Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…

  1. U.S. Jobless Rate Declined to 8.4% in August, Extending Rebound (Bloomberg)
  2. Buy General Electric at $6.50 Before It Jumps 150% (Yahoo! Finance)
  3. Can Oil Save The World? The Energy Report 09/04/2020 (Phil Flynn)
  4. Spanish Banks Surge on Merger Talks (Barron’s)
  5. Long-End Rates Climb on Jobs Data, Driving U.S. Curve Steeper (Bloomberg)
  6. 10 High-Quality Value Stocks That May Be Poised for Liftoff (Barron’s)
  7. Russia’s Vaccine Trials Show ‘No Serious Adverse Effects’ (Barron’s)
  8. Billionaire Daniel Loeb bets on Covid vaccine arriving this year, here’s what it means for your equity portfolios (fn London)
  9. Justice Department Could Launch Antitrust Suit Against Google as Early as This Month (Barron’s)
  10. Apple Lost $180 Billion In Market Value Today. It’s the Biggest Loss For Any Company Ever. (Barron’s)
  11. Bank Stocks Held Up on a Brutal Day for the Market (Barron’s)
  12. Don Peebles: I plan to be part of a ‘solution’ to move New York forward (Fox Business)
  13. Johnson & Johnson Says Vaccine Prevented Severe COVID-19 Symptoms In Hamsters (Benzinga)
  14. Nio Doubles Electric-Car Deliveries, Eyes Expansion After Massive Windfall (Yahoo! Finance)
  15. Goldman Sachs Says to Buy 4 Top Airline Stocks For Gains Ahead (24/7 Wall street)
  16. U.S. manufacturing activity strongest in nearly two years in August (Street Insider)
  17. Carnival Corp.’s (CCL) Costa Cruises Brand to Restart Cruise Operations This Weekend (Street Insider)
  18. Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg and Gates lose collective $25 billion in net worth (CNBC)
  19. This banking stock is the ‘Apple’ of the financials, trader says (CNBC)
  20. A commercial real estate-investing expert explains why the future of offices isn’t as bleak as you think — and shares 3 property stocks set for gains no matter the path the COVID-19 recovery. (Business Insider)

Be in the know. 30 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Famed Bank analyst Dick Bove upgrades Wells Fargo to Buy, citing its ‘formidable presence’ (Seeking Alpha)
  2. GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Launch First Human Trial of Their Covid-19 Vaccine (Barron’s)
  3. The High-Yield Bond Market’s Distress Signals Are Fading (Barron’s)
  4. Warren Buffett and the Market That Foreign Money Forgot (Wall Street Journal)
  5. ‘No Time to Die’ trailer: Bond is finally back in action after COVID-19 delays (New York Post)
  6. Women of the Century: Recognizing the accomplishments of women from the last 100 years (USA Today)
  7. The Run DMC, “It’s Tricky” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results) (ZeroHedge)
  8. Initial Jobless Claims 881K vs 950K Expected (StreetInsider)
  9. AMC (AMC) says 70% of U.S. Circuit to Be Open by Friday, September 4 (StreetInsider)
  10. ‘That was awesome!’: David Blaine lands high-flying, live balloon ride above the Arizona desert (USA Today)
  11. Fed’s Daly urges more government spending to boost economy (Reuters)
  12. Billionaire investor Mario Gabelli explains ‘problem’ with Tesla stock (Yahoo! Finance)
  13. KKR homes in on Japan property as companies offload assets (Financial Times)
  14. Chinese EV Manufacturer Nio’s August Deliveries Jump 104% Year-Over-Year (Benzinga)
  15. Rules That Warren Buffett Lives By (Investopedia)
  16. This new company is buying brands like Modell’s and giving them new life online (New York Post)
  17. Market guru makes bold prediction about presidential election (New York Post)
  18. Crucial Test Results for Promising Covid Vaccines Due in Weeks (Bloomberg)
  19. Laura’s Last Attack. The Energy Report. (Price Group)
  20. Brazil PMIs show economic activity in August strongest since 2013, but services still lag (Reuters)
  21. Investors have little to lose, much to gain with these three unloved stocks, says contrarian manager (MarketWatch)
  22. Here are Bank of America’s ‘must-know’ market stats that show ‘epic polarization’ (MarketWatch)
  23. France reveals fresh stimulus worth 100 billion euros – almost 4% of its GDP and bigger than any other European economy. (Business Insider)
  24. Where ‘Abenomics’ Succeeded and Failed (Barron’s)
  25. Southwest May Be as Good as It Gets for Airlines, Analyst Says (Barron’s)
  26. Fed Beige Book Finds Modest Economic Growth (Wall Street Journal)
  27. Trump Administration Asks States to Be Ready for Vaccine by November (Wall Street Journal)
  28. What to Watch: With ‘Cobra Kai,’ a Middle-Aged Karate Kid Feud Has Become a Netflix Hit (Wall Street Journal)
  29. The 1918 Pandemic Was Deadlier, but College Football Continued. Here’s Why. (Wall Street Journal)
  30. Cable, Satellite Operators Place New Bets on 5G Airwaves (Wall Street Journal)