Feb 05 (Friday)
YRI
YRI Podcast. In our latest video podcast, Dr. Ed discusses the main points of today’s Morning Briefing.
Daily Markets Overview
Today’s Morning Briefing
Markets
Dow jumps 250 points amid solid economic data, rising for a fourth straight day | C
S&P 500 Rises to Record as Jobless Claims Fall | W
China’s Bond Traders Reprice a Future With Tighter Liquidity | B
Silver Coins Still in High Demand Even With Drop in Metal Price | B
Goldman Sachs’ Jeff Currie prefers silver over gold due to use in solar panels | C
GameStop
GameStop falls 40% more despite easing of broker restrictions, down more than 80% this week | C
GameStop booster on Reddit is under regulatory scrutiny | MW
Yellen seeks to ‘understand deeply’ GameStop frenzy as market regulators meet | R
Central banks
Bank of England Tells Banks to Prepare for Negative Interest Rates | N
US
US Unemployment Benefits Claims Declined Last Week by More Than Forecast | B
U.S. Unemployment Claims Fell to 779,000 Last Week | W
Jobs growth likely rebounded in January, but the extent of the recovery depends on hotels and restaurants | C
U.S. factory orders beat expectations in December | R
US politics
The Biden Administration’s Elusive Stimulus Goal: Full Employment | W
U.S. Senate Democrats set for first step on road to new COVID-19 relief | R
Who Could Receive a Third Stimulus Check? | W
Biden vows to allow more refugees into the United States | C
Special Report: Stolen election? Republican lawmakers paralyzed by Trump’s false fraud claims | R
Smartmatic Files $2.7 Billion Lawsuit Against Fox News | N
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Regrets QAnon Comments | W
Industries & companies
Autos: Electric Vehicles Make Up More Than a Third of Volvo’s Sales in Europe | W
Autos: Ford F-150 production cut due to semiconductor chip shortage | C
Autos: Ford (F) earnings Q4 2020 | C
Tech: Microsoft CEO Sees Pandemic Sparking New Wave of Employee-Focused Tech | W
Corporate finance
Klobuchar to Introduce Antitrust Bill Raising Bar for Technology Deals | W
Opinion: Like Rockefeller and Gates, Bezos rides off into the sunset just as the lawyers take away the fun | MW
Chobani is reportedly eyeing an IPO later this year
Chinese Video IPO Goes Viral With Investors | W
Virus
Scientists Test a New Covid-19 Vaccine Question: Mixing Different Doses | W
Britain explores mixed COVID vaccine shots as variants threaten | R
Vaccine passports: path back to normality or problem in the making? | R
Offbeat
Super Bowl sports bets could reach $4.3 billion | C
Reddit’s WallStreetBets Founder Sells Life Story to Movie Producer RatPac Entertainment | W
How to Win at the Stock Market by Being Lazy | N
Vale Agrees to $7 Billion Settlement for Brumadinho Dam Collapse | W
