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Federal Reserve's Williams: "Moderately restrictive" interest rates are appropriate.
Williams stated that the impact of the trade, immigration, and regulatory policies of the Trump administration is still unclear, which has intensified the uncertainty regarding the economic outlook.
Is the buyback wave saving the Large Cap? In Q4, buybacks in the US stock market reached a record high, with Apple surpassing 26.5 billion dollars to maintain the top spot. This year's total buybacks in the US stock market may exceed one trillion.
Citi's Chronert predicts that by 2025, the cumulative Share Buyback scale will reach 1 trillion dollars, an 11% increase from about 900 billion dollars in 2024.
It is unusual that the US dollar has fallen along with US stocks for such a long time!
Goldman Sachs pointed out that typically, the dollar tends to strengthen during the initial phase of a stock market correction; however, this time the dollar declined simultaneously with the stock market's repricing. If concerns about the USA economic outlook persist and the prospects for better returns overseas continue, the simultaneous decline of the dollar and the US stock market may persist in the short term.
U.S. stocks early market | Market sentiment continues to be under pressure, with the three major Indices collectively declining; Technology stocks and Chinese concept stocks generally falling, with Micron down over 7% and PDD Holdings down over 5%.
After experiencing a crazy month, U.S. stock investors face a potential obstacle to overcome before the weekend: on Friday, Options contracts related to stocks worth over $4.5 trillion will expire on the latest quarterly "Triple Witching Day."
The current strategy of the Federal Reserve: controlling the "market atmosphere".
Whether in politics or economics, the "atmosphere" is crucial, and Federal Reserve Chairman Powell understands this well.
U.S. stock outlook | The first "Triple Witching Day" of the year arrives tonight! Over $4.5 trillion in Options are facing settlement; despite Tesla's stock price drop, Musk encourages employees to "continue holding shares."
NIO's Q4 2024 revenue is 19.703 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.2%; FedEx fell over 9% before the market opened, again lowering this year's profit guidance due to tariff impacts.