Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. France Lifts U.K. Blockade as Leaders Reach Deal on Covid-19 Testing at Border (Barron’s)
  2. U.S. approves NYSE listing plan to cut out Wall Street middlemen (Reuters)
  3. Monday reversal signals ‘lot more gas’ left in U.S. stock market for 2020, says Lee (MarketWatch)
  4. BioNTech CEO Optimistic Vaccine Can Work Against New Virus Strain (Barron’s)
  5. This Fund Is Bullish on Emerging Markets for a ‘Laundry List’ of Reasons (Barron’s)
  6. Investors Think Republicans Will Win Georgia’s Senate Seats. What That Means for Stocks. (Barron’s)
  7. Pfizer to Supply U.S. With 100 Million More Vaccine Doses (Bloomberg)
  8. New York Luxury Real Estate Could Be a Bargain in 2021 (Bloomberg)
  9. Brian Sullivan: 5 predictions for 2021 (CNBC)
  10. BC surveyed 75 big-money investors and found that these are the 3 biggest stock-market trends to watch in 2021 (Business Insider)
  11. Warren Buffett’s favorite business is a little chocolate maker with an 8000% return. Here are 5 reasons why he loves See’s Candies. (Business Insider)
  12. Jobless claims fall to 3-week low of 803,000 (MarketWatch)
  13. It’s Beginning. The Energy Report 12/23/2020 (Phil Flynn)
  14. Private equity dealmaking defies pandemic to hit post-crisis high (Financial Times)
  15. Billionaire Gabelli eyeing investments in sports betting, infrastructure (Fox Business)
  16. Durable Goods Orders Surge Back Into The Green For The Year (ZeroHedge)
  17. Hiring Frenzy for Pharmacists as Covid-19 Vaccines Roll Out (Wall Street Journal)
  18. Publishers Feel Validated by States’ Google Antitrust Lawsuit (Wall Street Journal)
  19. Airlines to Bring Back Thousands of Workers After Passage of Covid-19 Aid Bill (Wall Street Journal)
  20. Goldman Unit Makes New Push Into Real Estate With Stake in Sale-Leaseback Firm (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 25 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Dividends and Buybacks Look Poised for a 2021 Rebound (Barron’s)
  2. BioNTech believes its vaccine with Pfizer works on new strain (CNBC)
  3. BioNTech says it can produce new vaccine for Covid variant in 6 weeks (Financial Times)
  4. Travel stocks recover from hit after countries ban flights from UK (Yahoo! Finance U.K. )
  5. Meet the Preliminary Dogs of the Dow for 2021 (24/7 Wall Street)
  6. Financial stocks a ‘safe’ recovery play: Expert (Fox Business)
  7. U.S. Congress passes nearly $900 billion COVID-19 aid bill, awaits Trump approval (Reuters)
  8. Apple shares rise on report of 2024 car rollout plan (Reuters)
  9. Banks Need Spenders to Be Stimulated (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Wells Fargo set to be freed from AML consent order (American Banker)
  11. Banks Can Buy Back Stocks Again. Wall Street Is Cheering. (Barron’s)
  12. Bank Stocks Are Going to Be Higher Next Year, Expert Says (Barron’s)
  13. Better Returns With Less Risk? Goldman Has a Basket of Stocks for That. (Barron’s)
  14. COVID-19 stimulus bill will let businesses seek second PPP loan (New York Post)
  15. Sex-crazed ‘roaring ‘20s’ awaits post-pandemic: Yale prof (New York Post)
  16. U.S. Economy Gets a Bridge to the Spring (Wall Street Journal)
  17. Brussels urges EU states to reopen their borders with the UK (Financial Times)
  18. Sneak Peek At Guy Fieri’s ‘Restaurant Hustle’ Documentary (Benzinga)
  19. Alaska Air boosts Boeing 737 orders and options to 120, to ‘largely’ replace Airbus fleet (MarketWatch)
  20. Goldman Sachs, once reserved for the rich, is close to offering wealth management for the masses (CNBC)
  21. Larry Culp Locks Up $47 Million Payday by Winning Over GE’s Doubters (Bloomberg)
  22. Beer, Restaurants and Nascar Win Tax Breaks in Virus-Relief Bill (Bloomberg)
  23. Billionaire Reubens Bet Big on Manhattan’s Battered Real Estate (Bloomberg)
  24. Billionaire investor Sam Zell questions Tesla and Bitcoin, predicts workers will return to offices, and warns the US dollar could be replaced as the world’s reserve currency in a new interview. (Business Insider)
  25. Diamondback Buys West Texas Shale Driller QEP Resources (Wall Street Journal)