Be in the know. 17 key reads for Friday…

  1. JPMorgan’s Wall Street Strength Draws a Record Quarterly Profit (Bloomberg)
  2. Here Are the Major Parts of $1.9 Trillion Biden Relief Plan (Bloomberg)
  3. Banks Boycott! The Energy Report 01/15/2021 (Phil Flynn)
  4. Buy any ‘sell-the-news reactions’ in the banks after earnings, market analyst says (CNBC)
  5. 6 Bank Stocks That Could Stand Out as the Sector Soars (Barron’s)
  6. Brazil’s Stocks Are in the Bargain Basement. Investors Should Start Shopping. (Barron’s)
  7. Value stocks are about to come out of their coma, says index fund powerhouse Vanguard (MarketWatch)
  8. Boeing Has a 787 Problem. But Investors Needn’t Worry. (Barron’s)
  9. With Rare Speed, Gene Editing Emerges as Biotech’s New Cutting Edge (Barron’s)
  10. Apache, Devon Energy, and EOG Are a Few of the Oil and Gas Industry’s ‘Democrat Darlings’ (Barron’s)
  11. Higher Dividend Tax Looks Possible for Top Earners Under Biden Administration (Barron’s)
  12. Delta Looks Toward Recovery After Dark Pandemic Winter (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Investors Find Value in Low-Rated Loans (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Why Finding Workers Is Getting Harder for U.S. Homebuilders (Bloomberg)
  15. U.S. producer prices increase moderately in December (Reuters)
  16. Wells Fargo profit beats Wall Street estimates as credit costs fall (Reuters)
  17. An S.U.V.? Ferrari Sees the Writing on the Road (New York Times)

Be in the know. 25 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Why Wells Fargo Can Grow Faster Than Other Banks (Barron’s)
  2. JPMorgan, Wells Fargo & Citigroup may kick off a banner earnings season (Fox Business)
  3. Wall Street Fumes Over Last-Minute Rule From Bank Watchdog (Bloomberg)
  4. What to Expect From Bank Earnings Reports (Barron’s)
  5. TikTok until the Stock Market “Ghosts” us… (ZeroHedge)
  6. BlackRock Stock Gains as Earnings Top Forecasts. It Wasn’t Just ETFs. (Barron’s)
  7. The Political Pendulum Swings, but the Economy Does Its Own Thing (Barron’s)
  8. Boeing and 10 Other Companies That Don’t Have to Worry About Biden Raising Taxes (Barron’s)
  9. What’s up with WhatsApp? Everything you need to know about the shift to Signal (fnLondon)
  10. 5 Stocks That Could Pop After Earnings — and 5 That Are Ready to Drop (Barron’s)
  11. New Data Boosts Confidence In J&J Vaccine (Barron’s)
  12. Goldman Sachs says the S&P 500 will rise 14% in 2021. Here’s the road map (MarketWatch)
  13. It Could Be a Big Year for Bank Mergers. Here Are Names to Watch. (Barron’s)
  14. Spike in Gas Prices Drove Up Consumer Prices Last Month (Barron’s)
  15. Stocks Are Less Driven by Macro Forces. Keep Stock Picking. (Barron’s)
  16. Fed survey finds economy slowing in some areas of country (Fox Business)
  17. OPEC Monthly Report Signals Demand Optimism, On Track To Drain Oil Inventories (ZeroHedge)
  18. Biden to unveil plan to pump $1.5 trillion into pandemic-hit economy (Reuters)
  19. Option Trader Bets $4M On Citigroup Stock Ahead Of Q4 Earnings (Benzinga)
  20. Investors Bet U.K. Stocks Can Banish Brexit Blues (Wall Street Journal)
  21. Manhattan Bargain-Hunters Drive a 94% Jump in Apartment Leases (Bloomberg)
  22. CEO of world’s largest money manager sees stocks rallying in 2021 but not as much as last year (CNBC)
  23. Delta halves cash burn in fourth quarter, narrows losses to cap worst year ever (CNBC)
  24. How to stay in stocks if the record market has you fearing bubble (CNBC)
  25. All theories of what generates higher inflation are pointing in the same direction – up: Fed’s Bullard (MarketWatch)