Category: What I’m Reading Today

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Monday…

  1. Embattled Oil Stocks Occidental and Chesapeake See Large Insider Buys (Barron’s)
  2. Lighthizer Scores a Trifecta of Wins for Trump’s Trade Agenda (Bloomberg)
  3. A Warren Buffett Protégé on the Most Critical Thing She’s Learned About Turning Companies Around (Fortune)
  4. Opinion: There’s more upside for biotech even after 24% gains in two months (MarketWatch)
  5. Villains or visionaries? Hedge funds short companies they say ‘greenwash’ (Reuters)
  6. Fresh off election win, Boris Johnson seeks new Brexit legislation ‘before Christmas’ (MarketWatch)
  7. Stock market ‘melt-up’ coming soon: Bank of America (FoxBusiness)
  8. Bond funds revel in white-hot year for fixed income (Financial Times)
  9. Analysts: 9 Stocks Will Grow Sales The Most Next Year (Investor’s Business Daily)
  10. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Charles Schwab, Disney, Sprint, Netflix And More (Yahoo! Finance)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Biotech Stocks Are Poised to Rise in 2020, Analyst Says. Here Is His Top Pick. (Barron’s)
  2. The Pound Is Only Heading in One Direction (Bloomberg)
  3. Where Can Investors Find Value in a Long Bull Market? Here Are Our 10 Stock Picks for 2020. (Barron’s)
  4. Lachlan Murdoch Purchases ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Mansion for Record Price (Fortune)
  5. Here’s What Every Michelin 3-Star Restaurant in the US Is Serving on New Year’s Eve (Robb Report)
  6. We Have a Trade Deal and Brexit Clarity. That’s Good News for Stocks. (Barron’s)
  7. TOP 10 concept cars of 2019 (designboom)
  8. This Mind-Blowing Mojave Desert Compound Will Train Astronauts For Life on Mars (Maxim)
  9. Fed’s Clarida Dismisses Weak Retail Sales, Says Outlook Solid (Bloomberg)
  10. Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning Lead Charts: 2020 Tech Trends (ValueWalk)
  11. The Top 20 Destinations For 2020 (Forbes)
  12. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  13. China to target around 6% growth in 2020, step up state spending: sources (Reuters)
  14. U.S. Mnuchin says trade deal with China to boost global economy (Reuters)
  15. Warren Buffett said an 89-year-old carpet seller would ‘run rings around’ Fortune 500 CEOs. Here’s the remarkable story of Mrs B (Business Insider)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. It’s Time To Get Greedy In The Energy Sector (The Felder Report)
  2. GOLDMAN SACHS: These 20 unloved stocks are spring-loaded for surprisingly big gains in 2020 (Business Insider)
  3. U.S.-China trade deal swaps tariff rollbacks for farm, energy purchases (Reuters)
  4. Here are the best-performing stocks of the decade (CNBC)
  5. PBD TOP 100 MOVIES (Patrick Bet-David)
  6. U.S. and China Reach ‘Phase-One’ Deal Easing Trade Tensions (Bloomberg)
  7. McDonald’s launching first vegan meal in the UK (New York Post)
  8. Boris Johnson’s chance to forge a new role for Britain (Financial Times)
  9. Here’s what the new trade deal means for the markets (CNBC)
  10. What you need to save monthly to retire with $1 million to $3 million, broken down by age (CNBC)
  11. Tradeoffs: The Currency of Decision Making (Farnam Street)
  12. Automation and artificial intelligence could save banks more than $70 billion by 2025 (Business Insider)
  13. These 3D-Printed Houses Could Solve Homelessness (Futurism)
  14. Gary Keller — How to Focus on the One Important Thing (#401) (Tim Ferriss)
  15. Hedge Funds Have Taken Smaller Active Bets — and Delivered Less Alpha — Since the Financial Crisis (Institutional Investor)
  16. Bull Markets Last Much Longer Than You Think (A Wealth of Common Sense)
  17.  One Ratio to Rule Them All: EV/EBITDA (Focused Compounding)
  18. John Malone Has A Very Simple Approach To Screening For Opportunities (GreenBackD)
  19. Copper’s seasonal rally underway (Almanac Trader)
  20. The NHL’s Best Fans 2019: No. 4 Golden Knights Prove Hockey Can Thrive In The Desert (Forbes)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Friday…

  1. Regeneron (REGN) Upgraded to “Top Pick for 2020” and “Outperform” by Credit Suisse (TheFly)
  2. US and China agree to phase one trade deal, December Chinese tariffs canceled (Fox Business)
  3. 100 Books Everyone Should Consider Reading (AOM)
  4. Fed Statement on Repo Operations (NY Fed)
  5. Fed Aims a Half-Trillion Dollar Liquidity Hose at Year-End Risks (Bloomberg)
  6. Johnson secures crushing UK election victory (Financial Times)
  7. Watch Out, China: Why Investors May Flock to India Next (Institutional Investor)
  8. Shares and sterling soar as trade and Brexit fog lifts (Reuters)
  9. Trump says Britain, U.S. free to strike new trade deal after Brexit (Reuters)
  10. Are Energy Stocks Hot Again? (Oil Price)
  11. Emerging Markets Cut Rates With Russia Following Turkey, Brazil (Bloomberg)
  12. Happy birthday, Taylor Swift! (New York Post)
  13. The Hedge Fund CQS Is Looking at Unloved Parts of the Credit Market for 2020 (Barron’s)
  14. Big Pharma’s Coming Back in 2020. ()
  15. Navy SEAL: How To Pick Yourself Back Up From Failure (Investor’s Business Daily)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1.  Trump meets with top trade advisers to strategize before major China tariff deadline (Fox Business)
  2. Saudi Aramco touches $2tn valuation on second day of trading (Financial Times)
  3. Why Exxon’s Stock Could Hit $100 In 2020 (Oil Price)
  4. The “Crazy Rich Asians” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results) (ZeroHedge)
  5. Continental Resources founder Harold Hamm steps down as CEO (Financial Times)
  6. U.S. producer prices unchanged; underlying inflation soft (Reuters)
  7. Oil prices rise on OPEC deficit forecast (Reuters)
  8. The Fed Did Everything It Needed To By Doing Nothing (Barron’s)
  9. The Fed could consider buying other short-term Treasuries, Powell says (Barron’s)
  10. Supercar maker McLaren to skip electric vehicles. Here’s why — and what it will build instead. (USA Today)
  11. Cisco says its new silicon, software, router products will ‘change the economics of the Internet’ (Yahoo! Finance)
  12. Apple (AAPL) China iPhone Shipments in Nov Declined Sharply – Credit Suisse (Street Insider)
  13. Japan and the Art of Making the Same Mistakes Over and Over Again (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Britain Votes in an Election That Will Set the Course of Brexit (Wall Street Journal)
  15. US weekly jobless claims race to a more than 2-year high (CNBC)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Wall Street expects bull run to continue in 2020 (Financial Times)
  2. OPEC sees small 2020 oil deficit even before latest supply cut (Reuters)
  3. Industrial Stocks Could Rebound on Trade News, Analysts Say (Wall Street Journal)
  4. The 5 books Bill Gates recommends you read this holiday season (CNBC)
  5. Exxon Mobil prevails in New York climate change lawsuit (Reuters)
  6. The stock market will ‘breathe a sigh of relief’ if President Trump is re-elected in 2020, says billionaire Howard Marks (MarketWatch)
  7. Asleep No More, Traders Buy Hedges ‘Like World Is About to End’ (Bloomberg)
  8. Ray Dalio Is Now Mentoring Hip-Hop Mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs (Bloomberg)
  9. Saudi Aramco shares jump 10% in oil group’s trading debut (Financial Times)
  10. Bank of America is becoming the Amazon of retail banking (Yahoo! Finance)
  11. Jobs surge boosts housing market (FoxBusiness)
  12. Brexit Stocks That Could Soar If Boris Johnson Wins the U.K. Election (Barron’s)
  13. The ‘Dividend Aristocrats’ have nearly matched the S&P’s return (Barron’s)
  14. The Federal Reserve Is Primed to Launch ‘QE4’, Strategist Says. Others Say That’s Not Likely. (Barron’s)
  15. Sicilian Homes Went Up for Auction Starting at €1. More Than 100,000 People Called. (Wall Street Journal)
  16. Ken Griffin Has Another Money Machine to Rival His Hedge Fund (Bloomberg)
  17. The Fed is expected to hold rates steady and vow to keep short-term lending markets stable (CNBC)
  18. ‘Gundlach ratio’ suggests bond yields may rise (MarketWatch)
  19. Christine Lagarde Needs to Be a Negotiator—But Also a Plumber (Wall Street Journal)
  20. Yuan Is Offering Interesting Entry Point at Current Levels: Pictet WM (Yahoo! Finance)

Be in the know. 12 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. 6 Strong Buy Oil and Gas Stocks Called to Surge in 2020 (24/7 Wall Street)
  2. Here’s What It’s Like To Drive a $210,000 McLaren (Barron’s)
  3. The Time to Buy Home Depot Stock Is Now, Analysts Say (Barron’s)
  4. JP Morgan is bullish on Vietnamese banks, says sector offers high growth and profitability (CNBC)
  5. The Federal Reserve’s Meeting Starts Today. Here’s What You Need to Know. (Barron’s)
  6. The Fed will stay in hibernation until at least summer: CNBC survey (CNBC)
  7. Big-name US investors take aim at beaten-up energy sector (Financial Times)
  8. Democrats and the Trump administration near a tentative North American trade deal (CNBC)
  9. There’s no better place to put your money than the U.S., says hedge-fund manager Kyle Bass (MarketWatch)
  10. Ross: US close to largest trade deal in history of the world, 170,000 jobs (Fox Business)
  11. US and Chinese trade negotiators planning for delay of December tariff Fox Business)
  12. Next Oil Rally May Be Made in Texas, Not Vienna (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

1. Hedge funds key in exacerbating repo market turmoil, says BIS (Financial Times)

2. RPT-U.S. banks’ reluctance to lend cash may have caused repo shock – BIS (Yahoo! Finance)

3. Now Repo Distortions Are Emerging in Europe’s $9 Trillion Market (Bloomberg)

4. Will sterling hold its gains through the UK general election? (Financial Times)

5. UK property investors pull cash at fastest rate this year (Financial Times)

6. Top DoubleLine investor sees opportunity in Brazil amid tariff threat (Yahoo! Finance)

7. Jeffrey Gundlach extended interview with Yahoo Finance [TRANSCRIPT] ()

8. The Taylor Swift “Bad Blood” Energy Market (and Sentiment Results) (ZeroHedge)

9. Big-name US investors take aim at beaten-up energy sector (Financial Times)

10. JPMorgan Sees $410 Billion Bump to Stocks’ Demand-Supply Balance (Bloomberg)

11. Japan’s economy expanded at a much faster-than-initially-reported pace in the third quarter. (Business Insider)

12. China says hopes it can reach trade agreement with US as soon as possible. (Business Insider)

13. Here’s the hard-money call for why the boom in the economy and stock market will continue (MarketWatch)

14. Not the sign of a Top: Investors Bail on Stock Market Rally, Fleeing Funds at Record Pace (Wall Street Journal)

15. Pound Rally Gets Nod From Signal That’s Been Right for a Decade (Bloomberg)

 

 

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Big-name US investors take aim at beaten-up energy sector (Financial Times)
  2. The Taylor Swift “Bad Blood” Energy Market (and Sentiment Results) (ZeroHedge)
  3. Sweet Success: WhIsBe Is Bringing His $60,000 Vandal Gummy Bears To Art Week Miami (Forbes)
  4. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  5. Politics Aside, what could happen to markets in the event of impeachment in the House? (Almanac Trader)
  6. Episode 773: Slot Flaw Scofflaws (NPR Planet Money)
  7. Making Sense of the Genome, at Last (Nautilus)
  8. Fed Adds $72.8 Billion to Markets, Balance Sheet Moves to $4.07 Trillion (Wall Street Journal)
  9. This wealth manager picked a home-run stock in 2019. Here’s what he likes for 2020 (MarketWatch)
  10. S&P 500 Melt-Up Is So Hot It’s Making Cheerleaders Into Skeptics (Bloomberg)

 

 

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Larry Kudlow: China deal ‘close’ as Beijing cuts some tariffs (New York Post)
  2. US unemployment rate falls to 3.5%, lowest in 50 years (New York Post)
  3. Golden Globe Nominations 2020 Predictions: All of Vanity Fair’s Picks (Vanity Fair)
  4. ‘The Irishman’ Is a Netflix Hit, Even If Few Make It to the End (Bloomberg)
  5. Repo-Market Minnows Say Fixing the Mess Means Going Beyond Big Banks (Bloomberg)
  6. FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed (Bloomberg)
  7. OPEC’s Oil Surprise Came as Skeptics Were Doubting Price Rise (Bloomberg)
  8. The Bloomberg 50: The People Who Defined Global Business in 2019 (Bloomberg)
  9. Trump Orders Toilet Rule Review, Saying People Flush 10 Times (Bloomberg)
  10. Here are 10 songs Warren Buffett has referenced over 2 decades of annual shareholder letters (Business Insider)
  11. Is Taylor Swift’s ‘Christmas Tree Farm’ a sign that millennials are boosting live tree sales? (MarketWatch)
  12. Why the Bull Market Is Only at Mid-Cycle (Jeff Staut) (Bloomberg)
  13. Inside Miami Art Week With Lenny Kravitz, Princess Eugenie, Rosario Dawson, and Dom Pérignon (Vanity Fair)
  14. MIT Says New Technique Lets You Hack Your Own Brain Waves (Futurism)
  15. Quant Mutual Funds Lag Stocks This Year, Bank of America Says (Institutional Investor)
  16. Survivorship Bias: The Tale of Forgotten Failures (Farnam Street)
  17. Why Warren Buffett Is The G.O.A.T, And Berkshire’s Secret Sauce (Greenbackd)
  18. ‘No Time To Die’: Watch the First Trailer for Daniel Craig’s Final Bond Movie (Maxim)
  19. Top 10 Best Things To Do In Las Vegas: What to check out (ValueWalk)
  20. Biased Algorithms, Biased World (The Big Picture)