Be in the know. 15 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Tesla Wins as County Blinks First in Standoff Over Plant (Barron’s)
  2. Fed spells out terms of TALF rescue facility, potentially paving way to unleash funds in weeks (MarketWatch)
  3. Hedge Funds, Go Home — Japan Is Closing the Door (Bloomberg)
  4. Steve Cohen, Jeff Bezos Achieve Scroll Fame at Robin Hood Telethon (Bloomberg)
  5. Hedge Fund That Never Loses Bets Big on South Africa Debt (Bloomberg)
  6. House Democrats unveil new $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill (CNBC)
  7. Gilead strikes deal to make remdesivir coronavirus treatment in 127 countries (CNBC)
  8. What Doesn’t Kill Fast Food Makes It Stronger (Wall Street Journal)
  9. The Emerging-Market Debt Trap (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Live Nation to issue $800 million of bonds that mature in 2027 (MarketWatch)
  11. Boyd Gaming is offering $500 million of senior notes that mature in 2025 (MarketWatch)
  12. Royal Caribbean pledges 28 ships as collateral for $3.3 bln bond offering (Reuters)
  13. CNBC’s Jim Cramer: Elon Musk may be a ‘zealot’ but he’s ‘dead right’ about his decision to break the rules (MarketWatch)
  14. China will step up macro-economic adjustments to offset pandemic impact – state TV (Reuters)
  15. Powell Says Washington Will Need to Spend More to Battle Downturn (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Saudis to make further oil supply cut to ‘encourage’ peers (Financial Times)
  2. Shanghai Disneyland Reopens With Strict Safety Procedures (New York Times)
  3. Investors Are Terrified of Chinese Stocks. How to Profit From Their Fear. Barron’s)
  4. Chinese investment in US drops to lowest level since 2009 (USA Today)
  5. Trump orders federal retirement money invested in Chinese equities to be pulled (Fox Business)
  6. China announces new tariff waivers for some U.S. imports (Reuters)
  7. The Fed Is Buying E.T.F.s Today (New York Times)
  8. Simon to reopen half of its malls within a week as states begin to reopen (New York Post)
  9. Palm Beach is new escape for New Yorkers looking to dodge coronavirus (New York Post)
  10. Boeing Plans to Resume Building the 737 MAX This Month (Barron’s)
  11. A Movie Studio Could Buy AMC, Even if Amazon Isn’t Interested (Barron’s)
  12. Why Investors Should Consider Companies That Are Repaying Their Credit-Line Debt (Barron’s)
  13. ‘Feels like we’re at the bottom’: Some executives see signs of recovery in April (CNBC)
  14. Secret recipes for United Airlines’ stroopwafel, Disney’s beignets, more to make in quarantine (USA Today)
  15. AbbVie Stock Is ‘Unsustainably Cheap’ After Allergan Acquisition (Yahoo! Finance)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Monday…

  1. PulteGroup (PHM) says recent sales trends have been more encouraging (Street Insider)
  2. Is (Systematic) Value Investing Dead? (AQR)
  3. Berkshire Hathaway Stock Has Rarely Been This Cheap (Barron’s)
  4. Marriott, Cisco, DraftKings, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week (Barron’s)
  5. 9 Value Stocks Investors Are Buying While Buffett Waits (Barron’s)
  6. Under virus pressure, Saudi Aramco may cut government payout (Reuters)
  7. AMC Entertainment’s stock soars after report Amazon has expressed buyout interest (Yahoo! Finance)
  8. One Sign That Outperforming Active Managers Will Continue to Outperform (Institutional Investor)
  9. Coronavirus crisis: does value investing still make sense? (Financial Times)
  10. America’s Smallest Stocks Are Staging a Comeback (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Shanghai Disneyland tickets sell out as park prepares to reopen (Fox Business)
  2. Southwest to raise $815 million through sale and leaseback of 20 planes (Reuters)
  3. The 22 Most Expensive Homes in the World for Sale (Robb Report)
  4. Order An Entire Meal From Texas Roadhouse And We’ll Guess How Old You Are (BuzzFeed) (It said I was 19!)
  5. R.I. teen creates non-profit org. to provide smart tech to patients isolated from loved ones (OANN)
  6. Little Richard, Founding Father of Rock Who Broke Musical Barriers, Dead at 87 (RollingStone)
  7. Why Ford Took The Bronco Off The Market – And Why It’s Bringing It Back (digg)
  8. Automobili Pininfarina Is Speeding Into a New Era of Hypercars (Maxim)
  9. This Weekend: NASCAR Makes Virtual Return to Historic North Wilkesboro Speedway (The Drive)
  10. Episode 998: Journey To The Center Of The Fed (NPR Planet Money)
  11. Bad Arguments and How to Avoid Them (Farnam Street)
  12. 7 Early Attempts at Self-Driving Cars (Mental Floss)
  13. MiB: Jim Bianco of Bianco Research (Bloomberg)
  14. Relocated UFC 249 could ‘bring sense of normalcy to people’ (Fox Business)
  15. Epidemics in World History, With Frank M. Snowden (CFR)
  16. Oil is the Comeback King (Futures Mag)
  17. The One Factor That Will Determine The Size Of India’s LNG Boom (OilPrice)
  18. Sam Zell: Nice Distressed Real Estate Bargains Are Ahead (Chief Investment Officer)
  19. Lawmakers urge punishment for banks that won’t back drillers (Pensions & Investments)
  20. Ferrari sales and other Luxury Cars beat Estimates as Global Car sales plummet (Luxuo)