Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. Global Banks Tally Up Potential Costs Linked to U.S. Client (Barron’s)
  2. US companies sound inflation alarm (Financial Times)
  3. 25 Undervalued European Stocks Set to Beat Post-Pandemic Earnings (Barron’s)
  4. Bluebird Shares Jump as FDA Approves Cancer Therapy (Barron’s)
  5. A Windfall Is Coming for Banks. Here’s How They Should Use It. (Barron’s)
  6. The Parable of the Suez Canal (Barron’s)
  7. New Trade Representative Says U.S. Isn’t Ready to Lift China Tariffs (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Bond Bulls Charge Ahead, Challenging Consensus on Rising Yields Wall Street Journal)
  9. The Two Tiger Cubs at the Center of Friday’s $35 Billion Meltdown (institutionalinvestor)
  10. Gen X emerging from pandemic with firmer grip on America’s wallet (Reuters)
  11. Boeing Nabs Southwest Airlines Order for 100 737 Max Jets, 155 Added Options (24/7 Wall Street)
  12. Contentious Union Vote at Amazon Heads to a Count (New York Times)
  13. Billions in Secretive Derivatives at Center of Hedge Fund Blowup (Bloomberg)
  14. CFDs – The Dirty Little Secret Behind The Collapse Of Archegos (ZeroHedge)
  15. ‘What the hell’s an NFT?’ — ‘SNL’ explains in an amazing rap parody (MarketWatch)

Be in the know. 11 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Episode 21-13 The Birth of CRISPR (Tech Nation)
  2. Mean Reversion After Biggest 1-Year Spike Since 1949? (Almanac Trader)
  3. Democrats confident they can pass $3tn infrastructure bill (Financial Times)
  4. The Economy Doesn’t Need The Fed’s Easy Monetary Policy To Keep Booming, BofA Says (Forbes)
  5. Are we heading for a post-pandemic ‘Roaring 2020s,’ with parties and excess? (Washington Post)
  6. Amazon could get its first unionised workforce in America (The Economist)
  7. Electric Air Taxis Must Be Just as Safe as Commercial Planes, VTOL Exec Says (robbreport)
  8. Watch this $1.2M supercar EV drift on ice like a ballerina (thenextweb)
  9. F1 live stream: how to watch every 2021 Grand Prix online from anywhere (techradar)
  10. Boats And Bull Markets: Indicators Of The Week (NPR Planet Money)
  11. Succession Season 3: Everything We Know So Far (Town & Country)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Block-Trade Bevy Wipes $35 Billion Off Stock Values in a Day (Bloomberg)
  2. GSK and Vir Submit Covid-19 Drug for FDA Authorization (Barron’s)
  3. Gilded Age or Roaring Twenties? (investoramnesia)
  4. The Value Stock Rotation Isn’t Over—Not by a Long Shot (Barron’s)
  5. Higher Taxes? Deficit Spending? Why the Stock Market Isn’t Worried. (Barron’s)
  6. European Stocks Look Tempting. No, Really. (Barron’s)
  7. Here’s what tax hikes could mean for the stock market as Biden pushes infrastructure plan (MarketWatch)
  8. China Signs 25-Year Deal With Iran in Challenge to the U.S. (Bloomberg)
  9. ‘It’s crazy. There is no inventory.’ Housing industry veteran marvels at real estate boom (CNN Business)
  10. US fears China is flirting with seizing control of Taiwan (Financial Times)
  11. Big Oil lobbyist throws weight behind carbon pricing (Financial Times)
  12. What Discord Is, and Why Microsoft Covets It (Bloomberg)
  13. John Stuart Mill’s Philosophy of Equality (Farnam Street)
  14. Influencers with Andy Serwer: Ray Dalio (Yahoo! Finance)
  15. Payday Might Be Coming for U.S. Bank Investors (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Friday…

  1. Fed lifts curbs on US banks’ share buybacks and dividends (Financial Times)
  2. Aston Martin bets on a Formula One comeback to revive the brand (Financial Times)
  3. Earnings Forecasts Are Low. What That Means for Stocks (Barron’s)
  4. Merck’s Little Brown Pill Could Transform the Fight Against Covid (Bloomberg)
    Jefferies Upgrades Altria (MO) to Buy; ‘Underappreciated RRP, Cannabis and ESG Optionality’ (Street Insider)
  5. 5 High-Yielding Dividend Aristocrat Stocks Are Perfect Now for Worried Investors (24/7 Wall Street)
  6. Race to dislodge Suez blockage as shipping rates surge, tankers diverted away (Reuters)
  7. Global money market funds get highest inflows in 13 weeks, Lipper data show (Reuters)
  8. The Pandemic Has Hurt Rite Aid and Walgreens. Here’s Why That Might Change. (Barron’s)
  9. Yes, You Can Retire on Dividends. 10 Stocks to Build an Income Stream for the Long Haul. (Barron’s)
  10. Andrew Left Channels GameStop, Naming Heavily-Shorted Root as Best Stock Pick of 2021 (Institutional Investor)
  11. Companies raise record $140bn in US junk bond market in first quarter (Financial Times)
  12. Powell Says Now Is Not the Time to Focus on Reducing Federal Debt (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Berkshire Hathaway Offers to Spend $8.3 Billion on Emergency Power Plants in Texas Wall Street Journal)
  14. With Negative Rates, Homeowners in Europe Are Paid to Borrow (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Powell says Fed will ‘gradually’ cut its bond-market footprint — some think this year (MarketWatch)