Be in the know. 12 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Oil Companies Are Finally Pumping Out Cash. That’s Good News for Their Stocks. (Barron’s)
  2. Buy Occidental Petroleum Stock, Morgan Stanley Says. Its Dividend Is ‘Best-In-Class.’ (Barron’s)
  3. JPMorgan posts record profit in strong start to US earnings season (Financial Times)
  4. Citigroup earnings beat expectations on 49% fixed-income trading surge (CNBC)
  5. For Howard Marks, Investing Is Like a Game (Institutional Investor)
  6. Hedge fund puts $550m into technology stock option financing (Financial Times)
  7. EXCLUSIVE: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon praises ‘phase one’ US-China trade deal (Fox Business)
  8. 2 GM engineers arrested after 100-mph Kentucky joyride in new Corvettes (USA Today)
  9. Big Commitments for China Energy/Ag Buys in Phase 1 Trade Deal (Reuters)
  10. Worry over ‘Japanification’ of the economy is overblown (Barron’s)
  11. Warren Buffett Should Buy FedEx. It’s Cheap and Elephant-Sized. (Barron’s)
  12. Xi Strikes Optimistic Tone After Riding Out Trade War With Trump (Bloomberg)