Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. What’s In Store For Biogen If Alzheimer’s Drug Gains FDA Approval? (Investor’s Business Daily)
  2. 2022 Defense Department Budget Bodes Well for 4 Top Stocks to Buy Now (247wallst)
  3. This Nobel Laureate In Physics Looks To The Next Huge Thing (Investor’s Business Daily)
  4. Alibaba, Alphabet, and Amazon Stock Are Bargains, This Value Manager Says (Barron’s)
  5. Discovery’s ‘K’ Shares Are One Way to Play the Merger With Warner Media (Barron’s)
  6. Business Travel Is Coming Back (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Traveling to Europe? Here’s What’s Open to U.S. Tourists (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Elon Musk’s Starlink Could Get Boost From German Subsidies (Wall Street Journal)
  9. No Grave Dancing for Sam Zell Now. He’s Paying Up for Hot Properties. (Wall Street Journal)
  10. The Fed announces plans to sell off its corporate bond holdings. (New York Times)
  11. AMC files to sell 11 million shares (CNBC)
  12. Jack Ma’s Ant Group gets China’s approval to operate consumer finance firm (CNBC)
  13. US weekly jobless claims tumble to new pandemic-era low of 385,000 (Business Insider)
  14. Fed’s Beige Book sees pickup in U.S. economic growth (MarketWatch)
  15. United Plans to Buy 15 Supersonic Planes (Wall Street Journal)
  16. Carbon Price Boom Attracts Investors to Emissions-Trading Market (Wall Street Journal)
  17. Tracking Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution (Wall Street Journal)
  18. World Food Prices at 10-Year Highs in May, Says United Nations Food Agency, Biggest Monthly Jump Since 2010 (Street Insider)
  19. Tellurian signs 10-year LNG agreement with Vitol for 3 MTPA (Reuters)
  20. Spac promoter Palihapitiya seeks $800m to target biotech companies (Financial Times)

The “My Thang” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…

The song we chose to describe sentiment for the stock market this week is Tigirlily’s new hit country song, “My Thang.”  The lyrics that represent the current resilient status of stock market action are as follows:

I’ma keep doing my
Thang come shine
Come rain
Whatever the weather
I’ma keep doing my thang…

Continue reading “The “My Thang” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…”

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. U.S. Stocks Are Near Record Highs. Why It’s Time to Buy in Europe. (Barron’s)
  2. Futures Point to Flat Open as Investors Monitor Inflation (Cheddar)
  3. HP Enterprise Earnings Top Estimates, Sees First-Ever Double-Digit Sales Growth (Barron’s)
  4. Oil’s Sunset Years Could Be Profitable for Some (Wall Street Journal)
  5. U.S. labor market worse than it appears, Fed paper suggests (Reuters)
  6. Cathie Wood Buys Another $1.6M In Netflix And Trims Stake In Chipmaker NXP By $14.8M (Benzinga)
  7. Attention Biotech Investors: Mark Your Calendar For June PDUFA Dates (Benzinga)
  8. Why central bankers no longer agree how to handle inflation (Financial Times)
  9. Fed’s Bullard: US jobs market is tighter than it looks (Financial Times)
  10. Unhedged: Will value stocks save the day? (Financial Times)
  11. OPEC Plus agrees to add production as oil prices climb. (New York Times)
  12. Why China’s Most-Hated Internet Company Decided to Play Nice (New York Times)
  13. Energy Stocks Are on Fire and These 5 Pay Lavish and Reliable Dividends (247wallst)
  14. Costco is bringing back sample stations this week (CNBC)
  15. Opinion: Tech stocks are out of favor — 5 reasons to buy alongside the contrarians (MarketWatch)
  16. Tweedy Browne Comments on Alibaba (gurufocus)
  17. Hedge Funds Boost Short Bets, Escalating Retail-Trader Showdown (Bloomberg)
  18. Oil Price Rises to Two-Year High as OPEC and Allies See Higher Demand (Wall Street Journal)
  19. Brazil’s Economy Bounces Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels While Covid-19 Still Rages (Wall Street Journal)
  20. The Southwest Is America’s New Factory Hub. ‘Cranes Everywhere.’ (Wall Street Journal)