Stocks Are Riding High, Bonds Are Wild-Who Wins in the End? -- Barrons.com

By Martin Baccardax Stock and bond markets are telling very different stories about near-term risk. Stock investors want earnings growth, profit margin expansion, and smart capital spending. Bond

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U.S. stock Q3 earnings season kicks off next week: S&P 500 earnings per share are expected to grow by 27%, with NVIDIA and Micron accounting for one-third of that growth.

Goldman Sachs forecasts that S&P 500 earnings per share will grow 27% year over year in the third quarter, with Micron contributing 19% and NVIDIA contributing 15%, while the top ten companies collectively account for 68% of the earnings increase. Meanwhile, median S&P 500 companies are expected to see earnings growth of only 9%, a marked slowdown from the second quarter's 14%, indicating that market earnings and performance are increasingly concentrated among a handful of AI and energy leaders.

WallStreetCNOct 7 10:34

AI capital expenditure surges; U.S. equity earnings may rise more than 25% for three consecutive quarters

Driven by a 116% surge in capital expenditure from AI giants, third-quarter earnings for U.S. stocks may hit record highs, though the highly concentrated market structure raises concerns.U.S.

Jin10Oct 7 21:56

U.S. Stock Market Preview | The Federal Reserve's meeting minutes are set to be released at 2:00 a.m.; all three major stock index futures are down, while U.S. Treasury yields rise; Iran plans to seal off the "illegal shipping lane" in the Strait of Hormuz, pushing oil prices higher.

The minutes of the Federal Reserve's September meeting will be released at 2:00 a.m. Beijing time this Thursday. This document may attract more attention than usual, as it will shed further light on why the Fed raised interest rates by 25 basis points in September and how officials assess just how tight current monetary policy really is.

Futu NewsOct 7 20:32

Why are U.S. Treasury yields and the Nasdaq both hitting new highs? Institutions say that a sharp slowdown in the industry cycle is the true "watershed" between bull and bear markets for tech stocks.

The team led by Liu Chenming at GF Securities believes that the global semiconductor cycle is still in a phase of "accelerated upswing" or "high-speed volatility," and technology stocks have shown

WallStreetCNOct 7 19:25

From Hedge to Hazard: IMF for the First Time Groups AI Boom with Oil and Debt in Its “Risk Portfolio”

The IMF has sounded the alarm, listing the "imbalanced AI boom" alongside energy shocks and record-high debt as part of a global "risk cocktail." The surge in AI-related capital spending has been reclassified from a hedge against risks to a source of vulnerability, and with global debt set to exceed 100% of GDP by 2029, the IMF is calling on governments worldwide to take urgent policy action.

WallStreetCNOct 7 18:38