Be in the know. 30 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Opinion: Most investors now expect the U.S. stock market to crash like it did in October 1987 — why that’s good news (MarketWatch)
  2. The S&P 500 could jump 14% to 3,900 if Trump wins the election, JPMorgan says (Business Insider)
  3. Kazakhstan, Reversing Itself, Embraces ‘Borat’ as Very Nice (New York Times)
  4. Odeon’s Dick Bove Cites 3 Reasons for Bank Stock Rally, Which Should Continue (Street Insider)
  5. Chairman Plattner buys nearly $300 million in SAP stock (Street Insider)
  6. Covid condemns value investing to worst run in two centuries (Financial Times)
  7. SAP Casts a Cloud Over Software (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Cummins stock surges toward a record after profit and revenue beats, upbeat outlook (MarketWatch)
  9. Biogen (BIIB) Shares Looking ‘Interesting’ Into Big Week Ahead – Mizuho (Street Insider)
  10. Are the Polls Wrong Again? (LPL Financial)
  11. ‘Orderly’ Trump win most favorable outcome for equities, JPMorgan says (Reuters)
  12. Wells Fargo Considers Sale Of Corporate-Trust Unit, Student-Loan Portfolio: Report (Benzinga)
  13. All About Ant Group, the Next Big Tech I.P.O. (New York Times)
  14. 9 Promising Stocks From Emerging Markets (Barron’s)
  15. 10 High-Yielding Stocks That Should Please Investors Looking for Income (Barron’s)
  16. 3M’s Earnings Were a Positive Surprise. Investors Should Be Relieved. (Barron’s)
  17. BP Returns to Profit as Oil Demand and Prices Recover. (Barron’s)
  18. Stimulus Hope On Hold Until After Election as Senate Leaves (Bloomberg)
  19. The Land Rover Defender Returns With a Nod to Silicon Valley (Bloomberg)
  20. The Market Is Betting Trump Will Lose the Election. Here’s the Playbook if It’s Wrong. (Barron’s)
  21. Why Amazon, Tesla, and other ‘Elite Eight’ mega-cap titans look to be in a bubble despite strong profit growth, according to one research firm (Business Insider)
  22. Stocks historically win in this election scenario (Fox Business)
  23. Early voting surge points to huge turnout in US election (Financial Times)
  24. The US shale industry’s top priority: win back Wall Street (Financial Times)
  25. Pfizer earnings report touts COVID vaccine progress in clinical trial (FoxBusiness)
  26. Pandemic Fatigue Is Real—And It’s Spreading (Wall Street Journal)
  27. Oxford, AstraZeneca Vaccine Shows Promising Immune Response in Older Adults (Wall Street Journal)
  28. American International Group to Divest Life-Insurance Business (Wall Street Journal)
  29. Corporate Defaults Slow, Lifting Debt Market (Wall Street Journal)
  30. 40 perfect Christmas gift ideas for men (USA Today)