On Thursday, Chinese regulators announced that an anti-monopoly investigation has been launched against Alibaba Group, the first of its kind for a Chinese tech company.
In particular, the market regulator will focus on Alibaba’s policy of “choose one of t
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After enduring a tough start to the week, amid fears of a new strain of coronavirus, the US equity markets bounced back after a $900 billion Covid relief bill sped through both Congress and the Senate, receiving little opposition.
Late on Tuesday, however, US Preside
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The new strain of coronavirus caused the UK to close its borders in order to attempt to prevent its expansion, and ended up cutting oil’s upward rally short. Oil had seen seven weeks of gains, catalysed by the arrival of the Covid-19 vaccine and the expectation
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On Monday, Tesla became the largest ever new member of the S&P500 and its first day started in style, with share prices climbing almost 4% higher than its closing price the previous week in the first hour.
However, about halfway through the session, share price f
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Last week, most of us thought that the biggest factor affecting the financial markets this weekend would be the ongoing Brexit negotiations. How wrong we were.
On Saturday evening, a stoney faced Boris Johnson addressed the nation amid a new, highly contagious, strai
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