Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…

  1. Why Wells Fargo’s Stock Could Rise Over 50% (24/7 Wall Street)
  2. Harold Hamm hits back at ‘crazy’ shale claims (Financial Times)
  3. Why Goldman Sachs Is Bullish on Oilfield Services for Q3 Earnings and 2021 (24/7 Wall Street)
  4. Actually, Walgreens Did Prove Its Relevance on Earnings (24/7 Wall Street)
  5. Southern Connecticut—a Close Suburb of New York City—Sees Sales, Prices Surge (Mansion Global)
  6. Opinion: Biden will win, polls say. But the stock market is sending a different signal (MarketWatch)
  7. Dow Jones Futures Rise On Coronavirus Vaccine, Boeing 737 Max News; Zoom Video In Buy Zone, Apple, Amazon Set Up (Investor’s Business Daily)
  8. Mayra Joli, nodding lady at Trump town hall, is ex-beauty queen who ran for Congress (New York Post)
  9. Boeing 737 Max is safe to fly again, Europe’s aviation regulator says (CNBC)
  10. Retail sales rise 1.9% in September, vs 0.7% expected (CNBC)
  11. Pfizer, BioNTech Race to Meet Global Covid-19 Vaccine Needs (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Amazon, Facebook, and other tech stocks may be a ‘disaster waiting to happen,’ investor Bill Smead says (Business Insider)
  13. The stock market is sending mixed signals on who will win the presidential election, LPL says (Business Insider)
  14. Goldman Sachs says the market is due for a large but temporary rotation out of growth stocks (Business Insider)
  15. The IMF says vaccine progress could add $9 trillion to global income by 2025 and stage a faster recovery (Business Insider)
  16. These 3 sentiment indicators are giving off a bullish signal for the consumer and stock market, DataTrek says (Business Insider)
  17. Forget Biden Blue Wave and Trump Train – here’s the real winner that will drive stocks (fn London)
  18. Mortgage Lender IPOs Are Booming. Which Are the Best Buys? (Wall Street Journal)
  19. Large Managers Get the Money, but Small Managers Provide the Performance (Institutional Investor)
  20. Albertsons Wins Bankruptcy Auction for Kings and Balducci’s Stores (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Buy the worst? Here are 5 destroyed stocks for this bottom-fishing strategy (MarketWatch)
  2. Value Stocks Could Shine After U.S. Election, No Matter Who Wins (Bloomberg)
  3. Walgreens stock jumps after profit falls less than expected, revenue rises above forecasts (MarketWatch)
  4. Stocks Drop as Stimulus Hopes Fade (Barron’s)
  5. Small-Caps Point to Renewed Confidence in the Economy (Barron’s)
  6. Mnuchin says he’ll give ground on virus testing in stimulus negotiations with Pelosi (CNBC)
  7. China Drugmaker Gives Unproven Covid-19 Vaccine to Students Going Abroad (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Second Covid-19 Vaccine Approved by Russia (Wall Street Journal)
  9. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon to Congress: Get a stimulus deal done (CNBC)
  10. These stocks trading at discounts to their valuations may be worth buying, traders say (CNBC)
  11. Rockwell Automation to reverse salary cuts, restore 401 (k) match for U.S. employees in November (MarketWatch)
  12. $300B from 1st relief available for loans, stimulus checks says Mnuchin (FoxBusiness)
  13. Here’s How Much Investing $1,000 In Bank Of America At Great Recession Lows Would Be Worth Today (Benzinga)
  14. 10 Consumer Staples Stocks With Fat Dividends and Reasonable Valuations (Barron’s)
  15. ICON Study Evidencing Efficacy of Ivermectin Against COVID-19 Published in Peer Review Journal Chest (TrialSiteNews)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. A Dozen Stocks That Will Make Both Growth and Value Investors Happy (Barron’s)
  2. 7 Value Stocks With Morningstar ‘Buy’ Ratings (Yahoo! Finance)
  3. Bank of America Beat Earnings Forecasts. Why Its Stock Is Dropping. (Barron’s)
  4. Goldman Sachs’s Third-Quarter Profit Nearly Doubles (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Exxon’s Dividend Is Still a Concern. Goldman Sachs Upgraded It Anyway. (Barron’s)
  6. Wells Fargo Profit Slumps on Severance, Remediation Charges, Revenue Beats (Bloomberg)
  7. Wells Fargo returns to profit after painful second quarter (Financial Times)
  8. A Wall Street chief strategist says US lawmakers need a deal on fiscal aid – even a small one will help save consumer spending. (Business Insider)
  9. Failure to provide more fiscal stimulus is a ‘significant mistake’ that could cause more businesses to fail, Moody’s chief economist says. (Business Insider)
  10. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is in talks to partner with Mitsui, the Japanese trading group’s CEO says (Business Insider)
  11. Should Fiscal Policy Get More Chinese? (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Hedge fund short sellers target pandemic winners (Financial Times)
  13. Derivatives trading surges for big US tech companies (Financial Times)
  14. Study of Eli Lilly Covid-19 Drug Paused Due to Safety Concern (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Regeneron’s Coronavirus October Surprise (Wall Street Journal)