Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. The Art of the Oil Deal (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Gilead Sciences (GILD) Remdesivir Study Shows Two-Third of Severe COVID-19 Patients Improved (Street Insider)
  3. Fed’s Clarida says central bank has tools to avoid deflation: BBG (Reuters)
  4. Fauci: ‘Rolling re-entry’ possible in May (Fox Business)
  5. Photo credit: Emily Elconin
  6. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Berkshire Hathaway, Disney, SoftBank And More (Benzinga)
  7. OPEC and its allies strike historic agreement to cut nearly 10 million barrels a day (MarketWatch)
  8. Higher Natural Gas Prices Are On The Horizon (Yahoo! Finance)
  9. OPEC+ deal saved ‘more than 2 million’ jobs in the US: Russian wealth fund (CNBC)
  10. Historic OPEC+ cut is Trump’s ‘biggest and most complex’ deal ever: Dan Yergin (CNBC)
  11. Goldman Sachs abandons its bearish near-term view on stocks, says the bottom is in (MarketWatch)
  12. U.S. Stabilizes, CDC Says; 70 Vaccines in Progress: Virus Update (Bloomberg)
  13. Alaska Bought Up Berkshire Hathaway, Walmart, and AMD Stock (Barron’s)
  14. 12 Stocks That Are Beating the Market During the Coronavirus Crisis—and Can Keep on Growing After (Barron’s)
  15. Can Cruise Lines and Small Theme Parks Survive? (Barron’s)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Easter…

  1. 7 Reasons Why Smart, Hardworking People Don’t Become Successful (Medium)
  2. A food safety expert on why you’re unlikely to get the coronavirus from groceries or takeout (Vox)
  3. Apple and Google want to turn your phone into a Covid-tracking machine (Vox)
  4. A Truce in the Oil Price War? (CFR)
  5. Early Experience With Remdesivir To Treat Severe COVID-19 Published (NPR)
  6. Episode 990: The Big Small Business Rescue (NPR Planet Money)
  7. How Close Are We To A COVID-19 Vaccine? (538)
  8. Unlikely Optimism: The Conjunctive Events Bias (Farnam Street)
  9. I Got a Pandemic Puppy, and You Can Too (The Atlantic)
  10. What Immunity to COVID-19 Really Means (Scientific American)
  11. How Anthony Fauci Became America’s Doctor (New Yorker)
  12. Airlines Are Negotiating a Bailout Package. The Details Could Emerge Over the Weekend. (Barron’s)
  13. The Fed Has Already Injected $2.3 Trillion Into the Economy — and it’s Just Getting Started (Time)
  14. Trump Makes It Official: We’re Mining the Moon (Popular Mechanics)
  15. Aston Martin V12 Speedster: A Puristic Limited Edition For The Most Demanding Drivers (Just Luxe)
  16. The Next Gauge of the Economy Will Be Corporate Earnings: Live Updates (New York Times)
  17. The S&P 500 has rebounded 25% in less than three weeks. Here’s what’s going on (CNBC)
  18. Mnuchin, Congress leaders to hold new talks on next coronavirus aid bill (Reuters)
  19. Everything Is Awful. So Why Is the Stock Market Booming? (New York Times)
  20. Poison Pills and Coronavirus: Understanding Glass Lewis’ Contextual Policy Approach (Harvard Law)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. As Credit Markets Rebound, Neediest Borrowers Are Left Behind (Bloomberg)
  2. Majority of Americans who qualify for coronavirus aid are expected to receive direct deposits by April 15 (Business Insider)
  3. N.Y. Deaths Dip; Gilead Drug Shows Early Promise: Virus Update (Bloomberg)
  4. The Terrible Costs of Keeping—or Ending—the Lockdowns (Barron’s)
  5. Time to Hit ‘Buy It Now’ Button on eBay Stock (Barron’s)
  6. This Market Is Made For Warren Buffett. Why Has He Gone Quiet? (Barron’s)
  7. In the Face of a “Rare Mispricing,” an Oil-Services Bear Turns Bull (Barron’s)
  8. Fed’s Emergency Lending Has Peaked. At Least for Now. (Barron’s)
  9. Martin Scorsese Courts Apple and Netflix to Rescue Costly DiCaprio Film (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Apple, Google Bring Covid-19 Contact-Tracing to 3 Billion People (Bloomberg)
  11. 16 million people just got laid off but U.S. stocks had their best week in 45 years (MarketWatch)
  12. Ex-FDA commissioner says ‘widespread screening’ needed to reopen economy (CNN)
  13. The Asset Class That’s Not Getting Crushed by Coronavirus (Institutional Investor)
  14. The Relationship Between Earnings and Bear Markets (A Wealth of Common Sense)
  15. Markets Have Priced In the Lockdown Period. Now What? (Wall Street Journal)
  16. IRS Launches Registration Tool For Stimulus Checks (Forbes)
  17. Coronavirus: Is your auto insurer giving refunds? (ValueWalk)
  18. WEEKLY AND MONTHLY CHARTS SHOW IMPROVEMENT (John Murphy)
  19. America’s Best Trump Impersonator Has Some Thoughts About CNN And Dr. Fauci (Digg)
  20. Paul Walker’s 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 Is Headed to Auction (Maxim)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Good Friday…

  1. Pfizer working on promising coronavirus treatment, vaccine (New York Post)
  2. OPEC and Russia Agree to Cut Oil Production (New York Times)
  3. With $2.3 Trillion Injection, Fed’s Plan Far Exceeds Its 2008 Rescue (New York Times)
  4. How the Fed plans to keep credit, a crux of the American economy, flowing to U.S. consumers during the pandemic (MarketWatch)
  5. Dr. Fauci: Antibody tests are coming soon (CNN)
  6. Why Blood From Coronavirus Survivors Could Be a Lifeline for the Sick (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Fed will continue to act ‘forcefully, proactively and aggressively,’ Powell says (Street Insider)
  8. OPEC+ To Cut Oil Output For Two Years But There’s One Holdout (Investor’s Business Daily)
  9. The Magic Kingdom Is Closed. Disney Can Keep Profits Flowing. (Barron’s)
  10. India’s Plunging Stock Prices May Yield Bargains for Investors (Barron’s)
  11. State Farm to slash $2 billion in car-insurance premiums amid pandemic (MarketWatch)
  12. Occidental Seeking Federal Lifeline For U.S. Oil Industry (Yahoo! Finance)
  13. Potential Coronavirus Drugs May Cost as Little as $1, Study Says (Bloomberg)
  14. NHL Stars Get Social in the Era of Social Distancing (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Fed Moves Spark Corporate Bond Rally (Wall Street Journal)