Be in the know. 30 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Futures Mixed With Earnings in Focus; Dollar Gains: Markets Wrap (Bloomberg)
  2. US official to visit China as diplomatic stand-off resolved (Financial Times)
  3. Novartis Sales Rise As Clients Restock Post-lockdown (Barron’s)
  4. Intel Can Do Self-Driving Cars, Too. Don’t Write Off Mobileye. (Barron’s)
  5. Novartis aims to beat rivals to novel $10bn cancer treatment market (Yahoo! Finance)
  6. Airbnb’s Brian Chesky Sees a ‘Travel Rebound of the Century’ (Barron’s)
  7. Oil Could Hit $80 by Year End, JPMorgan Says. Here’s Why. (Barron’s)
  8. SAP Boosts Guidance as It Gains Ground in Shifting to the Cloud (Barron’s)
  9. This technical support shows the strength of the buy-the-dip force in markets (MarketWatch)
  10. United Airlines Expects to Turn Profitable This Fall (Barron’s)
  11. J&J Stock Rises on Earnings. (Barron’s)
  12. Don’t Give Up on Value Stocks. 10 That Can Beat the Market. (Barron’s)
  13. JPMorgan Raised Its S&P 500 Price Target — Before Tuesday’s Rally. Here’s Why. (Barron’s)
  14. John Kerry Urges China to Help Break Climate ‘Suicide Pact’ (Bloomberg)
  15. Raytheon CEO Sees Hypersonic-Weapons Era: ‘Speed Trumps Stealth’ (Bloomberg)
  16. China’s Births May Drop Again This Year From 2020’s Low (Bloomberg)
  17. Netflix Promises Growth Ahead After Languid Start to Year (Bloomberg)
  18. Netflix Signals No Acquisition Plans as It Adds 1.5 Million Subscribers (Wall Street Journal)
  19. S. Investors Seek Bargains in U.K. Home-Building Industry (Wall Street Journal)
  20. An ‘Airbnb for Pools’ Is Making a Splash This Summer (Wall Street Journal)
  21. Coca-Cola quarterly revenue tops 2019 levels; company raises full-year forecast (CNBC)
  22. Johnson & Johnson expects $2.5 billion in global sales from Covid vaccine this year (CNBC)
  23. JPMorgan says the S&P 500 will rally another 8% this year as fears of slower growth are overblown (Business Insider)
  24. JPMorgan gives Jamie Dimon ‘special award’ worth millions to stick around as CEO (MarketWatch)
  25. Home Building Booms, but Not Enough (Wall Street Journal)
  26. Goldman Sachs Upgrades Halliburton (HAL) to Buy, Sees Dividend Raise (StreetInsider)
  27. 5 Highest Yielding Dividend Aristocrat Stocks to Buy Now as Interest Rates Continue to Plunge (24/7 Wall Street)
  28. China says it will continue to open up financial sector (Reuters)
  29. Netflix To Begin Video-Gaming Foray With Free Mobile Offerings For Subscribers: What You Need To Know (Benzinga)
  30. Verizon Beats On Q2 Earnings, Issues Robust FY21 Outlook (Benzinga)

Be in the know. 25 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Here’s where JPMorgan is seeing stock bargains, as the bank lifts its end-year S&P 500 target to 4,600 (MarketWatch)
  2. How Buffett, Others Scored $80 Billion In Five-Day Stock Sell-Off (IBD)
  3. Housing Starts Accelerated More Than Expected in June Despite Shortages (Barron’s)
  4. Jeff Bezos Is Headed to Space Today. What to Know About the Blue Origin Launch. (Barron’s)
  5. Drug Companies and U.S. States Near Signing of $26 Billion Opioid Settlement (Barron’s)
  6. Slowing Growth? Sure. But Here’s Why You Should Stick With Stocks. (Barron’s)
  7. Covid Cases Are Rising. Why This Wave May Be Different. (Barron’s)
  8. News Talk. The Energy Report 07/20/2021 (Phil Flynn)
  9. 15 Chip Stocks That Are Cheap After the Recent Tech Pullback (Barron’s)
  10. Grocery Earnings Are Coming. What to Expect. (Barron’s)
  11. ‘It’s not a month to be a hero,’ warns stock-market strategist Tom Lee, after Dow logs worst day of 2021 (MarketWatch)
  12. IBM’s Revenues and Profits Beat Forecasts. Software and Services Were Key. (Barron’s)
  13. Netflix Reports Earnings Tuesday. What to Expect. (Barron’s)
  14. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and ViacomCBS Chairman Shari Redstone Met to Discuss Streaming Partnership (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Halliburton Sees ‘Multi-Year Upcycle’ as Oil Services Return (Bloomberg)
  16. Inflation Is Here — These 35 Metrics Tell You How Much to Worry (Bloomberg)
  17. ‘A Lot of Very Young People’ Are Going to Buy the Dip in Stocks (Bloomberg)
  18. OPEC Gives Shale an Opening (Wall Street Journal)
  19. The pandemic recession lasted two months and was shortest on record, economic panel says (MarketWatch)
  20. A prolonged sell-off in the stock market is unlikely for these 2 reasons, according to Fundstrat’s Tom Lee (Business Insider)
  21. Carnival stock bounces after plans to have nearly 75% of cruise capacity operating by year end (MarketWatch)
  22. 5 Energy Stocks to Buy Ahead of Earnings as Crude Prices Back Up (24/7 Wall Street)
  23. Jeff Bezos successfully completes space flight (Financial Times)
  24. After The Meltdown, Is It Time To Buy Energy Stocks? (Benzinga)
  25. Netflix Will See ‘Meaningful Increment’ In Revenue Even If It Grabs A ‘Fraction Of The Video Game Market,’ Says Analyst (Benzinga)