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Weekly Preview | The China-US December PMI data is coming with great significance! Due to the New Year's Day holiday, the Hong Kong stock market will be closed for a day and a half, while the US stock market will be closed for one day.
In December, the USA's ISM Manufacturing PMI and the weekly initial jobless claims data will attract market attention. China's comprehensive PMI, official manufacturing PMI, non-manufacturing PMI data, etc., will also be released.
Global enterprises are "fully powered" to borrow money! The scale will reach 8 trillion dollars in 2024, setting a record.
Bankers stated that low financing costs were the initial reason for companies to choose to issue Bonds early, as they wanted to avoid the market volatility risks that could arise around the USA elections. However, after Trump's election victory, the market's credit spreads further narrowed, prompting some companies to decide to lock in their borrowing needs for the following year in order to secure funds under favorable market conditions.
Year-end review of the US stock market: The seven giants continue to surge, and investors prepare for Trump 2.0.
In 2024, the US stock market is driven by the AI boom, the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts, and strong economic growth, with the three major indices reaching new highs: the S&P 500 Index up 25% for the year, the Nasdaq Composite Index up 31% for the year, and the Dow Jones up 14% for the year; following Trump's return, a series of policies are expected to create huge waves, and the Federal Reserve's comments indicating a slowdown in interest rate cuts have already disturbed the market.
Wall Street's most optimistic annual outlook: a bull market for the third consecutive year, with the S&P expected to rise to 7,077 points next year.
The year 2025 will be the "Year of the Ox 3."
Wall Street's attention is focused on 2025! Trump's first "debut" and January employment data will test the market.
After the brilliant year of the USA stock market, investors expect a seasonal trend to arrive in mid-January.
The "quantum frenzy" in the US stock market continues, with "quantum NVIDIA" RGTI skyrocketing by 36% and then rising another 10.62%!
After a 36% surge on Thursday, Rigetti Computing, NVIDIA in the quantum computing space, closed up 10.62% on Friday, bringing its year-to-date increase to nearly 1600%. Analysts state that this exciting rise highlights the market's confidence in quantum computing as a transformative power across industries, with experts predicting further expansion in its potential for efficiently solving complex problems and computational capabilities in the future.
Are changes ahead for the prospects of interest rate cuts? "Federal Reserve mouthpiece": The Federal Reserve is trying to assess Trump's influence.
What troubles Powell is how to handle the inflation pressure that may arise from Trump's policies without openly defying him. Will he compromise with Trump like he did in 2018? This time may be different.
Transaction volume TOP 20 | Several domestic car companies have started price reduction promotions, Tesla dropped nearly 5%; "Quantum NVIDIA" RGTI continues to rise over 10%, increasing 16 times this year.
On Friday, the top stock by transaction volume was Tesla, which fell by 4.95%, with a transaction volume of 35.957 billion USD; the second was NVIDIA, which fell by 2.09%, with a transaction volume of 23.274 billion USD; the third was Apple, which fell by 1.32%, with a transaction volume of 10.811 billion USD.
Is there still a Santa Claus rally? Understand in one article why the US stock market suddenly dropped on Friday.
Large Technology stocks are leading the decline, with Tesla once dropping over 6%, and the sell-off in QITABANKUAI is also accelerating. Aside from technical factors like profit-taking, the 10-year US Treasury yield is hovering at a seven-month high, intensifying the downward pressure on the stock market. Goldman Sachs states that by the end of the year, USA pensions will sell $21 billion in US stocks, and CTAs will sell an additional $4 billion, resulting in significant selling pressure.
U.S. stock market closing | Rising U.S. Treasury yields pressured U.S. stocks, with both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq falling over 1% overnight, but seeing slight gains over the week; Tesla dropped nearly 5%, leading the decline among the seven tech giants.
U.S. Treasury yields rose, putting pressure on U.S. stocks, with the Dow Jones dropping more than 560 points at its lowest, and the Nasdaq, Nasdaq 100, Small Cap, chip, and the China concept index all falling over 2% during intraday trading. However, the Dow Jones halted a three-week decline, ending with a weekly increase of 0.4%, the S&P 500 rose 0.7% for the week, and the Nasdaq gained 0.8% for the week.
IShares Russell 2000 ETF Options Spot-On: On December 27th, 1.51 Million Contracts Were Traded, With 10.55 Million Open Interest
On December 27th ET, $iShares Russell 2000 ETF(IWM.US)$ had active options trading, with a total trading volume of 1.51 million options for the day, of which put options accounted for 54.2% of the
Stocks Tumble As Traders Rethink Santa Rally, Crude Tops $70, Bitcoin Slips To $94,000: What's Driving Markets Friday?
Major Indexes Are Lower Amid Weakness in Tech Stocks.
U.S. stocks in the early market | The Nasdaq fell over 2%! The fear index VIX surged 23%; Growth Tech stocks fell broadly, with Tesla down nearly 5%, NVIDIA and Netflix down 3%; Drone Concept stocks had mixed results, with SES still up over 40%.
Cryptos concept stocks broadly declined, with Bitcoin approaching the $95,000 mark, and Coinbase falling over 3%; Kingsoft Cloud's US stock reached a nearly three-year high, and Xiaomi is working on building a GPU cluster with ten thousand cards, heavily investing in AI large models.
The US stock market is expected to reach new highs in 2025. How to seize the opportunity? The three most loved Index component stocks on Wall Street have been revealed!
Bank of America stated that technology giants are likely to continue outperforming the Large Cap by 2025. The bank's derivatives Analyst, Benjamin Bowler, explained that interest rate cuts and the ongoing AI boom could lead to further gains for large technology companies in the United States.
U.S. stock market preview | The small-cap bull market continues! The Drone Concept stock SES is up nearly 60% in pre-market trading, while the Chinese concept stock Kingsoft Cloud is up 16% in pre-market.
Netflix's Christmas NFL live broadcast was a great success, but the premiere of the new season of "Squid Game" did not perform as well as expected; the release of images by "Roaring Kitty" stimulated GameStop to rise nearly 6% overnight, but it dropped nearly 2% in pre-market trading.
Exchange-Traded Funds, Equity Futures Lower Pre-Bell Friday as Markets Sluggishly Move to Year-End
With Trump's inauguration and the non-farm payroll data coming in, will the market face numerous risks in January next year?
Do not let your guard down! The market will face several major events at the beginning of 2025...
Former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in the USA: The Federal Reserve's interest rate cut in December is perplexing but thought-provoking.
The Federal Reserve should adopt clear MMF policy rules and explain the reasons for deviating from these rules.
Trump is about to return to the White House! Drawing from history, how will various Assets market trends unfold?
In comparison, after Trump's election, Bitcoin and U.S. assets immediately saw a violent surge, reflecting investors' recognition of the economic growth during his first term and their optimistic expectations for future prospects and cryptocurrency policies.