Market Recap 19/02/2023

Download PDF US Equities started off the week strong, with most major indexes surging, in anticipation of Tuesday’s CPI report, where inflation slowed ever so slightly to 6.4% from 6.5% in December, less than market forecasts of 6.2%. The inflation reading was the first to be calculated by the Bureau Read more…

Winter Deal Recap

Download PDF Introduction Welcome to another deal recap! We hope you had fantastic winter and Christmas holidays and started the year well. As we are closing the winter season, there have been many newsworthy deals to reflect on in the past three months. BSIC has gathered them for you! Healthcare Read more…

Market Recap 04/12/2022

Download PDF US The week started off with a substantial drop in the DOW Jones Index during the last hour of trading on Monday amid worries around commentary by Fed officials and reports of protests spreading in China. These worries were the main drivers of Tuesday’s markets as well with Read more…

Market Recap 27/11/2022

Download PDF US On Thursday, and parts of Friday, US markets were closed due to Thanksgiving. This was the driving force behind the lack of liquidity and uneventfulness of the week in both the primary and secondary markets. The Nasdaq and the Russell 3000 Growth index were the only indices Read more…

The Downfall of FTX

Download PDF Introduction On November 11th, crypto trading startup FTX filed for bankruptcy protection in the US just three days after admitting to being unable to meet $5bn in customer withdrawals. Sam Bankman-Fried, a 30-year-old trader and founder of the crypto exchange, resorted to filing in a Delaware federal court Read more…