NewsWatch: WallStreetBets has silver in its sights, but here’s why this speculative rush may be ‘short-lived,’ says analyst

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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

Stock markets are rebounding from Wall Street’s worst week since October 2020, recouping losses caused in large part by a retail trading frenzy — but signs point to more turbulent days ahead. See full story.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk calls Robinhood CEO ‘Vlad the stock impaler’ and grills him over the GameStop saga

Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of electric-car maker Tesla, became the interviewer on live-audio conversation app Clubhouse on Monday, as he fired questions at the co-founder and chief executive officer of free trading app Robinhood. See full story.

Robinhood slims restricted list to 8 stocks, but users can still only buy 1 share of GameStop

Robinhood is narrowing its list of restricted stocks, but will still impose limits in buying shares of heavily shorted GameStop Corp. and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. stocks when trading opens Monday. See full story.

Nikola stock rallies after Wedbush analyst says it’s no longer a sell

Shares of Nikola Corp. jumped Monday, after Wedbush analyst Dan Ives upgraded the electric vehicle maker, saying the bearish catalysts have already played out. See full story.

The Novavax vaccine is effective. Now I’m seriously hoping that’s what I was injected with

The U.S. biotech has produced an interim assessment of its Phase-3 trial in the U.K., for which I volunteered last year. And it shows the vaccine is 89% effective against the disease. See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

‘I’m young and it’s scary having it all in there,’ says one young trader who uses Robinhood. See full story.