News and Analysis

VOLATILITY: Friday is one of the highest market volume days of year with ‘quadruple witching’ futures and options (F&O) expiry. This has become even bigger as retail-driven...

FED DAY: The Fed meeting looms large, with a coming hawkish pivot away from its super-sized $8.7 trillion balance sheet and zero interest rates. ‘Don’t fight the Fed’ is a...

REORGANISATION: Some of the largest tech stocks could be changing sectors in a proposed 2022 reorganisation of GICS*. This could significantly boost the size of the financials and...

Last Week’s Top Five Market Winners Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ) The past week included significant gains for Del Taco Restaurants Inc. (TACO), The Lovesac Company (LOVE),...

Bitcoin lingers below $50K as Tezos adds 5% on NFT partnerships Despite briefly surpassing $50K on Friday's hot inflation figures, Bitcoin spent most of last week hovering below...

METAVERSE: The metaverse incorporates video, augmented and virtual reality. Also, a shared architecture allowing virtual goods and identities to move between platforms. The term...

CARBON: Carbon prices are among the new kids on the commodity block. Europe’s ETS carbon price is +170% this year, a multiple of the Bloomberg commodity index, and behind only the...

SOARING: Used car prices continue to hit new highs led by vans and SUVs. The market is still unbalanced, extending the bullish price cycle. This is boosting car dealers, leasers,...

Although thousands of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are sold every day, buying your first one can be confusing. In this quick guide, we break down how to buy an NFT using eToro,...

GROWTH: Digital currency (CBDC) momentum is accelerating (chart). CBDC Tracker shows launches by Bahamas (Sand dollar) and Nigeria (e-Naira). Bank for International Settlement...