Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Oil jumps as Trump talks up truce hopes for Saudi-Russia price war (StreetInsider)
  2. No One Is Betting in Casinos—Or on Their Stocks ()
  3. Trump says expects Russia-Saudi oil deal soon, invites US oil chiefs to White House (Reuters)
  4. Oil rallies as Trump spurs hopes for Russia-Saudi pact (Financial Times)
  5. Detroit To Be The First City To Roll Out Abbott’s 5-Minute Coronavirus Tests (Benzinga)
  6. Kroger’s sales jump 30% as shoppers stock up amid coronavirus crisis New York Post)
  7. Retailers Under Growing Pressure to Let Workers Wear Masks New York Times)
  8. Mapping the Coronavirus Outbreak Across the World (Bloomberg)
  9. Walgreens earnings top estimates, says it can’t forecast the impact of coronavirus pandemic (CNBC)
  10. Trump To Talk Aid For Oil As Big Shale Firm Files For Bankruptcy (Investor’s Business Daily)
  11. Big Banks Get Temporary Reprieve (Barron’s)
  12. These 8 Aristocrats Have Safe Dividends. (Safe Being a Relative Term Right Now). (Barron’s)
  13. A Top Occidental Petroleum Executive Is Out as Company Grapples With Oil Rout (Wall Street Journal)
  14. The Fed Is Settling Into Its Role as the World’s Central Bank (Wall Street Journal)
  15. 5 Blue Chip Stocks to Buy Now With Huge Piles of Cash and Very Low Debt (24/7 Wall Street)
  16. Trump May Join Oil Talks Between Russia And Saudi Arabia (Yahoo! Finance)
  17. Workers Return to China’s Factories, but Coronavirus Hurts Global Demand (Wall Street Journal)
  18. Coronavirus Tests Aren’t Hard to Find Everywhere (Wall Street Journal)
  19. Telemedicine, Once a Hard Sell, Can’t Keep Up With Demand (Wall Street Journal)
  20. How a Mailman Still Carries On During Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 12 key reads for Friday…

  1. Top financiers want Biden to drop out so Bloomberg can win: ’He has no chance’ (Fox Business)
  2. Oil prices steady but set for weekly gain on supply cut optimism (Business Insider)
  3. How a Small-Cap Fund Finds Exceptional Growth Overseas (Barron’s)
  4. Labor Force Participation Rate Mystery: Why Have So Many Americans Stopped Working? (Investor’s Business Daily)
  5. Veteran strategist eyes health care and financials in anticipation of ‘choppy and frustrating’ markets (MarketWatch)
  6. FC’s celebrity investors have a chokehold on $300M dividend (New York Post)
  7. Judy Shelton, Trump’s Fed Nominee, Faces Bipartisan Skepticism (New York Times)
  8. Doubting America Can Cost You a Lot of Money (Bloomberg)
  9. EXCLUSIVE: Kudlow reveals when middle class can expect ‘tax cuts 2.0’ (Fox Business)
  10. Investor complacency sets in while coronavirus spreads (Financial Times)
  11. Warren Buffett loves using Valentine’s Day to explain why See’s Candies is his ‘dream business’ (Business Insider)
  12. Value Investing’s Time to Shine Again Is Approaching (Bloomberg)

Be in the know. 5 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Oil Extends Rally Above $50 Amid Signs Virus Spread Is Easing (Bloomberg
  2. Ex-Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein laid into Bernie Sanders after his New Hampshire win, saying he’ll wreck the economy and let Russia ‘screw up the US.’ (Business Insider
  3. U.S. Home-Refinancing Applications Hit Highest Level Since 2013 (Bloomberg)
  4. Steve Cohen Pulled Down at Least $1.3 Billion in 2019 (Institutional Investor)
  5. Small-Cap Health Stocks Stand Out in 2020 (Wall Street Journal)