Be in the know. 10 key reads for Thursday…

  1. China says trade deal good for all, media discourages ‘nitpicking’ (Reuters)
  2. “Are you tired of winning yet?” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)… (ZeroHedge)
  3. U.S. Energy Industry Looks for Clarity in China Trade Deal (New York Times)
  4. Morgan Stanley Downgrades Tesla (TSLA) to Underweight, Raises PT (Street Insider)
  5. Why Raymond James Top MLPs to Buy Also May Be 2020 Best Income Ideas (24/7 Wall Street)
  6. Morgan Stanley 4Q earnings smash Wall Street estimates as revenue jumps across the board (Business Insider)
  7. Intuitive Surgical CEO Cracks The Da Vinci Code Of Success For You (Investor’s Business Daily)
  8. 2020 Could Be the Year for Small-Caps. Buy Only the Best. (Barron’s)
  9. Things May Be Looking Up for Hedge Funds (Institutional Investor)
  10. Nobody Makes Money Like Apollo’s Ruthless Founder Leon Black (Bloomberg)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Bridgewater’s Greg Jensen sees gold rallying as central banks ease (Financial Times)
  2. Burger King offers Prince Harry a job (New York Post)
  3. US natgas production to slip for first time since 2016 (Financial Times)
  4. FOX Business EXCLUSIVE: Breakdown of China’s $200B buys from America under historic phase one trade deal (Fox Business)
  5. This Is What Sets Top-Performing Hedge Fund Managers Apart (Institutional Investor)
  6. It May Be Time to Shop for Shares of U.K. Property Firms (Barron’s)
  7. Sen. Rob Portman: Trump’s Trade Deal Forces China to Start Playing by the Rules (Barron’s)
  8. Are Amazon and FedEx Really Ready to Be Friends Again? (24/7 Wall Street)
  9. The Fed (Mostly) Didn’t Cause the Latest Stock Market Melt-Up (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Nio’s stock soars on heavy volume after report of funding secured (MarketWatch)

 

Be in the know. 12 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Oil Companies Are Finally Pumping Out Cash. That’s Good News for Their Stocks. (Barron’s)
  2. Buy Occidental Petroleum Stock, Morgan Stanley Says. Its Dividend Is ‘Best-In-Class.’ (Barron’s)
  3. JPMorgan posts record profit in strong start to US earnings season (Financial Times)
  4. Citigroup earnings beat expectations on 49% fixed-income trading surge (CNBC)
  5. For Howard Marks, Investing Is Like a Game (Institutional Investor)
  6. Hedge fund puts $550m into technology stock option financing (Financial Times)
  7. EXCLUSIVE: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon praises ‘phase one’ US-China trade deal (Fox Business)
  8. 2 GM engineers arrested after 100-mph Kentucky joyride in new Corvettes (USA Today)
  9. Big Commitments for China Energy/Ag Buys in Phase 1 Trade Deal (Reuters)
  10. Worry over ‘Japanification’ of the economy is overblown (Barron’s)
  11. Warren Buffett Should Buy FedEx. It’s Cheap and Elephant-Sized. (Barron’s)
  12. Xi Strikes Optimistic Tone After Riding Out Trade War With Trump (Bloomberg)

Be in the know. 12 key reads for Monday…

  1. Stocks Continue to Rise. How Much Is Due to the ‘January Effect?’ (Barron’s)
  2. Trump administration nears decision on LNG shipping by train (Financial Times)
  3. Goldman Sachs says Europe’s stocks have a huge ‘cushion’ not seen since the financial crisis (Business Insider)
  4. Commodities may not stay cheap forever (Financial Times)
  5. History will repeat itself when it comes to stocks in 2020, Goldman Sachs says (MarketWatch)
  6. Biotech Stocks Could Soar In 2020 On CRISPR Gene Editing And Precision Medicine (Investor’s Business Daily)
  7. Time to Buy Long-Dated TIPS, Says Bank of America (MarketWatch)
  8. Stock Picker Who Pummeled The Market By 76% Reveals His 2020 Bets (Investor’s Business Daily)
  9. China’s yuan rallies, yen slides ahead of U.S. trade deal (Street Insider)
  10. Photos of Yelp’s top 100 places to eat in 2020 (USA Today)
  11. U.S.-China phase one trade deal: 7 things you need to know (FoxBusiness)
  12. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Apple, Bank of America, Lockheed Martin And More (Yahoo! Finance)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Sunday…

  1. January Expiration Week: Mixed Bag Last 21 Years (Almanac Trader)
  2. The Man Who’s Spending $1 Billion to Own Every Pop Song (Medium)
  3. U.S., China agree to have semi-annual talks aimed a reforms, resolving disputes: WSJ (Reuters)
  4. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Chase Coleman, Ray Dalio, Daniel Loeb, Ken Griffin, Salesforce.com, Inc. (CRM), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS), and More (Insider Monkey)
  5. Where’s Your Flying Car? Hyundai and Uber Say They’re Working on It (New York Times)
  6. The 8 Most Beautiful Castle Gardens in Europe (Architectural Digest)
  7. Bloomberg Spent $200 Million and Isn’t on Track to Score a Single Delegate (The Daily Beast)
  8. Nashville Goaltender Pekka Rinne Scores NHL’s First Goalie Goal In Six Years (digg)
  9. avatar-inspired mercedes-benz VISION AVTR concept car lands at CES 2020 (designboom)
  10. Matthew Benkendorf on Managing Equities (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  11. The 1970 Plymouth Superbird Won 18 NASCAR Races. Now You Can Buy a Street-Legal Version of Your Own. (Robb Report)
  12. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  13. This Custom 1970 Dodge Challenger Has 2,500 Horsepower Under the Hood (Maxim)
  14. Will Northrop Grumman Stock Be a Top Performer Again in 2020? (24/7 Wall St.)
  15. Trump called Iran’s bluff. And he won. (Washington Post)
  16. The St. Louis Blues Are Finding New Ways To Beat The Odds (FiveThirtyEight)
  17. The new tools of monetary policy (Ben Bernanke)
  18. Issues 2020: A Fracking Ban Would Trigger Global Recession (Manhattan Institute)
  19. What It’s Like to Be an Investor in Iran’s Market Now (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  20. How I Built This with Guy Raz Dell Computers: Michael Dell (Apple)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Biotech Looks for Fireworks in First Quarter to Regain Momentum (Bloomberg)
  2. Bet on the Big Banks — and Bank of America (Barron’s)
  3. Davos? Meet Me at Butternut Instead. (Barron’s)
  4. A New Hot Spot for Oil Could Boost These 4 Companies (Barron’s)
  5. Davos? Meet Me at Butternut Instead. (Barron’s)
  6. Biogen Awaits a Decision on a Key Patent. At Risk Is Its Biggest Drug (Barron’s)
  7. Trump Allies Explore Buyout of Conservative Channel Seeking to Compete With Fox News (Wall Street Journal)
  8. New Sanctions Power Could Squeeze Remaining Iranian Trade Channels (Wall Street Journal)
  9. The Internet of Things Is Changing the World (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Trump Says Iran Had Planned to Attack Four U.S. Embassies (Bloomberg)
  11. Hummer is back as GM revives name for electric pickup (USA Today)
  12. S&P 5,000? Why one fund manager says that milestone may be reached sooner than you would expect (MarketWatch)
  13. These were the most talked-about products at CES (CNN Business)
  14. Mark Zuckerberg Says He Hunts Wild Boar With a Bow and Arrow (Futurism)
  15. Penn Jillette on Magic, Losing 100+ Pounds, and Weaponizing Kindness (#405) (Podcast)
  16. The Four Traits of Successful Asset Managers (Institutional Investor)
  17. Gradual Improvements Redux (theirrelevantinvestor)
  18. Client for Life (The Reformed Broker)
  19. Is Vulnerability a Choice? (Farnam Street)
  20. Eight lessons from market history (Evidence Investor)

Be in the know. 8 key reads for Friday…

  1. The Stock Market Was Up the First 5 Days of 2020. Here’s What History Says Will Happen Next. (Barron’s)
  2. After A Sizzling End To 2019, Biotech Stocks Could Soar In 2020 (Investor’s Business Daily)
  3. Stocks More Than Doubled Over the Last Decade. Many Investors Missed Out. (Institutional Investor)
  4. Facebook Says It Won’t Back Down From Allowing Lies in Political Ads (New York Times)
  5. Warren Buffett calls this ‘indispensable’ life advice: ‘You can always tell someone to go to hell tomorrow’ (CNBC)
  6. The U6 unemployment rate fell to 6.7% to mark the lowest level on record (MarketWatch)
  7. Fed’s Bullard, Kashkari Favor Holding Interest Rates Steady (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Top 2019 Stock Picker Spotted Under-the-Radar Tech (Bloomberg)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Red-Hot Biotech Stocks Brace For Key Meeting — Here’s What To Expect (Investor’s Business Daily)
  2. Legal sports betting: California among states set for 2020 push (Fox Business)
  3. The CAKE “Short Skirt, Long Jacket” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results) (ZeroHedge)
  4. Taco Bell Offering $100,000 Salary Amid Mounting Worker Shortage (Bloomberg)
  5. Defense Stocks Have Climbed on Mideast Tension. The Run Isn’t Over. (Barron’s)
  6. City bosses reveal their bargains and bubbles for 2020 (Financial News)
  7. Divergent paths: Oil, natural gas going different directions (for now) (Reuters)
  8. Pepperidge Farm releasing its first gluten-free products – Farmhouse Thin & Crispy cookies (USA Today)
  9. XPO Logistics CEO Brad Jacobs Centers His Strategy Around Tech (Investor’s Business Daily)
  10. To Save Avon, New Owner Comes Calling on Social Media (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 5 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Nothing scares Jeffrey Gundlach more than Bernie Sanders (MarketWatch)
  2. Starbucks, Lowe’s and 6 Other Consumer Stocks That Could Shine in 2020 (Barron’s)
  3. 3 Oil Stocks to Buy and 1 to Avoid in 2020, According to an Analyst (Barron’s)
  4. Iran’s Forewarned Strikes Give Trump a Path to Avert All-Out War (Bloomberg)
  5. Here’s What Could Take the Dow Up to 32,000 in 2020 (24/7 Wall Street)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. For India’s Battered Small Caps, Patience Is Virtue, ICICI Says (Bloomberg)
  2. US debt investors seek protection against inflation (Financial Times)
  3. Expert: These Will Be The Biggest Hedge Funds Trends Of 2020 (Benzinga)
  4. How 7-Eleven Struck Back Against an Owner Who Took a Day Off (New York Times)
  5. New cars hit the LA Auto Show (USA Today)
  6. Byron Wien makes some bold 2020 calls in his widely followed surprises list including 2 rate cuts (CNBC)
  7. Bet on these big names to use their scale to squeeze out smaller rivals, says Jefferies (MarketWatch)
  8. US trade deficit plunges to more than 3-year low (Fox Business)
  9. RBC Capital Markets Out With First Top Picks Equity List for 2020 (24/7 Wall Street)
  10. Oil tycoon Harold Hamm predicts 19% jump in U.S. oil prices within six months, ‘regardless of what happens’ in the Mideast (MarketWatch)