Be in the know. 15 key reads for April…

 

  1. US could stockpile 1B barrels of oil amid coronavirus price crash: energy secretary (Fox Business)
  2. Why Rice Is a Hot Commodity Now (Barron’s)
  3. ‘The worst is behind us’ — with the most attractive risk-reward in years, it is time to buy stocks, Morgan Stanley says (MarketWatch)
  4. The Coronavirus Recession Will Be Deeper and Faster Than the Financial Crisis. Why That Matters. (Barron’s)
  5. President Trump Says He Will Back Loans To Small Businesses If Necessary (Barron’s)
  6. Thousands of NY COVID patients are being treated with anti-malarial drug (New York Post)
  7. How to make face masks at home (Fox Business)
  8. BofA loosens criteria for small biz loans (Fox Business)
  9. High-Yield Debt Pummeled in ‘Ugly’ First Quarter (Institutional Investor)
  10. Gilead Sciences (GILD) CEO Provides Remdesivir COVID-19 Update; Providing Current 140K Courses at No Cost, Sees Additional 1M Courses by Year-End (Street Insider)
  11. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Post-Pandemic Ideas, Safe Dividends And More (Yahoo! Finance)
  12. Thermo Fisher provides upbeat first-quarter revenue growth outlook, stock rallies (MarketWatch)
  13. St. Louis Fed’s Bullard pitches universal daily COVID-19 testing to help restore economy’s health (MarketWatch)
  14. Car Insurer American Family Gives $200 Million in Coronavirus Refunds (Wall Street Journal)
  15. State Shutdowns Have Taken at Least a Quarter of U.S. Economy Offline (Wall Street Journal)