TOP MARKETS NEWS: Week 02/01 – 02/07

Weekend 02/06 & 02/07

Renaissance Hit With $5 Billion In Redemptions After “Terrible” Returns – Zerohedge
What You Need Has Never Been Cheaper Vs What You Want – Zerohedge
“A Wake-Up Call” – AstraZeneca Jab Fails To Prevent Mutated COVID Strain From South Africa – Zerohedge
U.K. Variant Doubling Every 10 Days And Could Become U.S.’s Dominant Strain By March, Study Finds – forbes
Goldman: Does Valuation Still Matter? – Zerohedge
Commodities Are Soaring 25%: That’s Consistent With Headline Inflation Of Almost 4% – Zerohedge
Bitcoin Bursts Back Above $40k, Ethereum Open Interest Hits New Highs – Zerohedge
The Curious Case Of The Hedge Fund That Made $700 Million On GameStop – Zerohedge
Chief Economist: The Unprecedented Scale Of US Fiscal Stimulus Will Lead To Epic 2023 Bust – Zerohedge
Week Ahead: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (for Yellen) – nordea
Record Hedge Fund Alpha Hit Was Followed By… Largest Ever Inflows To Silver, Tech Stocks – Zerohedge

 

 

Friday 02/05

Business Live – guardian

Senate Dems Push Through $1.9TN Stimulus Blueprint As Harris Casts First Tiebreaker – Zerohedge
Pelosi hopes House can pass COVID-19 relief within two weeks – thehill
Record Hedge Fund Alpha Hit Was Followed By… Largest Ever Inflows To Silver, Tech Stocks – Zerohedge
Democrats Move At Breakneck Speed To Fast-Track Biden Stimulus; Pelosi Predicts Passage ‘Before’ March 15 – Zerohedge
SPAC my whole M&A market up – Zerohedge
Global: Brace yourself… USD liquidity is coming! – nordea
Kia Reportedly Prepping Apple Car In U.S., Japanese Auto Stocks Rally On Partnership Speculation – Zerohedge
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Activision, Snap, Ford & more – cnbc
Who’s Hiring And Who’s Firing: Government Accounted For 88% Of All January Job Gains – Zerohedge
January Payrolls Miss: Only 49K Jobs Added As Unemployment Rate Tumbles To 6.3% – Zerohedge
Ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, hits a record high above $1,700 – cnbc
JPMorgan’s Nationwide Consumer Data Slips As COVID ‘Dark Winter’ Drowns Recovery – Zerohedge
German orders fall for the first time in eight months – Reuters
Profits at BNP Paribas drop in Q4 as COVID-19 provisions soar – Reuters
World shares near record levels as vaccines fuel normalisation hopes – Reuters
Investors flock to $5 billion Alibaba bond deal, shrug off regulatory woes – Reuters


Thursday 02/04

Business Live – guardian

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Pinterest, Snap, Peloton, Ford & more – cnbc
Ford boosts investment plan for EVs and self driving vehicles, reports loss – Reuters
Ford earnings are out – here are the numbers – cnbc
Gold moves sharply lower and interest rates higher leads to a stronger dollar – forexlive
Surging Dollar Could Be The Bull In Stock Rally’s China Shop – Zerohedge
S&P 500 jumps 1% to a record high, posts its fourth positive day in a row – cnbc
KOSS, AMC Insiders Dumped Millions Of Shares Into Reddit-Raid-Rally – Zerohedge
Naked Short Selling: The Truth Is Much Worse Than You Have Been Told – Zerohedge
Read The Details Of Biden’s Plan For $1,400 (Not $2,000) Stimulus Checks – Zerohedge
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Qualcomm, eBay, GameStop and more – cnbc
US Factory Orders Surge In December, Back To Pre-COVID Levels – Zerohedge
Silver is a ‘turbo-charged version of gold’ due to use in solar panels, Goldman’s Jeff Currie says – cnbc
The ‘Index Of The Volume Of Speculation’ Blows Off – Zerohedge
These 4 Small-Cap EV Stocks Are Soaring. Why Now? – barrons
“Only” 779,000 Americans Filed For First-Time Jobless Benefits Last Week – Zerohedge
GBP Pops on BoE, Will USDJPY Hit 106 on NFP? – bk
BoE Keeps Policy Unchanged, Tells Banks To Start Preparing For Negative Rates “If Necessary” But Sees Spike In Inflation – Zerohedge
Bank of England says banks will need six months to prepare for negative rates – cnbc
Euro zone retail sales rebound more than expected in December – Reuters
European markets eke out gains as earnings, coronavirus remain in focus – cnbc
Bitcoin Dips, Dogecoin Rips After Musk Breaks Brief Twitter Silence – Zerohedge
Stock Rally Fizzles Amid Growing Reflation Concerns, Rising Dollar – Zerohedge
Oil major Shell reports sharp drop in full-year profit, raises dividend – cnbc
Deutsche Bank swings to annual profit, beating expectations – cnbc
Nokia fourth-quarter profit, revenue beat as CEO Lundmark revamps strategy – Reuters
Global COVID Vaccinations Pass Confirmed Cases As Wealthy Countries Lead The Way – Zerohedge

 


Wednesday 02/03

Global stocks and oil prices rise amid stimulus and vaccine optimism – business live – guardian
Covid live updates: Yankee Stadium opens for vaccinations Friday, San Francisco sues its own school district – cnbc

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: eBay, PayPal, Qualcomm & more – cnbc
PayPal profit triples as pandemic drives continued surge in online payments – Marketwatch
Qualcomm shares drop as patent licensing forecast disappoints Wall Street – Reuters
Qualcomm falls short on revenue in first earnings report since CEO change announced – cnbc
EBay holiday-quarter revenue beats estimates – Reuters
Global firms raise $546 billion in January as SPAC frenzy continues – Reuters
Daimler Shares Jump After Company Announces It’ll Spin-Off Its Truck Division – Zerohedge
House to vote Thursday to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of committee roles, Hoyer says – cnbc
Ethereum Surges Above $1600, New Record High – Zerohedge
Meet The Hedge Fund That Made A Killing On The Reddit-Fueled Short Squeeze – Zerohedge
Number of GameStop shares shorted edges higher: S3 Partners – Reuters
GameStop Gives Up “CTO Position” Gains, Tumbles Back To Double-Digits – Zerohedge
Why U.S. rates are only likely to rise modestly in 2021 – russellinvestments
US Services Surveys Soar Amid Inflationary Surge In Costs – Zerohedge
Strong aluminum demand persists despite pandemic: Novelis – spglobal
ADP Employment Rebounds In January After December Drop – Zerohedge
Eurozone inflation: It’s back… – ing
Visa Says “No Reason” Why It Cannot Add Bitcoin To Its Network – Zerohedge
Euro zone inflation rebounds more than expected in January – Reuters
The GameStop Fairy Tale And Its Lesson – Zerohedge
Former ECB chief Mario Draghi on track to be Italy’s next prime minister – cnbc
Euro zone downturn deepened in January as lockdowns hit services – Reuters
Siemens hikes full-year guidance on swift recoveries in China and Germany – cnbc
Santander bets on rapid recovery after first ever loss – Reuters
Here Are The Best And Worst Performing Assets In January – Zerohedge
Vodafone’s service revenue returns to growth in third quarter – Reuters
Reddit trader behind GameStop rally says he lost $13M in one day – nypost
Japanese shares end higher as robust earnings lift sentiment – Reuters
Asia-Pacific stocks mostly up; private survey shows China’s services activity growth slowed sharply in January – cnbc
Stocks rise as global economic picture improves – Reuters
Kia Motors Shares Jump After Report Apple to Invest $3.6 Billion – yahoofinance

Tuesday 02/02

Business Live – guardian
Covid live updates: U.S. cases and hospitalizations drop from peaks as Democrats push to pass relief bill – cnbc

Senate Democrats Move to Put Biden Stimulus Plan on Fast Track – Bloomberg
Senate Democrats take first step toward big COVID-19 bill – thehill
U.S. Democrats take first step to go it alone on Biden’s COVID-19 aid – Reuters
JPM Warns Amazon And Google’s Blockbuster Results May Have Marked The Top – Zerohedge
Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Alphabet, Amazon, GameStop and more – cnbc
The GameStop stock craze is about a populist uprising against Wall Street. But it’s more complicated than that. – wp
Amazon Reports Blowout Quarter, Jeff Bezos Stepping Down As CEO – Zerohedge
Amazon reports first $100 billion quarter following holiday and pandemic shopping surge – cnbc
Alphabet Shares Soar To New Record High After Crushing Expectations – Zerohedge
Stocks buck seasonal weakness to start February. Here’s what two strategists expect – cnbc
Alphabet could use a crash course on the ABCs of search – bv
Alphabet earnings are out – here are the numbers – cnbc
Wall St. gains with Amazon, Alphabet, stimulus hopes – Reuters
Democrats kick off the process toward passing $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan – cnbc
Robinhood, Webull, and Fidelity apps soar amid GameStop controversy – fortune
Dow rallies 600 points as the GameStop trading mania continues to reverse course – cnbc
Reddit user who helped inspire GameStop mania says he lost $13 million on Tuesday, but is still holding on – cnbc
GME Surges 85% ‘Off The Lows’ After Robinhood Lifts Trading Restrictions – Zerohedge
GameStop short interest falls to $5.8 billion: S3 Partners – Reuters
Ethereum Spikes To Record High, Tops $1500 – Zerohedge
GameStop slides, silver spree stalls as retail traders run out of road – Reuters
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine 91.6% effective in late-stage trial – cnbc
Steve Cohen Raises $1.5 Billion In Days To Fill Melvin (No) Capital Losses – Zerohedge
Hot-ticket Gamestop deals blow to hedge funds’ January returns, some escape – Reuters
Pfizer expects about $15 billion in 2021 sales from Covid vaccine – cnbc
Pfizer, Exxon Mobil and UPS Rise Premarket; GameStop Falls – investing
Dollar stands tall on better U.S. outlook vs Europe – cnbc
Stocks Up, So What’s Driving Strong Demand for Dollars? – bk
Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: UPS, Harley-Davidson, Cirrus Logic & more – cnbc
Pfizer expects about $15 billion in 2021 sales from Covid vaccine – cnbc
Pandemic drives oil major BP to first loss in a decade – Reuters
The Winklevoss’ bitcoin exchange is pushing into banking with a new savings product – cnbc
Exxon Jumps After Reporting First Loss In 40 Years, Vows No Cuts To Its Massive Dividend – Zerohedge
Alibaba’s cloud computing division becomes profitable for the first time as earnings beat forecasts – cnbc
Eurozone GDP: what a difference a wave makes – ing
Eurozone Economy Contracts In Final Quarter Of 2020 – Zerohedge
Euro zone contracts by 6.8% in 2020 on coronavirus restrictions shock – cnbc
Five things to watch in Reddit stocks trading mania – Reuters
European shares rise on recovery hopes, technology shares gain – Reuters
BP reports its first full-year loss in a decade after ‘brutal’ year – cnbc
China’s growth is likely to moderate in the next few months, Goldman Sachs says – cnbc
Asian markets buoyant as U.S. stimulus package debate looms – Reuters

Monday 02/01

Silver price hits five-month high as retail traders pile in – business live – guardian

Robinhood explores raising $1B in debt to fulfill Reddit-fueled frenzy – NYP
Nio deliveries in January quadruple from a year ago, signaling a strong start to 2021 – cnbc
U.S. factory activity cools amid COVID-19 flare-up – Reuters
Robinhood raises another $2.4 billion from investors – Reuters
These two indicators could determine whether the GameStop rally is near its end – cnbc
Robinhood raises trading limit on GameStop shares to 4 from 1 – CNBC
Ford and Google sign six-year deal for in-car connectivity and cloud services – CNBC
Robinhood appears to be benefitting from the trading controversy, seeing record app downloads – CNBC
Europe’s ‘long the short’ trade cools down – Reuters
As silver soars, Commerzbank says to watch for bubbles in other commodities – CNBC
Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Tesla, CureVac, Otis Worldwide & more – CNBC
It’s ‘difficult to believe’ the short squeeze was purely fueled by retail investors, professor says – CNBC
Germany’s stricter lockdown sinks retail sales in December – Reuters
‘Europe is in a deep hole’: Recovery set to take longer amid ‘disappointing’ Covid vaccine rollout – CNBC
Silver prices jump more than 10% as Reddit traders try their squeeze play with the metal – CNBC
Five things to watch in retail stocks’ trading frenzy – Reuters
Asian shares rally as retail crowd catch silver bug – Reuters
Asian factories have mixed performance as pandemic impact lingers – Reuters
Bullion broker Apmex says silver demand is delaying transactions – Reuters
Robinhood to continue trading limits on Monday, customers can still only buy one GameStop share – CNBC