Category: What I’m Reading Today

1. Amazon generated $30 billion in cash last year, and it could be just the ammunition the company needs to start a price war (Business Insider)
2. Baillie Gifford was an early investor in Amazon, Facebook, and Tesla — here are the stocks and themes the $221 billion firm is betting on for the future (Business Insider)
3. Bill Gross’ best investment over the last 10 years had nothing to do with bonds (Market Watch)
4. Why every fund manager should employ a monkey (Money Week)
5. Trump and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Dine at White House (New York Times)

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1. Oil hits 2019 high near $64 on Venezuela sanctions, OPEC (CNBC)
2. BNP Paribas: China’s economy could recover in 2H of 2019 (CNBC)
3. Fed’s Kashkari: Rate hike pause keeps U.S. growth on track (Reuters)
4. What the CEO of America’s Largest Mall REIT, Simon Property Group, Just Said about the Brick & Mortar Meltdown and How it’s Trying to Manage It (Wolf Street)
5. Steve Jobs Motivational Speeches Compilation with Music – Best Advice for Entrepreneurs (You Tube)
6. Will Trump try to take a detour though Texas? (American Thinker)
7. This crypto exchange can’t repay the $190 million to customers because the CEO died with the only password (Business Insider)

 

1. ‘Punxsutawney Phil’ predicts winter blast will soon end (Reuters)
2. My Mother Was a Betting Woman (New York Times)
3. Trump: ‘Good chance’ he will declare emergency for wall money (Yahoo)
4. Can the Fed Stave Off the Next Recession? (Barron’s)
5. Someone’s Making a Big Bet on a Border Wall (Barron’s)
6. Opinion: The evidence is in: Stocks are in a ‘bull trap’ (Market Watch)
7. Crypto Is Over: Paris Fintech Summit Returns to Disrupting Banks (Bloomberg)

1. The economy adds 304,000 jobs in January, smashing expectations as the unemployment rate rises (Business Insider)
2. Chevron shares rise as quarterly profits beat Street forecast (CNBC)
3. Amazon Posts Record Earnings But Stock Falls (CFO)
4. Exxon Mobil’s fourth quarter profit tops estimates as volumes rebound (Reuters)
5. Where’s The Progress On Trump’s China Trade Talks? (Forbes)

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1. Tesla Stock Waffles On Earnings, Another Executive Departure (Investor’s Business Daily)
2. Intel Slumps as Wall Street Scrutinizes New CEO Swan’s Pedigree (Bloomberg)
3. Pelosi: ‘There’s Not Going to Be Any Wall Money’ (CNS News)
4. Trump Today: President conditions China trade deal on opening up markets to U.S. farm, manufactured goods (Market Watch)
5. The Threat of a Eurozone Recession (Project Syndicate)

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1. Boeing Sales Top $100 Billion for First Time (Bloomberg)
2. ‘Bad news is over’ — here’s what every major analyst says about Apple’s earnings (CNBC)
3. Powell to Stress Fed Patience on Rate Hikes: Decision Day Guide (Bloomberg)
4. A New Round of Trade Talks Could Be Just Enough to Keep Markets Calm (Barron’s)
5. Roomba Maker iRobot Expands Fleet With Terra Lawn-Mowing Bot (Investor’s Business Daily)

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1. In Unloved Dell, Investors Can Find a Silver Lining in Its VMware Stake (Barron’s)
2. Apple iPhone outlook has nowhere to go but up: analyst (New York Post)
3. A $4 Trillion Scapegoat for Market Volatility: the Fed’s Shrinking Portfolio (Wall Street Journal)
4. Biogen (BIIB) Tops Q4 EPS by 25c, Offers Guidance (Street Insider)
5. Experts are throwing cold water on a ‘housing collapse’ (ITB) (Business Insider)

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1. Apple Earnings Are Coming. The Last Round Left a Mark. (Barron’s)
2. Inspiring story of a guy who didn’t give up on his dreams: Geoffrey Owens, once shamed for Trader Joe’s job, featured in SAGs opener (New York Post)
3. 5 Stocks That Struggled in 2018 Could Be Big 2019 Winners (Jeffries via 24/7 Wall Street)
4. NVIDIA (NVDA) Cuts Q4 Guidance (Street Insider)
5. Dems Warn Howard Schultz Independent Run Would “Secure Trump’s Reelection” (Zero Hedge)
6. The world’s oldest Nobel Prize winner, a 96-year-old physicist, says his new invention will give everyone in the world clean, cheap energy (Business Insider)
7. Grubhub rallies after Credit Suisse upgrades, tells clients to expect 60% upside (CNBC)
8. Powell on the Spot After Fed’s Monetary Messages Whipsaw Market (Bloomberg)
9. Drillers Are Easing Off the Gas (Wall Street Journal)

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1. The ultimate gearhead bucket-list car show and event guide for 2019 (CNET)
2. Everything coming to Netflix in February (The Verge)
3. How CRISPR lets you edit DNA (TED)
4. $5 Billion to Be Wagered on the Super Bowl, Some Legally for the First Time (How Stuff Works)
5. 8 Morning Routines of History’s Most Successful People (Mental Floss)
6. What one Navy SEAL learned by doing Hell Week 3 times (Big Think)
7. The Euro’s First 20 Years (Project Syndicate)
8. When Does Your Intelligence Peak? (Scientific American)
9. Everything You Need to Host a Winning Super Bowl Party (Consumer Reports)
10. Will Tesla change the world or go out of business? Yes. (Recode)

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1. Bond Traders Face Plenty of Risk as Powell Ushers In a New Era (Bloomberg)
2. This Alibaba business could be its next big moneymaker (Market Watch)
3. America’s Hidden Workforce Returns (Wall Street Journal)
4. Four Low-Debt Stocks to Buy for Uncertain Times (Barron’s)
5. Intel Stock Is Selling Off. Here’s Why You Should Buy. (Barron’s)
6. Trump To Try Nominating People He Agrees With To Fed Board (Dealbreaker)
7. Why Xilinx Is Seeing Strong Growth When Many Chip Peers Aren’t Growing at All (The Street)
8. Elizabeth Warren’s New Wealth Tax Could Cost Billionaires $85 Billion A Year (Forbes)
9. China confident of keeping 2019 growth within ‘appropriate range’ (Reuters)
10. The Marijuana Billionaire Who Doesn’t Smoke Weed (aka Don’t get high on your own supply): (Fortune)
11. Robots at a Budapest cafe serve up food and drink, tell jokes, dance with kids (First Post)

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