Be in the know. 30 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Booster Shots Seem More Likely. (Barron’s)
  2. Intel Continues to Enjoy Robust PC Demand in Q2 (Morningstar)
  3. Elon Musk Says It’s Totally Possible to Build “Extremely Safe” Nuclear Plants (Futurism)
  4. S. natural gas exports to Mexico established a new monthly record in June 2021 (EIA)
  5. Leon Cooperman: ‘Inflation is a friend of common stocks’ (CNBC)
  6. Home Prices Are Spiking. How to Address the Housing Affordability Crisis. (Barron’s)
  7. China’s Huawei Hires Democratic Lobbyist Tony Podesta (Wall Street Journal)
  8. The Illusion of Choice in Consumer Goods (DGI)
  9. Warren Buffett won’t be following Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson into space – he ruled out a rocket trip 25 years ago (Business Insider)
  10. Rocket Launches Are Shockingly Bad for the Environment (Futurism)
  11. Oil Servicers Climb Out of a Hole (Wall Street Journal)
  12. How to Watch the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony and Key Times (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Intel Reported Strong Earnings. But Its Margins Are Suffering. (Barron’s)
  14. Sam Zell Shelves Real Estate Acquisitions (worldtopinvestors)
  15. Tripadvisor Is the Cheapest Online Travel Stock. It’s a Good Time to Book Shares. (Barron’s)
  16. You Can Bank on Bank Stocks for Steady Dividends. Here Are 4 With Yields Above 3% (Barron’s)
  17. Teen on space flight told Bezos he had never ordered from Amazon (New York Post)
  18. Rising Covid Cases Hang Heavy Over the Travel Industry, Again. How to Play the Stocks Now. (Barron’s)
  19. Share Buybacks Are Back. 5 Stocks That Stand to Benefit. (Barron’s)
  20. A Skateboarder’s Secret Grind (New York Times)
  21. ESG Funds Usually Avoid Aerospace and Defense Stocks. How That Might Change. (Barron’s)
  22. Netflix Opens a New Front in the Streaming War. How Games Can Boost the Stock. (Barron’s)
  23. American Is the Year’s Best Airline Stock. Wall Street Is Getting More Bullish. (Barron’s)
  24. Kimberly-Clark Plans Higher Prices Through Next Year (Wall Street Journal)
  25. Billions wiped from Chinese education companies as Beijing suggests banning profits (Financial Times)
  26. US buys 200m Pfizer jabs for children and possible boosters (Financial Times)
  27. Jay Powell deserves Democrats’ support (Financial Times)
  28. Stock Pickers Crave Safety in Market Unnerved by Covid Variants (Bloomberg)
  29. The Highest Forms of Wealth (collaborativefund)
  30. Why Math Class Is Boring—and What to Do About It (Farnam Street)