Retail traders around the globe are taking aim at silver now. Plus, what the last few months looked like for overextended shipping companies like UPS. And, how online sign-ups are actually hampering access to COVID vaccinations.

Robinhood is among the brokerages in the hot seat after locking down some trading and raising a whole lot of money to prop itself up. Plus, the “economic anger” underlying all of those who are putting the squeeze on hedge funds and other institutional investors. And, how one year of working on the COVID front lines is taking a toll on health care workers’ mental health.

It’s a question we’re asking after some brokerage firms like Robinhood stopped customers from buying shares of GameStop and other stocks on Thursday. Plus, GM’s plan to sell only zero-emission vehicles by 2035. And, checking in on the status of vaccine distribution in Appalachia.

Stock markets in Europe faced an unsteady end to the week with disputes over the supply of vaccines and the GameStop stock roller coaster weighing on investors. Also, GDP readings for European countries illustrate the economic pain cause by additional rounds of lockdowns. And, the illustrator whose viral coronavirus diary has been turned into a book.

Plus, Apple says it will roll out changes to privacy notifications for apps tracking user behavior. And, how President Biden’s executive order intended to boost the amount of American-made goods the federal government buys might affect small businesses.

The GameStop, AMC and other short squeezes on their own aren’t necessarily that disruptive, says one business school professor. He said there’s a broader trend about the “gamification of finance” that’s more alarming. Plus, what Fed Chair Jerome Powell had to say about the stock market, the housing market and more.

UNICEF is preparing to distribute 2 billion COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the year. Plus, the “Reddit rally” which saw GameStop shares soar is spreading beyond Wall Street.

Biden cracks down on the private prison industry by executive order. Plus, a push to reopen the Obamacare enrollment window during the pandemic. Also, a quick explainer on what’s happening with GameStop’s stock. And, we’ll learn today if Apple was able to keep up its strong pandemic performance.

One example of the lengths to which a family will go to in order to pay for a college education — or, in this case, how far people will go to save money on that education. And, U.S. sales for Starbucks have taken a hit. But the company is optimistic over increasing sales in China.