Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. Fundstrat’s Tom Lee pinpoints the single most important indicator signaling strong economic growth – and details his stock-market strategy for taking advantage (BusinessInsider)
  2. Tom Brady and the NFC’s Win Means Nothing for the Stock Market (Barron’s)
  3. 15 Undervalued Stocks With Strong Earnings Growth in 2021 (Barron’s)
  4. We Drove a Ford Mustang Mach-E. We Were Wowed. (Barron’s)
  5. Why heavily shorted stocks began ‘off-the-charts’ rally long before the GameStop frenzy, Deutsche Bank says (MarketWatch)
  6. As ‘Low Quality’ Stages a Comeback, This Utility Looks Set to Break Out (Barron’s)
  7. Here’s how the FAANG companies stack up this earnings season (MarketWatch)
  8. More companies than usual are beating earnings estimates — and sales numbers are just as bullish for the stock market (MarketWatch)
  9. China’s car sales rose 25% in January (MarketWatch)
  10. Treasury Long Bond Reaches 2% Milestone as Global Yields Awaken (Bloomberg)
  11. ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry paved the way for the GameStop frenzy when he bought a stake in 2019. Here’s the story of Burry’s game-changing bet. (Business Insider)
  12. Stock futures rally as $1.9T coronavirus relief plan barrels ahead (FoxBusiness)
  13. Wall Street rises as Janet Yellen urges Congress to ‘act big’ on stimulus (Financial Times)
  14. Exxon’s Well-Timed Hop Onto Carbon-Capture Bandwagon (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Apple’s Electric-Vehicle Talks With Hyundai Break Down (Wall Street Journal)