The Morgan Wallen, “Whiskey Glasses” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…

Each week I attempt to pair the lyrics from a popular song to the current feeling and sentiment in the stock market.  When you look at the data that has come out on the U.S. economy in recent days, one might suggest you need more than “Beer Goggles” to see the green shoots, you need “Whiskey Glasses!”  Continue reading “The Morgan Wallen, “Whiskey Glasses” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…”

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. 5 Blue Chip Stocks in Wall Street’s Penalty Box Have Massive Upside Potential Bottom ofTop of FormBottom of Form (24/7 Wall Street)
  2. Warren Buffett Is One of a Kind. What That Will Mean for Berkshire Hathaway When He’s Gone. (Barron’s)
  3. Warren Buffett more than doubled its investment in Occidental Petroleum (OXY) In Q4 (MarketWatch)
  4. Musk’s Boring Co. Celebrates Breakthrough at Las Vegas Tunnel (Bloomberg)
  5. Boeing Argues It Doesn’t Need to Move 737 Max Wiring Bundles (Bloomberg)
  6. Short-Sellers Give Oil a Break Following Coronavirus Concerns (Bloomberg)
  7. Kraft Heinz Stockholders Find Good News Can Be Bad News (Barron’s)
  8. Hedge-Fund Investor Dan Loeb Bought Stock in Amazon and 2 More Companies (Barron’s)
  9. Consumer sentiment hits highest level since 2018 despite coronavirus outbreak (Business Insider)
  10. White House considering tax incentive for more Americans to buy stocks, sources say (CNBC)
  11. Stocks are near record highs, but people are still not investing (CNN Business)
  12. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Ken Griffin, Dan Loeb, Ray Dalio, Davidson Kempner, PCB Bancorp (PCB), Taylor Morrison Home Corp (TMHC), and More (Insider Monkey)
  13. Hedge Fund ‘Cubs’ Share Information — And Alpha (Institutional Investor)
  14. An Astronaut’s Guide to Mental Models (Farnam Street)
  15. Brookfield: inside the $500bn secretive investment firm (Financial Times)

Industrials (top 30 weights) Earnings Estimates/Revisions

In the spreadsheet above I have tracked the earnings estimates for the Industrials Sector ETF (XLI) top 30 weighted stocks. The column under the date 2/10/2020 has a letter that represents the movement in 2020 earnings estimates since the most recent print (12/12/2019). Continue reading “Industrials (top 30 weights) Earnings Estimates/Revisions”

Be in the know. 12 key reads for Friday…

  1. Kraft Heinz Could Have Bad News. It’s Time to Buy the Stock. (Barron’s)
  2. The No. 1 Biotech Stock Just Squashed Earnings Views — Here’s Why (Investor’s Business Daily)
  3. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Steve Cohen, Bill Ackman, Laurion Capital, Alden Global Capital, Black Diamond Therapeutics Inc (BDTX), SkyWest, Inc. (SKYW), and More (Insider Monkey)
  4. Trump, Xi Reaffirm Commitment to Phase-One Trade Deal (Bloomberg)
  5. The ‘Dividend Aristocrats’ Add 7 New Members (Barron’s)
  6. Honeywell’s Chief Technology Officer Explains the Significance of 5G (Barron’s)
  7. Elliott Management amasses $2.5B stake in bruised SoftBank (New York Post)
  8. U.S. Jobs Top Estimates With 225,000 Gain, Wages Accelerate (Bloomberg)
  9. The Big Dirty Secret Behind Wind Power (Bloomberg)
  10. Encouraging banks to tap Fed discount window could prevent another repo market freeze, says Quarles (MarketWatch)
  11. Peak Shale Will Send Oil Prices Sky High (OilPrice)
  12. Natural Gas: Capital Retreat To Send Prices 50% Higher (Seeking Alpha)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Chesapeake Energy’s stock bounces off 26-year low after production update (MarketWatch)
  2. For Fed’s Policy Meeting, Balance-Sheet Plans Take Focus (Barron’s)
  3. How to Profit From Stock Buybacks (Barron’s)
  4. 4 Big Dividend Oil Stocks to Buy Now With Crude Down Almost 20% in January (24/7 Wall Street)
  5. House Democrats call for $760 billion in infrastructure spending over five years (Reuters)
  6. Johnson & Johnson starts developing vaccine for coronavirus (Yahoo! Finance)
  7. USMCA to create 600,000 jobs, US Energy Secretary tells FOX Business (Fox Business)
  8. Red Flags in Alluring Private Equity Track Records (Institutional Investor)
  9. More affordable iPhone 11 is unlikely star of Apple earnings (Financial Times)
  10. Boeing Just Reported a Massive Loss. Why Its Stock Is Gaining. (Barron’s)

Be in the know. 8 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. 5 reasons coronavirus fears are overblown — and 14 stocks to buy now – (MarketWatch)
  2. U.S. Drugmakers Ship Therapies to China, Seeking to Treat Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Yahoo! Finance TV Appearance on Monday (Video) (Hedge Fund Tips)
  4. The S&P 500 Just Broke a Streak of Not Moving 1%. Here’s What History Says Happens Next. (Barron’s)
  5. The Coronavirus Slammed Stocks. How the Fed and Beijing Can Help the Economy. (Barron’s)
  6. Investors Poured Billions Into This Strategy. It’s Not Panning Out. (Institutional Investor)
  7. Lockheed Martin beats estimates, raises sales forecast on higher F-35 deliveries (Reuters)
  8. Ultrafast Trading Costs Stock Investors Nearly $5 Billion a Year, Study Says (Wall Street Journal)