Category: What I’m Reading Today

1. Bullish stock investors ‘too sanguine’ about U.S.-China trade talks, warns fund manager (Market Watch)
2. Cisco Stock Rises On an Earnings Beat and a Solid Outlook (Barron’s)
3. Bank Mergers Get Faster Under Trump (Wall Street Journal)
4. NHL’s Comeback: Loads of Goals and Surprises (Wall Street Journal)
5. US Retail Sales Collapse In December (Zero Hedge)

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1. Europe Is Emerging as the Real Weak Link for Global Economy (Bloomberg)
2. Oil Extends Gain On Saudi Output Pledge, Trump Trade Flexibility (Investor’s Business Daily)
3. U.S.-China Trade Talks Face Big Obstacle: Ensuring That Promises Are Kept (New York Times)
4. From Guinness to Bud Light: These are the most popular beer brands in America (USA Today)
5. Ray Dalio interview with Paul Volker (YouTube)
6. Twilio (TWLO) Reports In-Line Q4 EPS, Guidance Light: (Street Insider)

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1. iPhone sales in China reportedly tanked 20 percent last quarter (New York Post)
2. A Government Shutdown May Have Been Avoided, but Investors Shouldn’t Relax Just Yet (Barron’s)
3. How Millennials Could Restore American Prosperity (Barron’s)
4. Latest Warning Sign for Markets: A Possible ‘Earnings Recession’ (New York Times)
5. Can the middle-class revival under Trump last? (USA Today)
6. Traders With $515 Billion Boycott Stocks for Cash Despite Rally (Bloomberg)
7. Opinion: Proof that you can outperform with the right actively managed stock fund (Market Watch)
8. Here’s why hedge-fund manager Kyle Bass thinks U.S. stocks will be lower by end 2019 (Market Watch)
9. Why Canaccord Genuity Sees Tesla Rising Nearly 50% (24/7 Wall Street)
10. Wall Street analysts slash Nvidia price target, say recent guidance cut is ‘a splash of cold water’ (NDVA) (Business Insider)
11. Anadarko selloff brings ‘compelling entry point,’ says JPMorgan (The Fly)
12. GDP Now upgrades to 2.7% (from 2.5%) (Atlanta Fed)

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1. Talks Over Border Security Break Down, Imperiling Effort to Prevent Shutdown (New York Times)
2. Latest Round Of Trade Talks Begins In Beijing With Deal In Doubt (Zero Hedge)
3. The Next Wave of ‘Unicorn’ Start-Ups (New York Times)
4. Two Large Chinese Borrowers Miss Bond Payments, Sources Say (Bloomberg)
5. AI Stocks To Watch: 42 Top Funds Just Invested $1.1 Billion In Splunk Stock (Investor’s Business Daily)
6.  High-Rollers Cool Their Bets as Chinese Economy Slows (Wall Street Journal)
7. Growing economic anxiety hits Main Street as small-business confidence drops: Survey (CNBC)
8. Every NFL Team’s Biggest Hole to Fill in 2019 Offseason (CNN)

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1. This Global Money Manager Sat on Cash and Gold for 2 Years. Now He’s Snapping Up Stocks. (Barron’s)
2. Lawmakers Close In on Deal in Talks on Border Funding (Wall Street Journal)
3. Stock Market Outlook: Wall Street Braves Political Risks As 2020 Election Looms (Investor’s Business Daily)
4. Female CLO Managers Tend to Outperform Men (Wall Street Journal)
5. The Invention of Ice Hockey (Wall Street Journal)

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1. How Facebook’s Tiny China Sales Floor Helps Generate Big Ad Money (New York Times)
2. New White House message on China is that there’s a long way to go before striking trade deal (Market Watch)
3. How the European economy is raising fresh global growth fears (Market Watch)
4. Buying the Dow Stocks With the Highest Dividends Is a Winning Strategy (Barron’s)
5. The Hedge-Fund Bond Trade That Keeps on Giving (Bloomberg)
6. Trump is reportedly expected to ban Chinese telecommunication equipment from US networks (CNBC)
7. Merrill Lynch Has 5 Safe Growth Stocks to Buy That All Yield 5% or More (24/7 Wall Street)

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1. Twitter stock falls after light outlook, plans to phase out monthly-active-user metric (Market Watch)
2. Why liberal billionaire Warren Buffett is not likely to be a big fan of the new Democratic Party war on stock buybacks (CNBC)
3. Trump Loves the New Nafta. Congress Doesn’t. (New York Times)
4. Theresa May’s demands to renegotiate Brexit deal rejected by EU (Business Insider)
5. Tesla Cuts the Model 3 Price Again (Wall Street Journal)
6. Pound Tumbles After BOE Slashes GDP Forecast, Warns Of Rising Brexit Damage (Zero Hedge)
7. Trump Preparing Plan to Boost AI, 5G Technology (Wall Street Journal)
8. NXP Semiconductors Falls After ‘Worse-Than-Feared’ Forecast (Bloomberg)

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1. EU now sees Brexit unstoppable, aims to avert ‘fiasco’ (Reuters)
2. Tom Brady Really Is Bad for Your Portfolio? (Wall Street Journal)
3. 5 Stocks on Goldman Sachs Conviction List With Massive Upside Potential (24/7 Wall Street)
4. Aussie set for biggest drop in a year on central bank swerve (Street Insider)
5. Profit margins may be starting to erode because of rising costs (CNBC)
6. Walt Disney gooses profits with jacked-up ticket prices at parks (New York Post)
7. Snap Stems the Flood of Users Leaving Its App (New York Times)

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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)