Category: What I’m Reading Today

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Regeneron’s CEO Says We Could Have a Covid-19 Treatment ‘Quickly’ (Barron’s)
  2. Market Plumbing Is Hit, But the Fed Can Probably Handle It (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Fed Unveils Emergency Lending Programs as Companies Struggle to Raise Cash (New York Times)
  4. Trump wants to start sending millions of Americans a check. Here’s how to use it wisely (CNBC)
  5. The Federal Reserve is adding another program to keep money flowing for big financial institutions (CNBC)
  6. Here’s one analyst’s take on the coronavirus drugs for today and the future (MarketWatch)
  7. As China’s coronavirus outbreak eases, a wary return to shops for consumers (Reuters)
  8. Hydroxychloroquine and Remdesivir Info (Nature.com)
  9. Article on Chloroquine Treatment for Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Presented by: James M. Todaro, MD)
  10. French researcher posts successful Covid-19 drug trial (connexionfrance)
  11. The NYSE, a symbol of America, is fighting to keep its trading floor open amid coronavirus pandemic (MarketWatch)
  12. FedEx stock spikes as sales grow amid coronavirus outbreak, but earnings guidance is pulled (MarketWatch)
  13. Warren Buffett on negative rates and ‘the most important question in the world’ (Yahoo! Finance)
  14. Markets Want Congress to Help Private Sector, Morgan Stanley Head Says (Institutional Investor)
  15. Japanese flu drug ‘clearly effective’ in treating coronavirus, says China (The Guardian)

 

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Fed QE Starts With A Bang — $80 Billion In Two Days (Investor’s Business Daily)
  2. ‘We came back to the office in shifts.’ Hong Kong takes first, cautious steps to return to a New Normal, this expat says (MarketWatch)
  3. GE Stock Has Gotten Hammered by Coronavirus and Debt Worries. Here’s What Could Turn the Tide. (Barron’s)
  4. Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf Bought ~$5M of Stock (Barron’s)
  5. Opinion: Who’s buying stocks? Executives at TripAdvisor, Newell Brands and other companies are buying at low prices (MarketWatch)
  6. A rare win for Gen X? Boomers gave us latchkey childhoods that prepped us for coronavirus quarantine (MarketWatch)
  7. How much stimulus would rescue economy from outbreak? (USA Today)
  8. Coronavirus Could Very Well Slow by the Summer (Bloomberg)
  9. Wall Street Pros Panic Over Coronavirus While Mom and Pop Buy (Bloomberg)
  10. Fed’s Kashkari says ‘we are using our tools aggressively,’ but he doesn’t see negative rates coming (CNBC)

 

Be in the know. 13 key reads for Monday…

  1. 18 Stocks to Buy Amid the Coronavirus Carnage, According to Barron’s Roundtable Experts (Barron’s)
  2. 8 Big Banks Are Halting Buybacks to Brace for More Virus Fallout (Barron’s)
  3. Fed Cuts Rates to Zero as Financial-Crisis Tools Return (Barron’s)
  4. Buffett’s Massive Cash Stash Makes Berkshire a Safe Port in the Storm (Barron’s)
  5. How Coronavirus Remade American Life in One Weekend (Wall Street Journal)
  6. The Fed and Friends: What Central Banks Did in Past 24 Hours (Bloomberg)
  7. Regeneron, Sanofi to evaluate Kevzara in patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 (MarketWatch)
  8. Coronavirus vaccine clinical trial begins (Fox Business)
  9. Peter Navarro: Faced with coronavirus pandemic, Congress should pass Trump’s $800 billion payroll tax cut (Fox Business)
  10. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Roundtable Picks, Airline And Oil Stocks, And More (Benzinga)
  11. Carl Icahn Says Some Stocks Are Being ‘Given Away’ (Benzinga)
  12. Can Risk Parity Funds Hang in There? (Institutional Investor)
  13. Thinking About Airline Stocks? This Is How Air Travel Is Recovering in China. (Barron’s)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Secretary of the Treasury – Steven T Mnuchin – discusses federal coronavirus response (ValueWalk)
  2. Italians are singing songs from their windows to boost morale during coronavirus lockdown (CNBC)
  3. National Emergency Declaration for COVID-19 Helps Oil & Gas, To Fill Strategic Petroleum Reserve (24/7 Wall Street)
  4. MiB: Cristiano Amon, President of Qualcomm on 5G (Bloomberg)
  5. Friday 13th, DJIA Attempting to Recover & End Losing Friday Streak (Almanac Trader)
  6. Coronavirus Drug Update: The Latest Info On Pharmaceutical Treatments And Vaccines ()
  7. The Big Bet of 10-year Breakevens at 0.94% (E-piphany)
  8. Why Soap Is Such An Effective Killer Of The Coronavirus (digg)
  9. McLaren Elva ‘M1A Theme’ Honors Retro Grand Prix Winner (Maxim)
  10. 7 Energy Stocks to Buy on the Dip (U.S. News & World Report)
  11. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (AdvisorPerspectives)
  12. Warren Buffett: ‘I won’t be selling airline stocks’ (Yahoo! Finance)
  13. Why Did the Wright Brothers Succeed When Others Failed? (Scientific American)
  14. House passes aid bill after Trump declares virus emergency (Fox Business)
  15. Trump emerges as oil’s white knight after worst week since 2008 (Fox Business)
  16. These Common Household Products Can Destroy the Novel Coronavirus (Consumer Reports)
  17. Shopping for Stocks? Think Like a Lender. (Barron’s)
  18. Crown Prince’s Oil War Looms Over First Aramco Results Since IPO (Yahoo! Finance)
  19. Will The Fed’s $1.5 Trillion Emergency Stimulus Actually Help? (Benzinga)
  20. Where does the stock market go from here after the worst drop since 1987? Here’s what the analyst who called the 2018 rout says (MarketWatch)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Trump to buy oil for strategic reserve to aid energy industry: ‘We’re going to fill it’ (CNBC)
  2. Gilead Pops After Coronavirus Drug Helps Cruise Ship Patients In Japan Investor’s Business Daily)
  3. Europe Pledges Billions in Economic Aid in Rare Sign of Unity (New York Times)
  4. Dow surges nearly 2,000 points after Trump declares coronavirus national emergency (New York Post)
  5. Trump Says He Supports Pelosi Virus Bill, Urges GOP to Vote Yes (Bloomberg)
  6. Trump Waives Student-Loan Interest, Stockpiles Oil in Virus Plan (Bloomberg)
  7. Esports Leagues Are Only Game in Town After NBA and NHL Go Dark (Bloomberg)
  8. Stocks Retrace 90% of Thursday’s Sell-Off With Trump Address Hitting Mark (Bloomberg)
  9. Cash-Rich Billionaire Hargreaves Jumps Back Into Market (Bloomberg)
  10. Trump called on Walmart, CVS, Target, and Walgreens to help slow the spread of the coronavirus as he declares a national emergency (Business Insider)
  11. Stocks Surge After Trump Promises Speedier Testing (New York Times)
  12. How Billie Eilish Rode Teenage Weirdness to Stardom (New York Times)
  13. Deadly viruses are no match for plain, old soap — here’s the science behind it (MarketWatch)
  14. 18 Stocks to Buy Amid the Coronavirus Carnage, According to Barron’s Roundtable Experts (Barron’s)
  15. China’s coronavirus epicenter reports just five cases (Reuters)
  16. Here’s everything you need to know about 5G (CNN)
  17. Google, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronavirus testing (Reuters)
  18. 7 Stocks That Could Ride Out the Turmoil in Energy Markets (Barron’s)
  19. The World Is One Big Carry Trade (Institutional Investor)
  20. Value investors: why are they so calm in a crisis? (Schroders)

 

Be in the know. 13 key reads for Friday the 13th!

  1. HIV drugs are being used as part of coronavirus treatment (New York Post)
  2. Here’s What Could Help Calm Markets, According to Wall Street’s Best Minds (Barron’s)
  3. U.S. Stock Futures and European Equities Surge as Markets Try to Stabilize After Historic Meltdown (Barron’s)
  4. It’s Time for Warren Buffett to Get Greedy. Here’s What He Might Be Looking to Buy. (Barron’s)
  5. ‘This Is All Coming to a Head’: Investors React to Market Chaos (Bloomberg)
  6. Mohamed El-Erian: The stock market looks ‘less scary’ (CNBC)
  7. Fed to Inject $1.5 Trillion in Bid to Prevent ‘Unusual Disruptions’ in Markets (Wall Street Journal)
  8. New Coronavirus Test 10 Times Faster Is FDA Approved (Bloomberg)
  9. Germany Pledges Unlimited Cash as EU Set to Green Light Spending (Bloomberg)
  10. Oracle earnings show best revenue growth in nearly two years (MarketWatch)
  11. 11. Trump’s $800 billion payroll tax cut plan would dwarf Obama’s stimulus package from the height of the financial crisis (Business Insider)
  12. What Warren Buffett thinks of his Occidental investment after shares crashed with oil prices (Yahoo! Finance)
  13. Time to Buy, Says GMO (Institutional Investor)

Be in the know. 13 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Carl Icahn Boosts Occidental Stake to Almost 10% as Shares Plummet (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Can Gilead’s Virus Test Results Cure Broader Stock Market Woes? (Investor’s Business Daily)
  3. Let’s Talk About Coronavirus Bailouts, Before We Need Them (New York Times)
  4. Stocks Plunge With Virus Response Missing Mark (Bloomberg)
  5. 21 Stocks To Buy In a Virus Economy (Barron’s)
  6. Markets Are in Turmoil. Buy These Stocks, Jefferies Says (Barron’s)
  7. The losers — and even bigger losers — of an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia (CNBC)
  8. Here’s how Invesco’s top strategist says long-term investors should navigate this market panic (MarketWatch)
  9. Buffett and Occidental: We’ve Seen This Movie Before (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Oil Price Shock on Top of Coronavirus Compounding Sovereign Credit Risks (24/7 Wall Street)
  11. ECB approves fresh stimulus for reeling economy but keeps rates steady (Reuters)
  12. Private Equity Firms Won’t Waste Another Crisis (Institutional Investor)
  13. What Warren Buffett thinks of his Occidental investment after shares crashed with oil prices (Yahoo! Finance)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. What Benjamin Graham Would Tell You to Do Now: Look in the Mirror (Wall Street Journal)
  2. China’s Stocks Have Recouped Most CoronavirusStocks to Buy Amid the Selloff (Barron’s)
  3. U.S. Consumers Just Got a $725 Billion Windfall. Here’s How. (Barron’s)
  4. Coronavirus Is Bad — and Good — for Biotech Stocks (Barron’s)
  5. How China Slowed Coronavirus: Lockdowns, Surveillance, Enforcers (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Inside Saudi Arabia’s Decision to Launch an Oil-Price War (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Here’s why people are panic buying and stockpiling toilet paper (CNBC)
  8. The Bank of England cut rates by 0.5% in an emergency coronavirus response, mirroring the Fed. Business Insider)
  9. China’s Stocks Have Recouped Most Coronavirus Losses. Key Points to Watch for the U.S. (Barron’s)
  10. Goldman Sachs analyzed bear markets back to 1835, and here’s the bad news — and the good — about the current slump (MarketWatch)

 

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Oil jumps after rout on stimulus hopes, Russian signal on OPEC talks (Reuters)
  2. Global Markets Are Rising After Trump Hints at Tax Cut Over Coronavirus (Barron’s)
  3. Stocks Fall More Than 7% in Dow’s Worst Day Since 2008 (Wall Street Journal)
  4. The Fed Offers Repo Market $50 Billion More to Ease Rate Pressure (Barron’s)
  5. Russia’s Oil War Has a Political Objective, Says Analyst (Barron’s)
  6. Interesting: Bullish Percent Transports (Hedge Fund Tips)
  7. High-Yield Bonds Are Sinking as Bankruptcy Fears Hit the Oil Patch (Barron’s)
  8. How a Saudi-Russian Standoff Sent Oil Markets Into a Frenzy New York Times)
  9. As Stock Markets Plunge, Trump Calls for Economic Response to Coronavirus (New York Times)
  10. Why falling oil prices could boost the Marcellus Shale (Yahoo! Finance)
  11. Treasurys plunge as Trump floats payroll tax cut amid coronavirus maelstrom (Fox Business)
  12. Wall Street CEOs to meet at White House (Fox Business)
  13. New Jersey’s Investment Chief Wants Talent. Here’s How He’ll Get It. (Institutional Investor)
  14. Lloyd Blankfein Predicts ‘Quick Recovery’ For Markets (Benzinga)
  15. Cabot Oil & Gas Is One Company Rising in Oil-Sector Carnage (Yahoo! Finance)
  16. The economy is ‘like a coiled spring’ and a sharp rebound is possible, analysts predict (CNBC)
  17. Russia to Start Foreign Currency Sales After Ruble Wipeout (Bloomberg)
  18. These Energy Stocks Were Lighter Than Air Monday (Wall Street Journal)
  19. Trump Surprised Staff With Vow to Detail Virus Aid Package Today (Bloomberg)
  20. How the Federal Reserve Can Ease the Coronavirus Panic (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Monday…

  1. NY Fed raises repo limits to ensure ample supply of bank reserves (Reuters)
  2. Never Mind The Stock Market. The Real Pain Will Be in the Credit Markets. (Barron’s)
  3. Hedge-fund manager who called the coronavirus market meltdown says selloff is overdone, covers shorts (MarketWatch)
  4. How the Trump Campaign Took Over the G.O.P. (New York Times)
  5. Saudi Aramco shares dive, Gulf debt hit as oil price plunges (Reuters)
  6. Putin Dumps MBS to Start a War on America’s Shale Oil Industry (Yahoo! Finance)
  7. Virtu Financial founder says stock market is ‘one big opportunity right now’ (CNBC)
  8. How Tupperware Lost Its Grip on America’s Kitchens (Wall Street Journal)
  9. All Your Coronavirus Travel Questions Answered (Wall Street Journal)
  10. What’s Your Workout? A Huge Leap to Replace the Rush of Ice Hockey (Wall Street Journal)