Category: What I’m Reading Today

1. IBM Stock Soars on Better-Than-Expected Earnings, Forecast: (Barron’s)
2. Tesla jacks up recharging prices for electric cars (New York Post)
3. China Proceeds With Belt and Road Push, but Does It More Quietly (New York Times)
4. Pound Strengthens as Delay to Exit Gains Traction: Brexit Update (Bloomberg)
5. The BoJ lowers its inflation forecasts (Business Insider)
6. EQT Rejects Rice Proposal to Shake Up Management (Wall Street Journal)

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1. Chilling Davos: A Bleak Warning on Global Division and Debt (New York Times)
2. Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s biggest hedge fund, sees a ‘significant risk’ of a possible US recession in 2020 (CNBC)
3. Goldman upgrades Under Armour to Conviction Buy, sees 37% share upside (The Fly)
4. Hedge Funds Hunt for Brexit Bargains (Bloomberg)
5. A data point known as a canary in the coal mine for the global economy just fell off a cliff (Business Insider)
6. Amazon will soon lose the biggest reason to pay for Prime (Business Insider)
7. Elliott urges eBay to restructure business to double market value (Reuters)

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1. Abby Joseph Cohen Highlights Global Bargains (Barron’s)
2. Why the stock market is headed for a swift recovery (USA Today)
3. Amazon Knows What You Buy. And It’s Building a Big Ad Business From It (New York Times)
4. Trump, Democrats Inch Closer Amid Personal Shutdown Sniping (Bloomberg)
5. Trump and Kim to Hold Second Summit in February (Wall Street Journal)

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1. Skittish investors made it a painful year-end for hedge funds (New York Post)
2. The Fed is Zeus and the algos are the underworld — Greek mythology is a lot like today’s wild markets, Macquarie says (Business Insider)
3. Five Ways to Profit from the Boom in Life Science (Barron’s)
4. What Keeps Economists Up At Night? And Other Stuff (NPR Planet Money)
5. How to Do Great Things (Farnam Street)

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1. Value Stocks Are So Cheap They Might Be Ready to Run (Barron’s)
2. 6 Regional Banks That Pay Big Dividend Yields (Barron’s)
3. U.S. Debates Lifting China Tariffs to Hasten Trade Deal, Calm Markets (Wall Street Journal)
4. Small caps just did something they haven’t in three decades (CNBC)
5. History shows the stock market may be setting up to rip higher once the government shutdown ends (Business Insider)

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1. Costco Stock Might Be a Good Buy After 2018’s Pullback (Barron’s)
2. The Hartford’s CEO Is Buying Up Stock for the First Time (Barron’s)
3. Junk-Bond Sales Have Been Slow, but Don’t Compare This to 2008 (Barron’s)
4. Fed Says Student Debt Has Hurt the U.S. Housing Market (Wall Street Journal)
5. Warren Buffett might be looking to buy these 12 stocks, Wells Fargo says (caveat: list is quantitative, not qualitative – Buffett generally doesn’t buy commodity stocks and generally avoids tech – but worth a read for metrics): (Business Insider)

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1. Cisco Is Heading for Serious Growth (Barron’s)
2. The Oil Market Is Beaten Up. It Could Be Merger Time. (Barron’s)
3. Goldman Sachs and Bank of America Earnings Are Adding Steam to the Rebound in Bank Stocks (Barron’s)
4. U.K. Lawmaker Proposes Bills to Prepare for Second Referendum: Brexit Update (Bloomberg)
5. Homebuilder sentiment turns higher in January after mortgage rates drop (CNBC)

1. Netflix (NFLX) is Raising U.S. Prices by 13% to 18% (Street Insider)
2. JPMorgan (JPM) Misses Q4 EPS by 23c (Street Insider)
3. Wells Fargo (WFC) Tops Q4 EPS by 2c (Street Insider)
4. Raymond James Says Top MLPs May Be Poised for a Monster Year (24/7 Wall Street)
5. Warning to Investors: Powell Is No Greenspan (Wall Street Journal)
6. China to Ramp Up Efforts to Support Economy in 2019 (Barron’s)
7. All Eyes on Corporate Guidance (Wall Street Journal)

1. The Worst Might Be Over for FedEx Stock (Barron’s)
2. Snap shares rise after Citi upgrades stock, citing better ad revenues (CNBC)
3. Train Your Brain Like a Memory Champion (New York Times)
4. Jessica Alba Shares the Routine That Helps Her Run the Multimillion-Dollar Honest Company (Entrepreneur)
5. Former White House communications chief Anthony Scaramucci to appear in Celebrity Big Brother. (The Sun)

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2. Saudis Say OPEC+ Oil Cuts on ‘Right Track’ to Balance the Market (Bloomberg)
3. Cannabis company stock soars after Thiel-backed fund says it won’t sell shares (New York Post)
4. How Companies Like Apple Sprinkle Secrets in Earnings Reports (New York Times)
5. Carl Icahn Reportedly Building Stake in Caesars ()