Be in the know. 15 key reads for Friday…

  1. “Maybe He Doesn’t Want to Be the Hero”: In the COVID-19 Crisis, Warren Buffett is Lying Low (Vanity Fair)
  2. Virus Vaccine May Be Ready for Mass Production By Autumn, Oxford Professor Says (Bloomberg)
  3. Gilead Gains on Report Claiming Coronavirus Drug Working (Bloomberg)
  4. Covid Report: Gilead Pops On Promising Sneak Peek For Coronavirus Drug (Investor’s Business Daily)
  5. The Fear Gauge Is Sending False Signals (Barron’s)
  6. Why Emerging Market Currencies Are Cheap (Barron’s)
  7. Treasury yields follow stocks higher on hopes for coronavirus drug MarketWatch)
  8. AMC Entertainment’s stock rockets after liquidity update, private debt offering (MarketWatch)
  9. Schlumberger swings to large loss, misses revenue and cuts dividend by 75%; stock surges (MarketWatch)
  10. Trump administration working to ease drilling industry cash crunch (Reuters)
  11. Johnson & Johnson execs offer upbeat view of second-half recovery from COVID-19 pandemic (MarketWatch)
  12. Fed’s Bostic says watching closely for signs of ‘unbearable’ stress among mortgage servicers (MarketWatch)
  13. Boeing to Restart Jetliner Production (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Mnuchin Under Growing Pressure to Help Struggling Mortgage Companies (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Screening Rooms That Bring Hollywood Home (Wall Street Journal)