- Top 10 Tasks for Boeingâs New CEO (Wall Street Journal)
- China’s cabinet plans further action to boost manufacturers: state media (Reuters)
- The Power of Social Media in Predicting Stock Returns (Institutional Investor)
- Ten Strategists on What U.S.-Iran Escalation Means for Markets (Bloomberg)
- Why Battered Oilfield Services Stocks Could Be Big 2020 Winners (24/7 Wall Street)
- Why You Should Keep An Eye On These 5 Leading Health Care Stocks (Investor’s Business Daily)
- Macau casinosâ luck may change. Two stocks that could win (Barron’s)
- The U.S. killed an Iranian Generalâand the Riskiest Oil Stocks Are Flying (Barron’s)
- Boris Johnson’s chief adviser posted a bizarre advert calling for ‘super-talented weirdos’ to help run the UK government (Business Insider)
- U.S. shale producers to tap brakes in 2020 after years of rapid growth (Reuters)
Category: What I’m Reading Today
Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…
- China Moves to Steady Its Slowing Economic Growth (New York Times)
- The Earth, Wind & Fire “Shining Star” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results) (ZeroHedge)
- These 6 charts compare the US and China economies (CNBC)
- Irrational exuberance? Why last year’s stellar returns may have been a reversal of ‘excessive pessimism’ (MarketWatch)
- Goldman Sachs Was the Worst Dow Stock of 2018. It Was One of the Best in 2019. (Barron’s)
- FedEx Stock Ended 2019 With a Loss. One Director Bought Up Shares in December. (Barron’s)
- The highest-paid CEOs of 2019 (USA Today)
- The Dollar’s Losses May Just Be Getting Started (Bloomberg)
- Almost Everything Wall Street Expects in 2020 (Bloomberg)
- OPEC Output Falls as Gulf Nations Step Up Delivery of Oil Cuts (Bloomberg)
- This is what the Warren Buffett empire looks like, in one giant chart (MarketWatch)
- Treasury’s Mnuchin to head U.S. delegation to Davos conclave (Reuters)
- 7 Excellent Value Stocks to Buy for 2020 (Yahoo! Finance)
- Twilio CEO Lawson Tinkers Until Solving Customers’ Problems (Investor’s Business Daily)
- MAX Crashes Strengthen Resolve of Boeing to Automate Flight (Wall Street Journal)
Be in the know. 15 key reads for New Year’s Day…
- Three Neglected Parts of the Stock Market That Could Win in 2020 (Barron’s)
- How investors see 2020 shaping up in US financial markets (Financial Times)
- Stock Market Caps Bullish Year With Modest Gains; Which Sectors Will Lead In 2020? (Investor’s Business Daily)
- Steve Cohen one of few bright spots in bad year for hedge funds (New York Post)
- Chill, It Might Not Be That Bad: The Optimist’s Guide to 2020 (Bloomberg)
- India Stocks Rise as Investors Bank on Economic Recovery in 2020 (Bloomberg)
- Oil Caps Strongest Year Since 2016 on OPEC Cuts, Trade Truce (Bloomberg)
- UK is set to exit the EU next month: Here are some important Brexit-related dates of 2020 (CNBC)
- Warren Buffett turned down a chance to buy Tiffany’s (Business Insider)
- 11 Top Merrill Lynch Stock Picks for 2020 (24/7 Wall Street)
- Here are the best and worst Dow and S&P 500 stocks of 2019 (MarketWatch)
- These are the 20 best-performing stocks of the past decade, and some of them will surprise you (MarketWatch)
- These 10 S&P 500 stocks were lousy in 2019, but they could return 40% or more in 2020 (MarketWatch)
- Dow, Exxon Mobil and IBM top the ‘Dogs of the Dow’ list as 2019 ends (MarketWatch)
- Oil analysts bet on modest price gains in 2020 as supply shrinks: Reuters poll (Yahoo! Finance)
Be in the know. 10 key reads for New Year’s Eve…
- William Blair Sees Biotech M&A Continuing in 2020; Issues Top 10 Predictions (Street Insider)
- Hedge Fund Tips – Episode 9 – VideoCast. Stock Market Commentary. (ZeroHedge)
- Is Nio a Serious Threat to Tesla in China? (24/7 Wall Street)
- US Home Price Gains Accelerate Again (But Not In San Francisco) (ZeroHedge)
- Dennis Gartman Says Goodbye With One Last Stock Market Warning (Barron’s)
- Warren Buffett on why companies cannot be moral arbiters (Financial Times)
- Soy Heads for Best Month Since 2016 on China Demand Optimism (Bloomberg)
- Apple Was the Dow’s Best Stock in 2019. Here’s What History Says Will Happen Next Year. (Barron’s)
- The Dogs of the Dow was a winning strategy for the decade (Barron’s)
- The Stock Market Is Ending the Year With a Strong December. Here’s What History Says Happens Next. (Barron’s)
Be in the know. 8 key reads for Monday…
- Analysts: These Beat-Up Stocks Will Gush Big Gains In 2020 (Investor’s Business Daily)
- China boosts lending to small businesses despite risk (Financial Times)
- Barron’s Picks And Pans: Applied Materials, Boeing, Travelers And More (Yahoo! Finance)
- US Goods Trade Deficit Shrinks To 27 Month Low (ZeroHedge)
- The 10 Stocks With the Biggest Comebacks of 2019 (Barron’s)
- IBM Bet Everything on an Acquisition in 2019. Now They Need To Grow Again. (Barron’s)
- Is QE4 Underway? One Veteran Banking Analyst Says ‘Yes’ (Street Insider)
- The Best—and Worst—Company Stocks in the Dow This Year (MarketWatch)
Be in the know. 7 key reads for Sunday…
- For Energy, Poor People Deserve To Be Rich (Forbes)
- These biomedical breakthroughs of the decade saved lives and reduced suffering (CNBC)
- Prescription for Disaster ()
- The Work Week, Episode 4: Is The Unemployment Rate Broken? (NPR Planet Money)
- Why Economists Still Donât Understand Money (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
- Muskâs Boring Co. Vegas Tunnel âHopefullyâ Operational in 2020 (Bloomberg)
- Eddie Murphy’s Return to ‘Saturday Night Live’ Made For the Best Episode in Years (Maxim)
Be in the know. 10 key reads for Saturday…
- Biotech Is Market Front-Runner Heading Into Election Year (Wall Street Journal)
- Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Tom Steyer, Daniel Och, Netflix Inc (NFLX), Antares Pharma Inc (ATRS), and More ()
- Oil Posts Longest Run of Weekly Gains Since April on Crude Draw (Bloomberg)
- The best investment of the decade turned $1 into $90,000 ()
- Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2020 (Wall Street Journal)
- Stock Market Forecast 2020: Clear Skies From Fed, China Trade, But Election Clouds Loom (Investor’s Business Daily)
- The 25 Most Popular Robb Report Stories of 2019 (Robb Report)
- ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
- 4 Dirty Little Secrets You Need To Know About Successful People (Forbes)
- US Oil Rig Count Falls In Last Week Of 2019 (Yahoo! Finance)
Be in the know. 12 key reads for Friday…
- Big Investors Showing Love to Gas Fields Others Shun (Wall Street Journal)
- 3 Losing Sectors That Could Bounce Back in 2020 (Barron’s)
- 36 Corvettes, Hidden for Years in a Garage, Will Be Given Away (New York Times)
- My appearance on Yahoo! Finance TV yesterday (Yahoo! Finance)
- Royal Dutch Shell is a top stock for 2020. This is why. (Barron’s)
- The Future for FedEx, UPS, and Other Shippers Isn’t as Bleak as It Looks (Barron’s)
- Exxon Mobil Stock Was Out of Step With Energy Investors in 2019 (Barron’s)
- Stocks Hit Fresh Highs as Nasdaq Crosses 9000 (Wall Street Journal)
- Charter Schools Keep Tabs on Grads to Keep Them in College (Wall Street Journal)
- The stock market boom may just be getting started — Citi sees 90% odds that equities will rip higher in 2020 (Business Insider)
- Oil Trades Near Three-Month High on Signs of Shrinking Supplies (Bloomberg)
- Why this 10-year-old bull market is actually a one-year-old (Yahoo! Finance)
Be in the know. 12 key reads for Thursday…
- Pharma Companies Are Rushing to Treat a Little-Known Liver Disease. ()
- The âFly Me to the Moonâ Stock Market (and Sentiment Results) (ZeroHedge)
- Dell is a top stock for 2020. Hereâs why. (Barron’s)
- Startups Extend Gene Therapy To Cancer, Other Common Diseases (Wall Street Journal)
- U.S. Filings for Jobless Benefits Fall to Three-Week Low (Bloomberg)
- Trump stock market rally is far outpacing past US presidents (CNBC)
- Low recession risk, faster growth, and unemployment at a 70-year low â here are Goldman Sachs’ predictions for the US economy in 2020 (Business Insider)
- Hereâs why a rough patch for battered oil stocks may be about to come to an end in 2020 (MarketWatch)
- China commerce ministry says in close touch with U.S. on signing trade deal (Street Insider)
- Short Sellers Abandon Oil Stocks as Crude Prices Rise (24/7 Wall Street)
- Emerging market stocks were laggards in the past decade (Reuters)
- Online sales record leads holiday shopping surge ()
Be in the know. 12 key reads for a Merry Christmas…
- China ramped up US soybean purchases to 20-month high ahead of partial trade deal (Fox Business)
- 20 Things That Have Changed for the Better Since 2010 (24/7 Wall Street)
- Opinion: The real Santa Claus rally is yet to come (MarketWatch)
- Pfizer Stock’s Dismal 2019 Could Be a Prelude to a Comeback (MarketWatch)
- Walgreens Was the Dow’s Biggest Loser in 2019 (MarketWatch)
- Trump says he and Xi will sign China trade deal (Reuters)
- New England Natural Gas Prices Hit Two Year High (Yahoo! Finance)
- Oil Tops $61 as U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Seen Declining (Bloomberg)
- Dow, Inc. Stock Is on the Move—and Should Have a Better 2020 (MarketWatch)
- Warren Buffett’s daughter-in-law couldn’t think of a good Christmas present — so she showed her company’s finances to him (Business Insider)
- Tesla Stock Reaches Elon Musk’s Magic $420, and Then Some (New York Times)
- A 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Could Fetch $7 Million (Barron’s)