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Why Mega-Cap Defense Stocks May Be the Best Idea for the Rest of 2020 (24/7 Wall Street )
Employment in U.S. Increased by More Than Forecast in July (Bloomberg )
Berkshire Hathaway Showing Signs of an Appetite Ahead of Earnings Report (Bloomberg )
Schlumberger Stock Has Tumbled, but Director Mark Papa Just Scooped Up Shares (Barron’s )
NYSE Owner Buys Mortgage-Software Firm Ellie Mae From Thoma Bravo for $11 Billion (Barron’s )
Trump Order Targets Chinese Internet Giants TikTok, WeChat (Barron’s )
A Covid Vaccine Could Be Ready Sooner Than You Think (Barron’s )
Costco Same-Store Sales Climbed Again in July (Barron’s )
A bullish ‘golden cross’ forms in the Dow industrials (MarketWatch )
Meet Kanye West’s presidential running mate, Michelle Tidball (New York Post )
Europe’s banks surprise markets with a strong quarter. (CNBC )
OPEC’s second largest member just made its biggest commitment to curb crude production this month (Business Insider )
People Are Flying Again—But Only for Cheap Vacations (Wall Street Journal )
Pfizer (PFE) Announces Agreement with Gilead (GILD) to Manufacture Remdesivir for Treatment of COVID-19 (Street Insider )
Rocket Companies jumps as much as 26% in its first day of public trading (Business Insider )
Billionaire investor Howard Marks says the Fed’s emergency relief efforts saved the US from depression — but warns of long-term inflationary risk (Business Insider )
Why the best way to play an economic recovery is to load up on industrial stocks, according to a Wall Street stock chief (Business Insider )
New York exodus accelerating at ‘substantial’ pace, local movers say (Fox Business )
New York City Comedy Clubs Move Laughs Outdoors (Wall Street Journal )
Power Outages From Tropical Storm Isaias Could Last for Days (Wall Street Journal )
Better than Expectations: U.S. weekly jobless claims total 1.186 million, vs 1.423 million expected (CNBC )
White House threatens executive action if it fails to reach coronavirus relief deal with Democrats (CNBC )
Here’s How Congress Could Cripple a Faltering Recovery (Barron’s )
President Trump Says He Supports Additional $25 Billion in Aid to Airline Industry (Barron’s )
Novavax Stock Soars. Analysts Say Its Covid-19 Vaccine Might Be the Best. (Barron’s )
Most S&P 500 Companies Have Reported Second-Quarter Earnings. Here’s What We’ve Learned So Far. (Barron’s )
The market is underpricing the possibility of a vaccine, Goldman Sachs strategists say (MarketWatch )
Brazil central bank cuts key rate to record low (MarketWatch )
Oil Stocks are Surprising Winners (Barron’s )
Millennials are snatching up ‘cheap old houses’ via Instagram (New York Post )
Quicken Loans Parent Prices IPO at $18 (Wall Street Journal )
Instagram’s Short-Video Feature Reels Debuts in U.S. as Threats to TikTok Mount (Wall Street Journal )
Teva Pharmaceutical: Value at Last (Wall Street Journal )
Deadline Nears for Stimulus Talks With Wide Gap Between Parties (Bloomberg )
Barclays analyst breaks down why Pioneer is a top pick in the slumping oil sector (Business Insider )
Why Devon Energy Stock Could Rise Another 50% to 75% Higher Into 2021 (24/7 Wall Street )
COVID-19 vaccine approval could stall tech stocks boom: Goldman (Reuters )
HollyFrontier posts smaller-than-feared loss as demand picks up (Reuters )
States demand Iasias response probes as nearly 2 million are still without power (Fox Business )
Jeff Bezos Sells Another $3B Worth Of Amazon Shares (Benzinga )
Warren Buffett plows another $337 million into Bank of America, boosting his stake to nearly 12%. (Business Insider )
Forget Spas and Bars. Hotels Tout Housekeeping to Lure Back Travelers. (New York Times )
Disney, Staggered by Pandemic, Sees a Streaming Boom (New York Times )
U.S. and China Will Meet to Discuss Compliance With Trade Agreement (Barron’s )
Treasury yields inch higher as eurozone retail sales returns to pre-crisis levels (MarketWatch )
Winners and Losers Are Emerging in Airline Stocks (Barron’s )
America’s Trade Gap Narrowed in June for First Time in Four Months (Bloomberg )
J&J reaches deal with U.S. for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine (CNBC )
The Fed is expected to make a major commitment to ramping up inflation soon (CNBC )
Isaias causes 2nd-largest power outage in ConEd history: How long recovery may take (Fox Business )
Fed Vice Chair Clarida still sees the economy staging a comeback this year (CNBC )
David Einhorn Is Making a Big New Bet. (Institutional Investor )
Wells Fargo to cut consultancy spend after internal backlash (Financial Times )
Novavax Says Coronavirus Vaccine Generated ‘Robust Antibody Responses’ In Phase 1 Trial Participants (Benzinga )
Covid-19 Researchers Hope Monoclonal Antibody Treatments Are a Bridge to Vaccine (Wall Street Journal )
U.S. Counts Smallest Daily Rise in Coronavirus Cases in Weeks (Wall Street Journal )
Pelosi, Mnuchin Signal First Glimmer of Progress on Stimulus (Bloomberg )
Trump says U.S. may have coronavirus vaccine ‘far in advance’ of end of the year (CNBC )
Bets Against U.S. Dollar Assume Early Virus Vaccine, BofA Says (Bloomberg )
Ex-Trader Stephen Diggle Bets Big on Oxford’s Tiny Vaccine Maker (Bloomberg )
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is allowed to double its Bank of America stake to almost 25%. (Business Insider )
Trump Suggests He Could Suspend Payroll Tax by Executive Order (Barron’s )
Gilead Will Get a Boost From Covid-Treatment Sales, Citi Says (Barron’s )
FAA Formally Proposes Fixes for Return of Boeing’s 737 MAX Jets (Wall Street Journal )
China only fulfils 5% of Sino-U.S. energy trade deal in first half of 2020 (Reuters )
Hedge funds scour alternative data for edge on Covid and economy (Financial Times )
Here’s what history tells us about U.S. stocks in a close election race and why the polls matter, Deutsche Bank says (MarketWatch )
Google Pixel 4a Review: Why Spend $1,000 When You Can Spend $349? (Wall Street Journal )
OPEC+ is facing a ‘very delicate, fragile balancing act’ in the oil market, strategist says (CNBC )
Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the United States (Microsoft )
Kinder Morgan Co-Founder Richard Kinder Bought the Slumping Energy Stock (Barron’s )
Mnuchin says administration still backs $1,200 stimulus checks as talks continue (CNBC )
Why stocks will hit new all-time highs within months, according to Fundstrat’s Tom Lee (Business Insider )
Wall St. analysts are making the unusual move of raising earnings estimates: Morning Brief (Yahoo! Finance )
AbbVie, Amgen and Takeda start testing drugs as COVID-19 treatments (MarketWatch )
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Takes a Turn for the Better (Barron’s )
Treasury yields tick higher after data highlights recovering Chinese factories (MarketWatch )
Eli Lilly starts late-stage study of coronavirus drug in nursing homes (CNBC )
Fed Weighs Abandoning Pre-Emptive Rate Moves to Curb Inflation (Wall Street Journal )
Consumers, Flush With Stimulus Money, Shun Credit-Card Debt (Wall Street Journal )
Behind the Vast Market Rally: A Tumbling Dollar (Wall Street Journal )
America’s Saw Mills Didn’t See This Building Boom Coming (Wall Street Journal )
Baseball Draws Strong TV Ratings in Opening Week Amid Uncertainty Over Season (Wall Street Journal )
Fed Weighs Abandoning Pre-Emptive Rate Moves to Curb Inflation (Wall Street Journal )
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s morning routine: Wake up at 5 a.m. and ‘read tons’ (CNBC )
Negotiators report progress in COVID-19 aid talks in Congress (MarketWatch )
ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives )
The Great American Housing Boom Has Begun (Forbes )
Kanye West Is Still Trying to Get on the Ballot (New York Magazine )
GMC Shares Video First Look at 1,000-HP Hummer Supertruck (Maxim )
The Coronavirus Housing Boom
Concerns about Waning COVID-19 Immunity Are Likely Overblown (Scientific American )
How To Become a World Class Poker Player (Podcast) (Bloomberg )
How Robinhood Makes Money On Free Trades (Podcast) (Bloomberg )
This 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta by Scaglietti, is One of Ferrari and Pininfarina’s Greatest Achievements. (Luxuo )
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Can Acquire Nearly 25% of Bank of America (Barron’s )
For the First Time Ever, Uncle Sam’s Aid to U.S. Tops Quarterly GDP (Barron’s )
Investors Are Too Wary as Earnings Reports Come in Strong (Barron’s )
SPACs Are All the Rage, but These Private-Equity-Like Vehicles Are Complicated. Here’s What You Need to Know. (Barron’s )
Warren Buffett Buys Bank of America Stock as Others Hedge. Who’s Right? (Barron’s )
Microsoft Is Reportedly in Talks to Acquire TikTok (Barron’s )
How to Invest in China’s Consumer Comeback (Barron’s )
AT&T Director Stephen Luczo Buys Big Block of Stock (Barron’s )
Why Brazil’s Stock Market Struggles to Rebound (Barron’s )
Thinking For Oneself (Farnam Street )
Berkshire Hathaway’s Great Transformation (Rational Walk )
China Tries Its Favorite Economic Cure: More Construction (New York Times )
What Bill Gates and Warren Buffett talk about during COVID-19 (Yahoo! Finance )
Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Advance in Race for Covid-19 Protection (Bloomberg )
Elon Musk says ‘China rocks’ while U.S. is full of ‘complacency and entitlement’ (CNBC )
A Wall Street chief strategist breaks down the 4-part ‘superfecta’ that will keep stocks soaring (Business Insider )
Ford already bombarded with 150,000 reservations for upcoming SUV (Fox Business )
Gilead Analysts Downplay Q2 Miss Amid Remdesivir’s COVID-19 Opportunity (Benzinga )
Private-Equity Firms Discuss Bid for Kansas City Southern (Wall Street Journal )
A Beloved Connecticut Getaway, Refreshed and Waiting for Summer (Wall Street Journal )
U.S. consumer spending rises for second straight month in June (Reuters )
Berkshire has spent more than $1.7 billion on 71.5 million Bank of America shares since July 20, including the latest purchases, according to regulatory filings. (Street Insider )
Cruise Lines Test the Waters, Launching Sailings in Europe and Asia With Limited Capacities (Barron’s )
Pandemic boost for Big Tech set to drive Wall St. higher (Street Insider )
Caterpillar (CAT) Tops Q2 EPS by 20c, Revenues Beat (Street Insider )
These relief benefits expire today as negotiations on next aid package stall (Fox Business )
Charles Payne: Herman Cain was an American patriot, and an inspiration (Fox Business )
Nvidia in talks to buy Arm from SoftBank for more than $32bn (Financial Times )
How Apple’s stock split will change the pecking order in the 124-year old Dow Jones Industrial Average (MarketWatch )
China manufacturing activity rises in July (MarketWatch )
Ford Earnings Were Way, Way, Way Better Than Feared (Barron’s )
Auto-Parts Retail Goes Full Throttle (Wall Street Journal )
A $3 Million Ferrari Tests a World Without the Pebble Beach Auctions (Bloomberg )
Opinion: Mortgage applications for suburban homes are surging as buyers try to escape the coronavirus pandemic (MarketWatch )
ViacomCBS to Bulk Up Streaming Service (Wall Street Journal )
Disclosure-Shy Warren Buffett Must Really Like Bank of America Stock (Barron’s )
Value Investors Believe Their Long Winter May Soon End (Bloomberg )
Meet the New Fed Policies, Same as the Old Ones (Barron’s )
Buy stock dips because the S&P 500 could ‘easily’ reach 3,500 next year, says Credit Suisse (MarketWatch )
5 Value Stocks In The Financial Services Sector (Yahoo! Finance )
J&J begins first human clinical trials of single-dose coronavirus vaccine (FoxBusiness )
CEOs Of Amazon, Apple, Facebook And Google Defend Companies During Congressional Antitrust Testimony (Benzinga )
Fed plans for ‘the worst’ as it waits for Congress to act (Financial Times )
FDA Nears Decision Authorizing Covid-19 Treatment With Convalescent Plasma (Wall Street Journal )
Coronavirus Shifts Pricing Power to UPS and FedEx, and They Are Using It (Wall Street Journal )
GE Rallies As Cash Burn Beats; CEO Sees Positive Flow In 2021 (Investor’s Business Daily )
3 Things to Watch at Today’s Fed Meeting (Barron’s )
The S&P 500 Is Positive 100 Days Before the Election. What History Says Could Happen Next. (Barron’s )
3 Oil Stocks With Healthy-Looking Dividends (Barron’s )
Why Europe’s top asset manager expects U.S. stocks to outperform — and one reason is stock buybacks (MarketWatch )
Oil boosted by data showing drop in U.S. crude inventories (MarketWatch )
Powell is expected to say the Fed will keep doing whatever it can while it considers its next move (CNBC )
Intel (INTC) CEO Swan Buys $400K in Stock Following Big Slide (StreetInsider )
Henry Blodget Was Banned From the Financial Industry. So He Built a Financial Media Empire. (Institutional Investor )
Merck Positioning to Take the Lead U.S. COVID-19 Antiviral Market from Remdesivir: EIDD-2801 (TrialSiteNews )
Herd Immunity Seems to Be Developing in Mumbai’s Poorest Areas (Bloomberg )
Golf’s Slow Pace Challenged by an Electric Bike That Caddies, Too (Bloomberg )
Warren Buffett’s Latest Stock Buy Adds To Bet On Main Street Economic Recovery (Investor’s Business Daily )
EU, Gilead Reach Deal on Supply of Antiviral Drug Remdesivir (Bloomberg )
Facebook Offers Money to Reel In TikTok Creators (Wall Street Journal )
