Be in the know. 17 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Why Wells Fargo Is a ‘Must-Own Stock’ (Barron’s)
  2. Prescription-Drug Price Cuts Set to Be Left Out of White House Proposal (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Still Getting Your Head Around Digital Currency? So Are Central Bankers. (New York Times)
  4. U.S. Population Over Last Decade Grew at Slowest Rate Since 1930s (New York Times)
  5. 5 visuals explain the shifting House seats and how the changes could affect the 2022 midterm elections (USA Today)
  6. Fed Will String Traders Along on Its Taper Timeline (Bloomberg)
  7. BP beats first-quarter estimates, says it plans to resume share buybacks (CNBC)
  8. OPEC+ to meet Tuesday amid concern about rising virus cases (CNBC)
  9. If Fed Chair Jerome Powell sounds ‘too optimistic’ this week, he’ll rattle Wall Street, Morgan Stanley warns (CNBC)
  10. 6 Mid-Cap Stocks That Are Cheap—and Have Potential (Barron’s)
  11. Saying Au Revoir to the Most Successful Policy in Federal Reserve History (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Supermarkets Say Goodbye to Pantry Loading, Hello to Inflation (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Biden’s first big speech to Congress is on Wednesday. Here’s what to expect. (MarketWatch)
  14. The No. 1 emerging property market in America is NOT in Texas or Florida — you may never even have heard of it (MarketWatch)
  15. Citi has updated its bear-market checklist. Here’s where we are now. (MarketWatch)
  16. U.S. Durable-Goods Orders Rebound Following Dip (Wall Street Journal)
  17. What Wall Street Is Telling Us About the U.S. Economic Outlook (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 16 key reads for Monday…

  1. Tesla and 12 Other Stocks Poised for Earnings Fireworks This Week (Barron’s)
  2. Oil-Field Services—Lots to Like Beneath the Surface (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Top Strategist Says Get Defensive for the Next 6 Months: 4 Safe Stocks to Buy (24/7 Wall Street)
  4. Insurance Costs Threaten Florida Real-Estate Boom (Wall Street Journal)
  5. West Looks Past Covid-19 and Sees Economic Resurgence (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Fed to Taper Bond Buying in Fourth Quarter, Economists Say (Bloomberg)
  7. Sanofi Agrees to Help Make Doses of Moderna’s Covid Vaccine (Bloomberg)
  8. The Fed’s Next Test Is Breaking the Ice Over Policy Shift (Wall Street Journal)
  9. SPAC Insiders Can Make Millions Even When the Company They Take Public Struggles (Wall Street Journal)
  10. A capital-gains rate of 43.4% would reduce federal revenue. (Wall Street Journal)
  11. 10-year Treasury yields will break out of slump within weeks: Wells Fargo (CNBC)
  12. Legendary investor Bill Miller lost 90% of his fortune in the late 2000s. Bitcoin and Amazon stock have made him a billionaire. (Business Insider)
  13. Biden shocked markets this week with a proposal to nearly double the capital gains tax. Here’s what the move could mean for high-flying tech stocks, according to 5 experts. (Business Insider)
  14. Wall Street edges higher on Tesla boost ahead of big tech earnings (Reuters)
  15. No Surprises in President Biden’s Reported Capital Gains Proposal, a 28% Rate Looks Most Likely – Goldman Sachs (Street Insider)
  16. As Good As It Gets: Goldman Is Last Big Bank To Turn Bearish, Sees Market Dropping In Coming Months (ZeroHedge)

Be in the know. 12 key reads for Sunday…

  1. The Transcript 04.19.21: So. Much. Liquidity. (theweeklytranscript)
  2. How a Wave of Electric Trucks Could Create Millions of ‘Accidental Environmentalists’ (Wall Street Journal)
  3. 5 Sizzling Technology Stocks to Buy Now Trading Under $10 (247wallst)
  4. Next Bump in Post-Election Year Rally Could Be in May (Almanac Trader)
  5. 5 Innovative New Helicopters That Are Coming to the Skies (Robb Report)
  6. How to Stream All the Major Oscar Nominees This Year (townandcountrymag)
  7. First Look at the Insanely Speedy Ferrari 812 Superfast Limited Edition (Men’s Journal)
  8. Ari Emanuel Takes on the World (The New Yorker)
  9. Elon Musk Will Host ‘Saturday Night Live’ on May 8. Yes, You Read That Right (The Drive)
  10. How TikTok Chooses Which Songs Go Viral (Bloomberg)
  11. The Origin Of The Oscars (NPR)
  12. What We’re Watching In The NHL’s Playoff Races (fivethirtyeight)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Perrigo Stock Has Been Broken for a Long Time. It’s Time for a Turnaround. (Barron’s)
  2. 11 Undervalued Climate-Friendly Stocks (Morningstar)
  3. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos championed invention, failure, and customer obsession in his 24 shareholder letters. Here are the 25 best quotes. (Business Insider)
  4. This Bull Market Is Far From Over, Pros Say. Where They’re Investing Now. (Barron’s)
  5. SPAC IPOs Fall Out of Favor After Hot Streak (Barron’s)
  6. Berkshire Hathaway 2021 Annual Meeting (valuewalk)
  7. Take Heart, Investors. A Higher Capital-Gains Tax Wouldn’t Be as Scary as It Sounds. (Barron’s)
  8. Wells Fargo’s Rehabilitation (netinterest)
  9. U.S. Ends Pause on Johnson & Johnson’s Covid Vaccine. What to Know. (Barron’s)
  10. Packaged Foods Boomed During the Pandemic. Why Their Stocks Still Have Room to Run. (Barron’s)
  11. Early Days in the Value Recovery (pzena)
  12. 10 Places Where Home Buyers Pay the Most Above Asking Price (Barron’s)
  13. Why Covid Surges in India Won’t Derail Global Recovery (Barron’s)
  14. Johnson & Johnson and 6 Other Companies Raised Their Dividends This Week. What to Know. (Barron’s)
  15. The Stock Market Got Spooked by What It Already Knew. Here’s Next Week’s Surprise. (Barron’s)
  16. Capital gains tax hike? Why the stock market bounced back so fast (MarketWatch)
  17. SPAC Surge Pumps Up Junk-Bond Market (Wall Street Journal)
  18. Will 2021 Be the Year for Value Stocks? (Kiplinger)
  19. Inflated Fears (investoramnesia)
  20. When a Rising Tide Lifts All Boats (compoundadvisors)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…

  1. Wells Fargo Has Used Its Lockdown Time Well (Wells Fargo)
  2. The U.S. economy is still improving: Morning Brief (Yahoo! Finance)
  3. Investors in uproar over Biden’s proposed capital gains tax rise (Financial Times)
  4. Fat Valuations and Tech Stocks Seen as at Risk in Biden Tax Plan (Bloomberg)
  5. Oil’s Hired Hands Declare Overseas Recovery With Robust 2022 (Bloomberg)
  6. Wall Street’s Trillion-Dollar ESG Club Comes With Huge Tax Perks (Bloomberg)
  7. Oil Frackers Best Be Boring on Earnings Calls (Bloomberg)
  8. Congress likely to cap Joe Biden’s capital gains tax hike at around 28%, Goldman Sachs says (Business Insider)
  9. With Few New Clotting Cases, Johnson & Johnson Pause Could Be Lifted Soon (New York Times)
  10. Get ready for $178 billion of selling ahead of the capital-gains tax hike. These are the stocks most at risk. (MarketWatch)
  11. Biden has pledged to tax the rich — but precisely how will he do that? Experts consider his options (MarketWatch)
  12. Opinion: With SPACs down as much as 90%, there are finally some good buys (MarketWatch)
  13. New home sales soar to highest level since 2006 (MarketWatch)
  14. HBO Max Gains Traction in a Crowded Field (New York Times)
  15.  With Few New Clotting Cases, Johnson & Johnson Pause Could Be Lifted Soon (New York Times)
  16. India Hits Global Record for Daily New Covid-19 Cases (Wall Street Journal)
  17. Here’s What CEOs Are Saying About Inflation This Earnings Season (Barron’s)
  18. Famed Investor Bill Miller Is Roaring Back With Amazon, Bitcoin, and GM (Barron’s)
  19. China, India Complicate Biden’s Climate Ambitions (Wall Street Journal)
  20. Southwest, American Say Leisure Travel Rebounding as Summer Season Approaches (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 23 key reads for Thursday…

  1. ECB Keeps Rates Steady and Asset-Buying Program Unchanged (Barron’s)
  2. Audio Could Perk Up Facebook’s Eyes and Ears (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Netflix Will Need Some Post-Summer Blockbusters (Wall Street Journal)
  4. Dealers Are Selling Cars So Fast They Don’t Need to Borrow (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Johnson & Johnson Shows Health Economy Is Nearing Full Strength (Wall Street Journal)
  6. 4 Electric-Vehicle Charging Stocks at Fire-Sale Prices (Barron’s)
  7. US to propose emissions cut of at least 50% by end of decade (Financial Times)
  8. Koch Industries invests in supplier touted as alternative to Huawei (Financial Times)
  9. For Japan’s Top CEOs, It’s Change or Die (institutionalinvestor)
  10. Nikola (NKLA) , Travelcenters Of America (TA) Confirm Pact To Deploy Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure (streetinsider)
  11. Tractor Supply shares jump after ‘record performance’ drives guidance increase (MarketWatch)
  12. Connor Bedard is 15 years old — and already touted as hockey’s next superstar (New York Post)
  13. Wall Street Starts to See Weakness Emerge in Bitcoin Charts (Bloomberg)
  14. How Left-for-Dead Hertz Bonds Returned 1,000% (Bloomberg)
  15. Michelin Picks Best Restaurants in Washington Despite Pandemic Closures (Bloomberg)
  16. US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly drop to new pandemic-era low of 547,000 (Business Insider)
  17. SPACs could drive $900 billion of dealmaking over the next 2 years despite the boom slowing, Goldman says (Business Insider)
  18. Pfizer declares 39c per share cash dividend, says dividend won’t be cut (TheFly)
  19. The Job Market Is Tighter Than You Think (Wall Street Journal)
  20. Dow Earnings Smashed Expectations. Investors Should Take Note. (Barron’s)
  21. Goldman Sachs says S&P 500 returns may tumble as U.S. economic growth peaks. Buy these stocks. (MarketWatch)
  22. Opinion: Warren Buffett could teach traders in dogecoin, GameStop and other hot trends a few things about ‘Mr. Market’ (MarketWatch)
  23. Demand may exceed supply as CEO of one of the world’s biggest hotel groups sees ‘surge’ in bookings (MarketWatch)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Get ready for the ‘reflation and reopening trade’ to kick into high gear, says JPMorgan’s top quant (MarketWatch)
  2. The FAANG Stocks Could Fall, if History Is Any Guide (Barron’s)
  3. Tech Stocks Waver After Netflix Results (Barron’s)
  4. Legendary investor Bill Miller says the window is closing on the SPAC market, but singles out 2 names that remain attractive (Business Insider)
  5. For AT&T’s Earnings, HBO Max Is the Only Thing to Watch (Barron’s)
  6. The Fed won’t taper until 2023 at the earliest, says former White House economist. Here’s why. (MarketWatch)
  7. Central Banks Are Trying to Muscle Aside Bitcoin (Barron’s)
  8. This chart shows the deluge of corporate spending on technology since 1980 (MarketWatch)
  9. Why Growth Stocks’ Rebound Doesn’t Mean Value’s Comeback Is Over (Barron’s)
  10. Coca-Cola CEO says company will raise prices to offset higher commodity costs (CNBC)
  11. Prices for household staples like diapers, tampons poised to surge (New York Post)
  12. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-out to Resume in Europe Following EMA Review (streetinsider)
  13. Weekly mortgage demand jumps 8.6% after interest rates fall to a two-month low (CNBC)
  14. U.S. inflation could hit 3% or 4% by the middle of 2022, veteran strategist warns (CNBC)
  15. Stock-market sentiment shifts after investor euphoria pushed U.S. equities to record highs (MarketWatch)
  16. Bitcoin’s momentum will see an ugly end as regulation kicks in and countries are no longer about to ignore its huge carbon footprint, an investment adviser says (Business Insider)
  17. Vertex to study experimental gene-editing therapy as treatment for sickle cell, beta-thalassemia (MarketWatch)
  18. Fisker could jump another 116% due to rising reservations and an EV boom, BofA says (Business Insider)
  19. These Are the Stocks to Play Europe’s Red-Hot Property Market, Says JPMorgan (Barron’s)
  20. Blackstone Bets on India’s Rising E-Commerce With Warehouse Deal (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Shell, Exxon Look to Profit From Capturing Customers’ Carbon Emissions (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Central Banks Are Trying to Muscle Aside Bitcoin (Barron’s)
  3. Procter & Gamble earnings beat as consumers hang on to pandemic cleaning habits; price hikes ahead (CNBC)
  4. Company earnings are rebounding, but anything short of perfect could be trouble. (New York Times)
  5. You’ve Come a Long Way. The Energy Report 04/20/2021 (Phil Flynn)
  6. The Rage of Carson Block (institutional investor)
  7. Natural gas producer EQT backs Biden’s methane crackdown (Financial Times)
  8. Johnson & Johnson Just Reported Earnings. This Number Is Critical. (Barron’s)
  9. 10 Stocks That Could Get Hit by Higher Taxes (Barron’s)
  10. Why the Reflation Trade Remains a Good Bet (Barron’s)
  11. These 6 Commercial REITs Are Too Cheap, Morgan Stanley Says (Barron’s)
  12. Lockheed Produced a Strong Quarter. (Barron’s)
  13. P&G Flags Price Increases as Earnings Beat Forecasts (Barron’s)
  14. These 20 Affordable European Companies May See Earnings Surge (Barron’s)
  15. Stock Shorts Collapse as No Hedge Fund Wants ‘Head Ripped Off’ (Bloomberg)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Monday…

  1. More Stocks Are Participating in Rally, an Encouraging Sign for Bull Market (Wall Street Journal)
  2. S&P 500, Dow set to ease from record levels; Coca-Cola rises on results (Reuters)
  3. Nearly half of Americans are too nervous to invest in stocks right now, new survey shows (Business Insider)
  4. John Hempton on What It’s Like To Short Right Now (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  5. Why did the Fed print so much money? Thomas Hayes on valuations, and best stock sectors (KITCO)
  6. Feel the Earth. The Energy Report 04/19/2021 (Phil Flynn)
  7. Here’s a technical analyst’s explanation of the short squeeze driving bonds (MarketWatch)
  8. Consumer Staples Stocks Had a Rough Year. We Found 3 Potential Winners. (Barron’s)
  9. Economic Growth Is Set to Surge. Hiring Might Not Keep Up. (Wall Street Journal)
  10. BP Wants to Stop Burning Off Gas in America’s Top Oil Field (Wall Street Journal)
  11. The New York Power Lunch Is Back, With New Rules (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Employers are chasing candidates amid worker shortages (USA Today)
  13. Tesla Runs on Faith, Exxon Runs on Discipline. Only One Is Right (Bloomberg)
  14. Fauci expects J&J COVID-19 vaccines to be back in use by Friday (MarketWatch)
  15. Coca-Cola beats on earnings, says demand in March hit pre-Covid levels (CNBC)
  16. Stocks are booming higher, but traders are having a harder time making money (CNBC)
  17. Investors should be ‘aggressively buying’ if stock market has pullback: Investment strategist (Fox Business)
  18. Citigroup to ramp up Chinese investment banking plan – source (streetinsider)
  19. Biogen (BIIB) Has Best Risk/Reward Over Next Couple of Years – Jefferies (streetinsider)
  20. CVS to offer three over-the-counter COVID-19 tests for use at home (Yahoo! Finance)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Sunday…

  1. America Is Short of Home Builders as Well as Homes (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Robert Arnott on Global Asset Management (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  3. Sell in May??? Post-Election-Year “Worst Months” Mixed (Almanac Trader)
  4. How Pfizer Became the Status Vax (Slate)
  5. Billionaire Reveals His ‘Secret’ To Beating China At Manufacturing (Forbes)
  6. How spooks are turning to superforecasting in the Cosmic Bazaar (The Economist)
  7. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (advisorperspectives)
  8. The Transcript 04.12.21: Reopening euphoria (The Weekly Transcript)
  9. Formula 1 Is Heading to Miami (Road and Track)
  10. Historic Oil Glut Amassed During the Pandemic Has Almost Gone (Bloomberg)