Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. The GameStop Phenomenon Is Hardly New. Here’s How a Similar Squeeze Played Out in 1923. (Barron’s)
  2. High-speed traders reap windfall from retail investor boom (Financial Times)
  3. Should Investors Root For Tom Brady Or Patrick Mahomes? (LPL Research)
  4. Meet Andy Jassy, the man taking over Jeff Bezos’ role as Amazon CEO (New York Post)
  5. A Look Back at a Year of Economic Extremes, in 10 Charts (Barron’s)
  6. Golden Globe nominations 2021: See the full list of nominees (New York Post)
  7. Robinhood’s C.E.O. Is in the Hot Seat (New York Times)
  8. The stock market’s bull run will continue despite short-selling in ‘meme’ stocks, UBS says (Business Insider)
  9. A perfect storm is brewing for interest rates to surge, says this bond expert (MarketWatch)
  10. U.S. private payrolls rebounded in January – ADP (Reuters)
  11. As Jeff Bezos steps aside, what comes next for Amazon? (Financial Times)
  12. Kia Shares Surge Overnight After Report Of $3.6 Billion Investment From Apple (ZeroHedge)
  13. How Mario Draghi Could Change Italy—but Also Europe (Barron’s)
  14. ‘Let them trade’: Washington struggles with Robinhood politics (Financial Times)
  15. Hedge-Fund Manager Ackman Raises Bet on Housing in Texas, Hawaii, Las Vegas (Wall Street Journal)
  16. GlaxoSmithKline Will Develop Next-Generation Vaccine With CureVac (Barron’s)
  17. Emerging Markets May Already Have Reached Their Peak for 2021, Morgan Stanley Says (Barron’s)
  18. Bezos Is Stepping Down as Amazon CEO. Here’s What He Achieved Over 26 Years. (Barron’s)
  19. Here Are 6 Utility Stocks With Reliably Fast-Growing Dividends (Barron’s)
  20. Two Small-Time Investors Were Buying GameStop Stock Before It Was Cool (Wall Street Journal)