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  • Saturday, 17 February, 2024
    Lex
    How to democratise the UK stock market, one research note at a time Premium content

    More research, disseminated to more investors, might spark more interest in smaller companies

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  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
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    The tiny Chinese tea seller whose shares trade more than Tesla’s

    Retail investors drive ‘penny stock’ boom but are being hurt by fundraisings that flood market with shares

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  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
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    Retail investors are in no rush to join the latest stock market rally Premium content

    Small investors have plenty of reasons to stay on the sidelines for now

    The New York Stock Exchange trading floor
  • Tuesday, 9 January, 2024
    European Robinhood rival Trade Republic reports first profit

    Berlin-based start-up hails results as proof of business model, even as it forecasts return to losses

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  • Wednesday, 27 December, 2023
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    Nascent trading for night owls benefits from overseas interest

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  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
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    Cash-strapped younger Britons seem less interested in the stock market than their US peers

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  • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
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    Brokerage group needs to find more arrows in its quiver to draw in greater number of active traders

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  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
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  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
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  • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
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    US money market funds face fees to deter a ‘dash for cash’ repeat

    Divided Securities and Exchange Commission adopts rule targeting ‘prime’ funds in $5.4tn industry

    A montage of SEC chair Gary Gensler and the seal of the Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
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    Investors spend $200mn on ‘worthless’ Bed Bath & Beyond shares

    Trading in bankrupt US retailer’s stock has continued in ‘mutation of meme stock phenomenon’

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  • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
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    Brazilian brokerage XP looks to life after the lockdown bull market

    Fintech’s chief says improving economic picture will boost recovery following group’s bumpy comedown from pandemic frenzy

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  • Friday, 30 June, 2023
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    Don’t lose the exponential benefits of fractional share trading

    Barring younger traders from holding US stocks in Isas risks subtracting investor engagement

  • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
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    Ethan Wu and Katie Martin explain the big ideas behind what’s happening in finance right now

  • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
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    ‘Fear of missing out’ drives retail investors to ride AI wave

    Net purchases of US stocks hit highest daily level in three months, VandaTrack data shows

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  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
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    Spain and Portugal expected to see fastest growth as digital platforms proliferate

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  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
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    Robinhood: 24-hr trading cannot deliver a stonking recovery Premium content

    It will do nothing to support company’s beleaguered share price or reduce widening losses

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  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
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    Retail investors flock to join Credit Suisse bondholder lawsuit

    Swiss regulator had ordered wipeout of bank’s subordinated bonds as condition of UBS rescue

    The Credit Suisse and UBS headquarters in Zurich
  • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
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    Fed up with low rates on deposits, US savers snap up government debt

    Retail investors purchase record amounts of Treasury bills at auction while bank deposits drop to near two-year low

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  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
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    Asia investors ‘gobsmacked’ by $17bn Credit Suisse bond wipeout

    Risky AT1 debt was popular in the region and a sell-off has sparked margin calls

    Credit Suisse’s offices in Hong Kong
  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
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    Robinhood backs down over Signature Bank bets

    Broker makes exception to its short position ban for clients who had winning ‘puts’ against failed lender

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  • Monday, 20 February, 2023
    Cryptocurrencies
    Hong Kong unveils plans to let retail investors trade cryptocurrencies

    Proposals are latest sign of territory’s ambition to become Asia’s premier digital assets hub

    Hong Kong’s skyline
  • Friday, 17 February, 2023
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    Meme-stock 2.0: Wall Street’s retail trading boom is back

    Two years on from the frenzy, small investors grab largest-ever share of US market activity

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  • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
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    Guess who’s back, back again

    A renewed cross-generational retail party

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