Be in the know. 15 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. A Dozen Stocks That Will Make Both Growth and Value Investors Happy (Barron’s)
  2. 7 Value Stocks With Morningstar ‘Buy’ Ratings (Yahoo! Finance)
  3. Bank of America Beat Earnings Forecasts. Why Its Stock Is Dropping. (Barron’s)
  4. Goldman Sachs’s Third-Quarter Profit Nearly Doubles (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Exxon’s Dividend Is Still a Concern. Goldman Sachs Upgraded It Anyway. (Barron’s)
  6. Wells Fargo Profit Slumps on Severance, Remediation Charges, Revenue Beats (Bloomberg)
  7. Wells Fargo returns to profit after painful second quarter (Financial Times)
  8. A Wall Street chief strategist says US lawmakers need a deal on fiscal aid – even a small one will help save consumer spending. (Business Insider)
  9. Failure to provide more fiscal stimulus is a ‘significant mistake’ that could cause more businesses to fail, Moody’s chief economist says. (Business Insider)
  10. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is in talks to partner with Mitsui, the Japanese trading group’s CEO says (Business Insider)
  11. Should Fiscal Policy Get More Chinese? (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Hedge fund short sellers target pandemic winners (Financial Times)
  13. Derivatives trading surges for big US tech companies (Financial Times)
  14. Study of Eli Lilly Covid-19 Drug Paused Due to Safety Concern (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Regeneron’s Coronavirus October Surprise (Wall Street Journal)