Be in the know. 18 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. We’re Not Floating to Hell on an Oil Barrel (Bloomberg)
  2. Driving Data Tells the Story of Sheltering in Place (Barron’s)
  3. Record jump in Australian retail sales (MarketWatch)
  4. Texas Instruments Beats Earnings Expectations, Uses Financial Crisis to Set Guidance (Barron’s)
  5. Senate Passes Bill for More Small-Business Stimulus (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Escape from New York City (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Mortgage Firms Get a Reprieve on Paying Investors (New York Times)
  8. McDonald’s to give free ‘Thank You Meals’ for first responders, health care workers starting Wednesday (USA Today)
  9. Infect Everyone: How Herd Immunity Could Work for Poor Countries (Bloomberg)
  10. Lotus Is Gearing Up to Make a Car You Can Drive Every Day (Bloomberg)
  11. Larry Kudlow says oil should rebound as the economy starts to reopen (CNBC)
  12. Trump to US Navy: ‘Destroy’ Iranian gunboats that ‘harass our ships’ (Fox Business)
  13. AIMCo’s $3 Billion Volatility Trading Blunder (Institutional Investor)
  14. Expedia nearing deal to sell stake to Silver Lake and Apollo: WSJ (Street Insider)
  15. Kimberly-Clark shares rise after COVID-19 stockpiling drives earnings beat (MarketWatch)
  16. How a Mailman Still Carries On During Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal)
  17. Gucci’s Chinese Revenue up in April After Bruising First Quarter (Wall Street Journal)
  18. Peter Thiel’s Palantir Saw Coronavirus Coming. Now It Braces for the Impact. (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Oil price plunge below zero sends ‘oil tourists’ on wild ride (Reuters)
  2. Risk Parity Is Supposed to Be All Weather. That’s Not Happening. (Institutional Investor)
  3. No One: Absolutely No One: I Wonder What Phil Falcone Is Up To? (Institutional Investor)
  4. Georgia and South Carolina Will Begin To Reopen (Barron’s)
  5. Why Oil Turned Negative (Barron’s)
  6. Schumer says he believes Senate will pass small business relief bill Tuesday (CNBC)
  7. The Fed Is Buying $41 Billion of Assets Daily and It’s Not Alone (Bloomberg)
  8. Ferrari rolls out coronavirus testing to get staff ready for work. (Business Insider)
  9. Opinion: This is the one leading economic indicator stock investors should follow (MarketWatch)
  10. Less Than Zero: What Oil’s Crazy Day Means (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 25 key reads for Monday…

  1. Online Gambling Is Booming Amid the Lockdown (Barron’s)
  2. RBC Capital Upgrades Abbvie (ABBV) to Outperform, Added to Offensive Positioning List (Street Insider)
  3. Twitter goes insane for ‘Last Dance’ premiere (USA Today)
  4. A $1.2 Trillion Fund Says Skip Earnings Season, Buy U.S. Stocks (Bloomberg)
  5. Mnuchin, Democrats Close on Virus Aid Deal Nearing $500 Billion (Bloomberg)
  6. 12 Stocks That Can Rocket Higher — but Aren’t For the Faint of Heart (Barron’s)
  7. Marc Andreessen asks why we don’t build things anymore – here are some possible answers (CNBC)
  8. Cuomo says New York will roll out antibody testing in ‘aggressive way’ this week (CNBC)
  9. Trump to use Defense Production Act to increase swab production amid coronavirus testing shortage (CNBC)
  10. Novartis, US drug regulator agree to malaria drug trial against Covid-19 (CNBC)
  11. Traders are using giant supertankers to store 160 million barrels of oil as the coronavirus torpedoes demand (Business Insider)
  12. ‘Warren Buffett created the template’: Mark Cuban said US officials should copy the investor’s past bailout deals (Business Insider)
  13. Here’s why the U.S. stock market rally has legs, strategist says (MarketWatch)
  14. Muzzled Activists Are Mixed Blessing for Companies (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Computers Were Going to Upend Home Buying. They Didn’t See the Coronavirus Coming. (Wall Street Journal)
  16. Inside Italy’s trials to find effective antibody tests for Covid-19 (CNN)
  17. Buy Stocks at Crisis ‘Epicenter’ as Lows Are In, Top Bull Says (Bloomberg)
  18. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Dropbox, Ford, Johnson & Johnson, Teladoc And More Yahoo! Finance)
  19. Annie Duke – Decision Making in a Crisis (Capital Allocators Podcast)
  20. EXCLUSIVE: Michael Milken lobbying Amazon to distribute free coronavirus tests (Fox Business)
  21. Inside $370B relief deal Mnuchin, Dems are very close to finalizing (Fox Business)
  22. DuPont Earnings Beat Estimates. That Could Help the Stock. (Barron’s)
  23. Governments Face Pressure to Ease Coronavirus Lockdowns (Wall Street Journal)
  24. Oil Plunges by Record to Below $11 With Storage Rapidly Filling (Bloomberg)
  25. Why Deflation Is Poison for Virus-Plagued Economies (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 25 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Typical April Trading: Strength from Start to Finish (Almanac Trader)
  2. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update: WLIg At Lowest Levels (Advisor Perspectives)
  3. Starting to Think About Opening Day (FuturesMag)
  4. 5 Stock Picks from the Hedge Fund Manager Who Saw The Pandemic Coming (Insider Monkey)
  5. Doug Parker CEO Of American Airlines: US Treasury Has Been “Fair” Regarding Aid (ValueWalk)
  6. NY Fed Pres John Williams on coronavirus “We saw signs of concern and we acted promptly and decisively” (ValueWalk)
  7. Mark Cuban Calls for NBA Restart with No Fans, Says Owners Will Support (Breitbart)
  8. China now has more leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates than any other country (Fortune)
  9. Is remdesivir the drug that can kill the coronavirus? (The Economist)
  10. 16 Fascinating Facts About the Iconic Ferrari F40 (Robb Report)
  11. Real Estate Investors Are Set to Benefit from the Stimulus Bill (Architectural Digest)
  12. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: John Griffin, Jim Simons, Seth Klarman, Daniel Kamensky, Engaged Capital, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM), and More (Insider Monkey)
  13. Severe truck driver shortage amid growing demand (OAN)
  14. Here’s What It Really Costs To Own Or Charter A Private Jet (TheDrive)
  15. Tom Hardy Goes Gangster In ‘Capone’ Trailer (Maxim)
  16. The US won’t run out of food during the coronavirus pandemic (Vox)
  17. Pennsylvania Is Place to Watch for Whether Post-Shutdown Recovery Works (Manhattan Institute)
  18. Episode 992: The Mask Mover (NPR Planet Money)
  19. Why Michael Jordan Was The Best (FiveThirtyEight)
  20. Boeing to restart operations at Philadelphia area plants next week (Fox Business)
  21. Chinese doctors using plasma therapy on coronavirus, WHO says ‘very valid’ approach (Reuters)
  22. A Feast for The Senses in Marrakech (justluxe)
  23. Drive-In Movie Theaters Thrive Despite Lack of New Titles: “People Just Want to Get Out” (Hollywood Reporter)
  24. Here’s How America Needs to ‘Reopen’ to Avoid Deeper Woes (Barron’s)
  25. Where Activist Investors Are Turning Their Focus to Now (Barron’s)

Be in the know. 30 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Seoul’s Full Cafes, Apple Store Lines Show Mass Testing Success (Bloomberg)
  2. Bank Earnings Were Terrible. It’s Time to Buy the Banks. (Barron’s)
  3. Energy Hedge Fund That Shorted Oil Sees Chance for $100 a Barrel (Bloomberg)
  4. Charlie Munger: ‘The Phone Is Not Ringing Off the Hook’ (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Opinion: Vitamin D and Coronavirus Disparities (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Opening Up America Again (CDC/White House PDF Plan)
  7. Here’s why sauerkraut and kimchi sales have surged during the coronavirus (New York Post)
  8. Coronavirus Ushered in Medicine’s Digital Revolution (Barron’s)
  9. Big Pharma Sees Its Strengths Surface ()
  10. Reasons to Gobble Up Kraft Heinz’s Battered Shares (Barron’s)
  11. 3 Former United Technologies Stocks That Are Ready to Fly (Barron’s)
  12. Union Pacific Sees Biggest Insider Stock Buy in Years (Barron’s)
  13. Trump Announces $19 Billion Relief Program for Farmers (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Here Are the Companies Getting Federal Funds for Covid Relief (Bloomberg)
  15. ‘MacGyvering’: A Modern ‘Can-Do’ Approach To Bad Situations (Wall Street Journal)
  16. Wells Fargo, J.C. Penney, Amazon.com: Stocks That Defined the Week (Wall Street Journal)
  17. Procter & Gamble Posts Biggest U.S. Sales Gain in Decades (Wall Street Journal)
  18. Leaked Research: This Drug May Be Saving COVID Patients’ Lives (Futurism)
  19. Coronavirus latest: Hong Kong shows no need for total lockdown, says study (Financial Times)
  20. The Day of Reckoning for Private Equity (Institutional Investor)
  21. Warren Buffett’s financial crisis bailouts inspired the US government’s ‘big 4’ airline rescue deals (Business Insider)
  22. Pro golf plans to be the first major sport to return during the coronavirus pandemic (CNBC)
  23. Macy’s reportedly looking to use real estate to come up with cash during coronavirus pandemic (CNBC)
  24. Fed Says It Will Disclose Borrower Information in Crisis Lending (Bloomberg)
  25. These Are the Drugs and Vaccines That Might End the Coronavirus Pandemic (Bloomberg)
  26. Google seeks to launch a debit card with banks (USA Today)
  27. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Key to Innovation (Farnam Street)
  28. A Primer On Reading Annual Reports (docdroid)
  29. Have Small Value Stocks Become a Bargain? (Morningstar)
  30. Gilead increases enrollment target for remdesivir trial in COVID-19 patients (Reuters)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Friday…

  1. “Maybe He Doesn’t Want to Be the Hero”: In the COVID-19 Crisis, Warren Buffett is Lying Low (Vanity Fair)
  2. Virus Vaccine May Be Ready for Mass Production By Autumn, Oxford Professor Says (Bloomberg)
  3. Gilead Gains on Report Claiming Coronavirus Drug Working (Bloomberg)
  4. Covid Report: Gilead Pops On Promising Sneak Peek For Coronavirus Drug (Investor’s Business Daily)
  5. The Fear Gauge Is Sending False Signals (Barron’s)
  6. Why Emerging Market Currencies Are Cheap (Barron’s)
  7. Treasury yields follow stocks higher on hopes for coronavirus drug MarketWatch)
  8. AMC Entertainment’s stock rockets after liquidity update, private debt offering (MarketWatch)
  9. Schlumberger swings to large loss, misses revenue and cuts dividend by 75%; stock surges (MarketWatch)
  10. Trump administration working to ease drilling industry cash crunch (Reuters)
  11. Johnson & Johnson execs offer upbeat view of second-half recovery from COVID-19 pandemic (MarketWatch)
  12. Fed’s Bostic says watching closely for signs of ‘unbearable’ stress among mortgage servicers (MarketWatch)
  13. Boeing to Restart Jetliner Production (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Mnuchin Under Growing Pressure to Help Struggling Mortgage Companies (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Screening Rooms That Bring Hollywood Home (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 25 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Car-rental firm Hertz seeks coronavirus bailout (New York Post)
  2. Fed Gives Banks a Break to Keep Markets Calm (New York Times)
  3. Disney, McDonald’s share secret recipes to cook in quarantine (USA Today)
  4. Where to Look in China’s Data Dump for Any Signs of a Rebound (Bloomberg)
  5. Jeff Bezos Wants to Test All Amazon Employees for Covid-19 (Bloomberg)
  6. The Fed Loves Main Street as Much as Wall Street This Time (Bloomberg)
  7. Some Companies Are Looking Cheap. That Could Drive a Wave of M&A. (Barron’s)
  8. J&J, P&G, Buck the Trend by Raising Dividends (Barron’s)
  9. Fear Is Down, but We’re Not Out of the Woods Yet (Barron’s)
  10. Record Amount of Risky Debt Is Coming Due (Barron’s)
  11. Buy Stocks Now, Investing Legend Burton Malkiel Says (Barron’s)
  12. Jobless claims total 5.245 million as 22 million positions have been lost in a month due to coronavirus (CNBC)
  13. Larry Fink: Coronavirus low last month may have been the market bottom (CNBC)
  14. ‘The shopping list is being readied’: Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi are scouting for cheap investments after the coronavirus sell-off (Business Insider)
  15. Gilead (GILD) Said to Hold Talks to Buy Stake in Arcus Biosciences (RCUS) – Bloomberg (Street Insider)
  16. Working From Home Permanently Could Rise 100% and These Stocks May Benefit (24/7 Wall Street)
  17. Options markets send cautiously bullish signal on U.S. stock rally (Reuters)
  18. U.S. opposes general allocation of Special Drawing Rights to IMF members (Reuters)
  19. States paying extra $600 unemployment aid (Fox Business)
  20. Mainstream Investors Might Get Access to Alts, But They Won’t Get Alpha (Institutional Investor)
  21. Hedgie with a ‘higher purpose’ to run world’s biggest sovereign fund (Financial Times)
  22. Dalio Says Investors ‘Crazy’ to Hold Government Bonds Now (Dalio Says Investors ‘Crazy’ to Hold Government Bonds Now (Yahoo! Finance)
  23. Warren Buffett will ‘let everybody know’ once he invests the bulk of Berkshire Hathaway’s $128 billion cash pile, Bill Ackman says. (Business Insider)
  24. Billionaire bond king Jeff Gundlach sent a bizarre tweet predicting the end of the ‘You blow dry my hair and I’ll blow dry your hair’ economy. (Business Insider)
  25. Coronavirus Closures Froze Swaths of U.S. Economy in March (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 22 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Weekly mortgage applications rise as rates drop to 30-year low, but it’s all refinances (CNBC)
  2. Could It Be Value Stocks’ Time to Shine? One Long-Skeptical Strategist Thinks So. (Barron’s)
  3. UnitedHealth beats quarterly profit on strength across its businesses (CNBC)
  4. Larry Kudlow’s War Bonds Are Coming But in a Plain Vanilla Wrapper (Bloomberg)
  5. China’s Data on Symptom-Free Cases Reveals Most Never Get Sick (Bloomberg)
  6. Pound May Turn Into Unlikely Winner From Europe’s Virus Troubles (Bloomberg)
  7. Tesla Wooed by $1 Billion Missouri Package for Cybertruck Plant (Bloomberg)
  8. Smartphone Makers Ordering Parts Like There’s No Pandemic (Bloomberg)
  9. Virus Sell-Off Turns Bonds Into ‘Fallen Angels.’ Here’s Why Downgrades Matter (Bloomberg)
  10. Why A 50% Drop in U.S. GDP May Not Be So Bad (Barron’s)
  11. Hedge Funds’ Top Holdings Are Beating the Market. They’re a Familiar Bunch. (Barron’s)
  12. Trump says close to plan to reopen economy possibly, in part, before May 1 (Street Insider)
  13. Saudi energy chief: Historic oil cuts more than double amount reported (Fox Business)
  14. Trump: At least 29 states ‘ready’ to reopen (Fox Business)
  15. Ray Dalio Said ‘Cash Is Trash.’ But Managers Are Hoarding It. (Institutional Investor)
  16. ByteDance looks to hire 10,000 thanks to TikTok boom (Financial Times)
  17. Saudi Arabia says price war was ‘unwelcome departure’ from oil policy (Financial Times)
  18. GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Announce Coronavirus Vaccine Program (Barron’s)
  19. Here’s How Much Of Delta Air Lines The Government Will Own After Rescue (Investor’s Business Daily)
  20. 3 reasons why Warren Buffett is so successful in bear markets (USA Today)
  21. When the Coronavirus Outbreak Could Peak in Each U.S. State (Bloomberg)
  22. Six Flags to offer up to $665 million of bonds to repay debt and fund operations (MarketWatch)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Ten U.S. states developing ‘reopening’ plans account for 38% of U.S. economy (Reuters)
  2. Signs That New Virus Cases Have Peaked Push Stocks Higher (Barron’s)
  3. IPhone Sales Surged in China (Barron’s)
  4. States Move to Coordinate on Reopening Plans (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Private Equity Firms Plead With Government to Help Salvage Oil and Gas Industry (Institutional Investor)
  6. FDA approves coronavirus saliva test (Fox Business)
  7. Trump Negotiating to Lease Oil Storage Space to Nine Companies (Bloomberg)
  8. World Watches China’s Economy for Signs of Life After Lockdown (Bloomberg)
  9. Exxon borrows $9.5 billion as investment-grade companies race to fill war chests ahead of earnings (MarketWatch)
  10. Wells Fargo Earned 1 Penny in the First Quarter. Why the Stock Is Rising Anyway. (MarketWatch)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. The Art of the Oil Deal (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Gilead Sciences (GILD) Remdesivir Study Shows Two-Third of Severe COVID-19 Patients Improved (Street Insider)
  3. Fed’s Clarida says central bank has tools to avoid deflation: BBG (Reuters)
  4. Fauci: ‘Rolling re-entry’ possible in May (Fox Business)
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  6. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Berkshire Hathaway, Disney, SoftBank And More (Benzinga)
  7. OPEC and its allies strike historic agreement to cut nearly 10 million barrels a day (MarketWatch)
  8. Higher Natural Gas Prices Are On The Horizon (Yahoo! Finance)
  9. OPEC+ deal saved ‘more than 2 million’ jobs in the US: Russian wealth fund (CNBC)
  10. Historic OPEC+ cut is Trump’s ‘biggest and most complex’ deal ever: Dan Yergin (CNBC)
  11. Goldman Sachs abandons its bearish near-term view on stocks, says the bottom is in (MarketWatch)
  12. U.S. Stabilizes, CDC Says; 70 Vaccines in Progress: Virus Update (Bloomberg)
  13. Alaska Bought Up Berkshire Hathaway, Walmart, and AMD Stock (Barron’s)
  14. 12 Stocks That Are Beating the Market During the Coronavirus Crisis—and Can Keep on Growing After (Barron’s)
  15. Can Cruise Lines and Small Theme Parks Survive? (Barron’s)