Stock Trading News

The stock market is an important part of the overall functioning of the economic system. The stock market – and capital markets more generally – affect the real economy as they provide the money and credit that the real economy uses to make goods and services. The financial economy leads the real economy. The stock […]

Top online broker, AvaTrade, is the latest big name to eye London for an IPO in the coming months. While precise timelines are yet to be confirmed, initial reports suggest the Dublin-based broker could be valued at between £500 million and £700 million. AvaTrade IPO On The Horizon The popular trading broker has selected JP […]

CySEC-regulated broker, Skilling, has made fractional stock trading available to clients. The popular feature means users can diversify portfolios by spreading capital over a wider range of shares. Find out how to get started. Skilling Fractional Stocks The new CFD product allows beginners and those with less capital to access a greater range of stocks. […]

Grand Capital is an online broker best known for its range of forex, CFDs and crypto products. However, the broker also offers a collection of investment portfolios and its latest Spring 2021 portfolio could tick the box for keen stock traders. Here are the details. Spring Investment Portfolio Grand Capital’s latest investment portfolio is aimed […]

Emerging forex and CFD broker, M4Markets, has brought out share CFDs on its new MetaTrader 5 platform. The company has been quick to answer calls from its traders for leveraged stock CFDs. Clients can now trade a long list of EU and US shares on the industry-favourite MT5 solution. Share CFDs Some of the largest […]

Popular retail broker, FBS, has introduced commission-free indices on its trading platforms. Offering access to global markets in just a few clicks, clients can speculate on US, European, Asian and Australian markets, among others. The broker’s new trading assets are available across the MT4, MT5 and FBS Trader applications. Commission-Free Indices FBS clients can trade […]

After a recession, the central bank has big incentives to get the economy going again. Traders then largely shift to what are called reflation trades, which will benefit from this backdrop. Central banks start by lowering interest rates. This makes cash less attractive to own. This incentivizes the ownership of riskier assets and more spending […]

Business models can take many different shapes depending on the way the products and services are delivered to the market. Asset-lite and asset-heavy businesses can largely be viewed through a “pipes” (pipelines) vs. “platforms” framework. Recognizing the two and their differences is important as it will ultimately help determine the nature of a stock‘s upside […]

AQR recently published its report on its expectations for asset class returns over the medium-term – i.e., next 5-10 years. This covers the following asset classes: – US equities – Non-US developed market equities – Emerging market equities – US high-yield credit – US investment-grade (IG) credit – US 10-year Treasuries – Non-US 10-year government […]

GameStop (GME) and AMC Entertainment (AMC) made a notable run, ignited by a social media frenzy that took on a life its own. We discussed more of the backstory in other articles, such as here. There was a pop and that eventually faded. This was inevitable, as these companies – and other widely shorted small caps […]