Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. The Art of the Oil Deal (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Gilead Sciences (GILD) Remdesivir Study Shows Two-Third of Severe COVID-19 Patients Improved (Street Insider)
  3. Fed’s Clarida says central bank has tools to avoid deflation: BBG (Reuters)
  4. Fauci: ‘Rolling re-entry’ possible in May (Fox Business)
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  6. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Berkshire Hathaway, Disney, SoftBank And More (Benzinga)
  7. OPEC and its allies strike historic agreement to cut nearly 10 million barrels a day (MarketWatch)
  8. Higher Natural Gas Prices Are On The Horizon (Yahoo! Finance)
  9. OPEC+ deal saved ‘more than 2 million’ jobs in the US: Russian wealth fund (CNBC)
  10. Historic OPEC+ cut is Trump’s ‘biggest and most complex’ deal ever: Dan Yergin (CNBC)
  11. Goldman Sachs abandons its bearish near-term view on stocks, says the bottom is in (MarketWatch)
  12. U.S. Stabilizes, CDC Says; 70 Vaccines in Progress: Virus Update (Bloomberg)
  13. Alaska Bought Up Berkshire Hathaway, Walmart, and AMD Stock (Barron’s)
  14. 12 Stocks That Are Beating the Market During the Coronavirus Crisis—and Can Keep on Growing After (Barron’s)
  15. Can Cruise Lines and Small Theme Parks Survive? (Barron’s)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. OPEC+ debates biggest ever cut as virus destroys oil demand (Reuters)
  2. Trump to host Big Oil execs at White House to discuss market slump (Reuters)
  3. Marseille’s maverick chloroquine doctor becomes pandemic rock star (Financial Times)
  4. Best guesses on when corona cases will peak and when lockdowns can end (New York Post)
  5. Adam Sandler sings uplifting ‘Quarantine Song’ on Jimmy Fallon’s show (New York Post)
  6. Opinion: ‘Quiet’ Warren Buffett has three ways to win in this market (MarketWatch)
  7. Oil jumps another 12% a day after its best day on record (CNBC)
  8. OPEC and allies reportedly set for video meeting as analysts pour skepticism on Trump’s intervention (CNBC)
  9. US payrolls plunge 701,000 in March amid the start of a job market collapse (CNBC)
  10. Key 2008 Financial Crisis Players Are Back for Coronavirus (Bloomberg)

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. 10 key reads for Sunday…

  1. New OPEC+ Deal To Balance Oil Markets Might Be Possible (Futures)
  2. The Cheapest Way For Trump To Save U.S. Oil (OilPrice)
  3. Saudi Arabia’s Oil Price War Is Backfiring (OilPrice)
  4. Trump’s Ultimate Weapon To End The Oil War (OilPrice)
  5. 2020 Land Rover Defender first drive review: The real deal (CNET)
  6. Episode 985: Where Do We Get $2,000,000,000,000? (NPR Planet Money)
  7. Preserving Optionality: Preparing for the Unknown (Farnam Street)
  8. Small Businesses Could Land SBA Loans in as Soon as 2 Weeks. Here’s Who’s Eligible (Inc.)
  9. Oil plunges again after talks stall between Saudis, Russians (Fox Business)
  10. The Godfather Part II, Fleur du Lac Estate at Lake Tahoe Goes Up For Sale (Luxuo)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Evidence over hysteria — COVID-19 (Medium)
  2. OPEC, U.S. Shale Producers Open Talks Amid Oil Rout (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Washington Needs to Act (Barron’s)
  4. Fed Going All In to Save Economy. Here’s What Could Come Next (Bloomberg)
  5. Coronavirus-Triggered Downturn Could Cost 5 Million U.S. Jobs (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Coronavirus Recession Looms, Its Course ‘Unrecognizable’ (New York Times)
  7. Doug Ramsey’s Best Case for Stocks and Other Views of the Future (Bloomberg)
  8. Google Coronavirus Website Launches (Bloomberg)
  9. Bond-Market Strains Keep Traders on Edge (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Country Music Legend Kenny Rogers Dies at 81 (Bloomberg)
  11. Big Banks Are Getting a Real-Life Stress Test (Barron’s)
  12. Read Our Free Coronavirus Coverage Here (Bloomberg)
  13. Bank stocks are ‘very cheap,’ traders say — here’s where they see signs of stabilization (CNBC)
  14. The Coronavirus’s $4 Trillion Hit to US Corporations (Bridgewater – Greg Jensen)
  15. What the Fed Could Do Next to Try to Prevent an Economic Unraveling (New York Times)
  16. Germany to raise €356bn in new borrowing to fight coronavirus (Financial Times)
  17. Wall Street takes late tumble as US shutdown widens (Financial Times)
  18. Warren Buffett discussed coronavirus, Coca-Cola, and past market crashes in a recent interview. Here are his 12 best quotes. (Business Insider)
  19. Rethinking the Coronavirus Shutdown (Wall Street Journal)
  20. Wells Fargo asks Fed to lift cap on growth to support customers: FT (Reuters)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Secretary of the Treasury – Steven T Mnuchin – discusses federal coronavirus response (ValueWalk)
  2. Italians are singing songs from their windows to boost morale during coronavirus lockdown (CNBC)
  3. National Emergency Declaration for COVID-19 Helps Oil & Gas, To Fill Strategic Petroleum Reserve (24/7 Wall Street)
  4. MiB: Cristiano Amon, President of Qualcomm on 5G (Bloomberg)
  5. Friday 13th, DJIA Attempting to Recover & End Losing Friday Streak (Almanac Trader)
  6. Coronavirus Drug Update: The Latest Info On Pharmaceutical Treatments And Vaccines ()
  7. The Big Bet of 10-year Breakevens at 0.94% (E-piphany)
  8. Why Soap Is Such An Effective Killer Of The Coronavirus (digg)
  9. McLaren Elva ‘M1A Theme’ Honors Retro Grand Prix Winner (Maxim)
  10. 7 Energy Stocks to Buy on the Dip (U.S. News & World Report)
  11. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (AdvisorPerspectives)
  12. Warren Buffett: ‘I won’t be selling airline stocks’ (Yahoo! Finance)
  13. Why Did the Wright Brothers Succeed When Others Failed? (Scientific American)
  14. House passes aid bill after Trump declares virus emergency (Fox Business)
  15. Trump emerges as oil’s white knight after worst week since 2008 (Fox Business)
  16. These Common Household Products Can Destroy the Novel Coronavirus (Consumer Reports)
  17. Shopping for Stocks? Think Like a Lender. (Barron’s)
  18. Crown Prince’s Oil War Looms Over First Aramco Results Since IPO (Yahoo! Finance)
  19. Will The Fed’s $1.5 Trillion Emergency Stimulus Actually Help? (Benzinga)
  20. Where does the stock market go from here after the worst drop since 1987? Here’s what the analyst who called the 2018 rout says (MarketWatch)