Be in the know. 15 key reads for Friday…

  1. Patience on Wells Fargo Stock Will Pay Off, Analyst Says (Barron’s)
  2. America’s Pensions Have Been Shunning Stocks at Their Own Peril (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Why Bank Stocks Offer Value for Long-Term Investors (Barron’s)
  4. All the Covid-19 Vaccine Candidates That Are Now in Final Trials (Barron’s)
  5. Wall Street Slowly Getting on Board With Boeing (Barron’s)
  6. Initial Jobless Claims Edge Up, but Continuing Claims Appear to Be Easing (Barron’s)
  7. Pace of New Home Sales Tops 1 Million for First Time in 14 Years (Barron’s)
  8. Trump to sign executive orders to protect preexisting conditions, seek end to surprise medical bills (CNBC)
  9. Goldman Sachs says jet fuel demand will accelerate in 2021, driven by availability of a COVID-19 vaccine by the second-quarter (Business Insider)
  10. Roadside Hotels Are Resting Relatively Easy During the Pandemic (Wall Street Journal)
  11. United Wholesale Mortgage CEO Talks IPO Plans, Lending Technology And Brokers (Benzinga)
  12. Casino Analyst: Latest Chinese Economic Data Bullish For Macau (Benzinga)
  13. Ant Group IPO: Five things to know about the Alibaba affiliate aiming for the largest offering in history (MarketWatch)
  14. Investors pull $25.8 billion from U.S. equity funds: BofA (Reuters)
  15. U.S. Stocks See Third-Biggest Outflow Ever (Bloomberg)