Be in the know. 5 key reads for Monday…

  1. Berkshire Buys Passive Stakes in 5 Japanese Trading Houses (Barron’s)
  2. FDA willing to fast track coronavirus vaccine before phase three trials end (CNBC)
  3. Coronavirus Has Left Banks With Lots of Cash and Little to Do With It (Wall Street Journal)
  4. China’s Theme Parks Ride a Boom as Tourists Have Nowhere to Go (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Shinzo Abe’s Unfinished Revolution Hangs in the Balance (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Sunday…

  1. FDA Expands Emergency Use of Gilead’s Remdesivir in All Covid-19 Hospitalizations (Barron’s)
  2. Citigroup Economic Surprise Index (Yardeni)
  3. Inside A Billionaire’s Fight With A Small Town Over A Tiny Vacant Lot (Forbes)
  4. Wall Street Week Ahead: Value bulls bang drum for cheap stock resurgence on Fed, vaccine hopes (Reuters)
  5. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  6. How Tom Cruise Made This Impossible Movie Stunt Possible (digg)
  7. Is A Major Oil Price Breakout On The Horizon? (Oil Price)
  8. Tiffany Reports 90% Sales Jump in China: First real sign of Pandemic Luxury Recovery (Luxuo)
  9. 5 of the World’s Most Exclusive Private Island Resorts (Just Luxe)
  10. The Most Beautiful Golf Clubhouses in the U.S. (Just Luxe)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Warren Buffett and the $300,000 Haircut (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Fed’s Bullard says the recession is over but rates will ‘stay low for a long time’ (CNBC)
  3. Activists May Focus on Energy and Health Care Next Year (Barron’s)
  4. Losing the extra $600 unemployment benefit may not have stopped Americans from spending money, J.P. Morgan credit card data shows (MarketWatch)
  5. The U.S. Housing Market Is on Fire. Two Ways to Play It. (Barron’s)
  6. Get Ready for a Crazy Wave of IPOs (Barron’s)
  7. New York City’s Offices Are Empty. How to Gamble on a Recovery. (Barron’s)
  8. The Secrets of Elite College Admissions (Wall Street Journal)
  9. Elon Musk unveils working prototype of ‘brain-implant’ device (New York Post)
  10. This Market Rally Has Legs, Six Strategists Say. Here’s Proof (Bloomberg)
  11. A Simple Recipe for Oyster-Sauce Scallops to Make at Home (Bloomberg)
  12. Why One Analyst Has His Eyes Set on Singapore’s Virus-Hit Small Caps (Bloomberg)
  13. Warren Buffett’s 90th birthday is on Sunday. Here are 5 of the legendary investor’s best birthday stories. (Business Insider)
  14. Opinion: The stock market is on a tear, but now comes September, the worst month of the year. However, something curious happens in presidential-election years (MarketWatch)
  15. Cruise operators took a deep bruising from COVID-19, but history says they will recover (MarketWatch)
  16. Utz, maker of Zapp’s and Boulder Canyon chips, is going public (CNN Business)
  17. The United States set record for daily natural gas power burn in late July (EIA)
  18. Yield curve steepens after Fed policy shift (Financial Times)
  19. The Public and Private Markets (Investor Amnesia)
  20. Why Bank of New York Mellon Is Worth a Second Look (Barron’s)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. Yield curve steepens after Fed policy shift (Financial Times)
  2. This New Valuation Gauge Sees Earnings Upside, Says Stocks Have Room to Run (Barron’s)
  3. US hedge fund managers raise fees even as the rest of the world cuts them (fn London)
  4. Dell Profit Tops Estimates on Cost Controls and PC Demand (Barron’s)
  5. Why Bank of New York Mellon Is Worth a Second Look (Barron’s)
  6. Fed Chair Sets Stage for Longer Periods of Lower Rates (New York Times)
  7. Fed’s Elevation of Employment Goal Reflects a Changed World (Wall Street Journal)
  8. The US economy needs more stimulus to slash the risk of a ‘double dip’ recession, former Fed official says. (Business Insider)
  9. U.S. antitrust cases against Google (GOOGL) zeroes in on ‘tying’ products – Bloomberg (Street Insider)
  10. Fed’s Harker says it will take ‘a while’ for jobs market to heal, would be OK with inflation at 2.5% (CNBC)