Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. ‘Trolls World Tour’ Breaks Digital Records and Charts a New Path for Hollywood (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Simon Property to Reopen 49 Malls (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Boeing’s stock surges after wider-than-expected loss and revenue miss, but free cash flow beat (MarketWatch)
  4. ‘Will You Help Save My Brother?’: The Scramble to Find Covid-19 Plasma Donors (New York Times)
  5. China’s Factories Are Back. Its Consumers Aren’t. (New York Times)
  6. Rhode Island Pushes Aggressive Testing, a Move That Could Ease Reopening (New York Times)
  7. Icahn’s ‘Beautiful Trade’ Pays Off Early With Malls Forced Shut (Bloomberg)
  8. Elon Musk Joins the Lockdown Rebels (Bloomberg)
  9. Saudi Prince’s Year of Prestige Is Unraveling in Front of Him (Bloomberg)
  10. Weekly mortgage applications to buy a home make a strong recovery (CNBC)
  11. Pfizer coronavirus vaccine could be ready for emergency use by this fall (New York Post)
  12. Starbucks expects to reopen 90 percent of its stores by June (New York Post)
  13. Oil price jumps 15% after reports that a key measure of storage demand was 2 million barrels lower than expected. (Business Insider)
  14. Arthritis drug may help fight severe coronavirus cases, study finds (New York Post)
  15. Much of U.S. economy still plugging along despite coronavirus pain (Reuters)
  16. Home-buying interest spikes to highest level in weeks, showing signs of recovery (Fox Business)
  17. Stock futures jump after positive data on Gilead coronavirus treatment (CNBC)
  18. U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace due to Coronavirus (GDP) (Bloomberg)
  19. Gilead Remdesivir Trial for Covid-19 Has Met Primary Endpoint (Bloomberg)
  20. IHOP parent Dine Brands shares jump after earnings beat (MarketWatch)

Be in the know. 30 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Pfizer Earnings, Sales Top; Dow Jones Drug Giant Rises (Investor’s Business Daily)
  2. Chevron Stock Could Have a Record Month (Barron’s)
  3. Investors to Get a Peek at Buffett’s Potential Successor (Barron’s)
  4. The Fed Made It Easier for Municipalities to Borrow (Barron’s)
  5. Caterpillar’s Earnings Missed Expectations. The Stock Is Rising Anyway. (Barron’s)
  6. Best Movies You Can Stream at Home This Week (24/7 Wall Street)
  7. Pfizer said sales of Eliquis, hospital products rose in Q1 on COVID-19 demand (MarketWatch)
  8. No Junk Debt Is Too Risky: How Fed’s Action Changed Everything (Bloomberg)
  9. Tesla asks employees to return to work before coronavirus lockdown ends (New York Post)
  10. Warren Buffett to answer questions online at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting Saturday (USA Today)
  11. Texas Is Open, California’s Closed and States Go Their Own Way (Bloomberg)
  12. Warren Buffett will soon tell us what he really thinks about stocks, investing and the coronavirus pandemic (MarketWatch)
  13. 3M’s Earnings Were Strong. Health Care, Masks Boosted Sales. (MarketWatch)
  14. Fed has simple goal this week — project confidence in face of the unknown (MarketWatch)
  15. PepsiCo adjusted earnings rise as consumers stock up, but company yanks outlook (CNBC)
  16. Confused by the tax implications of the CARES Act? Here’s a breakdown. CNBC)
  17. Allbirds debuts its first running shoe. To succeed, it must face rivals like Nike—and a pandemic (CNBC)
  18. One group of small-cap stocks could outperform, Oppenheimer says (CNBC)
  19. Raymond James Has 5 Stocks to Buy Now If We Have a Snapback V Recovery (24/7 Wall Street)
  20. This is Still an Election Year (Almanac Trader)
  21. The most important chart to support an economic re-opening (Yahoo! Finance)
  22. Secret group of billionaires, scientists work to find modern A-bomb for virus (Fox Business)
  23. The Value Investor Who Sold Lysol Stock — And Bought Oil (Institutional Investor)
  24. How Kim’s sister could be next in line to rule North Korea (Financial Times)
  25. Warren Buffett offers his 2 best pieces of advice for aspiring young investors (Yahoo! Finance)
  26. Opinion: Investors have $5.1 trillion hiding out in the shares of five companies, which will be tested this week (MarketWatch)
  27. Coronavirus Relief Often Pays Workers More Than Work (Wall Street Journal)
  28. ‘Trolls World Tour’ Breaks Digital Records and Charts a New Path for Hollywood (Wall Street Journal)
  29. Consensus Is Emerging That Children Are Less Vulnerable to Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal)
  30. Japan’s Coronavirus Cases Fall Sharply Without Compulsory Measures (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Monday…

  1. Global Stocks Climb on Central Bank and Reopening Hopes (Barron’s)
  2. British stocks join global rally as Johnson returns to work (MarketWatch)
  3. U.S. Debates How Quickly It Can Reopen (Wall Street Journal)
  4. DraftKings shares surge as company goes public despite sports shutdown (New York Post)
  5. Coronavirus: Steven Mnuchin says economy will rebound over the summer (USA Today)
  6. Cuomo Announces Phased Plan to Reopen New York; Deaths Drop (Bloomberg)
  7. Private Equity Firms Fight for Lifeline Deals in Buffett-Goldman Redux (Bloomberg)
  8. Goldman Says Narrow Breadth in S&P 500 a Bad Sign for Stocks (Bloomberg)
  9. ‘One of the most ridiculous deals that I’ve ever seen’: Carl Icahn blasted Occidental Petroleum’s $10 billion financing from Warren Buffett again (Business Insider)
  10. Wall Street Quants Are Turning Their Skills to the Virus Fight (Bloomberg)
  11. Berkshire Investors Will Get to Quiz Buffett, Abel at Annual Meeting Bloomberg)
  12. Despite Market Carnage, Arena Sees Opportunity in Airlines, Oil, and Gas (Institutional Invvestor)
  13. How Jamie Dimon went from getting fired to becoming a banking leader (Fox Business)
  14. How Fed Intervention Saved Carnival (Wall Street Journal)
  15. ‘The Soul of an Entrepreneur’ Review: Doing It for Themselves (Wall Street Journal)
  16. The Doctor Will Zoom You Now (Wall Street Journal)
  17. Investors Eye Fed Emergency Lending Program That Brought Rich Returns in 2009 (Wall Street Journal)
  18. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Albertsons, Carnival, Harley-Davidson And More (Yahoo! Finance)
  19. Some States Ease Lockdowns (Wall Street Journal)
  20. Pandemic Triggers a Wave of Distress (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Sunday…

  1. The Next Round of Bailouts Will Name Names (New York Times)
  2. For charitable givers, CARES Act offers big tax breaks (InvestmertNews)
  3. Big Biotechs Make a Big Statement (StockCharts)
  4. Time to Consider Herd Immunity For New York City And The Rest Of The Country (Insider Monkey)
  5. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update: WLIg Inches Up (Advisor Perspectives)
  6. John Cena Is Just Getting Started (Men’s Journal)
  7. Jerry Seinfeld Spoofs James Bond in Netflix Trailer for ’23 Hours To Kill’ (Maxim)
  8. Bugatti Divo Will Be Delivered This Year (TheDrive)
  9. Chris Whalen on PPP Loans (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  10. Pennsylvania’s Comeback from Coronavirus Shutdowns Could Determine the Outcome of the 2020 Presidential Race (Manhattan Institute)
  11. When Is It Safe To Ease Social Distancing? Here’s What One Model Says For Each State (NPR)
  12. How The Fed Fights Coronavirus (NPR Planet Money)
  13. Explore the Fascinating History of Soul Food (Mental Floss)
  14. Why Exercise Is So Good For You (Scientific American)
  15. How The Crisis Pushed The Fed Into New Territory (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  16. Trump: Apple CEO sees coronavirus V-shaped economic recovery (Fox Business)
  17. Sweden keeping open during coronavirus protects its economy (Fox Business)
  18. Apple and Google’s new contact tracing tool is almost ready. Just don’t call it a contact tracing tool. (recode)
  19. Phased Opening for NYSE Floor Talked (Traders Magazine)
  20. The New Koenigsegg Gemera: The World’s First, Four-Seater Mega-GT (JustLuxe)