Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. Opinion: These battered biotech stocks are now buying opportunities as Elizabeth Warren climbs in the polls (MarketWatch)
  2. What May Have Driven David Tepper’s Big Decision (Institutional Investor)
  3. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Kyle Bass, Warren Buffett, Silver Point Capital, Kraft Heinz Co (KHC), and More (Insider Monkey)
  4. Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan (The Atlantic)
  5. SAP Stock Jumps After Strong Earnings Pre-Announcement, CEO Succession (Barron’s)
  6. Aussie dollar up on hopes of U.S.-China trade deal, sterling surges on Brexit deal hopes (Street Insider)
  7. For hedge funds, software-as-a-service stocks are the new FAANG (MarketWatch)
  8. 5 Raymond James Analyst Favorite Picks With Huge Implied Upside (24/7 Wall Street)
  9. Here’s how the Fed’s balance sheet expansion that’s got the market excited is going to work (CNBC)
  10. Trump just joined Amazon’s video game streaming site Twitch, even though he has major beef with Jeff Bezos (Business Insider)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Thursday…

  1. U.S. Weighs Currency Pact With China as Part of Partial Deal (Bloomberg)
  2. Fed’s Kaplan has ‘open mind’ on rate cuts, watching U.S. yield curve (Reuters)
  3. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Boaz Weinstein, Eddie Lampert, Ray Dalio, AQR Capital Management, Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPWR), Catalent Inc (CTLT), and More (Insider Monkey)
  4. No Inflation: US consumer prices were unchanged in September, the weakest reading since January (CNBC)
  5. How people vote in 2020 will come down to the economy (New York Post)
  6. The Fed chose ‘ounce of prevention’ with rate cut. Expect more. (Barron’s)
  7. Fed Officials Voice Concern About Slowdown’s Effect on Hiring (New York Times)
  8. Stock Traders Pay Biggest Premium to Shun Volatility in 41 Years (Bloomberg)
  9. From summer janitor to CEO of Disney: What fueled Bob Iger’s rise to the top (CNBC)
  10. Frank & Jerome (The Chairmen) agree: The Best is Yet to Come (AAII Sentiment Results) (Hedge Fund Tips)

Be in the know. 8 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Fox Stock Has Sold Off Since the Disney Deal. How It Can Bounce Back. (Barron’s)
  2. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: David Tepper, Joel Greenblatt, Seth Klarman, Bain Capital, Dollar Tree, Inc. (DLTR), Carnival PLC (CUK), and More (Insider Monkey)
  3. A Hard Lesson in Silicon Valley: Profits Matter (New York Times)
  4. Fed Chair Powell Signals Balance Sheet Will Grow Soon After Recent Market Turmoil (New York Times)
  5. Weekly mortgage refinances jump 10% as rates drop to the lowest level since August (CNBC)
  6. China ready to discuss a partial trade deal and will increase US agricultural purchases, reports say (CNBC)
  7. Small-Cap Tech Stocks Are Cheap And Might Be Ready to Rally (Barron’s)
  8. Want to Sit in This Ultra-Rare Ferrari? Just Ask. (Wall Street Journal)

 

Be in the know. 5 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Fed’s Kashkari says more easing needed, not sure how much (Reuters)
  2. Three Key Recession Indicators Are Sending Mixed Signals. Here’s What to Watch. (Barron’s)
  3. Cisco Systems Could Finally Rally Back to Its Bubble-Era Highs. One Analyst Explains How. (Barron’s)
  4. Elizabeth Warren Overtakes Joe Biden In Democratic Presidential Race: IBD/TIPP Poll (Investor’s)
  5. ETFs Get All the Buzz, but Mutual Funds Still Dominate. There’s a Reason. (Wall Street Journal)

 

 

Be in the know. 11 key reads for Monday…

  1. An Investment Tip From Mr. ZIP: Spot a coming trend and buy something close. No one knows exactly what’ll take off. (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Tepper’s Appaloosa Has Large S&P Call Option Position (Market Realist)
  3. GE to freeze pensions for about 20,000 employees, stock surges (MarketWatch)
  4. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Netflix, Raytheon, Spotify, Taiwan Semi And More (Yahoo! Finance)
  5. Review: The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye is a big, brash, intoxicating supercar (CNBC)
  6. Netflix has focused on India as a key area for growth. Exclusive data tells the story of its progress. (Business Insider)
  7. People Who Work from Home Earn $2,000 More a Year (Bloomberg)
  8. Goldman Says It’s Too Early to Call End to Equity Bull Market (Bloomberg)
  9. JPMorgan Says Euro Area to Be Key Equities Winner in Brexit Deal (Bloomberg)
  10. It’s ‘Too Early to Turn Cautious’ on Stocks (Barron’s)
  11. Fed Confronts Balance-Sheet Decisions to Curb Money-Market Volatility (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Sunday…

  1. There’s No Recession Coming. The Fed Will Make Sure of That. (Barron’s)
  2. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  3. How Iceland’s Tourism Bubble Deflated (NPR Planet Money)
  4. Externalities: Why We Can Never Do “One Thing” (Farnam Street)
  5. The Coming Crisis of China’s One-Party Regime (Project Syndicate)
  6. The Negative Effects of Chinese Financial Repression (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  7. 10 Walt Disney Quotes That Could Boost Your Small Business (Entrepreneur)
  8. Buy Delta stock or sell it? Your time horizon is the key. (Barron’s)
  9. Odds Apple Buys Netflix Advance (24/7 Wall Street)
  10. How to Succeed in Business? Major in Liberal Arts (Bloomberg)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Charles Schwab, Lennar, Johnson & Johnson: Stocks That Defined the Week (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Fed Officials Signal Openness to More Easing After Jobs Report (Bloomberg)
  3. The 2019 S&P 500 Sector Quilt (awealthofcommonsense)
  4. LEAPS (focusedcompounding)
  5. Stephen Schwarzman Hung Out a Shingle. Then He Waited (Institutional Investor)
  6. Google in talks to acquire TikTok rival Firework (New York Post)
  7. The Fed Will Give the Market What It Wants. Again (Bloomberg)
  8. Powell Says Economy Faces Some Risks But Still in Good Place (Bloomberg)
  9. JPMorgan, BlackRock Say Investors Too Cautious on Repeat of 2008 (Bloomberg)
  10. Banksy’s ‘Devolved Parliament’ painting showing monkeys in House of Commons sold for $12 million (Luxuo)
  11. I spent the day with a New Jersey commuter who rides a Jet Ski to work, and it changed the way I think about my week (Business Insider)
  12. The Fed says it will continue overnight repos of at least $75 billion through November 4 (Business Insider)
  13. Shipping Fuel Is About to Get Cleaner. What It Means for Investors. (Barron’s)
  14. A GE Stock Bear Trashed the Aviation Unit. Here’s Why Investors Shouldn’t Worry. (Barron’s)
  15. Banks Expected to Get Break on Postcrisis Rules (Wall Street Journal)
  16. Opportunity Zones Aren’t a Program—They’re a Market (Fortune)
  17. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Glenn Dubin, Tiger Global Management, Arrowgrass Capital Partners, Darsana Capital Partners, Apple Inc. (AAPL), PROS Holdings, Inc. (PRO), and More (Insider Monkey)
  18. Top 20 Best Warren Buffett Quotes On Money, Life And Success (ValueWalk)
  19. Zuckerberg misunderstands the huge threat of TikTok (TechCrunch)
  20. The Cheating Scandal Rocking the Poker World (The Ringer)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. U.S. adds 136,000 jobs in September, unemployment rate hits 50-year low (MarketWatch)
  2. The Dow Could Rebound in ‘a Matter of Days.’ One Way to Play the Comeback (Barron’s)
  3. Apple to Increase iPhone 11 Output by Up to 10%, Nikkei Reports (Bloomberg)
  4. Alphabet (GOOGL) PT Raised to ‘Street High’ $1,600 at Deutsche Bank; ‘Bullish on Google Cloud’ (Street Insider)
  5. ‘Sahm Rule’ enters Fed lexicon as fast, real-time recession flag (Reuters)
  6. Eddie Murphy says ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ (and Obama’s urging) spurred his return to stand-up (USA Today)
  7. The McRib is returning to McDonald’s menus at more than 10,000 locations across America (Business Insider)
  8. Soybean Futures Bounce Back After China Restarts Purchases (Wall Street Journal)
  9. The EU signaled it won’t retaliate after Trump said he’d slap Europe with $7.5 billion in tariffs (Business Insider)
  10. Ray Dalio: ‘I’m going to go quiet in about a year’ (Yahoo! Finance)

Be in the know. 11 key reads for Thursday…

  1. The bull market for stocks may be old, but it’s not dead yet, say Citi strategists (MarketWatch)
  2. Texture, Flavor, Funk! Six Rules for Building a Better Cheese Board (Bloomberg)
  3. Microsoft Looks to Rewrite History on Its Phone Business (Bloomberg)
  4. Here’s why a Houston businessman is betting millions on the Astros winning the World Series (MarketWatch)
  5. The Curious Case of the Terrible Manufacturing Number (Barron’s)
  6. Chinese Stocks Are Tumbling. Here’s Why Alibaba and Others Will Bounce Back. (Barron’s)
  7. Everything Is Private Equity Now (Bloomberg)
  8. Chicago Fed’s Evans says he’s worried about inflation outlook, open minded on more rate cuts (MarketWatch)
  9. GE’s Larry Culp Talks About His First Drama-Filled Year as CEO (MarketWatch)
  10. Slumping Data May Force Powell to Move to Third Cut (Bloomberg)
  11. A Secretive Committee of Wall Street Insiders Is the Least of the New York Fed’s Concerns. (Institutional Investor)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Stock-market investors ‘should play offense,’ ignore manufacturing weakness, says Canaccord’s Dwyer (MarketWatch)
  2. PM Johnson calls for EU to embrace compromise with Britain’s new proposal  (Reuters)
  3. Ray Dalio says U.S. may go for ‘bigger moves’ than limiting capital flows to China (MarketWatch)
  4. Lennar tops forecasts as builder reports 13% profit rise (MarketWatch)
  5. Baird Has 3 Top Biotech Picks With Huge Upcoming Potential Catalysts (24/7 Wall Street)
  6. Stocks Had a Rough Start to the Fourth Quarter. But It May Not Mean Much. (Barron’s)
  7. Facebook stock is way up this year. How to win from its next big move. (Barron’s)
  8. Schwab Cuts Fees on Online Stock Trades to Zero, Rattling Rivals (Wall Street Journal)
  9. Meat Strikes Back as Diet Wars Rage On (Wall Street Journal)
  10. The Japanese Stock Market Is Cheap if You’re Cheerful (Wall Street Journal)