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Golden moment in US stocks | Historic moment! Nvidia's market cap rises to the top of the world, and the AI ecosystem is all excited.
Arm soared over 8%, creating a new high! It has surged more than 44% this month and will be included in the Nasdaq 100 Index starting from June 24th. Netflix has risen for 7 consecutive days and has increased nearly 25% since May while aggressively expanding its Southeast Asian market.
Daily options tracking | AI boom! Nvidia's multiple call options earned 150%, Taiwan Semiconductor and Micron options trading volume doubled.
Nvidia rose more than 3% overnight and became the "global stock king"; 6.02 million options were traded overnight, with a call ratio of 63.2%; options with a strike price of 135/140/136 USD expiring on Friday were the most active in trading, with option prices rising around 150%.
First time this year! China increased its shareholding in US Treasury bonds in April.
On Tuesday of this week (May 18), the US Treasury Department released its International Capital Flow Report for April 2024. The report shows that the scale of US Treasuries held by foreign investors fell slightly from the record high in March. However, what is slightly surprising is that China increased its holdings of US Treasuries slightly in that month, marking the first increase in China's holdings this year.
The market firmly believes that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates twice this year! Even the 'least popular US bonds' are now in favor.
As US retail sales data continue to underperform, investor expectations of two rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year continue to increase. The 20-year US Treasury bond is typically the least popular Treasury maturity, but overnight the bond offering also received strong demand.
It is a consensus in the market that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates twice this year. Traders are heavily betting on the rebound of US bonds.
Traders are heavily betting on a surge in US Treasury bond prices.
Futu Morning Post | S&P, Nasdaq continue to set new closing highs, Nvidia crowned as "world stock king"; US stock market closed today
Bank of America institutional clients continued to increase their holdings in technology stocks and social media concept stocks while reducing their shareholding in finance last week; Apple suspended the development of the next generation of high-end headsets, focusing on releasing a more affordable Vision Pro next year; Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Nvidia jointly launched a new generation of AI solutions.