Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Can Acquire Nearly 25% of Bank of America (Barron’s)
  2. For the First Time Ever, Uncle Sam’s Aid to U.S. Tops Quarterly GDP (Barron’s)
  3. Investors Are Too Wary as Earnings Reports Come in Strong (Barron’s)
  4. SPACs Are All the Rage, but These Private-Equity-Like Vehicles Are Complicated. Here’s What You Need to Know. (Barron’s)
  5. Warren Buffett Buys Bank of America Stock as Others Hedge. Who’s Right? (Barron’s)
  6. Microsoft Is Reportedly in Talks to Acquire TikTok (Barron’s)
  7. How to Invest in China’s Consumer Comeback (Barron’s)
  8. AT&T Director Stephen Luczo Buys Big Block of Stock (Barron’s)
  9. Why Brazil’s Stock Market Struggles to Rebound (Barron’s)
  10. Thinking For Oneself (Farnam Street)
  11. Berkshire Hathaway’s Great Transformation (Rational Walk)
  12. China Tries Its Favorite Economic Cure: More Construction (New York Times)
  13. What Bill Gates and Warren Buffett talk about during COVID-19 (Yahoo! Finance)
  14. Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Advance in Race for Covid-19 Protection (Bloomberg)
  15. Elon Musk says ‘China rocks’ while U.S. is full of ‘complacency and entitlement’ (CNBC)
  16. A Wall Street chief strategist breaks down the 4-part ‘superfecta’ that will keep stocks soaring (Business Insider)
  17. Ford already bombarded with 150,000 reservations for upcoming SUV (Fox Business)
  18. Gilead Analysts Downplay Q2 Miss Amid Remdesivir’s COVID-19 Opportunity (Benzinga)
  19. Private-Equity Firms Discuss Bid for Kansas City Southern (Wall Street Journal)
  20. A Beloved Connecticut Getaway, Refreshed and Waiting for Summer (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Friday…

  1. U.S. consumer spending rises for second straight month in June (Reuters)
  2. Berkshire has spent more than $1.7 billion on 71.5 million Bank of America shares since July 20, including the latest purchases, according to regulatory filings. (Street Insider)
  3. Cruise Lines Test the Waters, Launching Sailings in Europe and Asia With Limited Capacities (Barron’s)
  4. Pandemic boost for Big Tech set to drive Wall St. higher (Street Insider)
  5. Caterpillar (CAT) Tops Q2 EPS by 20c, Revenues Beat (Street Insider)
  6. These relief benefits expire today as negotiations on next aid package stall (Fox Business)
  7. Charles Payne: Herman Cain was an American patriot, and an inspiration (Fox Business)
  8. Nvidia in talks to buy Arm from SoftBank for more than $32bn (Financial Times)
  9. How Apple’s stock split will change the pecking order in the 124-year old Dow Jones Industrial Average (MarketWatch)
  10. China manufacturing activity rises in July (MarketWatch)
  11. Ford Earnings Were Way, Way, Way Better Than Feared (Barron’s)
  12. Auto-Parts Retail Goes Full Throttle (Wall Street Journal)
  13. A $3 Million Ferrari Tests a World Without the Pebble Beach Auctions (Bloomberg)
  14. Opinion: Mortgage applications for suburban homes are surging as buyers try to escape the coronavirus pandemic (MarketWatch)
  15. ViacomCBS to Bulk Up Streaming Service (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Disclosure-Shy Warren Buffett Must Really Like Bank of America Stock (Barron’s)
  2. Value Investors Believe Their Long Winter May Soon End (Bloomberg)
  3. Meet the New Fed Policies, Same as the Old Ones (Barron’s)
  4. Buy stock dips because the S&P 500 could ‘easily’ reach 3,500 next year, says Credit Suisse (MarketWatch)
  5. 5 Value Stocks In The Financial Services Sector (Yahoo! Finance)
  6. J&J begins first human clinical trials of single-dose coronavirus vaccine (FoxBusiness)
  7. CEOs Of Amazon, Apple, Facebook And Google Defend Companies During Congressional Antitrust Testimony (Benzinga)
  8. Fed plans for ‘the worst’ as it waits for Congress to act (Financial Times)
  9. FDA Nears Decision Authorizing Covid-19 Treatment With Convalescent Plasma (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Coronavirus Shifts Pricing Power to UPS and FedEx, and They Are Using It (Wall Street Journal)