Tag: Biotech

Be in the know. 16 key reads for Monday…

  1. These Drugs Are Helping Our Coronavirus Patients (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement (Federal Reserve)
  3. Fed calls emergency meeting, announces unprecedented moves to calm corporate debt (Yahoo! Finance)
  4. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Big Tech Picks, Bank Stocks Large and Small And More (Yahoo! Finance)
  5. Danaher (DHR) Unit Cepheid Granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization for 45 Minute COVID-19 Test (Street Insider)
  6. One Anecdote (NY Testing Starts Tomorrow): Florida man with coronavirus says drug touted by Trump saved his life (New York Post)
  7. Stock futures cut losses as Fed announces limitless asset purchases to keep markets functioning (CNBC)
  8. Bond girl Olga Kurylenko says she has ‘completely recovered’ from coronavirus (New York Post)
  9. Gilead Stops Accepting Emergency Applications for Covid-19 Drug Remdesivir (Barron’s)
  10. Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson ‘feel better’ two weeks after first coronavirus symptoms (New York Post)
  11. Virus Rescue Plan Stalls When Democrats Block McConnell’s Offer (Bloomberg)
  12. Honeywell boosting mask production, creating hundreds of jobs (Fox Business)
  13. Kashkari to Congress: Err on the side of being too generous (MarketWatch)
  14. Dollar General to hire 50,000 employees by the end of April (MarketWatch)
  15. Fed will make up to $4 trillion in loans to businesses to rescue the U.S. economy, Mnuchin says (MarketWatch)
  16. Why It’s So Difficult to Stop the Spread of the Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Trump to buy oil for strategic reserve to aid energy industry: ‘We’re going to fill it’ (CNBC)
  2. Gilead Pops After Coronavirus Drug Helps Cruise Ship Patients In Japan Investor’s Business Daily)
  3. Europe Pledges Billions in Economic Aid in Rare Sign of Unity (New York Times)
  4. Dow surges nearly 2,000 points after Trump declares coronavirus national emergency (New York Post)
  5. Trump Says He Supports Pelosi Virus Bill, Urges GOP to Vote Yes (Bloomberg)
  6. Trump Waives Student-Loan Interest, Stockpiles Oil in Virus Plan (Bloomberg)
  7. Esports Leagues Are Only Game in Town After NBA and NHL Go Dark (Bloomberg)
  8. Stocks Retrace 90% of Thursday’s Sell-Off With Trump Address Hitting Mark (Bloomberg)
  9. Cash-Rich Billionaire Hargreaves Jumps Back Into Market (Bloomberg)
  10. Trump called on Walmart, CVS, Target, and Walgreens to help slow the spread of the coronavirus as he declares a national emergency (Business Insider)
  11. Stocks Surge After Trump Promises Speedier Testing (New York Times)
  12. How Billie Eilish Rode Teenage Weirdness to Stardom (New York Times)
  13. Deadly viruses are no match for plain, old soap — here’s the science behind it (MarketWatch)
  14. 18 Stocks to Buy Amid the Coronavirus Carnage, According to Barron’s Roundtable Experts (Barron’s)
  15. China’s coronavirus epicenter reports just five cases (Reuters)
  16. Here’s everything you need to know about 5G (CNN)
  17. Google, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronavirus testing (Reuters)
  18. 7 Stocks That Could Ride Out the Turmoil in Energy Markets (Barron’s)
  19. The World Is One Big Carry Trade (Institutional Investor)
  20. Value investors: why are they so calm in a crisis? (Schroders)

 

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Bonds Rally as Stocks Close Lower (Wall Street Journal)
  2. The US government has never had a better opportunity to truly reshape our economy (Business Insider)
  3. Wash Your Hands—but Beware the Electric Hand Dryer (Wired)
  4. The Koenigsegg Gemera is the world’s most wickedly weird hybrid (The Verge)
  5. Episode 977: Where’s The Vaccine? (NPR Planet Money)
  6. CRISPR Treatment Inserted Directly into the Body for the First Time (Scientific American)
  7. Did Passive Investing Fuel A Bubble In Tech Stocks? (Podcast) (Bloomberg Odd Lots)
  8. A simple guide to the vaccines and drugs that could fight coronavirus (Vox)
  9. ‘Unclean! Unclean!’: The Questionable History of Quarantines (Popular Machanics)
  10. Sam Zell Is Buying the Dips in Energy (Chief Investment Officer)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Saturday…

  1. 11 Stocks and ETFs for a Post-Virus World (Barron’s)
  2. Volatility (ValueWalk)
  3. 12 Dividend Stocks to Buy Amid Turmoil in the Markets (Barron’s)
  4. Oil Plunges 8% as OPEC Can’t Find Agreement (Barron’s)
  5. How to Find a Bottom in Industrial Stocks Using Dividend Yields (Barron’s)
  6. Jack Welch Remembered by Businessweek’s Former Executive Editor (Bloomberg)
  7. These nine companies are working on coronavirus treatments or vaccines — here’s where things stand (MarketWatch)
  8. Using Models to Stay Calm in Charged Situations (Farnam Street)
  9. What Happens to Stocks After a Big Down Month? (A Wealth of Common Sense)
  10. Should I Sell My Stocks? (The Irrelevant Investor)

 

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. Jim Cramer: I’m With Warren Buffett on This One (TheStreet)
  2. China Stocks Are Handily Beating U.S. Since Coronavirus Outbreak. Here’s Why (Bloomberg)
  3. Billionaire Sam Zell says he is buying some ‘ridiculously low’ stocks in the wild market swings (CNBC)
  4. ‘Bond King’ Gundlach says Fed panicked and short-term rates are ‘headed toward zero’ (CNBC)
  5. ValueAct’s Jeffrey Ubben buys BP and says oil company can be ‘part of the solution’ (CNBC)
  6. OPEC deal in jeopardy as Russia stalls over deepest round of supply cuts since 2008 (CNBC)
  7. Bullard Says Fed Watching Virus Fallout, Willing to Do More (Bloomberg)
  8. Fed’s Kaplan thinks U.S. can avoid coronavirus recession as Williams says central bank will keep using tools (MarketWatch)
  9. Can Gilead Change Its Dim Fortunes On An Immuno-Oncology Buyout? (Investors)
  10. Global equity outflows hit $23bn on coronavirus fears (Financial Times)

 

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Chevron to Give Up to $80 Billion to Investors Over 5 Years (Bloomberg)
  2. OPEC’s oil cut proposal would boost price to $60 a barrel – Russia’s Lukoil (Yahoo! Finance)
  3. 4 Stocks Yielding 6% or More to Buy Now as Yields Plunge to Historic Lows (24/7 Wall Street)
  4. Jack Welch, G.E. Chief Who Became a Business Superstar, Dies at 84 (New York Times)
  5. OPEC Tries to Head Off Oil Glut as Coronavirus Saps Demand (New York Times)
  6. Luke Bryan gets into the beer game with new Two Lane American Golden Lager (USA Today)
  7. Gilead Sciences to Buy Forty Seven for $4.9 Billion (Wall Street Journal)
  8. G-7 Pledges to Fight Virus, Stops Short of Specific Action (Bloomberg)
  9. Executives are buying their own companies’ beaten-down stocks — here are nine with large purchases (MarketWatch)
  10. Pfizer Announced a Plan to Identify a Possible Coronavirus Treatment (MarketWatch)