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Bitcoin, stocks and crude take off as the markets brace for a wave of stimulus checks

This is the web version of the Bull Sheet, Fortune’s no-BS daily newsletter on the markets. Sign up to receive it in your inbox here. Good morning. The reflation trade is alive and well, with stimulus talks in the U.S. boosting global equities. That, and a flurry of M&A activity have put investors in a risk-on […]

Entertainment

British GQ Gave Joe Biden A Badly Photoshopped ‘Makeover’ And Everybody Hates It!

Most (smart) Americans are very thankful Joe Biden is our new President, as we now have someone competent, consistent, and not awful in the White House. That’s great! But Biden isn’t really some cool young bro who is going to change the world. He’s an old politician who’s been in Washington forever! Which, like, whatever! […]

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Bitcoin, Big Tech and crude gain as the focus shifts to more stimulus

This is the web version of the Bull Sheet, Fortune’s no-BS daily newsletter on the markets. Sign up to receive it in your inbox here. Good morning. U.S. futures are fairly flat, but there are plenty of green shoots. Europe’s energy stocks and crude prices continues to gain, as does Bitcoin. In the U.S., tech futures […]

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GameStop futures rally again. Should investors worry?

This is the web version of the Bull Sheet, Fortune’s no-BS daily newsletter on the markets. Sign up to receive it in your inbox here. Good morning, Bull Sheeters. U.S. futures are in the green on the back of strong results from Amazon and Alphabet’s Google yesterday. But, don’t look now: GameStop is up 11% in […]

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GameStop plunges again as the retail rally fades

This is the web version of the Bull Sheet, Fortune’s no-BS daily newsletter on the markets. Sign up to receive it in your inbox here. Good morning, Bull Sheeters. As we’ve learned from the meme-stonks trade, what goes up, must also come down. Gulp. Not only is GameStop in a tailspin, but traders are quickly unwinding […]

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The Reddit brigade finds a new target in silver, and that sets off an unlikely rally

This is the web version of the Bull Sheet, Fortune’s no-BS daily newsletter on the markets. Sign up to receive it in your inbox here. Good morning. Let’s spin the roulette wheel, and see what the Reddit brigade is targeting today… Yep, it’s silver. You may have seen #Silversqueeze trending on Twitter this weekend. Well, this […]

Business

President Biden’s health care sprint begins

Good afternoon, readers. Today marks the beginning of a health care blitz by the nascent Biden administration. On Thursday, President Joe Biden began long-expected moves to undo several health care policies and administrative directives enacted by the Trump administration. While these steps are cloaked in the fog of the COVID pandemic, they also show a […]

Business COVID 19

The epic GameStop short squeeze continues to roil global markets—even Bitcoin is off

This is the web version of the Bull Sheet, Fortune’s no-BS daily newsletter on the markets. Sign up to receive it in your inbox here. Good morning. With the exception of the dollar, the screens are a blur of red this morning. Bitcoin, crude, gold, global stocks, U.S. futures—they’re all faltering. Not even Reddit bulls can […]

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Forget Bitcoin—GameStop just topped $300 in pre-market trading

This is the web version of the Bull Sheet, Fortune’s no-BS daily newsletter on the markets. Sign up to receive it in your inbox here. Good morning. Global stocks and U.S. futures are fairly quiet ahead of a busy day of corporate earnings from the likes of Apple, Tesla and Facebook. The big action again this […]