Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…

  1. Wells Fargo Has Used Its Lockdown Time Well (Wells Fargo)
  2. The U.S. economy is still improving: Morning Brief (Yahoo! Finance)
  3. Investors in uproar over Biden’s proposed capital gains tax rise (Financial Times)
  4. Fat Valuations and Tech Stocks Seen as at Risk in Biden Tax Plan (Bloomberg)
  5. Oil’s Hired Hands Declare Overseas Recovery With Robust 2022 (Bloomberg)
  6. Wall Street’s Trillion-Dollar ESG Club Comes With Huge Tax Perks (Bloomberg)
  7. Oil Frackers Best Be Boring on Earnings Calls (Bloomberg)
  8. Congress likely to cap Joe Biden’s capital gains tax hike at around 28%, Goldman Sachs says (Business Insider)
  9. With Few New Clotting Cases, Johnson & Johnson Pause Could Be Lifted Soon (New York Times)
  10. Get ready for $178 billion of selling ahead of the capital-gains tax hike. These are the stocks most at risk. (MarketWatch)
  11. Biden has pledged to tax the rich — but precisely how will he do that? Experts consider his options (MarketWatch)
  12. Opinion: With SPACs down as much as 90%, there are finally some good buys (MarketWatch)
  13. New home sales soar to highest level since 2006 (MarketWatch)
  14. HBO Max Gains Traction in a Crowded Field (New York Times)
  15.  With Few New Clotting Cases, Johnson & Johnson Pause Could Be Lifted Soon (New York Times)
  16. India Hits Global Record for Daily New Covid-19 Cases (Wall Street Journal)
  17. Here’s What CEOs Are Saying About Inflation This Earnings Season (Barron’s)
  18. Famed Investor Bill Miller Is Roaring Back With Amazon, Bitcoin, and GM (Barron’s)
  19. China, India Complicate Biden’s Climate Ambitions (Wall Street Journal)
  20. Southwest, American Say Leisure Travel Rebounding as Summer Season Approaches (Wall Street Journal)