Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. U.S. oil prices jump more than 8% as Saudi Arabia lifts prices, China crude imports climb (MarketWatch)
  2. The U.S. economy may already have clawed back 5 million jobs of the 20-million-plus positions eliminated during the pandemic (MarketWatch)
  3. Jobless Claims Drop,but Remain High (Barron’s)
  4. 10 Stocks for Right Now (Barron’s)
  5. Four-Legged City Dwellers Get Their Moment While Humans Are Stuck Inside (Wall Street Journal)
  6. One Car Maker That Will Emerge Stronger From the Pandemic (Barron’s)
  7. Nearly Half of Men Say They Do Most of the Home Schooling. 3 Percent of Women Agree. (New York Times)
  8. The Alarming Rise of Algorithms as Heroes of the Stock Recovery (Bloomberg)
  9. Mnuchin Spars With Guns N’ Roses Frontman Axl Rose on Twitter (Bloomberg)
  10. India Looks to Lure More Than 1,000 U.S. Companies Out of China (Bloomberg)
  11. Look Closely at Risk-Parity Funds’ Different Strategies (Barron’s)
  12. Germany to Reopen Most of Economy in Coming Weeks as Coronavirus Recedes (Wall Street Journal)
  13. New York Survey Yields New Insights Into Who’s Getting Infected With Covid-19 (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Wynn Resorts Details Coronavirus Damage (Wall Street Journal)
  15. A Stunt Driver Is Making Ford’s Unloved Fox-Body Mustang Cool Again (Bloomberg)
  16. John Malone Proves Market Wrong Again With Virgin Media Deal (Bloomberg)
  17. When will hospitals and doctors’ offices be open for normal business again? Experts weigh in (CNBC)
  18. Ulta to reopen 180 stores on Monday (MarketWatch)
  19. China trade data lifts futures ahead of jobless claims (Reuters)
  20. FDA approves coronavirus vaccine candidate for Phase 2 study (Fox Business)

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Be in the know. 30 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Wall to Wall: Warren Buffett Airline Stock Dump Analysis (OANN)
  2. Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris sees oil at $100 in 18 months, says he would buy airlines (CNBC)
  3. Global Equities Are Higher After Trump Says Economy Must Reopen (Barron’s)
  4. Why BlackRock says it’s time to reduce the government bonds, and take on more risk, in your portfolio (MarketWatch)
  5. Gilead Lays Out Plan to Produce Remdesivir (Barron’s)
  6. 22 Beaten-Down IPOs That Are Worth a Second Look (Barron’s)
  7. 10 High-Yielding Energy Bonds Are Worth a Look (Barron’s)
  8. Oil Stocks Have Rebounded, But Can Still Go Higher (Barron’s)
  9. Trump Eyes New Tax Cuts for Next Stimulus Package (New York Times)
  10. What going to the mall will be like as coronavirus restrictions are lifted (New York Post)
  11. Ferrari Touts “Strong Order Book”, Expects To Outperform In 2H 2020 (ZeroHedge)
  12. CVS Health revenue rose 8% as customers rushed to buy essentials; shares up (CNBC)
  13. This cruise stock may be a ‘short-term opportunity’ despite 80% drop, trader says (CNBC)
  14. US investors have piled $1 trillion into cash during coronavirus lockdown, but UBS says ‘rushing to the exits’ and abandoning the markets is not the answer. (Business Insider)
  15. ADP says 20.2 million private-sector jobs lost in April during coronavirus pandemic (MarketWatch)
  16. AbbVie (ABBV), Allergan (AGN) Merger Cleared by FTC (StreetInsider)
  17. Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld Tops Colbert, Kimmel and Other Late-Night Hosts in Ratings (Yahoo! Finance)
  18. Buy Boeing Stock, Analyst Says. The 737 MAX Will Become a Cash Provider. (Yahoo! Finance)
  19. Shanghai Disneyland to reopen with coronavirus social distancing measures in place (Fox Business)
  20. Election Betting Odds (electionbettingodds)
  21. Nio More Than Doubles Deliveries In April As Domestic Economy Limps Back To Normalcy (Benzinga)
  22. Why Home Prices Are Rising During the Pandemic (Wall Street Journal)
  23. Your genes could determine whether coronavirus puts you in the hospital — and we’re starting to unravel which ones matter (MarketWatch)
  24. Ken Griffin’s Shutdown Playbook Kept Him on Top of Markets (Bloomberg)
  25. Instacart Wasn’t Ready to Become an Essential Service Overnight (Bloomberg)
  26. Netflix Won’t Share Crucial Data, So TV Producers Are Piecing It Together Themselves (Bloomberg)
  27. One-Man Hedge Fund Gains 56% With Virus-Resistant Tech Bets (Bloomberg)
  28. Hertz Lenders Postpone Financial Reckoning (Wall Street Journal)
  29. Property Investors See Fiber-Optic Cables as ‘Railroads of the Future’ (Wall Street Journal)
  30. Oil Prices Extend Rebound, Boosted by Demand Hopes (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Banks Make $10B in Fees in Phase 1 of PPP (Fool)
  2. Big Banks Pull Ahead in U.S. Small-Business Aid After Stumbles (Bloomberg)
  3. Global Stocks Advance as Focus Returns to Reopenings (Barron’s)
  4. What Might Gilead’s Covid-19 Drug Cost — $10 or $4,500? (Barron’s)
  5. Drive-Throughs Are Now a Lifeline for Fast-Food Chains (New York Times)
  6. Carnival Plans to Sail Again in August, Maybe (New York Times)
  7. ‘Trolls’ streaming success to usher in more new movies at home (USA Today)
  8. Wall Street’s Elite Bond Club Is Cracking at the Worst Possible Time (Bloomberg)
  9. Cash on the Sidelines Could Limit Stocks’ Slide, Yardeni Says (Barron’s)
  10. Smaller Banks Doled Out Bulk of PPP Loans, Fed Data Show (Barron’s)
  11. NBCUniversal to Combine TV, Streaming Operations in Broad Restructuring (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Italy Starts Easing Lockdown, Rebooting Its Stricken Economy (Wall Street Journal)
  13. A Surprising Way to Stay Resilient (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Small Businesses Were at a Breaking Point. Small Banks Came to the Rescue. (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Test, trace, isolate: Governments need to do these three things before reopening economies, expert warns (CNBC)
  16. Israel Will Reopen Malls to Revive Economy as Virus Cases Drop (Bloomberg)
  17. TikTok is winning over millennials and Instagram stars as its popularity explodes (CNN)
  18. Tesla stock rise appears to qualify CEO Musk for $700 million payday (StreetInsider)
  19. 5 BofA Securities Yield Advantage Dividend Stocks for Worried Investors (24/7 Wall Street)
  20. Open for lunch: California counties with few coronavirus cases re-start their economies (Reuters)