Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…

  1. Disney Eyes Key Step To Reopen Florida Parks As Rival Gets OK (Investor’s Business Daily)
  2. Deere Crushed Earnings Estimates. Its Stock Is Flying. (Barron’s)
  3. Scoring tickets to NYC drive-in movies is now a competitive sport (New York Post)
  4. Americans use their stimulus checks to splurge at Walmart, Target and Best Buy (New York Post)
  5. Rise of S.U.V.s: Leaving Cars in Their Dust, With No Signs of Slowing (New York Times)
  6. U.S.-China tensions are flaring on a new front: the financial markets (CNBC)
  7. Why one strategist says these hard-hit stocks will rebound — even if there’s a second wave to the pandemic (MarketWatch)
  8. States reopen after coronavirus lockdowns: More beaches, casinos open ahead of Memorial Day holiday weekend (MarketWatch)
  9. Opinion: As the economy reopens, these three indicators will show the strength of the recovery (MarketWatch)
  10. A Few Big Stocks Are Driving Market Gains. That’s an Opportunity. (Barron’s)
  11. Western Digital Stock Has Fallen Far Enough. ‘Risks Are to the Upside.’ (Barron’s)
  12. Why one analyst thinks now is the time to buy cruise stocks (Yahoo! Finance)
  13. 10 Forces Driving the Stock Market Gains and the Economic Recovery (24/7 Wall Street)
  14. Elon Musk Is the Hero America Deserves (Bloomberg)
  15. China vows to push ahead with ‘phase one’ US trade deal amid renewed tensions (CNBC)
  16. BANK OF AMERICA: Stocks haven’t been this attractive relative to bonds in 70 years, suggesting further gains are coming (Business Insider)
  17. Fauci Calls Moderna’s Coronavirus Vaccine Candidate ‘Quite Promising’ (Benzinga)
  18. Royal Caribbean hopes to resume cruises as soon as August, but the CEO says only if it’s safe (CNBC)
  19. Michael Burry Could Profit on Selloff Bets (Yahoo! Finance)
  20. China promises more spending to help revive economy, won’t set growth target (MarketWatch)