Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. The Unbeatable Ed Hyman (Institutional Investor)
  2. Peak Oil? Drivers—and Voters—Could Delay It for Years (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine appears to protect against U.K. and South African COVID-19 strains in lab, study finds (MarketWatch)
  4. 10 stock picks in the industry that are pegged to economic reopening (Business Insider)
  5. Saudi Prince Hits a New Year Reset by Making Allies Not Enemies (Bloomberg)
  6. A Case to Buy Regeneron Stock After Its Recent Tumble (Barron’s)
  7. Rotation is picking up speed, December fund flow data show (MarketWatch)
  8. Big Oil and Shale Producers Ride Crude Price Run-Up (Barron’s)
  9. JPMorgan Chase Gets Two Upgrades Before Earnings Next Week (Barron’s)
  10. Opinion: Here’s why you should remain bullish on the stock market (MarketWatch)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Wells Fargo upgraded to Buy with $38 price target at Jefferies (TheFly)
  2. Walgreens shares rise after its earnings top estimates, fueled by higher drug sales (CNBC)
  3. Despite the Chaos, Banks Are Looking Up. How to Play the Trade. (Barron’s)
  4. NYC Restaurant Week is back — with a take-out only menu (New York Post)
  5. Roblox Decides to Go Public Through a Direct Listing (Barron’s)
  6. U.S. 10-year Treasury yield extends climb above 1% as markets eye fiscal stimulus prospects (MarketWatch)
  7. Walgreens Boots to Sell Pharmacy Wholesale Unit to AmerisourceBergen (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Crispr Gene-Editing Treatment Could Point Way to Fix for Deadly Aging Disease (Wall Street Journal)
  9. How Netflix’s ‘Cobra Kai’ Turned an ‘Artifact of the ’80s’ Into a Star (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Banks Still Have Cards to Play in Payments Race (Wall Street Journal)
  11. Wells Fargo (WFC) Announces Termination of AML-Related Consent Order (StreetInsider)
  12. Small-caps and value shine on Wall Street after Georgia results (Financial Times)
  13. Here’s what a ‘blue wave’ forming in Washington means for markets (MarketWatch)
  14. Oil Market Gears Up for $9 Billion Index Buying Spree (Bloomberg)
  15. Costco Says Sales Rose 12% in December (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Crude Oil Prices Soar As Saudi Arabia Gives The Industry A ‘Great New Year Present’ (Investor’s Business Daily)
  2. U.S. bankruptcy filings hit 35-year low thanks to government pandemic aid (Reuters)
  3. Tesla Is ‘Definitely Overvalued,’ Says Bill Gross. What He’s Buying Instead. (Barron’s)
  4. Merck Stock Is Deeply Undervalued, Says Citi. It Could Surge in 2021. (Barron’s)
  5. Pfizer Drops the Big Blue Pill to Highlight Shift in Strategy (Barron’s)
  6. World’s Super-Rich Families Want More Hedge Funds, Survey Finds (Bloomberg)
  7. These 6 Dividend Payers Look Primed for Growth in Earnings—and Payouts (Barron’s)
  8. U.K. Stocks Are at 20-Year Lows. Why It’s Time to Buy Post-Brexit. (Barron’s)
  9. Saudi Arabia to Cut Oil Production Sharply in Bid to Lift Prices (Wall Street Journal)
  10. 2020 SPAC Boom Lifted Wall Street’s Biggest Banks (Wall Street Journal)
  11. Wyndham Destinations Buys Travel + Leisure From Meredith for $100 Million (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Oil Market’s Surprise Gift Has a Dark Side (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Jim Cramer picks his 9 dividend stocks for income-driven investors (CNBC)
  14. 2 Top Homebuilder Stocks For 2021, According To BofA (Benzinga)
  15. BofA Securities Out With Top 10 Stock Ideas for Q1 2021 (24/7 Wall Street)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. 2 Lenders That Will Gain if Things Go Right for Banks This Year (Barron’s)
  2. How does the stock market perform after a 1% drop — or worse — to start a year? (MarketWatch)
  3. The One-of-a-Kind Lamborghini SC20 Is Both Road Registered and Race Ready (Barron’s)
  4. Haven, the Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan venture to disrupt health care, is disbanding after 3 years (CNBC)
  5. After the pandemic hit, he decided to knock on random mansion doors and ask, ‘What do you for a living?’ Now, his TikTok account’s blowing up. (MarketWatch)
  6. Byron Wien Says S&P 500 Will Tumble Before Rallying to 4,500 (Bloomberg)
  7. Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel: ‘Dow could easily tack on another 10% to 15%,’ but warns of a near-term setback (CNBC)
  8. Get Ready for Health-Care Stocks to Go Wild. How to Play Them. (Barron’s)
  9. NYSE Scraps Plan To Delist China Telecom Firms (Barron’s)
  10. Oil prices rise on Iran worries as OPEC+ talks continue (MarketWatch)
  11. Markets Expect GOP to Hold Senate in Georgia Runoff. Here’s What Happens if They Don’t. (Barron’s)
  12. 7 Value Stocks That Could Outperform in 2021 (Barron’s)
  13. The Stock Market Got Hit Hard by Covid Fears. Why the Concerns May Be Overblown. (Barron’s)
  14. What Should You Do With Boeing Stock? Don’t Ask Wall Street. (Barron’s)
  15. European Airlines Face an Uneven Recovery. 3 Stocks to Buy—and 3 to Avoid—for 2021. (Barron’s)
  16. Why Section 230 could get repealed in 2021 (USA Today)
  17. U.K. Bets 2 Million Vaccine Shots a Week Will End Lockdown (Bloomberg)
  18. Herbalife stock soars as Carl Icahn sells, says ‘role as activist not needed’ (New York Post)
  19. The U.S. real estate markets that are poised for a post-pandemic boom in 2021 (MarketWatch)
  20. New York Moves to Accelerate Covid-19 Vaccinations (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Monday…

  1. Investors handicapping the new market year see similarities to 2010′s recovery and 1999′s risk binge (CNBC)
  2. The fate of value stocks rests on the Georgia Senate races, J.P. Morgan strategists say (MarketWatch)
  3. Costco, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Constellation Brands, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week (Barron’s)
  4. For 2021, It Will All Come Down to iPhones for Apple. (Barron’s)
  5. S&P 500, Dow aim record open as economic rebound hopes fuel rally (Reuters)
  6. Fed has been successful at convincing markets it will be more dovish down the road, Bernanke says (MarketWatch)
  7. Israel Vaccinates More Than 10% of Its Population in Two Weeks (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Spinoffs to success: These multibillion dollar US companies didn’t exist a decade ago (USA Today)
  9. Google Workers Unionize, Escalating Tension With Management (Bloomberg)
  10. Fauci Says U.S. Covid Vaccine Pace Rising After Slow Start (Bloomberg)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Wall Street Eyes Billions in the Colorado’s Water (New York Times)
  2. How the American Mortgage Machine Works (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Why BlackRock Stock Will Continue to Rock (Barron’s)
  4. From Stocks to Bitcoin, Investors Bet the ‘Everything Rally’ Will Continue (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Barron’s First Picks And Pans Of 2021: Disney, Home Depot, Intel, Nike, Nordstrom And More (Benzinga)
  6. Barstool Fund Raises Nearly $17 Million For Small Businesses Affected By COVID-19 (Benzinga)
  7. Wall Street readies for more stock froth amid economic pain in 2021 (New York Post)
  8. ‘The Comedy Store’: TV Review (Hollywood Reporter)
  9. James Bond movies: Ranking 007’s best, worst and everything in between (CNET)
  10. California Businesses Leave The State By The Thousands (Hoover)
  11. Economists Expect Tough Winter, Then a Rebound (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Goldman’s Jan Hatzius on the Lessons Learned in 2020 (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  13. Who Was the Real Holly Golightly? (Town & Country)
  14. The McLaren F1 Is Still the Definition of the Perfect Supercar (roadandtrack)
  15. Big Pharma Heads Toward a Deals Spree (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Opinion: These unsung investing heroes say 10 overlooked stocks are poised to outperform in 2021 (MarketWatch)
  2. Jerry Seinfeld: Transcendental Meditation and weight training will ‘solve just about anyone’s life’ (CNBC)
  3. The Benefits of Sticking to New Year’s Resolution to Work Out More (Wall Street Journal)
  4. The U.K. Has Finally Cut Ties With the EU. Here’s What Has Changed. (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2021 (Wall Street Journal)
  6. OPEC+ Emerges From Chaos of 2020 to Face Delicate Balancing Act (Bloomberg)
  7. More Than 10.8 Million Shots Given: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker (Bloomberg)
  8. The Waldorf-Astoria’s Iconic Clock Is Ready To Run Again (Bloomberg)
  9. How to Invest Like Warren Buffett (Morningstar)
  10. Charlie Munger on disruption and technology (Morningstar)
  11. Why the Future Now Looks Brighter for Value Investing (Nasdaq)
  12. January Almanac: Still a Solid Month in Post-Election Years (Almanac Trader)
  13. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  14. The 25 Greatest Supercars of the Last 100 Years (and Beyond) (Robb Report)
  15. Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and HBO Max In January (Maxim)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for New Year’s Day!

  1. 2021’s Dogs of the Dow (24/7 Wall Street)
  2. There’s a Science to Keeping New Year’s Resolutions (Bloomberg)
  3. Barron’s Best Income Investments for 2021 (Barron’s)
  4. These 7 Value Stocks Deserve a Fresh Look in 2021 (Barron’s)
  5. We Found a Bubble–but It May Not Be What You Think It Is (Barron’s)
  6. It’s Another Double-Digit Gain for the S&P 500. Here’s What Could Come Next. (Barron’s)
  7. Walmart Was a Pandemic Winner. How It Can Keep the Momentum Going in 2021. (Barron’s)
  8. Honeywell Had Quite a 2020. This Year Could Be Better. (Barron’s)
  9. Merck Is One of Barron’s Top Stock Picks for the New Year. Here’s Why. (Barron’s)
  10. How Barron’s Has Helped Investors Understand a World Marked by Upheaval for 100 Years (Barron’s)
  11. Nordstrom Might Have Had a Merry Holiday, Analyst Says (Barron’s)
  12. Casino Stocks Could Make a Comeback (Barron’s)
  13. Surprise Ending for Publishers: In 2020, Business Was Good (New York Times)
  14. The Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Could be a Game-Changer for Inequality (Barron’s)
  15. NYSE to Delist China’s Major Telecommunications Operators (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for New Year’s Eve…

  1. Chinese Tech Stocks Are in Hot Water. It May Not Last. (Barron’s)
  2. Why Nordstrom Looks Like a Department Store Survivor (Barron’s)
  3. Casino Stocks Just Might Make a Comeback (Barron’s)
  4. JPMorgan Chase Stock Is a Beaten-Down Bet on Better Times (Barron’s)
  5. Record IPO Surge Set to Roll On in 2021 (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Post-Vaccine Vacation Dreamers Plot to ‘Get the Hell Out of Their House’ (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Amazon Buys Wondery as Podcasting Race Continues (New York Times)
  8. U.S. weekly jobless claims fall for second straight week (Reuters)
  9. 5 Very Contrarian Stocks to Buy Now for 2021 That All Pay Big Dividends (24/7 Wall Street)
  10. Tesla Short Sellers Lost $38 Billion in 2020 as Stock Surged (Bloomberg)
  11. Trading legend Art Cashin shares his poem to say goodbye to 2020 and welcome the New Year (CNBC)
  12. Why Jeff Bezos always thinks three years out and only makes a few decisions a day (CNBC)
  13. Bryn Mawr’s Jeff Mills believes the small-caps boom is only just beginning and 2021 will deliver even bigger gains (Business Insider)
  14. Google’s founders visited Warren Buffett more than a decade ago – and were so inspired they modeled Alphabet on Berkshire Hathaway (Business Insider)
  15. How One Rolex Became The NBA’s De Facto Starter Watch (Bloomberg)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. These Stocks Have Been Left Behind in the Rally. They May Be Ripe for Picking. (Barron’s)
  2. Here’s What Happens Now That Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Won U.K. Clearance (Bloomberg)
  3. Biotech Stocks Ready for More Covid-19 Results in First Quarter (Bloomberg)
  4. A Stretch of Pristine Land in Florida Is Finally Booming During Covid (Bloomberg)
  5. Warren Buffett paid out $60 million after the Red Sox won the World Series in 2007 (Business Insider)
  6. Here’s the difference between the dot-com bubble and today’s soaring stock market, according to DataTrek (Business Insider)
  7. The Vaccine Dominated 2020 for J&J. Next Year Should Be More Normal. (Barron’s)
  8. Bitcoins Dirty Little Secret. The Energy Report 12/30/2020 (Phil Flynn)
  9. Regeneron COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail Shows Positive Response In Hospitalized Patients (Benzinga)
  10. Third Point Urges Intel To Explore Strategic Alternatives: Report (Benzinga)
  11. These are the 20 worst-performing S&P 500 stocks of 2020 — analysts see double-digit rebounds for 6 of them in 2021 (MarketWatch)
  12. Fed, Treasury Provide One-Week Reprieve for ‘Main Street’ Program After Demand Surges (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Lamborghini, Maserati, Mini, T-Bucket: Our Favorite My Ride Cars of 2020 (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Inside the Google-Facebook Ad Deal at the Heart of a Price-Fixing Lawsuit (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Covid-19 Vaccine Outlook Prompts Businesses to Dust Off Return-to-Office Plans (Wall Street Journal)