Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Businesses Are Loading Up on Credit. Spending Could Follow. (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Regeneron Earnings Top Estimates. Its Stock May Be Breaking Out. (Barron’s)
  3. Energy Stocks Look Cheap if Oil Prices Are an Indicator (Barron’s)
  4. 3 Electric Utility Stocks to Give Your Portfolio a Jolt (Barron’s)
  5. Watches from Patek, Tudor and Omega Take Gold, Silver and Bronze (Barron’s)
  6. Want to Build an Online Sports-Betting Empire? Start With a Gas Station Casino (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Interest-Rate Increases Could Come as Soon as Early 2023, Fed’s Clarida Says (Wall Street Journal)
  8. CVS, Walgreen results get a boost from vaccinations and COVID-19 tests (New York Post)
  9. Robinhood Tumbles as Holders File to Sell 98 Million Shares (Bloomberg)
  10. China’s harsh education crackdown sends parents and businesses scrambling (CNBC)
  11. Retail investors’ strong ‘buy-the-dip’ impulse will help keep stocks buoyant in 2021, says TD Ameritrade’s JJ Kinahan (Business Insider)
  12. Kellogg sales rise, beat expectations (MarketWatch)
  13. 5 Safe Dividend Stocks to Move to Now (24/7 Wall Street)
  14. Cigna (CI) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates (Yahoo! Finance)
  15. ViacomCBS earnings beat driven by streaming as Paramount+ adds more than 6 million subscribers for second straight quarter (MarketWatch)