I recently had an interesting conversation with an investor who had attended a behavioral finance webinar.

Daily energy market commentary provided by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions Advisory Services‘ Energy Team.

Based on nearly 30 years of experience as Nasdaq’s Corporate Secretary, Joan Conley shares KPIs that are important for corporate governance teams in their role supporting the organization’s corporate governance, strategy, and purpose.

Investor attention will likely focus on Federal Reserve Chairman Powell’s testimony to the Senate Banking Committee given concerns over inflation and interest rates.

After Tesla’s (TSLA) much-publicized investment in the world’s number-one decentralized cryptocurrency, BlackRock Capital (BLK), the world’s largest asset manager, revealed its own investment into bitcoin (BTC).

Prior to the 2020 pandemic and subsequent economic disruptions, assets invested in private markets (including private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, and credit funds) had tripled from $2.5 trillion to $7.7 trillion since the previous Global Financial Crisis.

After impressive growth in 2020, ETFs continue to reach record highs with $7.8 Trillion in Assets Under Management (AuM) for January 2021 according to TrackInsight, a global Exchange-Traded Funds analysis platform and Nasdaq partner.

This week we have the final push for the December quarter earnings season, with more than 1,000 companies reporting this week.

Home Depot (HD) is set to report fourth quarter fiscal 2020 earnings results before the opening bell Tuesday

This week, earnings from notable retail and tech companies come into focus. These reports, as well as their outlooks for 2021, will be closely watched as their revenue and earnings growth are less dependent on fiscal stimulus