- The Two Countries Dictating Oil Prices In 2020 (Yahoo! Finance)
- The Trade Deal Doesn’t Fix Everything. The Market Doesn’t Care. (Barron’s)
- Animal-Care Provider Zoetis and 6 More Companies Are Raising Dividends (Barron’s)
- Global Economy Shows Signs of Regained Footing (Wall Street Journal)
- Upbeat Chinese Economic Data Buoy Commodities (Wall Street Journal)
- This year’s really big rally doesn’t mean 2020 needs to be a down year, history shows (CNBC)
- UK unemployment falls to lowest level since 1975 (BBC)
- US Single-Family Building Permits Reach 12-Year High (Zero Hedge)
- Worst to First in 2020 (Oil Stocks)? (Yahoo! Finance)
- 7 Greatly Undervalued Dow Stocks for Upside and Dividends in 2020 (24/7 Wall Street)
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Unusual Options Activity – Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)
Today some institution/fund purchased 501 contracts of Jan 24, 2020 strike calls (or the right to buy 50,100 shares of Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD) at $70). The open interest was just 178 prior to this purchase.
Insider Buying in Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI)
After buying $130M of his own stock this year, Billionaire – Richard Kinder decided he needed another $1.2M. On Dec. 13, 2019, Richard Kinder – Executive Chairman of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) – purchased 59,624 shares of KMI at $20.14. His out of pocket cost was $1,201,054.
Where is money flowing today?
Data source: Finviz
Quote of the Day…
Be in the know. 10 key reads for Monday…
- Embattled Oil Stocks Occidental and Chesapeake See Large Insider Buys (Barron’s)
- Lighthizer Scores a Trifecta of Wins for Trump’s Trade Agenda (Bloomberg)
- A Warren Buffett Protégé on the Most Critical Thing She’s Learned About Turning Companies Around (Fortune)
- Opinion: There’s more upside for biotech even after 24% gains in two months (MarketWatch)
- Villains or visionaries? Hedge funds short companies they say ‘greenwash’ (Reuters)
- Fresh off election win, Boris Johnson seeks new Brexit legislation ‘before Christmas’ (MarketWatch)
- Stock market ‘melt-up’ coming soon: Bank of America (FoxBusiness)
- Bond funds revel in white-hot year for fixed income (Financial Times)
- Analysts: 9 Stocks Will Grow Sales The Most Next Year (Investor’s Business Daily)
- Barron’s Picks And Pans: Charles Schwab, Disney, Sprint, Netflix And More (Yahoo! Finance)
Quote of the Day…
Be in the know. 15 key reads for Sunday…
- Biotech Stocks Are Poised to Rise in 2020, Analyst Says. Here Is His Top Pick. (Barron’s)
- The Pound Is Only Heading in One Direction (Bloomberg)
- Where Can Investors Find Value in a Long Bull Market? Here Are Our 10 Stock Picks for 2020. (Barron’s)
- Lachlan Murdoch Purchases ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Mansion for Record Price (Fortune)
- Here’s What Every Michelin 3-Star Restaurant in the US Is Serving on New Year’s Eve (Robb Report)
- We Have a Trade Deal and Brexit Clarity. That’s Good News for Stocks. (Barron’s)
- TOP 10 concept cars of 2019 (designboom)
- This Mind-Blowing Mojave Desert Compound Will Train Astronauts For Life on Mars (Maxim)
- Fed’s Clarida Dismisses Weak Retail Sales, Says Outlook Solid (Bloomberg)
- Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning Lead Charts: 2020 Tech Trends (ValueWalk)
- The Top 20 Destinations For 2020 (Forbes)
- ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
- China to target around 6% growth in 2020, step up state spending: sources (Reuters)
- U.S. Mnuchin says trade deal with China to boost global economy (Reuters)
- Warren Buffett said an 89-year-old carpet seller would ‘run rings around’ Fortune 500 CEOs. Here’s the remarkable story of Mrs B (Business Insider)
HFT VideoCast – Stock Market Commentary and Weekly Recap – Episode 7
Article referenced in VideoCast above:
The “Crazy Rich Asians” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)
Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…
- It’s Time To Get Greedy In The Energy Sector (The Felder Report)
- GOLDMAN SACHS: These 20 unloved stocks are spring-loaded for surprisingly big gains in 2020 (Business Insider)
- U.S.-China trade deal swaps tariff rollbacks for farm, energy purchases (Reuters)
- Here are the best-performing stocks of the decade (CNBC)
- PBD TOP 100 MOVIES (Patrick Bet-David)
- U.S. and China Reach ‘Phase-One’ Deal Easing Trade Tensions (Bloomberg)
- McDonald’s launching first vegan meal in the UK (New York Post)
- Boris Johnson’s chance to forge a new role for Britain (Financial Times)
- Here’s what the new trade deal means for the markets (CNBC)
- What you need to save monthly to retire with $1 million to $3 million, broken down by age (CNBC)
- Tradeoffs: The Currency of Decision Making (Farnam Street)
- Automation and artificial intelligence could save banks more than $70 billion by 2025 (Business Insider)
- These 3D-Printed Houses Could Solve Homelessness (Futurism)
- Gary Keller — How to Focus on the One Important Thing (#401) (Tim Ferriss)
- Hedge Funds Have Taken Smaller Active Bets — and Delivered Less Alpha — Since the Financial Crisis (Institutional Investor)
- Bull Markets Last Much Longer Than You Think (A Wealth of Common Sense)
- One Ratio to Rule Them All: EV/EBITDA (Focused Compounding)
- John Malone Has A Very Simple Approach To Screening For Opportunities (GreenBackD)
- Copper’s seasonal rally underway (Almanac Trader)
- The NHL’s Best Fans 2019: No. 4 Golden Knights Prove Hockey Can Thrive In The Desert (Forbes)