Be in the know. 28 key reads for Saturday…

  1. 10 reasons why the value-stock resurgence has further to run, according to BofA (Business Insider)
  2. 10 Solid Dividend-Paying Stocks on Sale (Morningstar)
  3. Tech Stocks Are Mired in Unfamiliar Territory as Market Laggards (Bloomberg)
  4. Li Lu: Value Investing in China, Full Transcript (latticeworkinvesting)
  5. Activist Investors Are Rattling Cages Again (Barron’s)
  6. Last winter saw larger-than-average U.S. natural gas withdrawals from storage (EIA)
  7. Home Building Picked Up in March. What It Could Mean for Skyrocketing Prices. (Barron’s)
  8. 3 Big Banks Had Huge Bond Sales This Week. What It Means for Markets. (Barron’s)
  9. Mark Rothko’s ‘Untitled’ From 1970 Could Fetch US$40 Million at Christie’s (Barron’s)
  10. What It Would Take for the S&P 500 to Hit 4500 by Year End (Barron’s)
  11. How People Get Rich Now (paulgraham)
  12. 4 Electric-Vehicle Charging Stocks at Fire-Sale Prices (Barron’s)
  13. Mexican Stocks Look Ready to Rally. Here’s Why. (Barron’s)
  14. Jane Fraser’s Debut as Citi’s CEO Hits All the Right Notes (Barron’s)
  15. The Stock Market Climbed Because Tumbling Bond Yields Don’t Mean What They Used To (Barron’s)
  16. Here’s how the ‘pause’ on J&J’s COVID-19 shot may or may not affect the company’s earnings (MarketWatch)
  17. Bill Miller 1Q 2021 Market Letter (millervalue)
  18. No Causal Link Found So Far Between J&J’s Covid-19 Vaccine and Blood-Clot Cases, Company Researchers Say (Wall Street Journal)
  19. Oakmark’s Bill Nygren on his expectations for the economic recovery (CNBC)
  20. The Bull Case for a $100 Million New Jersey Deli (Wall Street Journal)
  21. The Most Important Number of the Week Is 9.8% (Bloomberg)
  22. Boom Times Are Coming, If Only You Can Wait (Bloomberg)
  23. Hedge Funds Are Ready to Get Out of New York and Move to Florida (Bloomberg)
  24. SpaceX wins $2.9bn Nasa contract to land Americans on the moon (Financial Times)
  25. The labor market is the strongest it’s been since the pandemic started — and setting up a huge boost to America’s most crucial economic engine (Business Insider)
  26. 3 reasons the stock market is poised for a near-term correction, according to LPL (Business Insider)
  27. Pipeline pressure and Elliott’s stake have GSK in a spin (Financial Times)
  28. Netscape 2.0: Coinbase stock debut rekindles memories of web breakthrough (Financial Times)

Be in the know. 18 key reads for Friday…

  1. U.S. housing starts increase more than expected in March (Reuters)
  2. 4 reasons why the bull market in stocks is alive and well with more upside ahead, according to LPL (Business Insider)
  3. Bitcoin falls as Turkey bans cryptocurrency payments (MarketWatch)
  4. Completing the Process. The Energy Report 04/16/2021 (Phil Flynn)
  5. This Is the Richest American of All Time (247wallst)
  6. Morgan Stanley tops earnings estimates on better-than-expected trading, investment banking results (CNBC)
  7. David Einhorn calls out Elon Musk and Chamath Palihapitiya, defends GameStop champion Roaring Kitty, and blasts market regulators in a new letter. Here are the 11 best quotes. (Business Insider)
  8. Jeff Bezos posts his final letter to shareholders as Amazon CEO. Read the key takeaways and full note. (Business Insider)
  9. Chinese Economy Grew More Than 18% in First Quarter (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Morgan Stanley tops earnings estimates on better-than-expected trading, investment banking results (CNBC)
  11. Family Offices Targeting 800% Returns With SPAC Economics (Bloomberg)
  12. Pfizer CEO Says a Covid Booster Shot Will Likely Be Needed (Barron’s)
  13. Citigroup Reports Higher Earnings, Plans to Trim Consumer Businesses in Asia (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Delta Reports Another Quarterly Loss, but Says Travel Demand Is Rising (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Shell to Let Shareholders Vote on Shift to Cleaner Energy (Wall Street Journal)
  16. This Recovery Is Special, Whatever Bond Yields Say (Bloomberg)
  17. China’s Economy Is Booming. Shoppers Are Skittish Anyway. (New York Times)
  18. Bank of America Profit Doubles After It Releases Reserves for Bad Loans (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Businesses are struggling to hire workers — and say Uncle Sam is to blame (New York Post)
  2. Bank of America Gains on Earnings Beat. What to Know. (Barron’s)
  3. Wall Street Banks Do More With Less (Wall Street Journal)
  4. With Earnings Soaring, Wall Street Banks See Economic Boom Ahead (New York Times)
  5. Spending at US retailers rockets 9.8% higher as stimulus supercharges reopening (Business Insider)
  6. Citi posted record profit in the 1st quarter as SPAC activity led a surge in underwriting fees and stock trading exploded (Business Insider)
  7. Green infrastructure could be the next bubble as the world shifts to alternative energy, Schwab says (Business Insider)
  8. Buy bank stocks after Citi, Goldman Sachs, BoA and JPMorgan earnings wowed, says this research group (MarketWatch)
  9. Hedge fund Elliott builds up multibillion-pound stake in GSK (Financial Times)
  10. PepsiCo expects growth to accelerate as hospitality recovers (Financial Times)
  11. State Jobless Claims in U.S. Fall to Lowest Since March 2020 (Bloomberg)
  12. American Airlines Plans Expanded Summer Flying Schedule (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Oil Demand Is Recovering Despite Vaccination Hiccups, IEA Says (Wall Street Journal)
  14. J&J Vaccine Pause Could Boost Pfizer, Moderna Stock (Barron’s)
  15. Oil Stocks Have Gotten Crushed. They Could Be Poised for a Comeback. (Barron’s)

Be in the know. 8 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Wells Fargo Earnings Jump as Economy Bounces Back (Wall Street Journal)
  2. JPMorgan Beat Profit Estimates, Driven by a Release of Credit Reserves (Barron’s)
  3. Here Are 10 Italian Stocks to Play the Reflation Trade (Barron’s)
  4. Moderna Previews Its Pipeline of Vaccines. The Stock Is Rising. (Barron’s)
  5. Exxon Mobil stock gains after Raymond James analyst backs off long-time bearish stance (MarketWatch)
  6. American Air Bets on Travel Resurgence With New Summer Schedule (Bloomberg)
  7. Goldman Sachs Says Buy These 4 Energy Stocks for Possible Summer Rally (247wallst)
  8. Banks, After Bracing for Disaster, Are Now Ready for a Boom (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. JPMorgan Chief Strategist Says Markets May Be at Long-Term Turning Point (Bloomberg)
  2. Citigroup’s Path Forward Is as Important to Wall Street as the Numbers (Barron’s)
  3. Big banks can maintain revenue boom for years with $400bn transaction banking push (fnlondon)
  4. The Used Car Bubble: How Sky-High Pricing Is Good for Stocks (Barron’s)
  5. Signs of Spring. The Energy Report 04/13/2021 (Phil Flynn)
  6. Majority of CEOs say Biden tax hikes will harm business, slow wage growth: poll (New York Post)
  7. U.S. Consumer Prices Increased in March by Most Since 2012 (Bloomberg)
  8. ‘Fear of Missing Out’ Will Drive Workers Back Into the Office (Bloomberg)
  9. Don’t ‘overinterpret’ decision to pause J&J vaccine, Dr. Scott Gottlieb says (CNBC)
  10. Consumer prices rise more than expected, pushed by 9.1% jump in gasoline (CNBC)
  11. Oil Majors Face Tough Choices Even With Higher Prices (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Banks Might Get Partial Immunity to Tax Increases (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Hedge Fund Managers Are Feeling Confident (institutionalinvestor)
  14. Here’s where investors see a market bubble — and it isn’t stocks, says Bank of America (MarketWatch)
  15. These stocks are cheap when you factor in how much their sales are expected to rise (MarketWatch)
  16. Fed’s Bullard says inflation risks won’t be clear until later this year (MarketWatch)
  17. US STOCKS-S&P 500 set for muted open on strong inflation (Reuters)

Be in the know. 12 key reads for Monday…

  1. ‘Don’t fight the Fed,’ Goldman says. These stocks can benefit from higher inflation. (MarketWatch)
  2. Red-Hot Banks Report Earnings This Week: 4 Stocks to Buy Before They Do (247wallst)
  3. BABA Stock Jumps After Record Alibaba Fine (Investor’s Business Daily)
  4. Powell Says It Will Be ‘a While’ Before Fed Lifts Rates (MarketWatch)
  5. Regeneron’s Covid-19 Antibody Protects Household Contacts From Infection (Barron’s)
  6. GE Gets a New Top Target Price From Wall Street (Barron’s)
  7. Fed Chair Jerome Powell says economy ‘to start growing much more quickly’ (New York Post)
  8. With Economy Poised for Best Growth Since 1983, Inflation Lurks (Wal Street Journal)
  9. Sizzling Stock Market Sets High Bar for Earnings Season (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Defaults Fall Again, Aiding Rally in Low-Rated Debt (Wall Street Journal)
  11. Simple Math Is About to Cause a U.S. Inflation Problem (Bloomberg)
  12. Nobel Economist Warns Against Wealth Tax to Pay for Pandemic (Bloomberg)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Watch the highlights from CNBC’s Pro Talk with Oakmark’s Bill Nygren (Banks & Energy) (CNBC)
  2. 33 Undervalued Stocks for the Second Quarter (Morningstar)
  3. San Francisco Fed’s Mary Daly Says the Economy Will Rebound Sharply by the Fall (Barron’s)
  4. Wall Street comes to grips with a Fed that will do what it says (MarketWatch)
  5. Stock-Market Investing Is Picking Up. Baby Boomers Might Be Behind It. (Barron’s)
  6. Getting Women Back into the Workforce Is a Priority of the Fed. Here’s Why. (Barron’s)
  7. Value Stocks Are Ready to Win Again, if the Fed Behaves (Barron’s)
  8. Musk’s Las Vegas Tunnel Is Like a Tesla Amusement Park Ride (Bloomberg)
  9. Nancy Reagan and the Power of Intimacy (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Wall Street investors look warily at gathering tax ‘storm’ (Financial Times)
  11. Why ‘Peak Oil’ Won’t Mean the End of Drilling (Bloomberg)
  12. The broader stock market is not in a bubble, but these 5 sectors are, according to JPMorgan (Business Insider)
  13. The economy is on the cusp of a major boom. Economists believe it could last (CNBC)
  14. Billionaire investor Peter Thiel called out Apple and Google, warned about TikTok and bitcoin, and criticized China at a recent event. Here are the 17 best quotes. (Business Insider)
  15. Earning season is about to get underway and that could be a positive catalyst for stocks (CNBC)
  16. Finances not so grim for millions of Americans a year after COVID (USA Today)
  17. Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger on Leverage (dividendgrowthinvestor)
  18. Drugmakers and Managed-Care Firms Are Poised for Growth (Morningstar)
  19. Q&A: Finding 100-Baggers (woodlockhousefamilycapital)
  20. JPM Annual Letter Jamie Dimon (jpmorganchase)

Be in the know. 18 key reads for Friday…

  1. Investors Shouldn’t Sweat the Defense Budget. Here’s Why. (Barron’s)
  2. Aerospace and Defense May Be the Best Offense for Q2: 5 Top Stocks to Buy Now (24/7wallst)
  3. U.S. PPI up 1% in March, with factory-level inflation rate registering 4.2% on a year-over-year basis (MarketWatch)
  4. Biotech Stocks Hit A Snag — Why Experts Say The Heyday Isn’t Over (IBD)
  5. Why It Might Be Time to Buy Brazil Stocks (Barron’s)
  6. Stocks Are Close to Bubble Territory Again—but Only by Some Measures (Barron’s)
  7. Safe haven plays still popular amid rotation into cyclical stocks, March fund flows show (MarketWatch)
  8. Stock-Market Investing Is Picking Up. Baby Boomers Might Be Behind It. (Barron’s)
  9. First-Time Investors Now Make Up 15% of Retail Market (Institutional Investor)
  10. How Equity Analysts Filled the Covid-19 ‘Information Void’ (Institutional Investor)
  11. New York City’s Wealthy Will Pay Nation’s Highest Tax Rates. How Will That Affect a Rebound? (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Dangerous Games. The Energy Report 04/09/2021 (Phil Flynn)
  13. Home Prices Soar in Frenzied U.S. Market Drained of Supply (Bloomberg)
  14. ‘Enjoy this ride’ — Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel says stock market could go up 30% before boom ends (CNBC)
  15. NIH recommends Lilly and Regeneron’s combination antibody treatments to people with mild and moderate COVID-19 (MarketWatch)
  16. General Electric (GE) PT Raised to $17 at UBS on Turnaround (Street Insider)
  17. 2 wild economic charts we’ll be watching closely: Morning Brief (Yahoo! Finance)
  18. Inflation might be the way out of the debt crisis (Financial Times)

Be in the know. 30 key reads for Thursday…

  1. How Lee Iacocca Turned Getting Fired Into The Best Thing In The Long Run (Investor’s Business Daily)
  2. How a Simple Blood Test Could Reduce Cancer Deaths (Barron’s)
  3. 5 Things You Might Have Missed in the Fed’s Minutes (Barron’s)
  4. Not All Dividend Aristocrats Are the Same. Here Are 5 With the Fastest-Growing Payouts. (Barron’s)
  5. Job Openings Are Near Prepandemic Levels. Expect a Jolt of Hiring Post-Covid. (Barron’s)
  6. Citigroup Reports Earnings Next Week. How to Get Out in Front. (Barron’s)
  7. The Pandemic Took a Bite From Dividends in 2020. Now They’re Recovering. (Barron’s)
  8. 2 Home-Building Stocks That Could Be a Buy, Even If a Pullback Is Coming (Barron’s)
  9. This Time Is Different. Infrastructure Spending Could Actually Boost Stocks. (Barron’s)
  10. What Amazon’s Union Vote Means for Inflation (Barron’s)
  11. FDA Grants Full Approval to Gilead Breast Cancer Drug (Barron’s)
  12. Billionaire Peter Thiel warns bitcoin is a ‘Chinese financial weapon’ that needs tougher scrutiny (fnlondon)
  13. The biggest ‘inflation scare’ in 40 years is coming — what stock-market investors need to know (MarketWatch)
  14. The Dollar Bond Binge Will Come Home to Roost Even Without a Blow-Up (Wall Street Journal)
  15. As Americans start traveling again, airlines revive pilot hiring plans (CNBC)
  16. A large chunk of the retail investing crowd got their start during the pandemic, Schwab survey shows (CNBC)
  17. Fed Minutes Show Expectations for Stronger Economic Recovery (Wall Street Journal)
  18. Investors Big and Small Are Driving Stock Gains With Borrowed Money (Wall Street Journal)
  19. What’s in Biden’s Tax Plan? (New York Times)
  20. Amazon Is Helping to Resurrect the Labor Movement (Bloomberg)
  21. America’s Population Growth Looks to Be the Slowest Since 1918 (Bloomberg)
  22. JPMorgan’s Dimon Says ‘This Boom Could Easily Run Into 2023’ (Bloomberg)
  23. Yellen Says Tax Plan Recoups $2 Trillion in Overseas Profits (Bloomberg)
  24. Panasonic Bets on Tesla ‘Beer Can’ Battery to Unlock $25,000 EVs (Bloomberg)
  25. 3G Billionaires Snap Up Real Estate Bargains in Covid Hotbed (Bloomberg)
  26. The World’s Most Powerful Convertible Is a Study in Versatility (Bloomberg)
  27. US weekly jobless claims climb to 744,000 as unemployment remains persistently high Business Insider)
  28. Retail investors recovered faster than expected from February’s losses and data suggest older Americans are leading the latest round of buying (Business Insider)
  29. IHOP looks to reach goal of 10,000 new hires in coming months ahead of ‘restaurant renaissance’ (MarketWatch)
  30. Enbridge Seeks to Get More Gas to Energy-Hungry U.S. Northeast (Bloomberg)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. U.S. Is Primed for Spring Hiring Spree (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Jamie Dimon says economic boom fueled by deficit spending, vaccines could ‘easily run into 2023’ (CNBC)
  3. Goldman and Morgan Stanley Analysts Battle Over Apple (AAPL) Services Revenue as Shares Test 50D SMA (streetinsider)
  4. Some Wall Street banks say rate-hike bets are overdone — so buy bonds (MarketWatch)
  5. U.S. jobs progress still far short of Fed’s ‘substantial’ tripwire (Reuters)
  6. Top Oil Stocks To Watch In U.S. Shale As New No. 1 Emerges In Permian Basin (Investor’s Business Daily)
  7. The recession is over in all but name. Why a retreat for stocks might be fast approaching, according to Deutsche Bank. (MarketWatch)
  8. Fed’s Mester lauds jobs report, but says loose policy is staying put (CNBC)
  9. Investors are selling their stocks even as the S&P 500 cruises to all-time highs, according to BofA (Business Insider)
  10. Amazon Is the Target of Small-Business Antitrust Campaign (Wall Street Journal)
  11. BP Signals Recovery for Oil Industry in Wake of Pandemic (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Real-Estate Losers in 2020, Like Hotel and Mall Owners, Starred in the First Quarter (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Shell to Turn First Oil Production Profit Since Pandemic (Barron’s)
  14. Odds Improve for Global Deal on Corporate Tax (Barron’s)
  15. Buy Exxon and Other Big Oil Stocks Instead of Chevron, Goldman Says (Barron’s)