Be in the know. 6 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Analysts expect China to cut bank reserve ratios soon (Reuters)
  2. Four solid stocks whose recent hard times mean they’re potential bargains (MarketWatch)
  3. Walgreens shares slide as drugstore chain misses earnings estimates, lowers 2019 forecast (CNBC)
  4. DealBook Briefing: Lyft Crashes Back to Reality (New York Times)
  5. U.S. and Chinese Manufacturing Stabilize, While Europe Lags Behind (Wall Street Journal)
  6. 50 Cent Sells Massive Connecticut Compound for 84% Less (i.e. 16 Cent) (Wall Street Journal)

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Be in the know. 10 key reads for Monday…

  1. Hold Tight to Value Stocks. They May Be Set to Rise Soon. (Barron’s)
  2. U.S. Retail Sales Unexpectedly Fall; Prior Reading Revised Up (Bloomberg)
  3. 6 things successful people like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos do on weekends to make their Mondays more productive (CNBC)
  4. China Purchases Could Undercut Trump’s Larger Trade Goal (New York Times)
  5. Things are suddenly looking a lot brighter for China’s manufacturing sector (Business Insider)
  6. ‘Fear of Missing Out’ Pushes Investors Toward Stocks (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Tesla, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk releases rap song: ‘RIP Harambe’ (USA Today)
  8. Costco Stock Is Trading Near a Record, and One Director Has Been Selling (Barron’s)
  9. The 5G Network Rollout And The 4th Industrial Revolution (Investor’s Business Daily)
  10. Private equity tricks mask mounting debt: ‘I’m 5 foot 8 inches, but I change the scale and make myself 6 foot 2 inches on a pro forma basis’ (Business Insider)

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Be in the know. 20 key reads for Sunday…

  1. The ETF Tax Dodge Is Wall Street’s “Dirty Little Secret” (Bloomberg)
  2. Artificial Intelligence Stocks To Buy And Watch Amid Rising AI Competition (Investor’s Business Daily)
  3. How the Dow Spinoff Could Unlock Value and Offer a Rich Dividend (Barron’s)
  4. Fed’s Quarles says more rate hikes could be ahead ‘at some point’ as economy improves (CNBC)
  5. The U.S. Military Is Hiring Palantir to Build Battlefield AI (Futurism)
  6. The Mueller report will be released to the public by mid-April (VOX)
  7. How Neurofeedback Is Revolutionizing Stress Management (Medium)
  8. A small child tried to fight Gritty (Mashable)
  9. What “Machiavellian” really means (Ted Talk)
  10. An Indicator In The Hand (NPR Planet Money)
  11. In the face of adversity, are you a Guernsey or a Brahman? (Farnam street)
  12. Theresa May’s Third Brexit Loss Closes More Doors (The New Yorker)
  13. The Trumpification of the Fed (Vanity Fair)
  14. George Dantzig: The real Will Hunting (Big Think)
  15. Military Tries Out Fish as Underwater Spies (Scientific American)
  16. Just say no? (The Irrelevant Investor)
  17. Why An MMT Advocate Became One of Its Loudest Critics (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  18. Notable Investors Dump Micron on Bleak Outlook (Whale Wisdom)
  19. Even hedge funds investing in Lyft don’t believe in its long-term prospects (recode)
  20. 13 Strangest Unsolved Mysteries of the Art World (Reader’s Digest)

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Deal or no Deal?

Neither Soybeans nor Natural Gas seemed convinced that the trade talks with China were “constructive” this week.  We’ll see what next week brings…

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Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Goldman Sachs Has 5 Top Energy Stocks to Buy With Huge Implied Upside24/7 Wall Street)
  2. Joshua Miller Discusses the Hot Hand Phenomenon (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  3. Boston Dynamics’ New Warehouse Robot Threatens Millions Of Jobs (ZeroHedge)
  4. A Magician Explains Why We See What’s Not There (Nautilus)
  5. Hedge Funds Are ‘Impotent’ as Activists (Institutional Investor)
  6. Netflix: There’s Never Been a Riskier Time to Invest Than Now (TheStreet)
  7. Is DJIA-NASDAQ Monthly Divergence Bearish or Bullish? (Almanac Trader)
  8. White House Pushes Fed to Cut Interest Rates (Wall Street Journal)
  9. U.S. Trade Negotiators Take Aim at China’s Cybersecurity Law (Wall Street Journal)
  10. The Real Reason Porsche Ignitions Are Left of the Wheel (Wall Street Journal)
  11. 5 Ways To Be A More Positive Person (Forbes)
  12. Hedge Funds Have Never Been This Bullish On UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) (Insider Monkey)
  13. Here Are the 27 Restaurants in France Rated Three Stars by Michelin (Robb Report)
  14. How a Google side project evolved into a $4B company (Tech Crunch)
  15. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update: “GDP Data Tells You Nothing About Recession Risk” (Advisor Perspectives)
  16. Fundamental Analysis of the Oil Market (EconMatters)
  17. The Tiger and the Tragic Trick: Siegfried & Roy’s Animal Handler Breaks Silence on Mauling, Alleges Cover-Up (Hollywood Reporter)
  18. How This Billionaire Luxury Magnate Became One of the World’s Richest Men (Maxim)
  19. Week in review: How Trump’s policies moved stocks (TheFly)
  20. Global Bond-Market Investors Are Getting Really Nervous (Bloomberg)

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