Be in the know. 20 key reads for Monday…

  1. What’s in the $900 billion U.S. COVID-19 aid package? (Reuters)
  2. Bank Stocks Are Going To Be Higher Next Year, Expert Says (Barron’s)
  3. Lockheed Buys Aerojet Rocketdyne (Barron’s)
  4. Experts expect vaccines to protect against the UK’s fast-spreading Covid strain (CNBC)
  5. Are COVID-19 vaccines effective against new coronavirus strain? Here’s what we know (cnbctv18)
  6. Why You Shouldn’t Freak Out About the New Strain of Coronavirus (healthline)
  7. What is the new Covid strain – and will vaccines work against it? (The Guardian)
  8. Mutant Meltdown. The Energy Report 12/21/2020 (Phil Flynn)
  9. A new COVID-19 strain is sending stocks plunging, but here’s why investors shouldn’t panic, says this analyst (MarketWatch)
  10. Philip Morris’ Next CEO Says Investors Are Underestimating the Company’s Smoke-Free Future (Barron’s)
  11. How a weaker dollar could help fuel a commodities boom in 2021 (MarketWatch)
  12. The Fed Says Banks Can Buy Back Stock Again. (Barron’s)
  13. The Antitrust Case Against Big Tech, Shaped by Tech Industry Exiles (New York Times)
  14. Congress Reaches Final Agreement on Pandemic Relief (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Alacazoom! Magic Acts Disappear from Theaters, Reappear Online (Wall Street Journal)
  16. Affluent Families Ditch Public Schools (Bloomberg)
  17. Regeneron (REGN) Reports Publication of Initial Clinical Data from Ongoing Ph. 1/2/3 Trial of Antibody Cocktail Casirivimab & Imdevimab in Non-Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 (Street Insider)
  18. Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) Initiates Administration of Pfizer’s (PFE) COVID-19 Vaccine in Long-Term Care Facilities (Street Insider)
  19. Diamondback Energy to Buy QEP and Guidon for Combined $3 Billion (Yahoo! Finance)
  20. China rethinks the Jack Ma model (Financial Times)

Be in the know. 18 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Real Santa Claus Rally (Almanac Trader)
  2. What’s Wrong with Wind and Solar? (Manhattan Institute)
  3. The Year in Deals Can Be Summed Up in 4 Letters (New York Times)
  4. California Reports Record COVID Cases And Deaths… Despite Strictest Lockdown (ZeroHedge)
  5. Boom conditions for US homebuilders defy the pandemic (Financial Times)
  6. Congress poised to vote on COVID aid package after Fed compromise (Reuters)
  7. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (advisorperspectives)
  8. Billion-Dollar Dynasties: These Are The Richest Families In America (Forbes)
  9. Senate Leaders Clear Last Hurdle on Covid-19 Package (Wall Street Journal)
  10. ‘Coming 2 America’: First Look At Eddie Murphy’s Sequel to Comedy Classic (Maxim)
  11. Guy Fieri’s Epic ‘Trash Can Nachos’ Are Now Available For Delivery Across U.S. (Maxim)
  12. This Classic Aston Martin Drophead Coupe Could Be Yours (Maxim)
  13. Epidemologist explains why COVID-19 mutations shouldn’t scare you (thenextweb)
  14. Tiger Woods Proudly Looks on as Son Charlie, 11, Drains Impressive Shot at PNC Championship: ‘Atta Boy’ (People)
  15. Without Frank’s RedHot There’d Be No Buffalo Wings (howstuffworks)
  16. 41 Festive Facts About Christmas Vacation (Mental Floss)
  17. The 10 Best Movies to Watch on Netflix This Holiday Season (Mental Floss)
  18. Everything You Need to Know About Indian Creek Island, Miami’s Most Exclusive Enclave (townandcountry)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Federal Reserve loosens restrictions on big bank stock buybacks (MarketWatch)
  2. U.S. liquefied natural gas exports set a record in November (EIA)
  3. The S&P 500 Could Gain Another 10% Next Year, Experts Say (Barron’s)
  4. Washington avoids government shutdown, but no stimulus vote until Sunday at earliest (MarketWatch)
  5. Why the Future Now Looks Brighter for Value Investing (troweprice)
  6. The Fed Just Said Banks Could Buy Back Stock Again. (Barron’s)
  7. Banks Have Begun to Merge Again. Next Year Could See Even More Deals. (Barron’s)
  8. FDA approves second Covid vaccine for emergency use as it clears Moderna’s for U.S. distribution (CNBC)
  9. Fed allows banks to resume share buybacks, JPMorgan stock jumps 5% (CNBC)
  10. While you’re buying value stocks for your portfolio, add some diversity too (MarketWatch)
  11. JPMorgan, Goldman to Restart Buybacks as Fed Gives Green Light (Bloomberg)
  12. Why Natural-Gas Prices Could Continue to Rise (Barron’s)
  13. The Last 10 Years and the Next 10 (compoundadvisors)
  14. Fed Stress Tests Show U.S. Banks Can Withstand Covid-19 Pandemic (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Wells Fargo to Sell Student Loan Book to Apollo, Blackstone (Bloomberg)
  16. The Transcript 12.14.20 (theweeklytranscript)
  17. Roblox and the Dispersal of Creativity (profgalloway)
  18. What Do We Mean By Reinvestment? (akrecapital)
  19. Siren Songs: IPOs & SPACs (investoramnesia)
  20. Charlie Munger Interview (CalTech)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine Is Backed by FDA Advisory Panel (Barron’s)
  2. Stock-market timing expert DeMark ‘confident’ S&P 500 surges 5% in next 2 weeks—then watch out! (MarketWatch)
  3. ‘Lovin’ On You’ Stock Market (SeekingAlpha)
  4. Google’s Legal Peril Grows in Face of Third Antitrust Suit (New York Times)
  5. Gores Holdings started at outperform with $13.50 stock price target at Wedbush (MarketWatch)
  6. ‘The biggest stimulus plan ever known to man’ is coming, strategist says — here are two ways to play it (MarketWatch)
  7. Foreign investors dash into emerging markets at swiftest pace since 2013 (Financial Times)
  8. The Latest Housing Data Show the Market Is Still Hot (Barron’s)
  9. FedEx Revenue Jumps on Holiday Surge (Wall Street Journal)
  10. General Mills Anticipates Higher Demand Beyond Pandemic (Wall Street Journal)