Be in the know. 15 key reads for Friday…

  1. These 8 Value Stocks Will Benefit From an Economic Recovery (Barron’s)
  2. Flying Cars, of a Sort, Are Coming. There Are Two Stocks for That. (Barron’s)
  3. US Strikes Iran-backed Militias In Syria In Biden First (Barron’s)
  4. So long, there-is-no-alternative trade. What should investors do now? (MarketWatch)
  5. Pfizer vaccine can reduce transmission after 1 dose, new study finds (MarketWatch)
  6. Texas freeze helps rival oil exporters like Saudi Arabia, may influence OPEC (CNBC)
  7. Post-Covid-19, Shipping Tailwinds Will Still be Strong (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Khashoggi killing report will test US-Saudi relations (Financial Times)
  9. Charlie Munger: It’s ‘absolute insanity’ to think owning 100 stocks instead of five makes you a better investor (Yahoo! Finance)
  10. Risk-Parity Quants Hammered by Stocks and Bonds Moving Together (Bloomberg)
  11. Boost to Household Income Primes Economy for Growth (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Pfizer and BioNTech Studying Third Covid-19 Vaccine Dose to Fight New Strains (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Global Trade Roars Back From Depths of Covid-19 Pandemic (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Rare Bond-Market Inversion Signals Short-Lived Boost to Inflation (Wall Street Journal)
  15. U.S. consumer spending rebounds in January (Reuters)

Be in the know. 30 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Highlights from Charlie Munger at the Daily Journal Annual Meeting (Yahoo! Finance)
  2. You May Not Want It. The Energy Report 02/25/2021 (Phil Flynn)
  3. As the vaccine rollout gathers pace, this could be the ‘trade of the decade’ (MarketWatch)
  4. Nothing Lucid About a $57 Billion Valuation for an Electric-Vehicle Startup (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Big Banks Love Rising Interest Rates: 4 Dividend Stocks to Buy Now (24/7 Wall Street)
  6. DoorDash Investors Should Relish Their Feast (Wall Street Journal)
  7. U.S. Food and Drug Administration Analysis of Johnson and Johnson Vaccine Finds Safe and Effective—EUA Anticipated Soon (trialsitenews)
  8. Pfizer Will Test Third Dose of Vaccine to Protect Against Variants (Barron’s)
  9. A New Oil Dividend Trend Could Pay Off for Investors (Barron’s)
  10. A new wave of fearless retail investors could be ready to pour $170 billion into stocks, says Deutsche Bank (MarketWatch)
  11. Dividends Could Rise 5% in a Rebound Year, Helped by More Special Payouts (Barron’s)
  12. Here are 3 reasons that the stock market can survive rising bond yields in 2021 (MarketWatch)
  13. Opinion: These 15 companies are run in a Warren Buffett-like way (MarketWatch)
  14. Paramount+ promises a ‘Godfather’ streaming series and a ‘Frasier’ reboot. (New York Times)
  15. Losing Bid for Postal Contract Proves Costly for Electric-Vehicle Maker (New York Times)
  16. UBS Upgrades AstraZeneca (AZN:LN) (AZN) to Buy on ‘Much Cleaner Pro-Forma Profile’ (Street Insider)
  17. Charlie Munger Talks Bitcoin, SPACs And GameStop Mania: ‘It Must End Badly, But I Don’t Know When’ (Benzinga)
  18. Boeing Trying To Resume Max 737 Flights In Asia: Report (Benzinga)
  19. Powell pulls his punches on benefits of more fiscal stimulus (Financial Times)
  20. Inflation fears rattle global bond markets (Financial Times)
  21. Buffett’s Letter to Break Months of Silence Amid Tumult in U.S. (Bloomberg)
  22. SPAC and ESG Fads on Collision Course With Billions at Stake (Bloomberg)
  23. Cathie Wood’s Tesla Noise Is Deafening Investors (Bloomberg)
  24. Chevron CEO on modern leadership: You can’t be afraid to make yourself heard (CNBC)
  25. Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news (USA Today)
  26. J&J’s Covid-19 Vaccine Is Safe and Effective, FDA Says, Paving Way for Approval (Wall Street Journal)
  27. Israeli Study Finds Pfizer Shot Equally Effective for Young and Old (Wall Street Journal)
  28. Saudi Arabia Borrows at Negative Rates for First Time as Oil Recovers (Wall Street Journal)
  29. Why Higher Rates Are Hammering Big Tech (Wall Street Journal)
  30. Yellen describes vaccines as global economy’s ‘strongest stimulus’ in G-20 letter (MarketWatch)

Be in the know. 22 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. The Cereal Industry Had a Very Weird Year (Bloomberg)
  2. To Make More Covid-19 Vaccines, Rival Drugmakers Team Up (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Why the Fed Needs to Prove Its New Tolerance for Inflation (Barron’s)
  4. Stocks Rise as Fed Chair Says Light at the End of the Tunnel Remains Distant (New York Times)
  5. ‘Reflation Trade’ Looks Promising. These Assets Look Too Hot. (Barron’s)
  6. Box Shares Rally on Report Starboard May Seek Three Additional Board Seats (Barron’s)
  7. Wells Fargo Is Streamlining More of Its Operations. What It Means for the Stock. (Barron’s)
  8. Structured Notes Saw Record Demand in a Volatile 2020. Investors Should Mind the Fine Print. (Barron’s)
  9. Credit Suisse Raised its S&P 500 Price Target. Thank Earnings Momentum. (Barron’s)
  10. Powell Focuses on Economic Need at Key Moment in Markets and Politics (NYT)
  11. Why it may be time to buy airline stocks (Yahoo! Finance)
  12. 5 Analyst Favorite Stocks at Raymond James Are Perfect Reopening Theme Buys (24/7 Wall Street)
  13. P&G CEO expects higher demand for cleaning products to outlast pandemic (CNBC)
  14. Roblox is going public: 5 things to know about the tween-centric gaming platform (MarketWatch)
  15. If you think it’s time to shift to value stocks, here are Wall Street’s favorites (MarketWatch)
  16. Here are 3 reasons why the stock market can survive rising bond yields in 2021 (MarketWatch)
  17. CVS says it will reach millions of new customers as it administers COVID vaccine (MarketWatch)
  18. J&J Single-Shot Covid Vaccine Found Effective Before FDA Review (Bloomberg)
  19. Delta CEO Predicts Business Travel Comeback With Two Key Metrics (Bloomberg)
  20. Exelon to Separate Power-Generation Business Via Spinoff (Bloomberg)
  21. For the Posh, Bentley’s New Flying Spur Is Practically Pious (Bloomberg)
  22. Iran Limits Access to Nuclear Sites but Open to Talks With U.S. (Wall Street Journal)

 

Be in the know. 30 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Powell says inflation is still ‘soft’ and the Fed is committed to current policy stance (CNBC)
  2. 6 Inexpensive Stocks for Market Contrarians (Barron’s)
  3. World’s Largest Hedge Fund Manager Warns Emerging Tech Stocks In “Extreme Bubble” (ZeroHedge)
  4. Tesla Stock Is in a Bear Market. It’s Taking Other EV Stocks With It. (Barron’s)
  5. Consumer Demand Snaps Back. Factories Can’t Keep Up. (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Tech Stocks Outside U.S. Also Hammered as Interest Rates Rise (Barron’s)
  7. Roblox Sets Date to Go Public Through a Direct Listing (Barron’s)
  8. Carl Icahn Charges Up FirstEnergy Stock (Barron’s)
  9. The Reflation Trade Is Well Underway. How Long Can Investors Keep Smiling? (Barron’s)
  10. U.S. Consumers Have Spending Power. Here Are 11 Retail Stocks to Play the Economic Recovery. (Barron’s)
  11. How Much Do Central Banks Fear the Bond Toddler? (Bloomberg)
  12. Analysis: How rich is Saudi Arabia? Kingdom does the math in balance sheet overhaul (Reuters)
  13. Fed’s Powell heads to Congress with economy at a crossroads (Reuters)
  14. Wells Fargo Sheds Its Asset Manager as Scharf Reshapes Bank (Bloomberg)
  15. House committee clears $1.9T COVID relief package (FoxBusiness)
  16. The Energy Report 02/23/2021 (Phil Flynn)
  17. When is stimulus too much for markets? (Financial Times)
  18. Re-opening trades keep ripping: Morning Brief (Yahoo! Finance)
  19. US Home Prices Accelerate At Fastest Pace Since 2014 (ZeroHedge)
  20. BofA hikes 2021 Brent price view by $10/bbl on strong oil balances (Reuters)
  21. AMC Stock Jumps as New York City Says Cinemas Can Reopen (Barron’s)
  22. Historic Gains in Small Stocks Highlight Investor Exuberance (Wall Street Journal)
  23. More Than 209 Million Shots Given: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker (Bloomberg)
  24. Astra Antibody Trials Show Promising Signs Against Variants (Bloomberg)
  25. Oil and Gas Industry ‘Demonized,’ Novatek Says: IP Week Update (Bloomberg)
  26. Indian billionaire says the country’s regulators need to ‘step in and ban bitcoin’ (CNBC)
  27. Churchill Capital Corp IV plunges 35% after Lucid Motors strikes SPAC deal to go public with a $24 billion valuation (Business Insider)
  28. A tangled market web of Tesla-bitcoin-ARK Investment could spell trouble for investors, warns strategist (MarketWatch)
  29. F.C.C. Broadband Plan Includes $50 Monthly Subsidy for Millions (New York Times)
  30. Australia, Facebook agree to lift news ban (USA Today)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. Gas Surges Above $3 In These States as Oil Prices Jump (24/7 Wall Street)
  2. If Inflation Is Coming, These Stocks Will Benefit the Most (Barron’s)
  3. Texas Looks to Rebuild. Here Are 6 Stocks That Could Benefit. (Barron’s)
  4. Four Things to Know About the Housing Market in 2021 (Barron’s)
  5. Blue-Collar Jobs Boom as Covid-19 Boosts Housing, E-Commerce Demand (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Bond Selloff Prompts Stock Investors to Confront Rising Rates (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Why an Animated Flying Cat With a Pop-Tart Body Sold for Almost $600,000 (New York Times)
  8. Canada To Follow Australia’s Lead In Charging Facebook For Links (ZeroHedge)
  9. The 20th Annual Rich List, the Definitive Ranking of What Hedge Fund Managers Earned in 2020 (Iinstitutional Investor)
  10. Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan Enters Three-Week Congress Dash (Bloomberg)
  11. Strategists Pick Commodities as a Favorite Way to Play Reflation (Bloomberg)
  12. Wall Street Is Inflation-Proofing Its Debt-Market Portfolios (Bloomberg)
  13. Exxon Pushed for Net-Zero Goal by Activist Shareholder (Bloomberg)
  14. Bubble Warnings Go Unheeded as Everyone Is a Buyer in Stocks (Yahoo! Finance)
  15. The Four Basic Truths of Macroeconomics (Bloomberg)
  16. This strategist lists 7 reasons that stocks are a buy even as bond yields climb (MarketWatch)
  17. General Electric (GE) PT Raised to $15 After Goldman Sachs Hosts Virtual NDR (StreetInsider)

Be in the know. 12 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Smartphone sales have dropped two calendar years straight for the first time, according to Gartner. (CNBC)
  2. Inflation Angst Is About to Rewrite the Stock Market Playbook (Bloomberg)
  3. The Transcript 02.15.2020 (theweeklytranscript)
  4. ‘Trillions’ Are the New Billions: How the Federal Budget Grew Detached from Reality (manhattan-institute)
  5. Facebook pulled the trigger on Australian news — and shot itself in the foot (thenextweb)
  6. How Mathematician Katherine Johnson Helped Make Human Space Flight Possible (Robb Report)
  7. Is A/D Line Signally Late-February Weakness? (Almanac Trader)
  8. Bugatti Reveals $8.8 Million, 1,600-HP Centodieci Hypercar (Maxim)
  9. form follows aerodynamics with the all-new mclaren artura hybrid supercar (designboom)
  10. Bitcoin and ethereum prices ‘seem high,’ says Musk (Reuters)
  11. From Tokyo to Texas, Forbes Travel Guide’s New Five-Star Hotels For 2021 (Forbes)
  12. David Lynch’s Industrious Pandemic (The New Yorker)

Be in the know. 25 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Oracle Is Turning Into a Cloud Giant. Why Its Stock Is a Buy. (Barron’s)
  2. Asset managers rush to shore up portfolios against inflation (Financial Times)
  3. Top 100 places to eat in the US in 2021, according to Yelp (USA Today)
  4. Some Covid-19 Vaccines Are Effective After One Dose, Can Be Stored in Normal Freezers, Data Show (Wall Street Journal)
  5. JPMorgan still thinks the S&P 500 can rally another 12% this year as US consumer spending explodes for these 7 reasons (Business Insider)
  6. ‘Green bubble’ warnings grow as money pours into renewable stocks (Financial Times)
  7. Why This Bull Market Shows No Sign of Ending Soon (Barron’s)
  8. Warren Buffett’s Letter to Shareholders Is Coming. What Investors Want to See. (Barron’s)
  9. BDCs Yield Around 9%, but Their Quality Varies. Here’s How to Judge Them. (Barron’s)
  10. What Gene Editing Can Do for Humankind (Wall Street Journal)
  11. U.S. stock-market investors are already betting on an infrastructure spending spree (MarketWatch)
  12. Yes, Rates Are Rising. But Equity Investors Don’t Seem to Care. (Barron’s)
  13. Tech Valuations Are Getting Scary. Here’s How We Know. (Barron’s)
  14. Bank Stocks Are Getting Hot. They Still Have Room to Run. (Barron’s)
  15. The Doves Are in Charge Again. What That Means for Interest Rates (Barron’s)
  16. The Argument for the Reborn Chesapeake Energy (Barron’s)
  17. Carl Icahn Charges Up FirstEnergy Stock (Barron’s)
  18. Biden Says He’s Open to Making His $1.9 Trillion Aid Plan ‘Cheaper’ (Barron’s)
  19. Texas Looks to Rebuild. Here Are 6 Stocks That Could Benefit. (Barron’s)
  20. ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry says ‘prepare for inflation’ – and warns bitcoin and gold might be at risk (Business Insider)
  21. How Carl Icahn could create value with this health company, which has many valuable businesses (CNBC)
  22. Katie Haun on the Dark Web, Gangs, Investigating Bitcoin, and The New Magic of “Nifties” (NFTs) (#499) (Tim Ferriss)
  23. Investors, Don’t Succumb To The Fear Of Missing Out (Forbes)
  24. What Gene Editing Can Do for Humankind (Wall Street Journal)
  25. Why Your Wild Trading Ideas Feel So Right (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…

  1. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen makes push for major stimulus, sees bigger risk in not doing enough (CNBC)
  2. We’ll Have Herd Immunity by April (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Why 5 Buy-Rated Energy Stocks May Have Much Higher Upside Potential (24/7 Wall Street)
  4. FirstEnergy says activist investor Carl Icahn looking to buy stake (Yahoo! Finance)
  5. Millennium emerges as top hedge fund investor in Spacs (Financial Times)
  6. Single Dose of Pfizer Vaccine Is 85% Effective, Study Shows (Barron’s)
  7. Novavax Unveils Potentially Huge Deal to Supply Vaccines (Barron’s)
  8. The Big Oil Stocks That Goldman Says Have up to 50% Upside Ahead of a Global Recovery (Barron’s)
  9. Hedge funds on the lookout: ‘they don’t want to get burned’, says analyst as GameStop-style short interest falls (MarketWatch)
  10. Fluor Is Engineering a Turnaround. Its Stock Could Soar 80%. (Barron’s)
  11. ‘I am not a cat’: GameStop hearing provides drama and humor (USA Today)
  12. Pfizer says vaccine can be stored in normal freezer temperatures: Latest COVID-19 updates (USA Today)
  13. Can Allbirds Live Up to Its $1 Billion Valuation? (Bloomberg)
  14. Billionaire Peterffy Says N.Y. Rich in Florida Are There to Stay (Bloomberg)
  15. Billionaire investor Bill Gross made $10 million betting against GameStop — after he was down $15 million at one point (Business Insider)
  16. Walgreens to start receiving 480,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses a week (MarketWatch)
  17. How Redditors Find the Next GameStop Stock (Wall Street Journal)
  18. Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces: The New Way to Play, Network and Escape Video Calls (Wall Street Journal)
  19. Leon Cooperman Calls for Reinstating the Uptick Rule (Bloomberg)
  20. Shipping Container Shortage Gives Commodity Prices Extra Boost (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Wells Fargo stock extends surge after Wall Street’s lone bear said it’s no longer a sell (MarketWatch)
  2. Mercedes Owner Daimler Says Profit Surged 48% in 2020 on High Demand for Premium Vehicles, Will Spin-Off and List its Daimler Truck Division (StreetInsider)
  3. VIX Outlook ‘Less Controversial’ Going Forward After Dipping Below 20 for the First Time in 255 Days – UBS (StreetInsider)
  4. Hedge funds, Robinhood face grilling by Congress over GameStop Reddit rally (StreetInsider)
  5. U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise (Reuters)
  6. Food Prices Continue to Rise. Expect Bigger Grocery Bills. (Barron’s)
  7. GE CEO Larry Culp Is Talking About 2021. Cash Flow Is the Key. (Barron’s)
  8. U.S. Retail Sales Rose Strongly on Stimulus in January (Wall Street Journal)
  9. Should AT&T Or Verizon Try To Acquire Nokia In 2021? (Yahoo! Finance)
  10. Dogecoin Has a Top Dog Worth $2.1 Billion (Wall Street Journal)
  11. Oil Prices Are Up, but Frackers Stay on the Sidelines—for Now (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Wells Fargo’s $8 Billion Question: How to Slash Costs Without Angering Regulators (Wall Street Journal)
  13. McLaren’s $258,000 Hybrid Boasts Blazing Speed (Bloomberg)
  14. U.S. Housing Starts Fell in January for First Time Since August (Bloomberg)
  15. Music Mogul Buys Beach Boys Songs, Calling Band ‘Underappreciated’ (Bloomberg)
  16. Bob Pisani explains how ‘payment for order flow’ works (CNBC)
  17. Walmart shares fall on earnings miss, retailer sees sales growth slowing (CNBC)
  18. How Lamborghini learned to love the SUV (CNBC)
  19. No Pandemic Sugar Rush for Nestlé (Wall Street Journal)
  20. Robinhood heads to the Hill: What to watch at the Congressional hearing (Financial Times)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Berkshire Reveals New Positions In Chevron, Verizon; Exits JPM; Trims Apple, Wells: Full 13F Summary (ZeroHedge)
  2. Goldman Tells Clients To “Add Energy” Stocks Which Are Badly Lagging Commodities (ZeroHedge)
  3. 5 Health Care Laggards With Healthy Upside Potential (24/7 Wall Street)
  4. February Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey Results (Summary) (HedgeFundTips)
  5. This Is What Hedge Funds Bought And Sold In Q4: Complete 13F Summary (ZeroHedge)
  6. Waiting for Big Pharma’s Coronavirus Profits to Impress Wall Street (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Energy Transfer (ET) to Acquire Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL) in $7 Billion All-Equity Transaction (Street Insider)
  8. U.S. shale could face weeks of depressed oil production due to cold (Reuters)
  9. Baupost Group Takes a Large Stake in Intel (Institutional Investor)
  10. Mario Draghi lays out ambitious reforms for Italy (Financial Times)
  11. ‘We got lucky’: hedge funds that cashed in on the Reddit rally (Financial Times)
  12. Total chief warns of renewable energy bubble (Financial Times)
  13. The Riskiest Stocks Are in Favor. Why That Probably Won’t Change Soon. (Barron’s)
  14. Fed’s Yield-Curve Control Isn’t for Taming Long Bonds (Bloomberg)
  15. How Roblox, a video game platform for kids, became a $30 billion company (CNBC)
  16. ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry joins Warren Buffett in betting on Kraft Heinz (Business Insider)
  17. COVID-19 cases are dropping like a rock: Morning Brief (Yahoo! Finance)
  18. Why Rare Earths May Leave Europe and U.S. Vulnerable (Bloomberg)
  19. Building an Ice Rink in Your Backyard? ‘Water and Gravity Will Always Win’ (Wall Street Journal)
  20. Bulk Condo Buyers Descend on Manhattan, Looking for Cut-Rate Deals (Wall Street Journal)