Gamestop

European shares end five-day upward streak with 1% decline

Stoxx 600 index now more than 8% lower than record highs reached earlier this year

Cinema giant AMC revives Hollywood golden age – just not in a way anyone expected

Silver screen? Silver mining is the new big thing for owner of Odeon chain

European shares retreat on rising bond yields

Rapid spread of Omicron Covid variant also dents sentiment

The A to Z of financial markets in 2021

Apple soared and Zoom slumped in a year that saw markets surge to record levels

Reddit confidentially files to go public

San Francisco-based company was valued at $10bn earlier this year

European shares end lower as IMF warns on cost of pandemic

Covid-19 worries weigh on airlines, while tech and energy stocks also fall

Revealed: Google’s most popular searches of 2021

Squid Game, Bernie Sanders’s mittens and how to wear skinny jeans dominate global trends

The investment landscape is changing – here are the trends to watch out for

While many businesses and individuals were hit hard by the pandemic, others are emerging with more money than before

European stocks claw back most of daily losses after ECB statement

Airlines and video game companies among the fallers in Thursday trading

Bitcoin bruised after chaotic debut as legal tender in El Salvador

Central American state became first country to adopt it as legal tender

Reddit seeks to hire advisers for US IPO, sources say

Online message board operator valued at $10 bn in a private fundraising round last month

Angel investors roll in behind Aikido in near €1m fundraise

Dublin-based fintech says it is intent on democratising quantitative investing

Robinhood becomes the latest meme stock

Stocktake: Worst-ever market debut for IPO of its size made suprising comeback

Robinhood shares surge 50%, as investors scoop up ‘the meme of memes’

Wednesday marked first day that investors could trade options on shares in online brokerage

Robinhood prices IPO at bottom of indicated range

Disruptor stock trading app makes closely watched trading debut

Is US trading app Robinhood too much of a gamble for investors?

App luring newbies into stocks and cryptos valued at up to $40bn ahead of flotation

Stocktake: Free stock trading is coming to Ireland

Gotrade promises investment ‘without borders, barriers or minimums’

Irish traders target short sellers as meme stocks move up

Stocktake: Redditors piled into AMC and GameStop stocks in 2021, says Degiro

Lights, camera, action: cinemas reopen after five months

Light House programme manager Charlene Lydon is confident the crowds will return

AMC launches new share sale as it warns investors they may lose money

Some Wall Street analysts say the cinema operator is already heavily overvalued

How cultish social media accounts fuel trading in penny stocks

In the world of online trading forums, prices can soar on plummet on momentum alone

Stocktake: Buffett is right about populist Robinhood

There really isn’t anything heroic about the zero-commission broker’s business model

Stocktake: In this ‘annoying’ bull market, the dafter the idea, the greater the gains

No one is attempting to justify some bubble valuations

GameStop may sell up to 3.5m in additional shares

Total global sales increased about 11% in first quarter from the same period a year ago

European shares hit record highs over prospect of vaccine boost and US spending

Ryanair gains following J&J delivery news, with analysts more upbeat about European airlines

Stocktake: More agony than ecstasy for stock-pickers

You can make a fortune if you pick the right stock, but it’s a low-probability bet

Bitcoin extends drop amid wider asset retreat

Cryptocurrency hits two-week low as losing streak continues

GameStop may cash in on Reddit rally with share sale

Stock down after hours; dip in quarterly net sales missed analysts’ expectations

European stocks end lower over new wave of coronavirus

Easter lockdown in Germany raises fears of slow economic recovery from pandemic

Stocktake: Clueless investors are headed for trouble

Ignorant investors pumping cash into meme stocks like GameStop? This won’t end well

Iseq flat while other European bourses rise

US markets heading for record highs on stimulus and vaccine rollout hopes

Stocktake: Munger says Gamestop investors have racetrack mindset

Comments see him derided as ‘old guy who does not understand today’s more modern markets’

Waxwork drinkers, Europe’s new tech prince and logos that look like something else

Planet Business: Box office blues, the sequel

Stocktake: Bitcoin ‘fanatics’ attack Jeremy Grantham

The investor’s ‘fairly bland’ opinion about the crytocurrency attracted personal insults

GameStop's Frankfurt shares nearly triple in catch-up trade to Wall Street

Shares surge 180% in pre-market trading after US stock more than doubles

Stocktake: Elon Musk’s market-moving tweets

Billionaire should recognise that his carefree tweets can be consequential for novice traders

Stocktake: FOMO blinds traders to risks

Day trading ‘virtually impossible’ to make a living from – but that’s not stopping some from trying

Tokyo 2021 could yet thrill the world with a female face presiding over it

Female successor to Yoshiro Mori would help enormously in recovery from this debacle

Elon Musk’s effect on crypto world shows how irrational markets are

Tesla boss has drawn a crowd with tweets about bitcoin and dogecoin

Stocktake: Beware the house money effect

Tendency to take more risks on unexpected winnings is natural but dangerous

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