Be in the know. 19 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Presidential Betting Markets Are Tightening. Is It Time to Hedge? (Barron’s)
  2. After Conoco’s Huge Purchase, Are 2 Top Permian Stocks Also Takeover Targets? (24/7 Wall Street)
  3. Covid-19 Vaccines Could Take a Critical Next Step in November (Barron’s)
  4. 10-year Treasury yield hits mid-June high after Pelosi boosts fiscal stimulus hopes (MarketWatch)
  5. Western Digital Stock Spikes 10% on Intel’s Plan to Sell Memory Chip Unit (Barron’s)
  6. Philip Morris Stock Got Crushed After Earnings. Why the Market Got It Wrong. (Barron’s)
  7. Defense Stocks Have a Joe Biden Problem (Barron’s)
  8. Home Builders Keep Building New Houses, Latest Data Show. Why They Won’t Stop. (Barron’s)
  9. Google Up Against Laws That Thwarted Microsoft (and Others Since 1890) (New York Times)
  10. Travelers Is Ready for Post-Pandemic Journey (Wall Street Journal)
  11. Antero Midstream upgraded to Outperform on lower perceived risk at Raymond James (TheFly)
  12. Coronavirus deal could come in next 48 hours: White House (FoxBusiness)
  13. The World Shut Down. This Is Who Hedge Funds Called. (Institutional Investor)
  14. Fed’s Brainard calls for more stimulus from Congress amid ‘highly uneven’ recovery (CNBC)
  15. JPMorgan Chase takes on Square and PayPal with smartphone card reader, faster deposits for merchants (CNBC)
  16. People earning a lot of money think differently: Morning Brief (Yahoo! Finance)
  17. Here’s How Much Investing $1,000 In Wells Fargo At Great Recession Lows Would Be Worth Today (Benzinga)
  18. Lockheed Martin Plans to Deliver New Presidential Helicopter Next Year (Wall Street Journal)
  19. How Next-Door Neighbors With Opposing Political Views Stayed Friends (Wall Street Journal)