Stock market valuations

The impressive stock market rally of recent months can continue say analysts at BlackRock, who note that while some pockets of excess have emerged the global economy should ultimately catch up to valuations.

February 2,2021

Wall Street bets

Retail investors are said to be targeting a massive rise in the price of silver by coordinating and focussing their buying interest in the commodity, with one physical retailer of silver in the UK reporting a 923% rise in sales over the past week.

February 1,2021

Robinhood app

Private investors are taking their revenge out on Wall-Street professionals through the humiliation of those funds which shorted GameStop Corp.

January 29,2021

Business confidence

The Lloyds Bank Business Barometer - a key insight into business confidence - has fallen in January, however levels of confidence are still more elevated than they were for most of 2020.

January 29,2021

German flag

German inflation for January rose 1.0% on a year-on-year comparison, a sizeable rise from the -0.3% reported in December and well ahead of the 0.7% rise markets had been expecting.

January 28,2021

UK unemployment rate

UK labour market data covering the November and December periods have been released and are on balance indicating a more robust picture than the market had been anticipating, although another deterioration in January is likely given the third lockdown.

January 26,2021

UK economic outlook

The spectre of higher taxes and a falling population are said to be two reasons to be cautious on the UK economy's rebound potential, according to Capital Economics.

January 22,2021

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