HFT VideoCast – Stock Market Commentary and Weekly Recap – Episode 27

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The Kanye West, “Drive Slow” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…

Be in the know. 30 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Seoul’s Full Cafes, Apple Store Lines Show Mass Testing Success (Bloomberg)
  2. Bank Earnings Were Terrible. It’s Time to Buy the Banks. (Barron’s)
  3. Energy Hedge Fund That Shorted Oil Sees Chance for $100 a Barrel (Bloomberg)
  4. Charlie Munger: ‘The Phone Is Not Ringing Off the Hook’ (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Opinion: Vitamin D and Coronavirus Disparities (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Opening Up America Again (CDC/White House PDF Plan)
  7. Here’s why sauerkraut and kimchi sales have surged during the coronavirus (New York Post)
  8. Coronavirus Ushered in Medicine’s Digital Revolution (Barron’s)
  9. Big Pharma Sees Its Strengths Surface ()
  10. Reasons to Gobble Up Kraft Heinz’s Battered Shares (Barron’s)
  11. 3 Former United Technologies Stocks That Are Ready to Fly (Barron’s)
  12. Union Pacific Sees Biggest Insider Stock Buy in Years (Barron’s)
  13. Trump Announces $19 Billion Relief Program for Farmers (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Here Are the Companies Getting Federal Funds for Covid Relief (Bloomberg)
  15. ‘MacGyvering’: A Modern ‘Can-Do’ Approach To Bad Situations (Wall Street Journal)
  16. Wells Fargo, J.C. Penney, Amazon.com: Stocks That Defined the Week (Wall Street Journal)
  17. Procter & Gamble Posts Biggest U.S. Sales Gain in Decades (Wall Street Journal)
  18. Leaked Research: This Drug May Be Saving COVID Patients’ Lives (Futurism)
  19. Coronavirus latest: Hong Kong shows no need for total lockdown, says study (Financial Times)
  20. The Day of Reckoning for Private Equity (Institutional Investor)
  21. Warren Buffett’s financial crisis bailouts inspired the US government’s ‘big 4’ airline rescue deals (Business Insider)
  22. Pro golf plans to be the first major sport to return during the coronavirus pandemic (CNBC)
  23. Macy’s reportedly looking to use real estate to come up with cash during coronavirus pandemic (CNBC)
  24. Fed Says It Will Disclose Borrower Information in Crisis Lending (Bloomberg)
  25. These Are the Drugs and Vaccines That Might End the Coronavirus Pandemic (Bloomberg)
  26. Google seeks to launch a debit card with banks (USA Today)
  27. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Key to Innovation (Farnam Street)
  28. A Primer On Reading Annual Reports (docdroid)
  29. Have Small Value Stocks Become a Bargain? (Morningstar)
  30. Gilead increases enrollment target for remdesivir trial in COVID-19 patients (Reuters)

Be in the know. 25 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Car-rental firm Hertz seeks coronavirus bailout (New York Post)
  2. Fed Gives Banks a Break to Keep Markets Calm (New York Times)
  3. Disney, McDonald’s share secret recipes to cook in quarantine (USA Today)
  4. Where to Look in China’s Data Dump for Any Signs of a Rebound (Bloomberg)
  5. Jeff Bezos Wants to Test All Amazon Employees for Covid-19 (Bloomberg)
  6. The Fed Loves Main Street as Much as Wall Street This Time (Bloomberg)
  7. Some Companies Are Looking Cheap. That Could Drive a Wave of M&A. (Barron’s)
  8. J&J, P&G, Buck the Trend by Raising Dividends (Barron’s)
  9. Fear Is Down, but We’re Not Out of the Woods Yet (Barron’s)
  10. Record Amount of Risky Debt Is Coming Due (Barron’s)
  11. Buy Stocks Now, Investing Legend Burton Malkiel Says (Barron’s)
  12. Jobless claims total 5.245 million as 22 million positions have been lost in a month due to coronavirus (CNBC)
  13. Larry Fink: Coronavirus low last month may have been the market bottom (CNBC)
  14. ‘The shopping list is being readied’: Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi are scouting for cheap investments after the coronavirus sell-off (Business Insider)
  15. Gilead (GILD) Said to Hold Talks to Buy Stake in Arcus Biosciences (RCUS) – Bloomberg (Street Insider)
  16. Working From Home Permanently Could Rise 100% and These Stocks May Benefit (24/7 Wall Street)
  17. Options markets send cautiously bullish signal on U.S. stock rally (Reuters)
  18. U.S. opposes general allocation of Special Drawing Rights to IMF members (Reuters)
  19. States paying extra $600 unemployment aid (Fox Business)
  20. Mainstream Investors Might Get Access to Alts, But They Won’t Get Alpha (Institutional Investor)
  21. Hedgie with a ‘higher purpose’ to run world’s biggest sovereign fund (Financial Times)
  22. Dalio Says Investors ‘Crazy’ to Hold Government Bonds Now (Dalio Says Investors ‘Crazy’ to Hold Government Bonds Now (Yahoo! Finance)
  23. Warren Buffett will ‘let everybody know’ once he invests the bulk of Berkshire Hathaway’s $128 billion cash pile, Bill Ackman says. (Business Insider)
  24. Billionaire bond king Jeff Gundlach sent a bizarre tweet predicting the end of the ‘You blow dry my hair and I’ll blow dry your hair’ economy. (Business Insider)
  25. Coronavirus Closures Froze Swaths of U.S. Economy in March (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. OPEC+ debates biggest ever cut as virus destroys oil demand (Reuters)
  2. Trump to host Big Oil execs at White House to discuss market slump (Reuters)
  3. Marseille’s maverick chloroquine doctor becomes pandemic rock star (Financial Times)
  4. Best guesses on when corona cases will peak and when lockdowns can end (New York Post)
  5. Adam Sandler sings uplifting ‘Quarantine Song’ on Jimmy Fallon’s show (New York Post)
  6. Opinion: ‘Quiet’ Warren Buffett has three ways to win in this market (MarketWatch)
  7. Oil jumps another 12% a day after its best day on record (CNBC)
  8. OPEC and allies reportedly set for video meeting as analysts pour skepticism on Trump’s intervention (CNBC)
  9. US payrolls plunge 701,000 in March amid the start of a job market collapse (CNBC)
  10. Key 2008 Financial Crisis Players Are Back for Coronavirus (Bloomberg)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Evidence over hysteria — COVID-19 (Medium)
  2. OPEC, U.S. Shale Producers Open Talks Amid Oil Rout (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Washington Needs to Act (Barron’s)
  4. Fed Going All In to Save Economy. Here’s What Could Come Next (Bloomberg)
  5. Coronavirus-Triggered Downturn Could Cost 5 Million U.S. Jobs (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Coronavirus Recession Looms, Its Course ‘Unrecognizable’ (New York Times)
  7. Doug Ramsey’s Best Case for Stocks and Other Views of the Future (Bloomberg)
  8. Google Coronavirus Website Launches (Bloomberg)
  9. Bond-Market Strains Keep Traders on Edge (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Country Music Legend Kenny Rogers Dies at 81 (Bloomberg)
  11. Big Banks Are Getting a Real-Life Stress Test (Barron’s)
  12. Read Our Free Coronavirus Coverage Here (Bloomberg)
  13. Bank stocks are ‘very cheap,’ traders say — here’s where they see signs of stabilization (CNBC)
  14. The Coronavirus’s $4 Trillion Hit to US Corporations (Bridgewater – Greg Jensen)
  15. What the Fed Could Do Next to Try to Prevent an Economic Unraveling (New York Times)
  16. Germany to raise €356bn in new borrowing to fight coronavirus (Financial Times)
  17. Wall Street takes late tumble as US shutdown widens (Financial Times)
  18. Warren Buffett discussed coronavirus, Coca-Cola, and past market crashes in a recent interview. Here are his 12 best quotes. (Business Insider)
  19. Rethinking the Coronavirus Shutdown (Wall Street Journal)
  20. Wells Fargo asks Fed to lift cap on growth to support customers: FT (Reuters)

Be in the know. 13 key reads for Monday…

  1. 18 Stocks to Buy Amid the Coronavirus Carnage, According to Barron’s Roundtable Experts (Barron’s)
  2. 8 Big Banks Are Halting Buybacks to Brace for More Virus Fallout (Barron’s)
  3. Fed Cuts Rates to Zero as Financial-Crisis Tools Return (Barron’s)
  4. Buffett’s Massive Cash Stash Makes Berkshire a Safe Port in the Storm (Barron’s)
  5. How Coronavirus Remade American Life in One Weekend (Wall Street Journal)
  6. The Fed and Friends: What Central Banks Did in Past 24 Hours (Bloomberg)
  7. Regeneron, Sanofi to evaluate Kevzara in patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 (MarketWatch)
  8. Coronavirus vaccine clinical trial begins (Fox Business)
  9. Peter Navarro: Faced with coronavirus pandemic, Congress should pass Trump’s $800 billion payroll tax cut (Fox Business)
  10. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Roundtable Picks, Airline And Oil Stocks, And More (Benzinga)
  11. Carl Icahn Says Some Stocks Are Being ‘Given Away’ (Benzinga)
  12. Can Risk Parity Funds Hang in There? (Institutional Investor)
  13. Thinking About Airline Stocks? This Is How Air Travel Is Recovering in China. (Barron’s)