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US stock markets are outperforming most other global markets in 2021 like they did last year. While stocks have come off their highs, they still trade close to records. While most observers advise long-term investing, there can be good short-term trading opportunities in the markets. Here are the five best short-term stocks to buy in September 2021.

According to a summer note from Rosenblatt Securities, a New York-based institutional brokerage firm, $9.5 billion was invested into Wall Street infrastructure enabling institutional handling of digital assets in 1H of 2021, almost as much as in all 2020.

Facebook‘s years of near immunity from competition are drawing to a close. Rosenblatt Securities analyst Mark Zgutowicz downgraded the social-media company, saying that the days of minimal competition are essentially over, but the shares rose anyway.

Rosenblatt Securities tech analyst Mark Zgutowicz joins “TechCheck” to discuss his downgrade of Facebook’s stock.

Chipmakers Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices were the subject of upbeat commentaries from two analysts, though one of them sees risk.

This round, Disney beat Netflix. Disney’s continued growth, juxtaposed with a disappointing quarter for Netflix, was the big story of this quarter’s earnings season.

Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank and Macquarie have all restructured or exited the equities market as larger institutions maintained their grip on market share.

Rosenblatt Securities is pleased to announce its role in two prominent FinTech transactions spanning the private and public markets. Rosenblatt served as the exclusive financial advisor to LeveL ATS on securing a significant minority investment from Nasdaq that was announced this morning. We also served as a Tier 1 co-manager on Robinhood’s IPO priced on July 29, 2021.

Rosenblatt Securities is pleased to announce its role in two prominent FinTech transactions spanning the private and public markets. Rosenblatt served as the exclusive financial advisor to LeveL ATS on securing a significant minority investment from Nasdaq that was announced this morning. We also served as a Tier 1 co-manager on Robinhood’s IPO priced on July 29, 2021.

A July 2021 report from Rosenblatt Securities highlighted that $3.5B of venture funding has been invested in crypto in H1 2021, more than 2X the total venture funding in the space in 2020. Rosenblatt also noted that 60% of the funding has been targeted at prime brokerage, lending and liquidity solutions.

Earnings season is well underway, as a number of mega-cap tech names released their financial results this past week. However, there’s still plenty more to come as several companies have yet to post their quarterly prints.

The Chinese government under President Xi Jinping has rattled investors in Chinese technology companies by announcing regulatory measures meant to curb the country’s fast-growing economy while reasserting control over some of its biggest companies. But the big U.S. technology company most exposed to China — Apple Inc. — is likely insulated from the turmoil for the time being.