- Hiring rebounds in June as U.S. creates 224,000 jobs, unemployment rises to 3.7% (MarketWatch)
- OPEC’s Latest Move Shows It’s ‘Drawing a Line in the Sand’ on Falling Oil Prices (Barron’s)
- The 2020 Election Is Heating Up and That Makes the Trade War More Complicated (Barron’s)
- Deutsche plans separate ‘corporate bank’ in multi-billion dollar revamp (Reuters)
- ‘Kind of Blingy’: The Tricked-Out Golf Carts of the Villages, Fla. (New York Times)
- Farmers Built a Soybean Export Empire Around China. Now They’re Fighting to Save It. (Wall Street Journal)
- Lagarde Likely Would Keep ECB on Current Course (Wall Street Journal)
Category: What I’m Reading Today
Be in the know. 8 key reads for Independence Day!
- Trump officials say U.S.-China trade talks to resume next week (Reuters)
- OPEC, allies waging a battle to keep oil prices supported amid trade tensions (MarketWatch)
- Brevan Howard Main Hedge Fund Posts Best First Half in a Decade (Bloomberg)
- U.S. Farmers See the Light (Wall Street Journal)
- Bill Gates doesn’t believe that everyone should take vacations and weekends off (MarketWatch)
- What’s the Bottle Cap Challenge? Here’s what you need to know about the latest viral trend (USA Today)
- Earnings Season Is Coming and Expectations Couldn’t Be Much Lower (Barron’s)
- 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…
- Hey Dave, “Where’s the Beef?” (ZeroHedge)
- American Suburbs Swell Again as a New Generation Escapes the City (Wall Street Journal)
- OPEC and allies extend oil supply cut in bid to boost prices (Reuters)
- China’s Deleveraging Is Over (Wall Street Journal)
- Goldman Sachs Has 4 Top Pick Energy Stocks to Buy as OPEC Cuts Remain in Place (24/7 Wall Street)
- Hedge Funds Are Tracking Private Jets to Find the Next Megadeal (Bloomberg)
- Why Goldman Sachs Could Be a New Safety Stock (Wall Street Journal)
Be in the know. 5 key reads for Monday…
- OPEC set to extend oil supply cut as Iran endorses pact (Reuters)
- Wall St. eyes return to record highs as stocks cheer trade reprieve (Reuters)
- Stifel Has 5 Mid-Cap Energy Stocks to Buy With 100% and More Upside Potential (24/7 Wall Street)
- How Two College Dropouts Built an $860 Million Fortune by Age 23 (Bloomberg)
- 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…
- China eases foreign investment curbs amid cooling trade tensions (Reuters)
- Trump crosses DMZ to meet with Kim Jong Un in North Korea (New York Post)
- The World’s 50 Best Restaurants: French ‘Mirazur’ At The Top (Forbes)
- 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 ()
- American Living (The Irrelevant Investor)
- Why a Strong Dollar Causes the World Major Pain (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
- Mark Cuban Says These 2 Words Separate Those Who Achieve From Those Who Only Dream (Inc.)
- I tried being a lumberjack and it was OK (Economist)
- The 1 Decision That Helped Yeti Move From Cult Brand to Nearly $800 Million in Revenue (Inc.)
- The Rise Of American Oil (NPR)
- Jony Ive made the entire tech world care about design (The Verge)
- How Do You Follow Up âOld Town Road?â If Youâre Lil Nas X, You Donât Try (Rolling Stone)
- 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)
- What Does Putin Really Want? (New York Times)
- Connecticut billionaire Paul Tudor Jones wants to save Africa with new nonprofit (New York Post)
Be in the know. 14 key reads for Saturday…
- The RealReal Is No Pets.com and Today’s IPO Market Is Not the Next Dot-Com Bubble (Barron’s)
- Week in review: How Trump’s policies moved stocks (TheFly)
- Carnival Stock Is Headed for Smoother Sailing (Barron’s)
- Reset of U.S.-China Talks May Boost Risk Appetite, Analysts Say (Bloomberg)
- Trump says he agreed with Xi to hold off on new tariffs and to let Huawei buy US products (CNBC)
- Putin Says Russia and Saudi Arabia Agreed to Maintain Oil Cuts for as Long as 9 Months (Bloomberg)
- Small Caps Are Lagging. Investors Should Be More Concerned When They Lead (The Fat Pitch)
- ‘Charlie’s Angels’ official trailer shows Kristen Stewart and her co-stars getting fierce (USA Today)
- Heat Wave Powers Natural Gas to Best Week Since January (Wall Street Journal)
- The Bold Plan to Reach Mars (Men’s Journal)
- 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Is World’s ‘Fastest and Most Powerful Mass-Produced Sedan’ (Maxim)
- Lotus to Bring 8 Renowned Race Cars and Evora GT4 Concept to the Goodwood Festival of Speed (Robb Roport)
- Step Inside Maria Sharapova’s Sun-Drenched L.A. Home (Architectural Digest)
- 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…
- Fed Stress Tests Find Top Banks Are Strong, Setting Stage for Wave of Payouts (New York Times)
- What you need to know about Saturday’s highly anticipated Trump-Xi meeting (CNBC)
- G20 meeting may offer more clarity for OPEC, non-OPEC: Russia’s Novak (Reuters)
- Jony Ive, Designer Who Made Apple Look Like Apple, Is Leaving to Start a Firm (New York Times)
- Troubled Boeing Is Still a World-Beater (Wall Street Journal)
- Carnival Stock Is Slumping and the CEO Is Buying Up Shares (MarketWatch)
- Broadcom, FedEx, and 3 Other Stocks That Could Rise on a Huawei Deal (Barron’s)
Be in the know. 7 key reads for Thursday…
- China urges U.S. to lift sanctions on Huawei as Trump-Xi meeting looms (Reuters)
- First-quarter GDP left at 3.1% as stronger business investment offsets weaker consumer spending (MarketWatch)
- G-20 preview: Facing faltering economies, Trump and Xi likely to agree to a cease-fire of trade war (MarketWatch)
- American Tariffs on China Are Being Blunted by Trade Cheats (Wall Street Journal)
- Trump Wants to Cut Regulations That Block New Housing (New York Times)
- Carl Icahn Seeks to Replace Four Occidental Directors (Wall Street Journal)
- 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…
- Mnuchin: ‘We were about 90% of the way’ on China trade deal and there’s a ‘path to complete this’ (CNBC)
- Micron stock surges on earnings beat, improved forecast for memory-chip market (MarketWatch)
- How a potential case of stock-market ‘FOMO’ could trigger a ‘melt-up’ (MarketWatch)
- Chip stocks in broad rally after Micron beats on earnings, resumes some shipments to Huawei (MarketWatch)
- U.S. Set to Delay More China Tariffs Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting (Bloomberg)
- The 10 Most Powerful Hedge Fund Managers This Year (Worth)
- Boeing’s 737 MAX Has Strong Support Among Airlines (Barron’s)
- Trump disses Fed Chair Jerome Powell as a no-name poser (The Week)
- What’s So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh (Scientific American)
- Kraft Heinz CEO Looks to Ketchup for Sales Spurt (Wall Street Journal)