Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Tesla starts selling China-made Model 3 with autopilot function (New York Post)
  2. Microsoft snags hotly contested $10 billion defense contract, beating out Amazon (CNBC)
  3. She lost her arm in a shark attack, but surfer Bethany Hamilton is living ‘an unstoppable life’ (CNN)
  4. Jeff Kagan: Walmart Health Wants to Disrupt Healthcare (Equities)
  5. Three things to watch when the Fed meets next week (MarketWatch)
  6. Margot Robbie Becomes Her Own Biggest Competition in the Oscar Race (Vanity Fair)
  7. The Kenny Chesney “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” Stock Market: (AAII Sentiment Survey) (ZeroHedge)
  8. GM Strike Ends After Almost Six Weeks At Cost Of $2 Billion (Investors)
  9. ‘They Were Like Gods’ (Institutional Investor)
  10. How did Mohnish Pabrai inspire Guy Spier? An interview in the Aquamarine Fund’s office in Zurich (YouTube)
  11. What Black Monday Taught Us (Morningstar)
  12. Ayn Rand on Why Philosophy Matters (Farnam Street)
  13. 5G Is a Lot of Hype, But There Are Still Real Opportunities for Investors (Barron’s)
  14. Great Escapes: France’s Enchanting Loire Valley (Barron’s)
  15. Oil prices clock strong weekly gains on trade hopes, crude supply (Street Insider)
  16. U.S., China say they are ‘close to finalizing’ part of a Phase One trade deal (Reuters)
  17. This unexpected trade-war outcome will send stocks soaring, says Jefferies analyst (MarketWatch)
  18. Blackstone’s Online-Shopping Play: 800 Million Square Feet of Warehouses (Wall Street Journal)
  19. Boris Johnson Wants a Brexit Election. He May Not Get It. (Wall Street Journal)
  20. The Drones Are Coming! How Amazon, Alphabet and Uber Are Taking to the Skies (Wall Street Journal)