Not Time to Panic. (Barron’s)
  5. Alibaba posts loss due to anti-monopoly fine but beats revenue expectations (MarketWatch)
  6. As World Runs Short of Workers, a Boost for Wages—and Inflation (Wall Street Journal)
  7. CDC Recommends Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for 12- to 15-Year-Olds (Wall Street Journal)
  8. US Producer Prices Surge Most On Record (ZeroHedge)
  9. Why Is New TV So Much Like Cable? (New York Times)
  10. Carnival Cruise Line aims for July restart from Florida and Texas, cancels other sailings through July (USA Today)
  11. Fed Lists Six Reasons in Arguing Inflation Surge Will Pass (Bloomberg)
  12. Billionaire investor Bill Ackman hopes to close his mega SPAC deal within weeks — and called his target an ‘iconic’ business (Business Insider)
  13. The current stock market sell-off is rotational rather than toppy, and a bullish backdrop supports a summer rally, according to Bank of America (Business Insider)
  14. How mRNA became a vaccine game-changer (Financial Times)
  15. Pentagon delays report on Chinese companies with military ties (Financial Times)

Be in the know. 16 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. US Core Consumer Prices Explode Higher At Fastest Pace Since 1981 (ZeroHedge)
  2. US casinos raked in $11B in first quarter to match best-ever ‘win’ (New York Post)
  3. There’s a Lot Riding On Disney+ When Disney Reports on Thursday (Barron’s)
  4. What Rising Inflation Means for the Stock Market (Barron’s)
  5. What is the Jones Act? And why might waiving it help ease gas ‘supply crunch’? (MarketWatch)
  6. IEA sees oil demand recovery outpacing growth in supply (Reuters)
  7. Toyota profit nearly doubles, beats expectations (FoxBusiness)
  8. Return of SALT deduction spicing up debate on Capitol Hill (Fox Business)
  9. Occidental Petroleum Climbing Out of Its Anadarko Hole (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Mortgage Lenders Need to Pump Up the Volume (Wall Street Journal)
  11. These ‘panic events’ could soon spell relief for stock markets, says top strategist Thomas Lee (MarketWatch)
  12. Weekly mortgage refinance demand jumped on brief drop in rates (CNBC)
  13. Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller blasted the Fed, touted bitcoin over ethereum, and issued a dire warning about the dollar in a recent interview. Here are the 10 best quotes. (Business Insider)
  14. MGM Resorts’ Las Vegas Strip gaming floors can return to 100% occupancy, no social distancing (MarketWatch)
  15. Americans Up and Moved During the Pandemic. Here’s Where They Went. (Wall Street Journal)
  16. Not-So-Clean Energy Transition (Wall Street Journal)

 

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. US military ship fires 30 warning shots at Iranian boats (New York Post)
  2. What BioNTech’s Earnings Mean for the Drug Makers (Barron’s)
  3. Netflix and 17 More Stocks Investors Are Selling That Wall Street Loves (Barron’s)
  4. Tech Stocks Are Getting Hammered. Here’s the Logic Behind the Rout (Barron’s)
  5. China’s Factory Gate Prices Jump As Commodities Rally (Barron’s)
  6. 10 Beaten-Down Stocks That Could See a Rebound (Barron’s)
  7. Tech Megacaps Face Higher Rates, Tax Hikes, Regulation, Says Goldman (Barron’s)
  8. Berkshire Hathaway’s Mystery Investor Could Soon Be Revealed (Barron’s)
  9. Roblox Stock Is Surging on After Earnings. Its CEO Sees a ‘Massive’ Opportunity. (Barron’s)
  10. Virgin Galactic Stock Is Getting Crushed After Releasing Earnings. Here’s Why. (Barron’s)
  11. Biden Defends Unemployment Benefits, Provided Workers Accept Job Offers (New York Times)
  12. Commodities boom sends bulk shipping costs to decade highs (Financial Times)
  13. Palantir’s Sales Top Estimates in the Quarter. Why the Company Sees at Least 30% Growth Through 2025. (Barron’s)
  14. Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic flights face potential delays (Fox Business)
  15. Five Best Chinese Stocks To Buy And Watch Now (Investor’s Business Daily)
  16. Social-Media Stocks Under Pressure as Citi Cuts Ratings on Facebook and Alphabet (Barron’s)
  17. FDA permits use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine in kids ages 12 to 15 (CNBC)
  18. Stanley Druckenmiller says the Fed is endangering the dollar’s global reserve status (CNBC)
  19. Job Openings in U.S. Surge to a Record High 8.12 Million (Bloomberg)
  20. Elliott Management Has Stake in Duke Energy (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. Billionaire investor Dan Loeb praised SPACs, revealed his winning bets, and predicted a surge in risky debt in his latest investor letter (Business Insider)
  2. Yellen’s Views on the Deficit and Rates Have Been Consistent—Even if Wrong (Barron’s)
  3. Australian business conditions hit record high (MarketWatch)
  4. Higher Prices Leave Consumers Feeling the Pinch (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Sotheby’s, Christie’s Expect to Sell $1 Billion in Art at Spring Auctions (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Economists Disagree Over How Much Covid-19 ‘Herd Immunity’ Needed for Recovery (Wall Street Journal)
  7. As Scrutiny of Cryptocurrency Grows, the Industry Turns to K Street (New York Times)
  8. Hacked Pipeline May Stay Shut for Days, Raising Concerns About Fuel Supply (New York Times)
  9. VIX Higher Than Actual Volatility Is Good News for Stock Bulls (Bloomberg)
  10. Alibaba’s Ant Group will let more users test China’s digital yuan (CNBC)
  11. This is the ‘greatest threat’ to Big Tech’s S&P 500 dominance, Goldman says (MarketWatch)
  12. BioNTech shares soar 8% in premarket as COVID-19 vaccines help revenues smash estimates (MarketWatch)
  13. Retail Participation In Stock Trading Has Collapsed (ZeroHedge)
  14. COLONIAL PIPELINE POP. The Energy Report 05/10/2021 (Phil Flynn)
  15. Will inflation thwart the US economic recovery? (Financial Times)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Here Is Every Michelin-Starred New York Restaurant for 2021 (Robb Report)
  2. Guy Fieri Talks Chevys and Cheeseburgers With R&T Crew (roadandtrack)
  3. Jeff Bezos Is Building a Superyacht So Big It Needs a ‘Support Yacht’ With a Helipad (Maxim)
  4. 2021 Ferrari Roma: First Drive Review (Maxim)
  5. Inside L.A.’s Lowrider Car Clubs (smithsonian)
  6. Reposition in May – Seasonality Works (Almanac Trader)
  7. Elon Musk a bigger autograph draw on ‘SNL’ than BTS or Justin Bieber (New York Post)
  8. First Look at the New Summer-Ready One & Only Portonovi Resort in Montenegro (Robb Report)
  9. Efficiency is the Enemy (Farnam Street)
  10. Lewis Hamilton Now Has 100 Formula 1 Poles (roadandtrack)

Be in the know. 33 key reads for Saturday…

  1. 6 Stocks That Let You Sleep at Night (Morningstar)
  2. A History of Commodity Booms & Busts (investoramnesia)
  3. Tussle Over Covid Vaccine Patents Looks Overblown (Barron’s)
  4. Swap Into Nokia Shares From Ericsson. The Momentum May Be Changing. (Barron’s)
  5.  ‘Wrath of Man’ Heist Film Is Set to Top Weekend Box Office (Bloomberg)
  6. Imagining the Next 100 Years in Business, Science, and Investing (Barron’s)
  7. U.S.’s Biggest Gasoline Pipeline Halted After Cyber-Attack (Bloomberg)
  8. Consumers getting socked with higher prices — and it could last months or years (New York Post)
  9. On Barron’s 100th Anniversary, We Look Ahead as Well as Behind (Barron’s)
  10. The stock market will face a ‘day of reckoning’ this year when an inevitable inflation spike forces the Fed’s hand, says Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel (Business Insider)
  11. How the Green Economy Will Be a Gold Mine for Copper (Barron’s)
  12. Graham & Doddsville Newsletter Spring 2021 (Columbia University)
  13. 6 Agricultural Stocks Poised to Ride Food Prices Higher (Barron’s)
  14. Movie-Theater Stocks Leap Despite Quarterly Losses (Barron’s)
  15. Clarence W. Barron, Father of Financial Journalism, Was Full of Contradictions (Barron’s)
  16. Time to Get Dressed for the Reopening. These Stocks Will Benefit. (Barron’s)
  17. How Barron’s Writer Abe Briloff Exposed Companies’ Shady Accounting (Barron’s)
  18. Unemployment Benefits Become Target Amid Hiring Difficulty (Wall Street Journal)
  19. U.S. Covid-19 Metrics Signal Hopeful Turn (Wall Street Journal)
  20. The Next Decade in European Value (verdadcap)
  21. Pfizer Lifts Covid-19 Vaccine Production Targets for 2021, 2022 (Wall Street Journal)
  22. 2021 Virtual Value Investing Conference | Keynote Speaker: Howard Marks (YouTube)
  23. What We Learned From 100 Years of the Trader Column (Barron’s)
  24. April’s Weak Jobs Report Says We’re Overstimulated (Barron’s)
  25. Some of Barron’s Biggest Hits—and Misses—Over the Past Century (Barron’s)
  26. ‘I love this setup’ — star stock-picker Cathie Wood keeps cool over ARK Innovation ETF’s dismal May start (MarketWatch)
  27. Billionaire Leon Cooperman Says Bond Market Is in a Bubble (Bloomberg)
  28. Chinese Consumers Are Opening Their Wallets Again (Wall Street Journal)
  29. For Better Burgers, Try a Backyard Flat-Top Griddle (Wall Street Journal)
  30. EU’s Michel says US vaccine patent waiver will not solve supply problem (Financial Times)
  31. End the $300 federal unemployment bonus, business group says (USA Today)
  32. Energy production in the United States fell by more than 5% in 2020 (EIA)
  33. Peter Lynch’s advice to Bill Miller (alphaideas)