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

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

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

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.

The Australian regulator has removed the restriction for banks to cap shareholder dividend payouts at 50% of profits from the start of 2021.

The US Federal Reserve held its last meeting for the year this morning, and the Fed decided to keep interest rates unchanged in its December meeting after slashing them to near-zero in an emergency meeting in March due to the fast-spreading coronavirus.