Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. Delay the ‘dot plot’? Fed policymakers face communications quandary (Reuters)
  2. Jamie Dimon on Why JPMorgan Is Like Netflix (Barron’s)
  3. Stanley Cup Finals Headed to Game 7 After Bruins Wallop Blues (New York Times)
  4. What the United Technologies-Raytheon Merger Means for Defense (Barron’s)
  5. Salesforce (CRM) to Acquire Tableau (DATA) in $15.7 Billion Deal (Street Insider)
  6. 4 Ways to Invest in Truck Stocks and Ride Out a Recession (Barron’s)
  7. Mnuchin Says Trade Talk With PBOC’s Yi Gang Was Constructive (Bloomberg)
  8. McDonald’s and Other Fast Food Chains Should Keep an Eye on Chick-Fil-A (Barron’s)
  9. Kraft Heinz Has a Long Road to Redemption (Wall Street Journal)
  10. The White House is said to be vetting Judy Shelton for a seat on the Fed board. She told us what she would bring to a central bank whose policies she has long criticized. ()
  11. Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, Lamborghini car prices plunge as ultra-luxury market expands (USA Today)
  12. 10 Things People in Finance Should Never Say (Bloomberg)
  13. Suiting Up Hockey’s Stars, One Stitch At a Time (New York Times)
  14. Wall Street Asks When, Not if, the Fed Will Cut Interest Rates (New York Times)
  15. Gene-Editing Startups Turn to Investors, Acquirers for Growth (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Tariffs could be the Fed’s excuse to cut interest rates (New York Post)
  2. Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Just Worked a Dairy Queen Shift Together. A Lesson In Thinking Differently Followed (Inc.)
  3. Meet the Money Whisperer to the Super-Rich N.B.A. Elite (New York Times)
  4. Uber Now Offers $200 Helicopter Flights From Manhattan to JFK Airport (Robb Report)
  5. Andrea Bocelli’s Seaside Palace Is an Italian Dream (Architectural Digest)
  6. Where to Eat, Drink, and Stay in Montreal (Maxim)
  7. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  8. Episode 651: The Salmon Taboo (NPR Planet Money)
  9. The Danger of Comparing Yourself to Others (Farnam Street)
  10. Why It Pays to Play Around (Nautilus)
  11. George Soros: Europe’s Silent Majority Speaks Out (Project-Syndicate)
  12. Free Will Is Real (Scientific American)
  13. What K-Pop Sensation BTS Can Teach Us About Economics (Podcast) (Bloomberg Odd Lots)
  14. From Dumpster Diving to Building a $3 Billion Business: 7 Things Sharran Srivatsaa Learned on His Journey to Success (Entrepreneur)
  15. 19 Lies You Were Told as a Kid—That You Probably Still Believe (Reader’s Digest)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Trump Gets Mexico Deal (Bloomberg)
  2. Xi calls Trump his friend and says the US won’t disconnect with China (CNBC)
  3. June Macro Update: Employment and Housing Strong, Manufacturing Weak (The Fat Pitch)
  4. Week in review: How Trump’s policies moved stocks (TheFly)
  5. Stock Market Posts Big Gains, Ushers In Positive Signal (Investor’s Business Daily)
  6. JPMorgan Chase Stock Is a Solid Bet Under Jamie Dimon (Barron’s)
  7. Weighing the Antitrust Case Against Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook (Barron’s)
  8. Everything You Need to Know About Modern Monetary Theory (Barron’s)
  9. Kraft Heinz Concludes Internal Investigation Into Accounting Errors (Wall Street Journal)
  10. G-20 Wrangles on Trade as It Warns on Downside Risks to Growth (Bloomberg)
  11. Mnuchin Says FX Tariff Push Isn’t Shift to Weak Dollar Policy (Bloomberg)
  12. 11 incredible facts about the $700 billion US trucking industry (Business Insider)
  13. Here’s where the jobs are — in one chart (CNBC)
  14. ‘Pavarotti’: 5 life lessons the passionate tenor taught us in the new Ron Howard documentary (USA Today)
  15. U.S. Treasury’s Mnuchin says Trump-Xi meeting has parallels to Buenos Aires summit (Reuters)
  16. Trump: Screw the Moon, Mars Is Where It’s At (Vanity Fair)
  17. New Law in India Would Imprison Anyone Who Uses Cryptocurrency (Futurism)
  18. America’s Richest Self-Made Women (Forbes)
  19. Why HBO’s “Chernobyl” Gets Nuclear So Wrong (Forbes)
  20. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Stanley Druckenmiller, Neil Woodford, Ken Griffin, Jim Chanos, Elliott Management, Black Hills Corp (BKH), Evolus Inc (EOLS), and More (Insider Monkey)