A triple play of catalysts, a runup into results and “revenge spending”

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A triple play of catalysts, a runup into results and “revenge spending”

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Jan 19, 2021

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There’s a triple play of big news to kick off the trading week, including Biden’s inauguration, Janet Yellen’s tough message on stimulus and lots of earnings calls.

We’ll discuss the key points you should keep an eye on, and detail the opportunity sectors for 2021 and beyond.

Plus, the banks are posting a big rally ahead of earnings results. So why do investors seem unimpressed? We’ll debate.

And, in today’s Rapid Fire: the first of the FANGs reports, “revenge spending” in China and what investors think is the biggest “bubble” right now.

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