Be in the know. 25 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Big Stock Buys at Building-Materials Companies (Barron’s)
  2. Exclusive: Amazon in contact with coronavirus test makers as it plans pandemic response (Reuters)
  3. 8 Ways Business Owners Can Take Advantage of the Federal Stimulus Package (Entrepreneur)
  4. Their Rightful Owners (The Irrelevant Investor)
  5. Laura Linney: The Most Delightfully Dangerous Woman on TV (The Daily Beast)
  6. Bentley Mulliner’s Hand-Built $1.8 Million Bacalar Has a Dashboard Made From 5,000-Year-Old Wood (Robb Report)
  7. Tom Brady Rents Derek Jeter’s Sprawling Tampa Bay Mansion (Architectural Digest)
  8. A Husband Made A TikTok Of Himself Dancing While His Wife Was In Labor And It Went Viral (BuzzFeed)
  9. A German Exception? Why the Country’s Coronavirus Death Rate Is Low (New York Times)
  10. Worst Q1 In Dow History (Almanac Trader)
  11. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Mark Yusko, Ray Dalio, Christopher Hohn, Glenview Capital Management, Pool Corporation (POOL), Union Pacific Corporation (UNP), and More (Insider Monkey)
  12. MiB: Jonathan Miller of Miller Samuel Real Estate Appraisers & Consultants (Ritholtz MIB)
  13. Some Big Investors Smell Profit in Virus-Plagued Companies (New York Times)
  14. Shockproofing Canada: Why the Keystone pipeline is just the start of making us energy self-sufficient (Financial Post)
  15. Kevin Warsh And The Long Road Back To Economic Recovery (Hoover Institution)
  16. Episode 988: The Economics Of Hospital Beds (NPR Planet Money)
  17. How small businesses hit by coronavirus can get aid (Fox Business)
  18. Japan Is Racing to Test a Drug to Treat Covid-19 (Wired)
  19. Would You Rather: Buy Too Early or Buy Too Late in a Bear Market? (A Wealth of Common Sense)
  20. Collusion and Cooperation in the Oil Market (Futures)
  21. The Most Common Sense Way To Stop Spreading the Virus (#masks4all) (Yardeni)
  22. These Common Household Products Can Destroy the Novel Coronavirus (Consumer Reports)
  23. OPEC+ emergency meeting likely to be postponed to April 8 or 9: OPEC sources (Reuters)
  24. Trump Pledges Support for Embattled Oil Industry (Wall Street Journal)
  25. Property Bets Lose Curb Appeal in the Age of Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. The Dow Dropped This Week. That’s Good News. (Barron’s)
  2. 7 Biotech Stocks to Buy for a Post-Pandemic World (Barron’s)
  3. Why You Don’t Have to Worry About the Internet’s Health (Barron’s)
  4. Retail Winners and Losers for When We Can Spend Again (Barron’s)
  5. The Most Profitable Trade: ‘Oil All Over the Oceans Right Now’ (Bloomberg)
  6. When, and How, Does the Coronavirus Pandemic End? (Bloomberg)
  7. ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Overseer Backs Ford’s Pitch for a Sequel (Bloomberg)
  8. The Year’s Hottest New Cars Just Got Cold as Ice (Bloomberg)
  9. Trump says ‘we’ll work this out’ and ‘get our energy business back’ at meeting with oil CEOs (CNBC)
  10. Coronavirus Ended the Screen-Time Debate. Screens Won. (New York Times)
  11. Some Big Investors Smell Profit in Virus-Plagued Companies (New York Times)
  12. The Fed Got a Big Pile of Cash to Help the Economy. Who Will Benefit? (New York Times)
  13. The CDC now says all Americans should wear masks — here’s a simple DIY approach (MarketWatch)
  14. Here are the best bets for investors seeking income, according to Goldman Sachs (MarketWatch)
  15. Several EIA products show what’s happening in current energy markets (EIA)
  16. OPEC+ debates biggest-ever oil cut, awaits U.S. efforts (Reuters)
  17. What You Truly Value (Farnam Street)
  18. Bill Miller On Why Coronavirus Sell Off Is Buying Opportunity Of Generation (YouTube)
  19. Ray Dalio: Chapter 1: The Big Picture in a Tiny Nutshell (LinkedIn)
  20. A Coronavirus Fix That Passes the Smell Test (Bloomberg)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. OPEC+ debates biggest ever cut as virus destroys oil demand (Reuters)
  2. Trump to host Big Oil execs at White House to discuss market slump (Reuters)
  3. Marseille’s maverick chloroquine doctor becomes pandemic rock star (Financial Times)
  4. Best guesses on when corona cases will peak and when lockdowns can end (New York Post)
  5. Adam Sandler sings uplifting ‘Quarantine Song’ on Jimmy Fallon’s show (New York Post)
  6. Opinion: ‘Quiet’ Warren Buffett has three ways to win in this market (MarketWatch)
  7. Oil jumps another 12% a day after its best day on record (CNBC)
  8. OPEC and allies reportedly set for video meeting as analysts pour skepticism on Trump’s intervention (CNBC)
  9. US payrolls plunge 701,000 in March amid the start of a job market collapse (CNBC)
  10. Key 2008 Financial Crisis Players Are Back for Coronavirus (Bloomberg)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Oil jumps as Trump talks up truce hopes for Saudi-Russia price war (StreetInsider)
  2. No One Is Betting in Casinos—Or on Their Stocks ()
  3. Trump says expects Russia-Saudi oil deal soon, invites US oil chiefs to White House (Reuters)
  4. Oil rallies as Trump spurs hopes for Russia-Saudi pact (Financial Times)
  5. Detroit To Be The First City To Roll Out Abbott’s 5-Minute Coronavirus Tests (Benzinga)
  6. Kroger’s sales jump 30% as shoppers stock up amid coronavirus crisis New York Post)
  7. Retailers Under Growing Pressure to Let Workers Wear Masks New York Times)
  8. Mapping the Coronavirus Outbreak Across the World (Bloomberg)
  9. Walgreens earnings top estimates, says it can’t forecast the impact of coronavirus pandemic (CNBC)
  10. Trump To Talk Aid For Oil As Big Shale Firm Files For Bankruptcy (Investor’s Business Daily)
  11. Big Banks Get Temporary Reprieve (Barron’s)
  12. These 8 Aristocrats Have Safe Dividends. (Safe Being a Relative Term Right Now). (Barron’s)
  13. A Top Occidental Petroleum Executive Is Out as Company Grapples With Oil Rout (Wall Street Journal)
  14. The Fed Is Settling Into Its Role as the World’s Central Bank (Wall Street Journal)
  15. 5 Blue Chip Stocks to Buy Now With Huge Piles of Cash and Very Low Debt (24/7 Wall Street)
  16. Trump May Join Oil Talks Between Russia And Saudi Arabia (Yahoo! Finance)
  17. Workers Return to China’s Factories, but Coronavirus Hurts Global Demand (Wall Street Journal)
  18. Coronavirus Tests Aren’t Hard to Find Everywhere (Wall Street Journal)
  19. Telemedicine, Once a Hard Sell, Can’t Keep Up With Demand (Wall Street Journal)
  20. How a Mailman Still Carries On During Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 18 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. 8 Experimental Coronavirus Treatments to Watch (Barron’s)
  2. Conagra CEO Talks Chef Boyardee: Nostalgia Is Alive (Benzinga)
  3. Comparing the two main loan programs (Fox Business)
  4. ‘The Price is Right’ attracting its biggest audience in years (Fox Business)
  5. Bond King: Stocks still haven’t seen the worst of the coronavirus crisis (Fox Business)
  6. How Private Equity-Owned Bauer Pivoted From Hockey Gear to Medical Masks (Institutional Investor)
  7. Banks stand to make billions from US small business rescue (Financial Times)
  8. Mark Cuban: ‘Capitalism will lift us up from where we are’ (Yahoo! Finance)
  9. US companies cut 27,000 jobs before the worst of the coronavirus shutdown (CNBC)
  10. Here are Bank of America’s top stocks for the second quarter (CNBC)
  11. Warren Buffett could bail out airlines, hotels, and casinos as coronavirus ravages their revenues (Business Insider)
  12. Here’s what a team of Citi analysts say will save the global economy — and the stock market (MarketWatch)
  13. Gundlach, Marks Are Among Those Seeing More Losses Coming (Bloomberg)
  14. Shale Might End Up Being a Winner of the Oil War, Says Goldman (Bloomberg)
  15. Data-Center Stocks Could Be Winners as Internet Use Surges (Barron’s)
  16. Safety Advice If You Must Visit the Grocery Store (Wall Street Journal)
  17. Billionaire investor Steve Cohen: ‘After an earthquake there are tremors’ (Street Insider)
  18. Junk Bonds Show Signs of Life (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. BofA vice chair: ‘Time in the market, not timing the market’ is most lucrative (CNBC)
  2. The Oil Glut Is Getting Critical (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Online Grocers Are Getting a Preview of Their Future (Wall Street Journal)
  4. Abbott Surges On 5-Minute Covid-19 Test (Barron’s)
  5. Why Big Pharmaceutical Stocks May Be the Best Place for Worried Investors Now ()
  6. Consumer Confidence Declines Taper Off as FDA OKs Emergency Drugs (24/7 Wall Street)
  7. How Safe Is Northrop Grumman Stock? (24/7 Wall Street)
  8. Goldman Sachs Sees 34% Plunge in U.S. GDP and 15% Unemployment (Bloomberg)
  9. Explainer: What the Federal Reserve has done in the coronavirus crisis (Reuters)
  10. Private Equity-Owned Restaurants: ‘This Is the Worst I’ve Ever Seen It’ (Institutional Investor)
  11. What the 1918 Flu Can Teach Us About Avoiding an Economic Meltdown (Barron’s)
  12. Goldman Sachs Sees 34% Plunge in U.S. GDP and 15% Unemployment (Bloomberg)
  13. Wells Fargo Upgrades Dollar General (DG) to Overweight on ‘Numerous Tailwinds’ (Street Insider)
  14. If stocks are headed higher, these ‘battleground’ underperformers are worth a look, says Jefferies (MarketWatch)
  15. Mark Mobius piles into pharma and luxury stocks: ‘We may have hit the bottom’ ()

Be in the know. 7 key reads for Monday…

  1. An Update on the Coronavirus Treatment (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Johnson & Johnson says human testing of its coronavirus vaccine to begin by September (CNBC)
  3. ‘The damage has already been done’ in bank stocks, trader says. Here’s the one he’d buy (CNBC)
  4. Facing Crude Reality in Stimulus Bill (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Big hedge funds raise money to capitalise on market turmoil (Financial Times)
  6. Natural Gas Prices Could Double Next Year (Yahoo! Finance)
  7. After Three Coronavirus Stimulus Packages, Congress Is Already Prepping Phase Four (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Sunday…

  1. New OPEC+ Deal To Balance Oil Markets Might Be Possible (Futures)
  2. The Cheapest Way For Trump To Save U.S. Oil (OilPrice)
  3. Saudi Arabia’s Oil Price War Is Backfiring (OilPrice)
  4. Trump’s Ultimate Weapon To End The Oil War (OilPrice)
  5. 2020 Land Rover Defender first drive review: The real deal (CNET)
  6. Episode 985: Where Do We Get $2,000,000,000,000? (NPR Planet Money)
  7. Preserving Optionality: Preparing for the Unknown (Farnam Street)
  8. Small Businesses Could Land SBA Loans in as Soon as 2 Weeks. Here’s Who’s Eligible (Inc.)
  9. Oil plunges again after talks stall between Saudis, Russians (Fox Business)
  10. The Godfather Part II, Fleur du Lac Estate at Lake Tahoe Goes Up For Sale (Luxuo)

Be in the know. 25 key reads for Saturday…

  1. We Can’t Prevent Market Panics. We Can Control How We React. Wall Street Journal)
  2. Conservative Group Pushes for FDA Approval of Drug to Treat Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal)
  3. America Has Its Rescue Package. Now It Needs to Fight Covid-19. (Barron’s)
  4. 25 Tech Stocks for a Post-Coronavirus World (Barron’s)
  5. Banks to weather coronavirus better than 2008 financial crisis: report (New York Post)
  6. Drive-in theaters make a comeback amid coronavirus (New York Post)
  7. 10 reasons successful people never retire, even after they’ve made millions (or billions) (USA Today)
  8. What the $2 trillion stimulus means for you — and how the ‘recovery rebates’ to households will be calculated (MarketWatch)
  9. Here’s what the historic $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package will do to help small businesses (MarketWatch)
  10. Zoom’s ‘overnight success’ took 9 years (CNN)
  11. The Southern Comfort of Onscreen Accents (Vanity Fair)
  12. Do All Investors Predict Doom? Not Quite. (Institutional Investor)
  13. This is a ‘once in a lifetime’ buying opportunity like ’87 and ’08, says Ariel’s John Rogers (CNBC)
  14. The Fed Brings the Global Financial System Back From the Abyss (Bloomberg)
  15. Japan Set for Biggest-Ever Stimulus to Battle Virus, Abe Says (Bloomberg)
  16. Abbott Launches 5-Minute Virus Test for Use Almost Anywhere (Bloomberg)
  17. Casinos Shut by Coronavirus Get a Glimpse of the Future in Macau ()
  18. Put Politics Aside. It’s Time to Buy Stocks for the Long Run. (Barron’s)
  19. What to Watch: Live-Stream Parties, ‘Ozark,’ and a Way to Scratch Your Sports Itch (Wall Street Journal)
  20. New Superyacht Concept Designs Are The Perfect Coronavirus Quarantine Distraction (Forbes)
  21. In the COVID-19 Economy, Now Is Time to Buy Stock in PepsiCo and Coca-Cola (24/7 Wall Street)
  22. Historic Daily Moves, Historic Market Times (Almanac Trader)
  23. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  24. This Guy’s Impression Of Trump Talking About Coronavirus And Easter Is Uncannily Good (Digg)
  25. The Ferrari ‘Stallone’ Hypercar Concept is an Italian Stallion (Maxim)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. In Coronavirus, Industry Sees Chance to Undo Plastic Bag Bans (New York Times)
  2. How the Fed’s Magic Money Machine Will Turn $454 Billion Into $4 Trillion (New York Times)
  3. Billionaire Leon Cooperman: I’m optimistic the stock market has bottomed on coronavirus fears (CNBC)
  4. Stock Analysts Now Need to Be Credit Analysts (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Nike’s Investors Have Less Reason To Sweat (Wall Street Journal)
  6. I Became a Disciplined Investor Over 40 Years. The Virus Broke Me In 40 Days. (New York Times)
  7. If You Think Wall Street’s Panicking, Check Out Online Forum Wall Street Oasis (Institutional Investor)
  8. Mnuchin: Coronavirus bank lending program to be ready by next Friday (Fox Business)
  9. Did Homebuilder Stocks Already Hit Bottom Ahead of the Recession? (24/7 Wall Street)
  10. Mortgage rates fall sharply as the Federal Reserve brings stability to the mortgage market (MarketWatch)