Futu Morning Post | Inflation expectations are picking up! The vice chairman of the Federal Reserve sticks to higher and longer; China Securities and Meme Stocks collectively exploded overnight
Beware of turbulent US stocks! Traders are betting that US stocks will fluctuate by nearly 1% after CPI and Nvidia's results are announced; OpenAI launches a faster and cheaper AI model for all users.
Early trading of US stocks | The three major indices rose slightly, and China Securities and Meme Stocks were enjoying a group carnival! Game Station soared by more than 110%, and Ali surged by more than 5%
US stocks opened slightly higher on Monday. The market is watching the latest PPI and CPI inflation data this week to further judge the Federal Reserve's monetary policy prospects. Morgan Stanley says the US economy is “cooling down,” and the Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates 3 times this year.
Beware of turbulent US stocks! Traders are betting that US stocks will fluctuate by nearly 1% after CPI and Nvidia's results are announced
Traders are keeping a close eye on this week's US inflation data to look for the possibility of breaking the calm in the market.
US Stock Preview | The “Big Brother” of US retail investors is back! Game Station soared more than 30% in premarket
Can Wall Street Break the “May Curse” Watch All This Week? Powell and CPI data will be released soon; Alibaba rose nearly 4% in the premarket and will announce results tomorrow.
Options Preview | The bullish sentiment of China Securities is raging! Ali, JD and other stocks are in high demand for first-time call lists
This week, the US stock market's earnings season is coming to an end. The market focuses on the financial reports of leading companies in the industry such as Walmart and Cisco. Meanwhile, China Securities will usher in a peak period of a round of performance disclosure, and companies such as Ali, JD, and Ideal Auto will be listed one after another.
US Stock Nuggets | Demand for AI continues to be booming! TSMC and ARM increased by about 5%; the earnings season was full of profit effects! A number of high-performing stocks all recorded double-digit gains
As tech giants accelerate the pace of building AI data centers, demand for electricity continues to rise. NRG Energy, the largest green power company in the US, rose by more than 2% to a record high, and has risen nearly 64% during the year.
Daily ticket tracking | Game Station surged more than 17% before the market, and options transactions surged; Marathon Digital's performance plummeted after, and multiple put orders doubled and surged
Tesla dropped more than 2% last Friday, with 2 million options trading volume, up nearly 40% from the previous trading day, and a slight increase in the bullish ratio to 53%. The long and short sentiment on the options chain is intense. Among them, the call and put, which expired last Friday and had an exercise price of $170, were the highest, with 198,000 and 182,000, respectively, with an outstanding volume of about 7,000 and 30,000, respectively.
Futu Morning Post | Wall Street's “Most Promising Prophet” Suggests: Buy Stocks Before the CPI Report Is Released
Jinglin Asset's US stock holdings revealed: Q1 drastically reduced its holdings in Pinduoduo and opened positions with Ali and JD; “New Federal Reserve News Agency”: High housing costs undermined the FED's interest rate cut plan.
“New Federal Reserve News Agency”: High housing costs are undermining the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut plan
① The expectation that housing costs will slow down this year has always been the core basis for the Federal Reserve to believe that inflation will slow down enough to cut interest rates; ② To return the inflation rate to 2%, the inflation rate for non-housing services must be reduced from the current 3.5% to less than 3%, and the housing inflation rate must be reduced from 5.8% to about 3.5%.
Weekly outlook | Powell explodes the global market with US CPI data! Tencent, Ali, and JD financial reports hit big
In addition, Baidu, iQiyi, Tencent Music, etc. will also announce their results next week; Japan will announce the initial GDP value for the first quarter, and the yen exchange rate trend will become the focus of the market; Hong Kong stocks will be closed for one day on Wednesday due to the Buddha's birthday.
Top 20 turnover | Nvidia reaches over US$30 billion; Novavax Pharmaceuticals surges by nearly 99%
The second-place Tesla closed down 2.04% with a transaction of US$12.277 billion; the third-place Apple closed down 0.69% with a transaction of US$9.291 billion.
US stock outlook | The three major indices rose sharply, and Novavax Pharmaceuticals soared more than 110% before the market; Federal Reserve Bostic: The timing is uncertain, but interest rate cuts will still begin this year
Global funding preferences are changing! The popularity of tech giants subsided, and utility stocks were promoted to the “C position” of US stocks; demand for AI was strong, and TSMC's sales in April increased nearly 60% year over year.
US bullish stocks this week | Electric power stocks are popular! Vistra and Constellation both recorded double-digit gains
Good performance boosts stock prices! AppLovin, International Fragrances and Fragrances, and Emerson Electric increased by 12.81%, 12.03%, and 8.49% respectively during the week.
Daily rights tracking | Amazon's bullish ratio rose to 70%, and some large players spent 300 million US dollars to buy calls; Roblox's performance plummeted by more than 22% after that, making 9 times profit from a single PUT
Energy Transfer traded 2.45 million overnight options, up 15 times from the average daily volume, and the bullish ratio soared from 67% to 99%. The transaction volume was based on the top order and found that some large investors bought a forward call option when the stock price was 16.24 US dollars, and the turnover exceeded 30 million US dollars.
Futu Morning Post | Federal Reserve Voting Committee: Uncertainty about the inflation outlook is increasing; new news about Apple's AI strategy
Roblox, the “first stock in the metaverse,” plummeted by more than 22%, lowering full-year reservation expectations; Airbnb fell nearly 7%, and the Q2 revenue outlook fell short of expectations; the “Nvidia concept stock” SoundHound AI surged more than 15% after the market, and the Q1 earnings report exceeded expectations.
Early trading of US stocks | S&P and NASDAQ fell slightly, chip stocks weakened, ARM fell more than 6%, Nvidia fell more than 2%, and China's securities surged more than 110%
On the evening of the 9th Beijing time, US stocks opened with mixed ups and downs on Thursday. The market continues to pay attention to the latest US stock earnings report and the prospects for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. The number of jobless claims in the US at the beginning of last week hit a new high since August 2023.
US stock outlook | Bank of America: S&P 500 surges in election year or summer; Arm falls nearly 9% before the market
Are US stocks bullish the more you “buy” them? The wave of US stock buybacks has soared to a six-year high; chip recovery is spreading, and Nomura judged that the global semiconductor industry will enter an upward cycle.
US Stock Nuggets | Power stocks are once again the focus of AI investment! Vistra and Constellation hit new highs
Nvidia's exclusive liquid cooling supplier Vertiv continued to strengthen, and the increase has doubled during the year; high-performing stocks have risen significantly! Toast and Teva Pharmaceuticals surged about 13% after the earnings report.
Daily rights tracking | Tesla's bearish ratio soared, and big players' bets fell; after Shopify's performance, it plummeted by more than 18%, making 6 times more profit from multiple PUT orders
Nvidia's overnight options traded at 930,000, and the bullish ratio rose to 62%. Calls due on Friday with an exercise price of $910/900 were the highest, with 63,000 and 60,000, respectively, and the number of unclosed positions was 7,400 and 8,400, respectively.
Futu Morning Post | A landmark breakthrough! Google DeepMind launches next-generation drug development AI model AlphaFold 3
Federal Reserve Collins: It may take longer to reach the 2% inflation target; Arm fell more than 9% after the market, and the revenue outlook for FY2025 is weak.