Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Trump to buy oil for strategic reserve to aid energy industry: ‘We’re going to fill it’ (CNBC)
  2. Gilead Pops After Coronavirus Drug Helps Cruise Ship Patients In Japan Investor’s Business Daily)
  3. Europe Pledges Billions in Economic Aid in Rare Sign of Unity (New York Times)
  4. Dow surges nearly 2,000 points after Trump declares coronavirus national emergency (New York Post)
  5. Trump Says He Supports Pelosi Virus Bill, Urges GOP to Vote Yes (Bloomberg)
  6. Trump Waives Student-Loan Interest, Stockpiles Oil in Virus Plan (Bloomberg)
  7. Esports Leagues Are Only Game in Town After NBA and NHL Go Dark (Bloomberg)
  8. Stocks Retrace 90% of Thursday’s Sell-Off With Trump Address Hitting Mark (Bloomberg)
  9. Cash-Rich Billionaire Hargreaves Jumps Back Into Market (Bloomberg)
  10. Trump called on Walmart, CVS, Target, and Walgreens to help slow the spread of the coronavirus as he declares a national emergency (Business Insider)
  11. Stocks Surge After Trump Promises Speedier Testing (New York Times)
  12. How Billie Eilish Rode Teenage Weirdness to Stardom (New York Times)
  13. Deadly viruses are no match for plain, old soap — here’s the science behind it (MarketWatch)
  14. 18 Stocks to Buy Amid the Coronavirus Carnage, According to Barron’s Roundtable Experts (Barron’s)
  15. China’s coronavirus epicenter reports just five cases (Reuters)
  16. Here’s everything you need to know about 5G (CNN)
  17. Google, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronavirus testing (Reuters)
  18. 7 Stocks That Could Ride Out the Turmoil in Energy Markets (Barron’s)
  19. The World Is One Big Carry Trade (Institutional Investor)
  20. Value investors: why are they so calm in a crisis? (Schroders)

 

Be in the know. 13 key reads for Friday the 13th!

  1. HIV drugs are being used as part of coronavirus treatment (New York Post)
  2. Here’s What Could Help Calm Markets, According to Wall Street’s Best Minds (Barron’s)
  3. U.S. Stock Futures and European Equities Surge as Markets Try to Stabilize After Historic Meltdown (Barron’s)
  4. It’s Time for Warren Buffett to Get Greedy. Here’s What He Might Be Looking to Buy. (Barron’s)
  5. ‘This Is All Coming to a Head’: Investors React to Market Chaos (Bloomberg)
  6. Mohamed El-Erian: The stock market looks ‘less scary’ (CNBC)
  7. Fed to Inject $1.5 Trillion in Bid to Prevent ‘Unusual Disruptions’ in Markets (Wall Street Journal)
  8. New Coronavirus Test 10 Times Faster Is FDA Approved (Bloomberg)
  9. Germany Pledges Unlimited Cash as EU Set to Green Light Spending (Bloomberg)
  10. Oracle earnings show best revenue growth in nearly two years (MarketWatch)
  11. 11. Trump’s $800 billion payroll tax cut plan would dwarf Obama’s stimulus package from the height of the financial crisis (Business Insider)
  12. What Warren Buffett thinks of his Occidental investment after shares crashed with oil prices (Yahoo! Finance)
  13. Time to Buy, Says GMO (Institutional Investor)

Be in the know. 13 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Carl Icahn Boosts Occidental Stake to Almost 10% as Shares Plummet (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Can Gilead’s Virus Test Results Cure Broader Stock Market Woes? (Investor’s Business Daily)
  3. Let’s Talk About Coronavirus Bailouts, Before We Need Them (New York Times)
  4. Stocks Plunge With Virus Response Missing Mark (Bloomberg)
  5. 21 Stocks To Buy In a Virus Economy (Barron’s)
  6. Markets Are in Turmoil. Buy These Stocks, Jefferies Says (Barron’s)
  7. The losers — and even bigger losers — of an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia (CNBC)
  8. Here’s how Invesco’s top strategist says long-term investors should navigate this market panic (MarketWatch)
  9. Buffett and Occidental: We’ve Seen This Movie Before (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Oil Price Shock on Top of Coronavirus Compounding Sovereign Credit Risks (24/7 Wall Street)
  11. ECB approves fresh stimulus for reeling economy but keeps rates steady (Reuters)
  12. Private Equity Firms Won’t Waste Another Crisis (Institutional Investor)
  13. What Warren Buffett thinks of his Occidental investment after shares crashed with oil prices (Yahoo! Finance)