Be in the know. 25 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Today’s Bank Losses Could Become Tomorrow’s Profits. Here’s How. (Barron’s)
  2. This colorful billionaire reportedly played outsized role in recent market rally (New York Post)
  3. Tech Stocks Slide After a Summer-Long Rally. But This Is No Dot-Com Bubble. (Barron’s)
  4. Hedge Funds Lighten Up on Tech and Health Care. Should Investors Follow? (Barron’s)
  5. Warren Buffett Is Betting on Japan. Here’s How You Can Too. (Barron’s)
  6. 15 Affordable Stocks With Earnings Growth on the Way (Barron’s)
  7. Stocks Went Haywire Today. The Steepening Treasury Yield Curve Tells the Real Story. (Barron’s)
  8. U.S. Unemployment Rate Fell to 8.4% in August as Hiring Continued (Wall Street Journal)
  9. Retail Stores Add Jobs as Shoppers Return (Wall Street Journal)
  10. U.S. Government-Bond Yields Climb After Jobs Data (Wall Street Journal)
  11. Tony Hawk Wants to See Skateboarding Everywhere (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Manufacturers Are Coming Home. Are U.S. Workers Ready? (Bloomberg)
  13. Foreign Investors Pour Into India Stocks Despite Sinking Economy (Bloomberg)
  14. A top strategist says the S&P 500 has predicted the election winner 87% of the time in nearly 100 years, but ‘transformational’ events pose a challenge for 2020 vote (Business Insider)
  15. Many investors have never been so confident on Europe, crisis fund chief says (CNBC)
  16. Russia’s energy minister calls oil at $50 to $55 a barrel in 2021 (CNBC)
  17. 5 reasons COVID-19 is boosting cars, SUVs, pickups (USA Today)
  18. Elon Musk’s brother Kimbal made more than $8 million selling Tesla shares 2 days before he bought them (MarketWatch)
  19. Watch Ford’s Insanely Powerful Electric Mustang Pop a Wheelie on the Drag Strip (Futurism)
  20. Tesla spurned in S&P 500 reshuffle (Financial Times)
  21. Amazon deletes 20,000 reviews after evidence of profits for posts (Financial Times)
  22. Warren Buffett: His life in pictures (CNN)
  23. A Value Investor’s Lesson on Valuing People (Safal Niveshak)
  24. Buffett’s Investment in See’s Candy (Dividend Growth Investor)
  25. Some Thoughts On SPACs (AVC)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…

  1. U.S. Jobless Rate Declined to 8.4% in August, Extending Rebound (Bloomberg)
  2. Buy General Electric at $6.50 Before It Jumps 150% (Yahoo! Finance)
  3. Can Oil Save The World? The Energy Report 09/04/2020 (Phil Flynn)
  4. Spanish Banks Surge on Merger Talks (Barron’s)
  5. Long-End Rates Climb on Jobs Data, Driving U.S. Curve Steeper (Bloomberg)
  6. 10 High-Quality Value Stocks That May Be Poised for Liftoff (Barron’s)
  7. Russia’s Vaccine Trials Show ‘No Serious Adverse Effects’ (Barron’s)
  8. Billionaire Daniel Loeb bets on Covid vaccine arriving this year, here’s what it means for your equity portfolios (fn London)
  9. Justice Department Could Launch Antitrust Suit Against Google as Early as This Month (Barron’s)
  10. Apple Lost $180 Billion In Market Value Today. It’s the Biggest Loss For Any Company Ever. (Barron’s)
  11. Bank Stocks Held Up on a Brutal Day for the Market (Barron’s)
  12. Don Peebles: I plan to be part of a ‘solution’ to move New York forward (Fox Business)
  13. Johnson & Johnson Says Vaccine Prevented Severe COVID-19 Symptoms In Hamsters (Benzinga)
  14. Nio Doubles Electric-Car Deliveries, Eyes Expansion After Massive Windfall (Yahoo! Finance)
  15. Goldman Sachs Says to Buy 4 Top Airline Stocks For Gains Ahead (24/7 Wall street)
  16. U.S. manufacturing activity strongest in nearly two years in August (Street Insider)
  17. Carnival Corp.’s (CCL) Costa Cruises Brand to Restart Cruise Operations This Weekend (Street Insider)
  18. Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg and Gates lose collective $25 billion in net worth (CNBC)
  19. This banking stock is the ‘Apple’ of the financials, trader says (CNBC)
  20. A commercial real estate-investing expert explains why the future of offices isn’t as bleak as you think — and shares 3 property stocks set for gains no matter the path the COVID-19 recovery. (Business Insider)