Futu Morning Report | Apple hits a new high for four consecutive days! Wedbush raises the Target Price to $325; US Small Cap stocks are booming, with Drone and Quantum Computing concept stocks leading the surge.
The number of initial jobless claims in the USA fell to the lowest level in a month last week, but the duration of unemployment has increased; NVIDIA has launched the GB200 NLV4, and the GB300 is expected to be released in March next year; additional upward momentum? MicroStrategy plans to sell more shares to raise funds for purchasing Bitcoin.
The number of initial unemployment claims in the USA has dropped to the lowest level in a month, indicating that the labor market continues to show resilience.
Due to the low number of layoffs, the number of initial unemployment claims saw a slight decline; however, as of the week ending December 14, the number of continuing unemployment claims rose to the highest level in over three years.
What to do about the slowdown in chip demand for Datacenters? NVIDIA suppliers: AI smartphones will take over.
Against the backdrop of a potential slowdown in global Datacenter investment, the Semiconductors Industry faces new challenges. However, on Thursday, the CEO of Advantest, a leading global chip testing equipment supplier, pointed out that the demand for AI Smart Phones is seen as a new growth point for the industry, which is expected to help the industry avoid falling into recession. Currently, the demand for AI phones is not large, and some Analysts predict that existing AI features may not be sufficient to stimulate a large-scale upgrade among Consumers.
Musk's "master of saving money" has landed in Washington, and is recruiting for the Department of Government Efficiency.
Elon Musk's long-time deputy, Steve Davis, is helping the USA establish a "Department of Government Efficiency" to recruit employees; he is known for his frugality within the "Musk Group" and is skilled at cutting costs, having led a reduction of 80% of Twitter's workforce.
Top 20 by transaction volume | Tesla fell nearly 2%, with a transaction volume of nearly 35 billion USD; Bitcoin dropped below 0.096 million USD, and MicroStrategy fell nearly 5%.
On Thursday, the top traded stock was Tesla, which closed down 1.76%, with a trading volume of 34.882 billion USD; in second place was NVIDIA, which closed down 0.21%, with a trading volume of 16.224 billion USD; and in third place was Apple, which closed up 0.32%, with a trading volume of 7.053 billion USD.
U.S. stock market close | The three major Indexes had mixed performances, with the Dow rising for five consecutive days; Drone Concept stocks surged, with SES jumping 100%; Apple continued to reach new highs, with its Market Cap approaching 4 trillion dol
After the Christmas holiday, trading is quiet. The S&P and Nasdaq briefly turned positive, with Apple reaching a new high and its Market Cap approaching 4 trillion dollars. Tesla fell by 1.8%, NVIDIA's decline narrowed, Broadcom rose over 2%, Drone concept stocks surged, the Chinese concept index rose by 0.9% at one point, Ideal Autos increased by more than 9%, and Kingsoft Cloud rose over 14%.
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According to the current agreement, OpenAI will not achieve AGI quickly. OpenAI previously anticipated a loss of 14 billion dollars in 2026, which is three times this year's loss, and it will not be until 2029 that it can achieve its first annual profit. It is unclear how the transformation will affect AGI's profit goals. Since October, media reports indicate that OpenAI and Microsoft have been negotiating structural changes, focusing on four issues: Microsoft's ownership in OpenAI, exclusive cloud supply, the duration of using OpenAI's intellectual property, and a 20% revenue share.
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① The humanoid robot created by Guangzhou Automobile Group integrates both four-wheeled and two-wheeled modes. ② Some opinions suggest that while there are plenty of robots in the automobile production workshop, the understanding of scenarios for humanoid robots needs to be deepened in order to break through more technical boundaries.
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