Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Showtime’s ‘Billions’ Is Back With More Financial Schemes Than Ever (Wall Street Journal)
  2. This CEO’s Formula For Building Success Is So Simple (Investor’s Business Daily)
  3. Stocks Pause After Strong Rally (Barron’s)
  4. Health Care Was Biggest Drag on GDP (Barron’s)
  5. Cash-hungry firms are turning to convertible bonds (fnLondon)
  6. Justin Amash Discloses Purchases of Disney Stock (Barron’s)
  7. You’d Be Surprised Who Can Beat Buffett and Icahn (Barron’s)
  8. China’s nonmanufacturing PMI hits 3-month high (MarketWatch)
  9. Two Mortgage REITs Are Benefiting From Fed-Backed Market (Barron’s)
  10. Elon Musk slams ‘fascist’ coronavirus lockdowns in Tesla earnings call (New York Post)
  11. Kraft Heinz Sticks With Its Dividend. Earnings Were Strong. (Barron’s)
  12. 35 Stocks to Buy if the Economy Recovers in a V-Shape (Barron’s)
  13. U.S. Explores Emergency-Use Approval for Gilead Drug After Study Found It Helped Recovery From Covid-19 (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Fed’s Powell Says More Spending Will Be Needed From Congress (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Steven Mnuchin Says U.S. Aims to Get Back Its Money From Fed Programs (Wall Street Journal)
  16. The Bad News Won’t Stop, but Markets Keep Rising (New York Times)
  17. Fed Suggests Tough Road Ahead as It Pledges to Help Insulate Economy (New York Times)
  18. Gilead CEO Says Over 50,000 Remdesivir Courses Ready to Ship (Bloomberg)
  19. Warren Buffett to Break Silence at Virtual Woodstock for Capitalists (Bloomberg)
  20. Coronavirus pushed Twitter to a record 24% growth in daily users last quarter (Business Insider)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. ‘Trolls World Tour’ Breaks Digital Records and Charts a New Path for Hollywood (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Simon Property to Reopen 49 Malls (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Boeing’s stock surges after wider-than-expected loss and revenue miss, but free cash flow beat (MarketWatch)
  4. ‘Will You Help Save My Brother?’: The Scramble to Find Covid-19 Plasma Donors (New York Times)
  5. China’s Factories Are Back. Its Consumers Aren’t. (New York Times)
  6. Rhode Island Pushes Aggressive Testing, a Move That Could Ease Reopening (New York Times)
  7. Icahn’s ‘Beautiful Trade’ Pays Off Early With Malls Forced Shut (Bloomberg)
  8. Elon Musk Joins the Lockdown Rebels (Bloomberg)
  9. Saudi Prince’s Year of Prestige Is Unraveling in Front of Him (Bloomberg)
  10. Weekly mortgage applications to buy a home make a strong recovery (CNBC)
  11. Pfizer coronavirus vaccine could be ready for emergency use by this fall (New York Post)
  12. Starbucks expects to reopen 90 percent of its stores by June (New York Post)
  13. Oil price jumps 15% after reports that a key measure of storage demand was 2 million barrels lower than expected. (Business Insider)
  14. Arthritis drug may help fight severe coronavirus cases, study finds (New York Post)
  15. Much of U.S. economy still plugging along despite coronavirus pain (Reuters)
  16. Home-buying interest spikes to highest level in weeks, showing signs of recovery (Fox Business)
  17. Stock futures jump after positive data on Gilead coronavirus treatment (CNBC)
  18. U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace due to Coronavirus (GDP) (Bloomberg)
  19. Gilead Remdesivir Trial for Covid-19 Has Met Primary Endpoint (Bloomberg)
  20. IHOP parent Dine Brands shares jump after earnings beat (MarketWatch)