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美股前瞻 | 台积电Q2业绩超预期!AI概念盘前回暖;初请失业金小幅上升,三大期指涨跌不一

US Stock Market Preview: Taiwan Semiconductor's Q2 results exceed expectations! AI concept rebounds in pre-market trading; Initial jobless claims rise slightly, and the three major futures indices rise and fall.

Futu News ·  20:38

Global macro

  • Before the market opened on Thursday, U.S. stock index futures saw mixed gains and losses.

The initial jobless claims in the US rose slightly by 0.02 million to 0.243 million people as of July 13, with the expected figure being 0.23 million people. The European Central Bank kept its refinancing rate unchanged at 4.25%, the deposit facility rate unchanged at 3.75%, and the marginal lending rate unchanged at 4.50%. As of press time, the pre-market trading of the three major US stock index futures showed mixed results.

  • Bank of America: Expects the US stock market to experience volatility in the coming months, and the S&P 500 index may be downgraded by 5% to 10%.

Bank of America strategists point out that due to the uncertainty of the U.S. presidential election, Wall Street stocks may experience volatility in the coming months, and the S&P 500 index may be downgraded by 5% to 10%. Bank of America said that the market may overestimate the impact of the U.S. election, but some categories of stocks have indeed seen significant changes due to the change of the White House, including healthcare and environmental protection industries, because they are more affected by government policies. Overall, Bank of America is still bullish on the macro economic fundamentals of the United States, but it may slow down in recent years. She suggests that investment targets will be stocks categories that are less affected by economic cycles.

  • "Trump 2.0" will reignite inflation? Next Treasury Secretary "top pick": simply ridiculous!

Although support for Trump is becoming more and more vocal, “Trump 2.0” has also raised many concerns, and reigniting inflation is one of them. But Scott Bessent, a popular candidate for the next Treasury Secretary, thinks this is ridiculous. Bessent said in a recent interview, 'I think this is ridiculous. We have seen the situation of Trump 1.0. The inflation rate is 1.9%; and any new tariffs imposed by Trump will obviously be phased in.'

  • Time is running out for Biden? The leadership of the Democratic Party collectively changed their tune, and the market views Harris favorably.

As former President Trump's support rate rises, Biden is losing the support of senior Democrats, and people are worried about whether he has the ability to win the presidential election in November. Sources revealed that Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader of both houses of the U.S. Congress, and Hakim Jessries, in two separate private meetings with U.S. President Biden last week, issued warnings that if Biden continues to participate in the presidential election, it may endanger the Democratic Party's ability to control both houses of Congress next year.

  • The best performance in two years! The U.S. investment banking industry rebounded strongly in the second quarter.

The five largest banks in the United States$Goldman Sachs (GS.US)$,$JPMorgan (JPM.US)$,$Morgan Stanley (MS.US)$,$Bank of America (BAC.US)$And.$Citigroup (C.US)$will release their second quarterly results recently, with a total revenue of $8.2 billion from investment banking business, a year-on-year growth of 40%, reaching the highest level since early 2022. In the past three months, the stock prices of the five major banks have performed better than the S&P 500 index. Analysts believe that this impressive result not only reflects the recovery of the financial market, but also suggests that investment banks may be entering a new growth cycle.

Hot news

  • AI concept sector rises across the board, Nvidia rises more than 2%, TSMC, Tesla, AMD rise more than 1%

  • TSMC rose more than 1% before the market opened, with Q2 sales up 40% year-on-year, raising the lower limit of annual capital expenditure guidance.

$Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM.US)$It fell to more than 1% before the market opened and reported $67.351 billion New Taiwan dollars in combined revenue and a year-on-year growth of 40.1%; a net profit of NTD 247.85 billion, up 36.3% year-on-year, exceeding market expectations of NTD 235 billion. The gross profit margin for the second quarter was 53.2%, higher than the market expectation of 52.6%. It is expected that the sales in the third quarter will be between $22.4 billion and $23.2 billion, and the expected growth rate of sales for the full year will be raised to the mid-range of 20% above, raised from the range of 21%-26% to 24%-26%.

  • UBS: ASML has room for upside after being sold off, and orders remain strong.

Netherlands-based semiconductor company ASML$ASML Holding (ASML.US)$performed well in the quarter, but news that the United States may implement a new round of trade restrictions dragged down its stock price. After the market sold off, it is believed that its stock price has room for further upside, but the risk-return is not as attractive as it was before the fourth quarter of 2019. UBS believes that the company's order book can remain strong even in the face of trade restriction risks and predicts little change in ASML's earnings forecast for the next two years.

  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch: Raises Microsoft's target price to US$510, reiterates 'buy' rating, and expects Azure's advantages to remain stable.

Bank of America Securities released a research report, stating that it is expected$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$Revenue for this year's Q4 is expected to grow by 1%, following the continued strong performance of Azure and Office businesses. The capital expenditure and sales costs of Microsoft will increase, and the company's revenue is expected to record double-digit growth. However, the profit margin will decrease by 100 basis points. In addition, Bank of America Securities also believes that the Office business will achieve a 20% growth in the first quarter of the 2026 fiscal year. The bank has raised Microsoft's target price from $480 to $510, and reiterated its "buy" rating.

  • Beyond Meat fell nearly 14% before the market opened today on news that it is negotiating with bondholders to restructure its debt.

American plant-based meat producer.$Beyond Meat (BYND.US)$Down nearly 14% before the market opened today, trading at $6.2. According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal, Beyond Meat has discussed with a group of bondholders the possibility of restructuring its balance sheet. The two sides are discussing how to deal with the $1.1 billion convertible bond issued by the company.

  • American Aluminum's pre-market trading rose more than 1%, with Q2 sales exceeding expectations and reversing losses.

$Alcoa (AA.US)$Up more than 1% before the market opened, trading at $37.22. In terms of news, American Aluminum's Q2 revenue was $2.91 billion, up 8.3% year-on-year, with the market expected to be $2.84 billion. Adjusted earnings per share were $0.16, compared to a loss per share of $0.35 in the same period last year. In addition, the company previously announced the acquisition of Alumina Limited and will complete the acquisition in early August 2024, which will help it reduce operating costs by controlling raw materials and simplifying its operating structure.

  • Nokia fell more than 4% pre-market, with Q2 sales net revenue down 18% year-on-year, below expectations.

$Nokia Oyj (NOK.US)$Down more than 4% before the market opened, trading at $3.73. In terms of news, Nokia's Q2 sales net revenue was €4.47 billion, down 18% year-on-year, with the market expected to be €4.76 billion. Adjusted operating profit was €0.423 billion, down 32% year-on-year, with the market expected to be €0.3719 billion. The company expects net sales growth to accelerate significantly in the second half of the year, and still predicts an adjusted operating profit of €2.3 billion to €2.9 billion for the full year.

Not to be outdone, after NVIDIA CEO Huang Renxun announced the latest AI chip iteration schedule on the evening of June 2nd, AMD CEO Su Zifeng also threw out an iteration roadmap during her speech on the morning of June 3rd before the COMPUTEX opened. The company will launch the MI325 X and Ryzen AI300 this year, the MI350 series in 2025, and the MI400 series in 2026.

  • China concept stocks are up across the board.

  • Nio rose more than 1% pre-market, with optimizing gross margin as the next important task.

$NIO Inc (NIO.US)$Up more than 1% before the market opened, trading at $4.65. Following the exit of BBA from the "price war", Nio autos is also about to adjust the discount rate. At the performance conference call in the first quarter of this year, Nio's chairman Li Bin expressed his attitude towards stopping the "price war" when it was appropriate. Starting from June, Nio will focus on adjusting its product structure and increasing the proportion of the release of front-line high gross margin products, while narrowing the policy of short-term promotions. Li Bin expects that the company's overall vehicle gross margin will return to double digits in the second quarter of this year and continue to improve in the third and fourth quarters.

Bilibili rose more than 3% pre-market trading and was upgraded to "buy" by UBS, which raised its EPS estimate per share.

Reminder for US Macro Events

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22:30 Natural Gas Inventories in the USA until July 12.

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06:05 Fireside Chat with FOMC voting member Daley in 2024.

07:45 Speech by Federal Reserve Board Member Bowman.

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