Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. Top 10 Tasks for Boeing’s New CEO (Wall Street Journal)
  2. China’s cabinet plans further action to boost manufacturers: state media (Reuters)
  3. The Power of Social Media in Predicting Stock Returns (Institutional Investor)
  4. Ten Strategists on What U.S.-Iran Escalation Means for Markets (Bloomberg)
  5. Why Battered Oilfield Services Stocks Could Be Big 2020 Winners (24/7 Wall Street)
  6. Why You Should Keep An Eye On These 5 Leading Health Care Stocks (Investor’s Business Daily)
  7. Macau casinos’ luck may change. Two stocks that could win (Barron’s)
  8. The U.S. killed an Iranian General—and the Riskiest Oil Stocks Are Flying (Barron’s)
  9. Boris Johnson’s chief adviser posted a bizarre advert calling for ‘super-talented weirdos’ to help run the UK government (Business Insider)
  10. U.S. shale producers to tap brakes in 2020 after years of rapid growth (Reuters)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. China Moves to Steady Its Slowing Economic Growth (New York Times)
  2. The Earth, Wind & Fire “Shining Star” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results) (ZeroHedge)
  3. These 6 charts compare the US and China economies (CNBC)
  4. Irrational exuberance? Why last year’s stellar returns may have been a reversal of ‘excessive pessimism’ (MarketWatch)
  5. Goldman Sachs Was the Worst Dow Stock of 2018. It Was One of the Best in 2019. (Barron’s)
  6. FedEx Stock Ended 2019 With a Loss. One Director Bought Up Shares in December. (Barron’s)
  7. The highest-paid CEOs of 2019 (USA Today)
  8. The Dollar’s Losses May Just Be Getting Started (Bloomberg)
  9. Almost Everything Wall Street Expects in 2020 (Bloomberg)
  10. OPEC Output Falls as Gulf Nations Step Up Delivery of Oil Cuts (Bloomberg)
  11. This is what the Warren Buffett empire looks like, in one giant chart (MarketWatch)
  12. Treasury’s Mnuchin to head U.S. delegation to Davos conclave (Reuters)
  13. 7 Excellent Value Stocks to Buy for 2020 (Yahoo! Finance)
  14. Twilio CEO Lawson Tinkers Until Solving Customers’ Problems (Investor’s Business Daily)
  15. MAX Crashes Strengthen Resolve of Boeing to Automate Flight (Wall Street Journal)

The Earth, Wind & Fire “Shining Star” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)

In 1975, Earth, Wind & Fire released their famous song entitled, “Shining Star.”  The salient lyrics – as they relate to the Stock Market in this week’s note are:

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