Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Forget About Dogs Of The Dow, Upgrade To Dobermans (Forbes)
  2. Hedge Fund Tips – Episode 10 – VideoCast. Stock Market Commentary. (ZeroHedge)
  3. How Trump Planned the Drone Strike With a Tight Circle of Aides (Bloomberg)
  4. Here’s what typically happens to the financial markets after major Middle East crisis events (CNBC)
  5. Billionaires shop at Costco too—see Mark Zuckerberg checking out TVs (CNBC)
  6. Strait of Hormuz, the world’s biggest oil chokepoint, in focus as Iran tensions flare (MarketWatch)
  7. Lennar Stock Looks Like a Bargain. Here’s Why. (MarketWatch)
  8. Large Macy’s Option Trader Betting On A Rebound Year (Benzinga)
  9. How Uncut Gems Won Over the Diamond District (Vanity Fair)
  10. Amazon Is a Free-Cash Rocket Ship.Time to Jump on Board. (Barron’s)
  11. There Are Slim Pickings in the Restaurant Sector. Here’s One Stock Worth Nibbling On. (Barron’s)
  12. Occidental Petroleum, Walt Disney, Nissan Motor: Stocks That Defined the Week (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Ten people set to shape Wall Street in 2020 (Financial Times)
  14. Fed minutes show confidence in 2020 interest rate path (Financial Times)
  15. Stocks Face New Risks, But Here’s Why It’s Not Time To Flee (Investor’s Business Daily)

Be in the know. 12 key reads for a Merry Christmas…

  1. China ramped up US soybean purchases to 20-month high ahead of partial trade deal (Fox Business)
  2. 20 Things That Have Changed for the Better Since 2010 (24/7 Wall Street)  
  3. Opinion: The real Santa Claus rally is yet to come (MarketWatch)  
  4. Pfizer Stock’s Dismal 2019 Could Be a Prelude to a Comeback (MarketWatch)  
  5. Walgreens Was the Dow’s Biggest Loser in 2019 (MarketWatch)  
  6. Trump says he and Xi will sign China trade deal (Reuters)  
  7. New England Natural Gas Prices Hit Two Year High (Yahoo! Finance)  
  8. Oil Tops $61 as U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Seen Declining (Bloomberg)  
  9. Dow, Inc. Stock Is on the Move—and Should Have a Better 2020 (MarketWatch)  
  10. Warren Buffett’s daughter-in-law couldn’t think of a good Christmas present — so she showed her company’s finances to him (Business Insider)  
  11. Tesla Stock Reaches Elon Musk’s Magic $420, and Then Some (New York Times)  
  12. A 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Could Fetch $7 Million (Barron’s)