Pavan Sharma

The update overnight has been online trading platforms like Robinhood and Interactive Brokers putting on trading restrictions to reduce speculative activity.

Global markets tumbled overnight (in the worst session since October last year (S&P 500 index -2.6%) as investors took profits and turned cautious.

Headlines are being dominated by electronics gaming retailer GameStop, which was up +92% overnight (and another +54% after hours) extending its surge as day traders continued to pile into the heavily shorted retailer.

Israel has reportedly vaccinated 30% of its population and showing very encouraging signs as to how COVID vaccines could be implemented globally.

The week ahead is dominated by the Fed rate decision and the busiest week of earnings in the US this reporting season (Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, Facebook, Caterpillar). During quarterly earnings season, investor attention usually shifts away from broader m

Meanwhile, fresh tensions surfaced between US companies and Beijing. China’s three biggest telecommunications firms said they requested a review of the NYSE’s decision to delist their shares. Separately, Twitter locked the official account of the Chinese

Global markets were broadly in the green overnight (S&P 500 index +0.9%) as Joe Biden began to take charge as US President and Netflix buoyed technology stock sentiment.

China’s fourth-quarter GDP data was better than already solid expectations, increasing 6.5% from a year earlier, making it the only major world economy to grow last year amidst the global pandemic.

Markets finished 2020 on a high, and for the 2020 calendar year market returns experienced were almost unimaginable back in March.