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.
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 confrontation between the Federal Reserve and the Bonds market: how to avoid a clash.
The president of Bianco Research stated: "The bond market is telling the Federal Reserve that its policy is wrong."
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.
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.
Daily Options Tracking | "Quantum NVIDIA" RGTI transactions are booming! Multiple end-of-the-world call options earn over 10 times; AI tenfold stock SOUN's implied volatility rises to 157%, with one call option soaring by 6 times.
Tesla fell by 1.76% on the previous trading day, with an Options Chain volume of 2.23 million contracts, a significant increase of 33% compared to Tuesday's trading day, and implied volatility levels rose to 81%; on the Options Chain, Trading of Call options was particularly active, with the highest volume being the $460 strike price expiration call, reaching 0.128 million contracts.
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"Fed's mouthpiece": The Federal Reserve and Trump have started a new round of struggle.
The Federal Reserve is trying to address the potential inflationary pressures from its policies while avoiding a confrontation with the incoming President Trump.
On the first trading day after the holiday, the stock and bond markets in the USA are running steadily. Is the 'Santa Claus rally' expected to continue?
① On the first trading day after Christmas, the USA stock and bond markets operated steadily on Thursday; ② Most major markets in Europe remained closed that day, so trading was still relatively quiet.
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.
Dow Extends Winning Streak As Treasury Yields Pressure Megacap Stocks
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%.
U.S. stocks in the early market | The three major indices fell but small-cap stocks soared! Quantum Computing concept stock SEALSQ Corp skyrocketed by 30% and was temporarily suspended due to a trading halt; the Drone concept was crazy, with SES AI Corp s
Rumble rose another 20%, having accumulated a rise of over 100% in three trading days; Apple’s stock price reached a high of $260.09 during the day before pulling back, and Wedbush raised Apple’s Target Price to $325.
U.S. Stock Preview | The market focuses on NVIDIA's new products! The "nuclear bomb" RTX5090 and B300 are about to be launched; MSTR issues new Stocks, investing another 42 billion dollars to buy Bitcoin; Pre-Market Trading sees a surge in the Drone Conce
Multiple US auto stocks rose before market open, Toyota Motor increased by over 9%, Tesla rose by 1%; Is it pushing towards a 4 trillion dollar Market Cap tonight? Two major banks raised the Target Price for Apple.
Year-end review of US debt: Will 2024 be full of twists and turns for the "anchor of Global asset pricing"? Will 2025 be wilder than 2023?
The dreaded "term premium" that sends shivers through the financial markets is making a comeback, and the "anchor of Global Asset pricing" is brewing a wave of even wilder growth than the surge of over 5% seen in 2023.
What is the outlook for the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts in 2025? Trump's policies still impose significant uncertainty.
Currently, the Federal Reserve may need to see the impact of the series of economic policies, including import tariffs, proposed by President-elect Donald Trump before it can raise its forecasts for inflation and interest rate changes in the first half of next year.
Can U.S. stocks continue to rise? Research institutions say it depends on the performance of U.S. bonds and the dollar.
Tom Essaye, the founder of Sevens Report Research, pointed out in this week's report that based on recent trading levels, the dollar currently poses only a "slight" resistance to U.S. stocks, while the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield presents a "moderate" resistance; if the dollar and bond yields continue to rise from now on, it will cause greater trouble for U.S. stocks.
U.S. bonds: The first stab in the back of Trump?
Shao Xiang from Minsheng Macro stated that since his election victory, Trump has been concerned about the U.S. stock market and values the U.S. dollar, but seems to be particularly unconcerned about U.S. Treasury bonds, which could bring significant trouble to both the Trump administration and the market next year. The pressure from maturing U.S. debt next year is considerable (approximately 7.8 trillion U.S. dollars for the whole year), and the already high term premium may worsen the situation, with the Federal Reserve potentially making matters worse.