Be in the know. 15 key reads for Friday…

  1. Eurozone and UK business activity slows sharply as lockdowns take toll (Financial Times)
  2. Schlumberger echoes rivals’ oil recovery predictions after results beat (Yahoo! Finance)
  3. Here’s another sign that markets have gone nuts and everyone is chasing everything (MarketWatch)
  4. Biden administration suspends new oil, gas drilling permits on federal land (MarketWatch)
  5. Markets Are Convinced: The Fed Won’t Come for the Punch Bowl (Wall Street Journal)
  6. The Dollar’s Next Move Could Be Up (Barron’s)
  7. 3 Reasons Coke’s Tax Problems Might Not Be So Bad After All (Barron’s)
  8. From ‘unloved’ to ‘favorite,’ Britain’s stock market rides a wave. (New York Times)
  9. Warren Buffett’s right-hand man flags a ‘speculative frenzy’ in the stock market and bemoans the lack of bargains in a new shareholder letter (Business Insider)
  10. Here’s What NatGas Bulls Are Betting On In The Next Month (ZeroHedge)
  11. Oil’s Hired Hands See Spending Recovery Everywhere Except Home (Bloomberg)
  12. Housing Market Stays Tight as Homeowners Stay Put (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Lilly Antibody Drug Prevents Covid-19 in Nursing Homes, Study Finds (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Dark Days Ahead. The Energy Report 01/22/2021 (Phil Flynn)
  15. Bank Heavyweights Help Financial ETF Set Record (Wall Street Journal)