Rams Win Super Bowl LVI, Coinbase Ad Goes Viral, McDonald's Disappoints Doge Fans And More: 5 Headlines You May Have Missed From This Weekend

Heading into a new trading week, here is a quick roundup of the top five stories from the sports, cryptocurrency and corporate sectors that investors would not want to miss out on from the weekend.

  • Los Angeles Rams became the Super Bowl champions for the second time in their history after defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20.
  • Coinbase Global Inc.’s COIN Super Bowl ad — which featured a bouncing QR code placed in front of a black background — went viral, but it crashed the cryptocurrency exchange’s app.
  • McDonald’s Corp. MCD revealed its Super Bowl commercial on Sunday evening that disappointed many in the Dogecoin community, who were hopeful it would feature the meme coin.
  • Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited BABA and other U.S.-listed Chinese tech companies tumbled in Hong Kong on Monday, amid worries about a surge in COVID-19 infections in Hong Kong and a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  • Goldman Sachs analysts have cut their year-end target for the benchmark S&P 500 Index to 4,900 points from 5,100 points previously, amid worries the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates more aggressively to combat elevated inflation.
  • What Else: Among other stories from the weekend, investors would want to check out the EV week in review, why Apple Inc. AAPL is hiking pay for its retail workers, and which movie topped the U.S. weekend box office.

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