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📉Copper Prices Fall Due To Economic Problems
📊Copper prices fell on Monday after weaker-than-expected US employment data fueled concerns about the health of the world's largest economy. Three-month copper futures on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 fell 0.5% to $8,951 a tonne, having lost 2.6% last week, their biggest weekly fall since July.
⚠️Employment data released Friday showed the labor market slowed more than expected, raising fears of a recession in the United States. This has led to a fall in the prices of risky assets, including copper, which is often seen as an economic indicator.
🔜The data confirmed market expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September, but its size and speed remain unclear. Investors are awaiting more data this week, including trade data from China, the world's largest consumer of metals.
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🙂Yellen Tried To Reassure Investors
📣Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sought to reassure the public that the U.S. economy remains strong despite a string of weak employment data that rattled investors and weighed on the stock market.
©Yellen said job growth had slowed from the so-called "hiring rush" as the US reopened from the Covid-19 pandemic, but the economy was "in a deep recovery."
ℹ️The Treasury secretary's comments came a day after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data for another month that was worse than expected.
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🔝 S&P 500 Has Its Worst Week In A Year - Investors Did Not Appreciate The Labor Market Report
🔽S&P 500 fell 1.7% on Friday, September 6. This is the benchmark's worst week in a year, driven by selling in tech stocks as the August jobs report was weak. Tech stocks also fell as investors continued to dump risky assets.
📊 Fresh employment data for August further fueled concerns about a slowdown in the labor market. The statistics released on Friday raised concerns about the state of the US economy, spooking markets and reducing risk appetite. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 142,000 versus expectations of 161,000. However, the unemployment rate fell to 4.2%, in line with expectations.
⚠️ August payroll data points to rising risks as the labor market appears to be deteriorating and the Fed needs to step in to reduce risks. The report solidifies a rate cut in September, but the big question is whether the Fed will take big steps (cutting rates by 50 bps) to counter rising risks.
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🕯 Most Volatile Stocks / 05.09.2024
🚘 Tesla shares rose more than 6% on Thursday after the electric automaker stuck to its plans to launch the Full Self-Driving (FSD) advanced driver assistance software in China and Europe pending approval from regulators. This comes about a month ahead of the company's unveiling of its robotaxi product, "Cybercab", underpinned by the technology that helps drivers accelerate, brake and steer in cities and highways with human supervision.
👔 G-III Apparel Group shares surged 24% after the apparel maker posted second-quarter results that topped estimates. Management said performance in its owned brands was strong with DKNY and Karl Lagerfeld up double digits. The company also added a new licensing agreement with Converse in the quarter. CEO Morris Goldfarb said the company was raising its earnings guidance for the year
🖥 C3ai stock tumbled 8% on Thursday after the maker of AI enterprise software posted weaker-than-expected subscription revenue for its first quarter of fiscal year 2025. The stock's decline illustrates how investors are increasing scrutiny of companies whose stocks have benefited from the artificial intelligence hype. Four firms lowered their price target on the stock following the report. JPMorgan analysts noted professional services revenue of $13.5 million came in well ahead of expectations for the quarter, but subscription revenue of $73.5 million came in 7% below consensus.
🖨 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. shares dropped 6% after HPE reported weaker-than-expected margins, suggesting lower profitability than anticipated in its closely watched business of selling servers for artificial intelligence work. Investors have become increasingly concerned about the lower margins of most AI servers, owing to the expensive semiconductors they contain made by companies such as Nvidia Corp. In an interview, Chief Executive Officer Antonio Neri said that over time HPE will sell more higher-margin products and services along with the AI servers..
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🕯 Most Volatile Stocks / 04.09.2024
🔽Shares of United States Steel Corporation fell more than 20% on Wednesday as the Washington Post reported President Joe Biden is preparing to announce he will formally block Nippon Steel proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of the company. The post cited three people with "knowledge of the matter" but noted a White House official declined to comment.
🔽Dollar Tree stock is getting crushed in Wednesday's trading. The discount retailer's share price was down 24%. On Wednesday morning, Dollar Tree published results for its fiscal second quarter, which ended Aug. 3. Sales and earnings fell short of analysts' consensus expectations, and management cut its full-year guidance targets. The company continued to face some macroeconomic headwinds, and expenses from store openings and legal liability costs also weighed on the bottom line.
🔽Zscaler stock collapsed in morning trading Wednesday, down by 17.8%, even though the company crushed analysts' forecasts for its fiscal fourth quarter when it reported after the closing bell Tuesday. Turns out, though, investors were less interested in Zscaler's recent past and more worried about what might happen next year. CEO Jay Chaudhry hailed the results as "exceeding the high end of our guidance across all metrics." And Zscaler made good progress toward achieving true GAAP profitability.
🔼Shares of GitLab were soaring today after the DevOps cloud software specialist posted strong results in its fiscal 2025 second-quarter earnings report, beating estimates on the top and bottom lines. In a difficult environment for cloud software companies, GitLab keeps delivering solid growth. CEO Sid Sijbrandij said, "Our results show the combination of our end-to-end platform and AI solutions are driving results for our customers by aligning to business goals, providing measurable results, and improving security."
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🔴 Market Pulse / 03.09.2024
↘️ Investors began September trading with a crash as stocks tumbled on Tuesday to start a historically tough month for markets, with AI darling Nvidia and chip names leading tech stocks down. The turn into the red comes amid a crucial week of data on the economy and labor market highlighted by an influential monthly jobs report.
📊The market initially took a leg down on Tuesday after two readings of manufacturing production showed signs of weakness. S&P Global’s showed a decline from July to August, while the Institute for Supply Management’s came in under the level anticipated by economists polled by Dow Jones. This data reignited concerns around slowing growth within the U.S. economy, which helped drive a closely watched sell-off early last month.
📈U.S. and global benchmark crude-oil prices fell sharply on Tuesday to turn lower year to date, as downbeat economic data from China and a weak reading on the U.S. manufacturing sector fed worries about a slowdown in energy demand. November Brent crude, the global benchmark, fell 4.9%, to settle at $73.75 - the lowest front-month finish since Dec. 12, 2023, with prices turning down by 4.3% this year. WTI crude for October delivery fell 4.4% to settle at $70.34 - the lowest front-month finish since Dec. 13, 2023. Year to date, prices have now lost 1.8%.
🔽Nvidia fell 9% on Tuesday, continuing a slide that accelerated after the company's earnings report last week that failed to impress Wall Street. The stock is down more than 12% over the last five days, highlighting a challenging moment for AI and chip companies that have stalled as questions about returns on investments from their customers grow louder.
🔽Coinbase sank nearly 7% as fears of an economic slowdown outweighed the prospects of the Fed's expected rate cut later this month, pulling a host of crypto-related firms, along with much of the rest of the market, into the red. The price of bitcoin, the main cryptocurrency, sank further on Tuesday, around the $57,000 level, dragging the prospects of the digital currency ecosystem along with it.
🔽Boeing sank 6% Tuesday following a price target cut from Wells Fargo, which highlighted pressure on the company's cash flow as it works to develop new aircraft. The company also faces a major potential strike, as its workers in Washington state are set to go on strike if a deal isn't reached later this month.
S&P Movers:
📈Molson Coors Beverage +5%
📈Dexcom +4%
📈Cboe Global Markets +4%
📉Vistra -11%
📉Monolithic Power System -10%
📉Constellation Energy -10%
Market Data
📉S&P 500 -2.1%
📉NASDAQ -3.3%
📉STOXX 600 -1.0%
📉DAX -1.0%
📉SHANGHAI -0.3%
📉NIKKEI -0.0%
🥇 GOLD -0.1%
💛 BTC -1.8%
😱 VIX +38.1%
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🌧 September Is Traditionally A Terrible Month For Traders
⚠️ 2024 could be even more challenging due to uncertainty regarding the Federal Reserve's monetary policy. Stocks, bonds and gold typically lose value in September as traders review their portfolios after the summer break. This month marks the largest percentage drops in the S&P 500 and Dow Jones indices since 1950. Bonds have fallen in eight of the last ten Septembers, and gold has fallen every time since 2017.
⚠️ Investors should be prepared for increased volatility as they face uncertainty, including a key US jobs report that will be important to the Fed's decision on the frequency and size of future rate cuts. Stocks trading near record levels and Treasuries on their longest monthly winning streak in three years could be vulnerable to shocks or surprises amid the tight US presidential race.
❗️With markets expecting four quarter-point rate cuts by the end of this year, there is increased risk of volatility if the Fed appears less willing to ease policy at its meeting ending Sept. 18.
‼️Another source of volatility will be the first televised debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump next week, an event seen as important for their re-election campaigns.
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🗓 Coming Up Next Week
Monday 02.09
⏺US Holiday
⏺China, Eurozone, Russia Manufacturing PMI
Tuesday 03.09
⏺US Manufacturing PMI
⏺Earnings reports from Zscaler
Wednesday 04.09
⏺US Trade Balance
⏺US Factory Orders
⏺China Services PMI
⏺Earnings reports from Dollar Tree, Hewlett Packard
Thursday 05.09
⏺US Initial Jobless Claims
⏺US ISN Non-Manufacturing PMI
⏺Earnings reports from Nio, Broadcom, DocuSign
Friday 06.09
⏺Eurozone GDP
⏺US Nonfarm Payrolls
⏺US Unemployment Rate
⏺Earnings reports from Kroger
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🚘Tesla Is Preparing A Robotaxi Presentation At Warner Bros Studio
⏺Tesla Inc. intends to present its long-awaited robotaxi at an event at the Warner Bros. film studio. Discovery Inc. in the Los Angeles area. The presentation is scheduled for October 10 in Burbank, California. The site is home to 29 sound stages that have been used to film famous productions, from the Batman films to the TV show Friends.
⏺Tesla CEO Elon Musk is prioritizing autonomy and artificial intelligence, moving away from Tesla's core business of selling electric vehicles. The Austin-based company is also building its own ride-hailing app, powered by a fleet of both purpose-built robotaxis and other vehicles that don't require a human driver. The CEO may reveal more details about the technology at the Los Angeles event.
⏺Tesla has postponed the date of its robotaxi event, originally scheduled for August 8, due to requests for design changes from Musk. The company also took longer to create prototypes for demonstration.
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💻 Intel Is Considering Business Split
⚙️ Intel is working with investment banks to overcome the most difficult period in its 56 years. Various scenarios are being considered, including the separation of the design and manufacturing businesses, as well as the possible suspension of some projects.
⌛ Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, both longtime Intel partners, are advising the company on its options, including potential mergers and acquisitions. The discussions became especially urgent after a disappointing earnings report, after which the shares fell to 2013 levels.
🔜 Strategic options are expected to be presented at the board meeting in September. Among the measures being considered is a possible suspension of expansion plans, rather than radical steps such as selling the manufacturing unit. CEO Pat Gelsinger considered him key to restoring Intel's position among chip makers. Intel has already announced cutting 15,000 jobs and reducing capital spending. CEO noted that recent weeks have been difficult for the company. Adding to the shock was the departure of director Lip-Bu Tan, one of the few people with industry experience.
ℹ️ Intel, whose market value has fallen to $86 billion, is no longer among the top 10 largest chipmakers. It lags significantly behind Nvidia, which plans to double Intel's revenue in 2024.
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📉Nvidia Shares Fall After Quarterly Report Amid High Investor Expectations
📊Nvidia's quarterly report exceeded analysts' expectations, but the company's forecast and news of problems with the production of Blackwell's next-generation artificial intelligence chips fell short of investors' expectations. Nvidia forecast its fiscal 2025 third-quarter revenue to be about $32.5 billion.
💬Nvidia admitted that the new Blackwell chips were more difficult to manufacture than originally expected. The company said it had to redesign the photomask to increase the number of usable chips. Nvidia plans to ramp up Blackwell production in the fourth quarter and continue into the next fiscal year. The company expects it to generate "several billions of dollars" in revenue by the end of the year.
🔼Nvidia's revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 rose to $30 billion, up 122% from a year earlier. The data center division, which became the largest source of sales, increased revenue by 154% year-on-year, to $26.3 billion. Sales of gaming chips, which were previously Nvidia's core business, brought the company $2.9 billion.
‼️Analysts continue to raise estimates for Nvidia, but worry that growth is slowing. Most of it fell on a small group of clients. About 40% of Nvidia's revenue comes from big tech companies like Alphabet and Meta, which are pouring tens of billions of dollars into AI infrastructure. Although companies have increased capital spending this season, there are concerns that the amount of infrastructure being built will exceed demand, which could lead to a bubble.
📈Nvidia shares are up 153.7% since the start of 2024. They were the best performers in the S&P 500 this year and eclipsed the gains of all other semiconductor companies.
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🔴 Market Pulse / 28.08.2024
↘️ A decline in tech stocks led the market lower on Wednesday as investors awaited chipmaker Nvidia earnings report, seen as crucial to keeping confidence in the broader market aloft. Stocks pulled back from the near-record levels seen on Tuesday, as investors shifted Nvidia's second quarter results after the bell on Wednesday. Following the market close, Nvidia reported earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street's estimates but shares slipped after-hours roughly 4%.
🔽Shares of SuperMicro Computer fell nearly 25% after the company said it would delay the filing of its annual report for its fiscal year that ended June 30. The announcement comes a day after short seller Hindenburg Research claimed, among other things, "accounting manipulation" at the AI high flyer. Wednesday's more than 24% drop in Super Micro’s stock price made short sellers more than $1.07 billion in midday mark-to-market profits, according to S3 Partners data.
🔼Shares of e-commerce pet food and supplies retailer Chewy jumped 12% after the company reported second-quarter earnings results, with revenue, active customers, and EPS exceeding Wall Street's expectations. In addition, its EBITDA margin increased year on year, and free cash flow improved. Improved monetization also played a role in the results, as net sales per active customer clocked in at a record $565. Overall, this was an impressive quarter for the company.
S&P Movers:
📈Insulet Corp +6%
📈Bio-Rad Lab +3%
📈Tyson Foods +3%
📉Super Micro Comp -19%
📉Bath&Body Works -7%
📉JM Smucker -5%
Market Data
📉S&P 500 -0.6%
📉NASDAQ -1.1%
📈STOXX 600 +0.3%
📈DAX +0.5%
📉SHANGHAI -0.4%
📈NIKKEI +0.2%
🥇 GOLD -0.5%
💛 BTC -2.7%
😱 VIX +10.9%
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🗓 Coming Up Next Week
Monday 09.09
⏺Japan GDP
⏺China CPI
Tuesday 10.09
⏺China International Trade
⏺Germany CPI
Wednesday 11.09
⏺UK GDP
⏺US CPI
Thursday 12.09
⏺Japan PPI
⏺US Initial Jobless Claims
⏺US PPI
⏺ECB Rate
Friday 13.09
⏺US Consumer Sentiment
⏺EU Factory Output
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⚡️Broadcom's Quarterly Revenue Soared 47%, But Forecasts Disappointed The Market
📈One of the world's largest manufacturers of semiconductor products, Broadcom, recorded higher-than-expected revenue in the third fiscal quarter ending August 4, but the company's shares fell 11% amid weak forecasts and a quarterly loss.
📊According to reports, the net loss was $1.88 billion, or $0.4 per share, compared with net profit of $3.3 billion, or $0.77 per share, a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, earnings were $1.24 per share, exceeding analysts' average expectations of $1.22 per share.
🔼Revenue, meanwhile, soared 47% YoY to $13.07 billion, compared with analysts' expectations of $12.98 billion. Broadcom estimates revenue for the current reporting period will be about $14 billion, while analysts on average expect $14.11 billion.
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⚡️Nvidia Slides 5% As Chip Stocks Lead Tech Losses
🔽Shares of Nvidia sank as much as 5% on Friday as a sell-off in chip stocks led to the downside.The AI chip heavyweight was under pressure along with other semiconductor names on the last day of what has been a volatile week for stocks.
📉Shares of Broadcom also sank nearly 9% after the semiconductor giant's lackluster sales forecast for the fourth quarter overshadowed its earnings beat. Taiwan Semiconductor, Advanced Micro Devices and chip-making giant ASML each slid more than 4%.
📊The Tech sector led the markets lower on Friday after the unemployment rate fell to 4.2%, prompting some investors to believe the Federal Reserve will cut rates by 25 basis points instead of 50 basis points at its policy meeting this month. Investors have increasingly questioned whether capital expenditures for tech infrastructure will continue and if the AI boom has peaked.
ℹ️Nvidia's stellar growth streak has underpinned the market's rally this year. The stock led a market rebound last month, but failed to continue the rally in late August after a lackluster reception for the company's quarterly results. Nvidia is on pace to end the shortened trading week down roughly 14%.
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☄️Brent Price Fell Below $72 For The First Time Since June 2023
📈Oil prices fell after the release of weaker-than-expected data on the US labor market. At the same time, oil prices may continue to fall as concerns about demand outweigh OPEC+'s decision to postpone production increases.
🤝On September 5, OPEC+ countries, including Russia and Saudi Arabia, extended voluntary oil production cuts by 2.2 million barrels per day until December. The corresponding statement was published on the OPEC website.
📉Oil began to fall significantly in price on Tuesday, September 3, losing 4.86% per day. Quotes began to fall after signs of a resolution to the political conflict in Libya appeared. Earlier, oil production and exports from Libya's main ports were stopped due to a standoff between political factions vying for control of the Central Bank of Libya and oil revenues.
⚠️In addition, the risks of a decline in oil demand due to high rates have not exhausted themselves. Although the US Federal Reserve is ready to start cutting rates in September, it may take a long time for the rate to return to normal levels. This means that the economy is still capable of falling into recession, which leads to lower oil prices.
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↗️ The Bullish Trend In The Indian Market Is Only Halfway Through
🇮🇳 India's stock market rally is adding weight to its indices and creating a dilemma for global fund managers: sit back and watch their relative risk exposure decline as the market rises, or buy shares at increasingly attractive prices. Most of them consider the latter too risky and are looking for alternatives. Some are investing in smaller Indian companies, while others are looking to other emerging markets.
🔝The trend was driven by years of strong returns in India while Chinese markets suffered a slump, leading to a change in their weighting in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which serves as a benchmark for global emerging market funds.
📊India's share of the MSCI EM index has risen to 19% from 8% four years ago, and analysts at Nuvama Alternative & Quantitative Research expect it to exceed 22% by the end of this year. China's share fell from 40% to 25% over the same period, according to MSCI data.
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⚡️Goldman Sachs Estimates US Economic Growth Higher If Democrats Win Elections
🌧In the event of a Republican victory or a divided Congress under Donald Trump, economic growth will suffer next year, mainly due to increased import tariffs and tougher immigration policies. Job growth under Democrats will also be higher than under Republicans.
📍The race between Harris and Trump is close, with the Democratic candidate holding a slight lead in national polls and some key states. The prospect of Trump winning, especially in tandem with harsh China critic J.D. Vance, rattled markets in July.
✨Under Harris, job growth would be 10,000 per month higher than under divided-government Trump and 30,000 higher than with a complete Republican victory, Goldman estimates. A Trump victory would likely lead to higher tariffs on auto imports from China, Mexico and the EU, raising core inflation.
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⚡️Wall Street's Oil Market Forecasts for 2025 Are Getting Gloomier
📈Last week, experts at Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley already lowered their forecasts for Brent oil prices for next year to below $80 per barrel. Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. warned that futures for “black gold” could even fall to $60.
💸The main reason lies in China, the world's largest oil importer, where key growth engines such as manufacturing activity and home sales have begun to falter.
📊Global oil markets were oversupplied by more than 1 million barrels a day in the first quarter as rising demand was more than met by an influx of new production from the United States, Guyana and Brazil, according to the International Energy Agency.
➕However, this figure could increase if the OPEC+ cartel, led by Saudi Arabia, continues to implement plans to restore production by about 2 million barrels per day between October and the end of 2025.
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⚡️Hedge Funds Bet Against Banks, Insurance And Real Estate
⏺Hedge funds continue to bet against bank and financial stocks amid reports of job cuts and lower trading volumes. Financial stocks were the most traded sector in the group's prime brokerage desk serving global hedge funds, according to a note from Goldman Sachs.
⏺Banks, insurance companies, publicly traded real estate trusts and capital markets companies were sold on a net basis for the fourth week in a row. The STOXX 600 bank index in Europe is up 1.7% since Aug. 26, and the Dow Jones bank index closed Friday up more than 2% in the week ahead of the U.S. holiday.
⏺Financial stocks have been short in six of the last seven weeks. Sales were global, with the largest volumes in North America, emerging markets in Asia and Europe. While overall global deal value rose about 20%, the number of mergers and acquisitions fell 25% through June 25, according to LSEG.
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⚠️ Buffett Is Selling Bank of America Shares Again
⏺Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett continues to sell shares of Bank of America Corp., and if it continues to reduce investments, it will soon eliminate the need to quickly disclose these transactions.
⏺The new round of sales, disclosed on Friday evening, reduced the conglomerate's stake in the bank to 11.4%. As long as Berkshire owns more than 10%, US rules require it to disclose transactions within days. But if a company owns a smaller stake, it may wait a few weeks before releasing updates—usually providing results after each quarter.
⏺That would help cool the situation that has been weighing on BofA's share price since mid-July, when Buffett - a longtime supporter of the bank's CEO Brian Moynihan - began selling off shares without explanation. Since then, Berkshire has received a total of $6.2 billion.
⏺Buffett began ramping up his investment in Bank of America with a $5 billion deal in 2011 for preferred stock and warrants. His Berkshire Hathaway eventually became — and remains — the bank's largest shareholder, with a stake of about $36 billion based on Friday's closing price.
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🚫 Goldman Sachs Will Lay Off Hundreds Of Employees
ℹ️The new round of layoffs will lead to an overall reduction of about 3% to 4% of the bank's workforce in 2024, with most of those cuts made earlier this year, one of the people said. This is in line with the bank's typical approach as it seeks to keep costs under control and make room to attract new talent. The annual measure was briefly suspended at the height of the COVID pandemic and last year was near the lower end of its typical 1% to 5% range.
📊Goldman employed 44,300 people at midyear. A company spokesman said the bank's annual staff review is normal and standard, and that the company plans to have more employees by the end of 2024 than the year before.
📈The bank's shares rose to an all-time high this week, rising more than 32% to top $510 by Friday's close, making it the best performer among leading U.S. banks.
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🟢 Market Pulse / 30.08.2024
↗️ US stocks ended a wobbly week and a volatile month on a high note as the latest reading of the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge bolstered rate-cut hopes and kept the central bank on track for a policy pivot in September.
📊Inflation edged higher in July, according to a measure favored by the Federal Reserve as the central bank prepares to enact its first interest rate reduction in more than four years. The Commerce Department reported Friday that the personal consumption expenditures price index rose 0.2% on the month and was up 2.5% from the same period a year ago, exactly in line with the Dow Jones consensus estimates. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, core PCE also increased 0.2% for the month but was up 2.6% from a year ago. The 12-month figure was slightly softer than the 2.7% estimate.
✂️ Swap contracts fully price in a quarter-point move and about 20% odds of the half-point cut forecast by at least two large US banks. They continue to almost fully price in a half-point rate cut at some point this year, anticipating cumulative easing of almost 100 basis points over the Fed’s three remaining policy meetings.
💻 Intel shares gained 9% Friday following a report that the company is considering splitting off its foundry and other options as the rival to Nvidia tries to stem losses. The reported discussions follow a harsh earnings report from earlier this month that spooked investors. Overall, the stock is down over 50% so far this year.
🔨 Shares of the technology company Dell rose 4% in afternoon trading on Friday after posting better-than-expected second quarter results and raising its full-year outlook. Dell also benefited from the development around AI, with increased demand for its servers.
S&P Movers:
📈Intel +10%
📈GE Vernova +5%
📈Western Digita +4%
📉Ulta Beauty -4%
📉APA Corp -3%
📉Super Micro Comp -3%
Market Data
📈S&P 500 +1.0%
📈NASDAQ +1.1%
📈STOXX 600 +0.1%
📈DAX +0.0%
📈SHANGHAI +0.7%
📈NIKKEI +0.7%
🥇 GOLD -1.0%
💛 BTC -0.8%
😱 VIX -4.1%
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🟢 Market Pulse / 29.08.2024
↗️ The Dow closed at another record on Thursday — its third this week — while the other major averages finished the day lower as investors assessed Nvidia's earnings alongside data that showed the US economy grew more than expected.
🔽While Nvidia`s quarterly profit and revenue guidance topped estimates, the size of the beats fell short of high-running hopes. That started to stir questions as to whether the AI boom has peaked. Wall Street remained bullish on the stock, but shares still ended the day down around 6%.
📊The US economy grew at a stronger pace than expected in the last quarter, according to a reading of gross domestic product released on Thursday. Second-quarter GDP increased at an annual rate of 3%, up from a prior estimate of 2.8%. Weekly US jobless claims came in at 231,000, a decline from the prior week, and lower than 232,000 expected by economists.
📈Affirm shares rose more than 35% on Thursday afternoon after the buy now, pay later company said Wednesday it will likely reach profitability faster than previously expected. Affirm now expects to be profitable by the fourth quarter of the next fiscal year. The announcement came alongside an earnings report that soared past Wall Street's expectations.
🔼Best Buy shares soared 14% on Thursday after the retailer posted better-than expected results following a series of disappointing quarters. CEO Corie Barry said in the release that the numbers are a result of Best Buy's focus on "sharpening" the customer experiences and market positioning, while "expanding our non-GAAP operating income rate in the current environment."
🔽Dollar General shares tanked 32% on Thursday after the low-cost retailer cut its full-year outlook and partially blamed softer sales in the second quarter on "financially constrained" customers. The company has been undergoing a "Back to Basics" improvement plan at the helm of CEO Todd Vasos, who returned to Dollar General last year. The latest quarterly results highlighted pressure on the lower-income consumer.
S&P Movers:
📈Best Buy +14%
📈Cooper Companies +12%
📈West Pharma +6%
📉Dollar General -32%
📉Dollar Tree -10%
📉NetApp -10%
Market Data
📈S&P 500 +0.0%
📉NASDAQ -0.2%
📈STOXX 600 +0.8%
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⚡️Copper Prices Reach 6-Week High
🔼Copper prices hit a nearly six-week high on rising investor demand and market optimism about a possible cut in US interest rates.
📈Copper prices have risen steadily in recent weeks, recovering from a fall to a four-month low in early August. Copper's recent rally has been supported by renewed demand from hedge funds.
ℹ️Expectations for a Fed rate cut have increased following Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's remarks last week about the need for policy adjustments, although he did not specify the exact timing or extent of the cut. Copper prices are expected to benefit from rate cuts as looser monetary policy eases financial pressure on producers and construction companies.
❗️Demand for copper is considered an indicator of economic health, and the metal is critical to various sectors including electric vehicle manufacturing and power grids.
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🟢 Market Pulse / 27.08.2024
↗️The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the day just above the flatline to claim another back-to-back record high. The benchmark S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite each closed up around 0.2%. Stocks are struggling to find a footing as investors debate whether chipmaker Nvidia's high-stakes results on Wednesday can once again live up to elevated expectations. Semiconductor stocks lost ground on Tuesday alongside a 1% drop for the AI darling, a sign of how Nvidia's report could ripple through techs as it tests the AI trade that has driven gains.
⌨️Super Micro Computer stock fell nearly 2% Tuesday following a report from short seller Hindenburg Research claiming, among other things, "accounting manipulation" at the AI high flyer. Hindenburg Research said its three-month investigation "found glaring accounting red flags, evidence of undisclosed related party transactions, sanctions and export control failures, and customer issues." The firm disclosed Tuesday that it had taken a short position in Super Micro. Super Micro shares soared from $290 in early January to north of $1200 by March. The stock is off about 50% from its March peak but is still up 90% year to date.
🛒Consumer confidence rose more than expected in August despite a continued weakening in consumers' assessment of the labor market. The latest index reading from the Conference Board was 103.3, above the 101.9 seen in July and higher than the 100.7 economists surveyed by Bloomberg had expected. In August's consumer confidence report, 32.8% of people said jobs were "plentiful," down from 33.4% in July. Meanwhile, 16.4% said jobs were "hard to get," up slightly from 16.3%.
💊Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. shares tumbled below $10 for the first time in 27 years on Tuesday, the latest milestone in what has been an abysmal year for the pharmacy chain. This latest drop puts Walgreens shares on track for their worst day since June 27, when the stock fell more than 20% following disappointing earnings and guidance. On that day, the Wall Street Journal also reported that the struggling pharmacy-chain operator planned to close poorly performing stores and cut its stake in primary-care provider VillageMD. Eli Lilly & Co. said Tuesday that it planned to offer its popular weight-loss drug Zepbound at a steep discount. The announcement appeared to weigh on shares of Walgreens and rival CVS Health Corp.
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📈Insulet Corp +7%
📈Royal Caribbean Cruise +4%
📉Walgreens Boots Alliance -9%
📉Paramount Global -7%
📉Martin Marietta Materials -5%
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