Be in the know. 7 key reads for Friday…

  1. Hiring rebounds in June as U.S. creates 224,000 jobs, unemployment rises to 3.7% (MarketWatch)
  2. OPEC’s Latest Move Shows It’s ‘Drawing a Line in the Sand’ on Falling Oil Prices (Barron’s)
  3. The 2020 Election Is Heating Up and That Makes the Trade War More Complicated (Barron’s)
  4. Deutsche plans separate ‘corporate bank’ in multi-billion dollar revamp (Reuters)
  5. ‘Kind of Blingy’: The Tricked-Out Golf Carts of the Villages, Fla. (New York Times)
  6. Farmers Built a Soybean Export Empire Around China. Now They’re Fighting to Save It. (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Lagarde Likely Would Keep ECB on Current Course (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 8 key reads for Independence Day!

  1. Trump officials say U.S.-China trade talks to resume next week (Reuters)
  2. OPEC, allies waging a battle to keep oil prices supported amid trade tensions (MarketWatch)
  3. Brevan Howard Main Hedge Fund Posts Best First Half in a Decade (Bloomberg)
  4. U.S. Farmers See the Light (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Bill Gates doesn’t believe that everyone should take vacations and weekends off (MarketWatch)
  6. What’s the Bottle Cap Challenge? Here’s what you need to know about the latest viral trend (USA Today)
  7. Earnings Season Is Coming and Expectations Couldn’t Be Much Lower (Barron’s)
  8. Trump, VIP Guests and Critics Prepare for July 4 ‘Show of a Lifetime’ (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Wednesday…

  • Oil prices rise after crude stockpile drop (Reuters)
  • A Top Chinese Official Just Lowered the Temperature in the Trade War (Barron’s)
  • Trump Picks Two Fed Nominees Likely to Support Easier Policy (Bloomberg)
  • Tesla Stock Jumps On Record Second-Quarter Deliveries (Barron’s)
  • Aaron Paul hints at ‘Breaking Bad’ movie (New York Post)
  • Jobs Report Holds Make-or-Break Sway Over Fed Rate Strategy (Bloomberg)
  • Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, was just nominated for the top job at the European Central Bank (Business Insider)
  • Formula E New York: Everything to Know, From the Cars to Nearby Bars (Bloomberg)
  • Scientists Are Giving Dead Brains New Life. What Could Go Wrong? (New York Times)
  • Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Daniel Och, Bill Ackman, Warlander Asset Management, FrontPoint Partners, Morphic Holding Inc (MORF), Acorn Energy Inc (ACFN), and More (Insider Monkey)

Be in the know. 7 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Hey Dave, “Where’s the Beef?” (ZeroHedge)
  2. American Suburbs Swell Again as a New Generation Escapes the City (Wall Street Journal)
  3. OPEC and allies extend oil supply cut in bid to boost prices (Reuters)
  4. China’s Deleveraging Is Over (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Goldman Sachs Has 4 Top Pick Energy Stocks to Buy as OPEC Cuts Remain in Place (24/7 Wall Street)
  6. Hedge Funds Are Tracking Private Jets to Find the Next Megadeal (Bloomberg)
  7. Why Goldman Sachs Could Be a New Safety Stock (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 5 key reads for Monday…

  1. OPEC set to extend oil supply cut as Iran endorses pact (Reuters)
  2. Wall St. eyes return to record highs as stocks cheer trade reprieve (Reuters)
  3. Stifel Has 5 Mid-Cap Energy Stocks to Buy With 100% and More Upside Potential (24/7 Wall Street)
  4. How Two College Dropouts Built an $860 Million Fortune by Age 23 (Bloomberg)
  5. The Stock Market Has Been on a Tear. History Says It’s Time to Get Greedy. (Barron’s)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Sunday…

  1. China eases foreign investment curbs amid cooling trade tensions (Reuters)
  2. Trump crosses DMZ to meet with Kim Jong Un in North Korea (New York Post)
  3. The World’s 50 Best Restaurants: French ‘Mirazur’ At The Top (Forbes)
  4. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Daniel Loeb, Ray Dalio, Lone Pine Capital, Saba Capital Management, Kingstown Capital Management, Alphabet Inc (GOOGL), AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AMAG), and a Lot More ()
  5. American Living (The Irrelevant Investor)
  6. Why a Strong Dollar Causes the World Major Pain (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  7. Mark Cuban Says These 2 Words Separate Those Who Achieve From Those Who Only Dream (Inc.)
  8. I tried being a lumberjack and it was OK (Economist)
  9. The 1 Decision That Helped Yeti Move From Cult Brand to Nearly $800 Million in Revenue (Inc.)
  10. The Rise Of American Oil (NPR)
  11. Jony Ive made the entire tech world care about design (The Verge)
  12. How Do You Follow Up ‘Old Town Road?’ If You’re Lil Nas X, You Don’t Try (Rolling Stone)
  13. Wall Street was ready for the latest twist in the trade war. Here’s how experts think Trump and Xi’s trade truce will play out. (Business Insider)
  14. What Does Putin Really Want? (New York Times)
  15. Connecticut billionaire Paul Tudor Jones wants to save Africa with new nonprofit (New York Post)

 

 

Be in the know. 14 key reads for Saturday…

  1. The RealReal Is No Pets.com and Today’s IPO Market Is Not the Next Dot-Com Bubble (Barron’s)
  2. Week in review: How Trump’s policies moved stocks (TheFly)
  3. Carnival Stock Is Headed for Smoother Sailing (Barron’s)
  4. Reset of U.S.-China Talks May Boost Risk Appetite, Analysts Say (Bloomberg)
  5. Trump says he agreed with Xi to hold off on new tariffs and to let Huawei buy US products (CNBC)
  6. Putin Says Russia and Saudi Arabia Agreed to Maintain Oil Cuts for as Long as 9 Months (Bloomberg)
  7. Small Caps Are Lagging. Investors Should Be More Concerned When They Lead (The Fat Pitch)
  8. ‘Charlie’s Angels’ official trailer shows Kristen Stewart and her co-stars getting fierce (USA Today)
  9. Heat Wave Powers Natural Gas to Best Week Since January (Wall Street Journal)
  10. The Bold Plan to Reach Mars (Men’s Journal)
  11. 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Is World’s ‘Fastest and Most Powerful Mass-Produced Sedan’ (Maxim)
  12. Lotus to Bring 8 Renowned Race Cars and Evora GT4 Concept to the Goodwood Festival of Speed (Robb Roport)
  13. Step Inside Maria Sharapova’s Sun-Drenched L.A. Home (Architectural Digest)
  14. July’s First Trading Day—Most Bullish Day, S&P 500 has Advanced 85.7% of the Time (Almanac Trader)

Be in the know. 7 key reads for Friday…

  1. Fed Stress Tests Find Top Banks Are Strong, Setting Stage for Wave of Payouts (New York Times)
  2. What you need to know about Saturday’s highly anticipated Trump-Xi meeting (CNBC)
  3. G20 meeting may offer more clarity for OPEC, non-OPEC: Russia’s Novak  (Reuters)
  4. Jony Ive, Designer Who Made Apple Look Like Apple, Is Leaving to Start a Firm (New York Times)
  5. Troubled Boeing Is Still a World-Beater (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Carnival Stock Is Slumping and the CEO Is Buying Up Shares (MarketWatch)
  7. Broadcom, FedEx, and 3 Other Stocks That Could Rise on a Huawei Deal (Barron’s)

Be in the know. 7 key reads for Thursday…

  1. China urges U.S. to lift sanctions on Huawei as Trump-Xi meeting looms (Reuters)
  2. First-quarter GDP left at 3.1% as stronger business investment offsets weaker consumer spending (MarketWatch)
  3. G-20 preview: Facing faltering economies, Trump and Xi likely to agree to a cease-fire of trade war (MarketWatch)
  4. American Tariffs on China Are Being Blunted by Trade Cheats (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Trump Wants to Cut Regulations That Block New Housing (New York Times)
  6. Carl Icahn Seeks to Replace Four Occidental Directors (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Do Wall Street Price Targets on Stocks Really Matter? What Investors Need to Know. (Barron’s)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Mnuchin: ‘We were about 90% of the way’ on China trade deal and there’s a ‘path to complete this’ (CNBC)
  2. Micron stock surges on earnings beat, improved forecast for memory-chip market (MarketWatch)
  3. How a potential case of stock-market ‘FOMO’ could trigger a ‘melt-up’ (MarketWatch)
  4. Chip stocks in broad rally after Micron beats on earnings, resumes some shipments to Huawei (MarketWatch)
  5. U.S. Set to Delay More China Tariffs Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting (Bloomberg)
  6. The 10 Most Powerful Hedge Fund Managers This Year (Worth)
  7. Boeing’s 737 MAX Has Strong Support Among Airlines (Barron’s)
  8. Trump disses Fed Chair Jerome Powell as a no-name poser (The Week)
  9. What’s So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh (Scientific American)
  10. Kraft Heinz CEO Looks to Ketchup for Sales Spurt (Wall Street Journal)