Market Insights

Market insights

Dive into the latest market news, views, IPOs and more from the Freetrade team.

June 9, 2020

GW Pharma, pot doctors

How GW Pharma turned medical cannabis research into major biotech success.

June 2, 2020

What's happening with oil?

Oil demand collapse and storage crunch send WTI futures briefly below zero

June 2, 2020

Virgin Galactic and the race for space

Commercial spaceflight’s journey from V2 rockets to Virgin Galactic’s promise

June 1, 2020

The rise of Shopify

Shopify’s D2C power play: growth, high valuation and rising competition

May 4, 2020

Why banks aren’t paying dividends

UK banks scrap 2020 dividends and bonuses to conserve cash in Covid crisis

March 17, 2020

The work from home boom

Slack, Zoom and why ‘WFH winners’ can still be volatile, risky bets

March 12, 2020

Why is the oil price tanking?

Oil price war: Saudi vs Russia, tumbling energy stocks and cheaper fuel

March 10, 2020

A pox on investors

Past pandemics show how disease shocks hit economies and what patterns often repeat.

March 3, 2020

Why is gold trading at record highs?

Gold’s surged as a crisis hedge, but past spikes show sharp falls can follow

February 28, 2020

How is the coronavirus affecting the stock market?

COVID fears hit travel, oil and supply chains, driving global stocks sharply lower.

February 25, 2020

M&C Saatchi is not working

M&C Saatchi’s accounting scandal and the collapse of a famous ad agency stock

February 18, 2020

From Domino’s, with love

How Domino’s grew from one shop to a market star with standout long-term returns.

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