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Futu Morning News | Strongly recommended by Morgan Stanley! Tesla up nearly 6%; interest rate cut expectations rise, US bonds will see the longest consecutive rise in three years in July.

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  • The US Treasury Department revised its Q3 funding expectations by more than $100 billion to $740 billion, with a decrease in cash balance held by the end of the year.

On Monday, July 29th, the US Treasury Department announced the latest downward revision of net financing expectations for the sale of privately owned marketable debt in the third quarter of this year to $740 billion, compared to the previously announced expectation of $847 billion on April 29th, which was reduced by $107 billion. At the same time, it is expected that the net borrowing in the fourth quarter from October to December will be $565 billion, basically in line with market expectations.

The US Treasury Department also said that it expects to maintain a cash balance of $850 billion by the end of September, the end of the third quarter, and predicts that its cash balance at the end of the year will be $700 billion, a further reduction in cash reserves before the end of the year.

  • The US federal government's debt has exceeded $35 trillion.

According to the latest data from the US Department of the Treasury website, the size of the US federal government's debt has reached $34.997 trillion, just one step away from the $35 trillion mark. US Department of the Treasury data shows that as of July 25th, the size of the federal government's debt has approached the $35 trillion mark. According to calculations by the Peter Peterson Foundation, this huge debt burden on the American people is equivalent to nearly $0.104 million per capita.

  • Expectations of interest rate cuts are rising, and US Treasury bonds are set to record the longest consecutive increase in three years in July.

As the market's interest rate cut expectations continue to rise, the price of US Treasury bonds continued to rise this month. Due to the recent rise in US Treasury bond prices, the Bloomberg US Treasury Index, which tracks US Treasury bonds, saw an accumulated increase of about 1.3% in early July and a growth rate of about 3.9% since the end of April. July will mark the third consecutive month of accumulation since July 2021, which is the longest consecutive monthly gain this year.

Despite the profit-taking selling in the bond spot market on Monday, many analysts and financial experts predict that the Federal Reserve will issue an interest rate cut signal at this week's monetary policy meeting, paving the way for a rate cut in September. Well-known institutions such as Wells Fargo & Co. and BlackRock predicted that the Fed will cut interest rates at least twice this year, and some traders even bet on a rate cut of up to 50 basis points in September.

  • Goldman Sachs: Hedge funds 'surrender-style' sell-off of industrial stocks, continuing to rotate into energy and materials stocks.

According to Goldman Sachs data, industrial stocks were the most heavily sold industry sector in the US stock market last week, breaking the all-time record for net selling in the past two weeks since July 11th. Energy and materials were the most net-bought industry sectors last week and in the past four weeks, with chemicals, petroleum, natural gas and consumable fuel, and energy equipment and services being the most net-bought sub-sectors last week.

  • Trump and Harris compete to 'campaign' for cryptos, and Bitcoin falls after challenging the 0.07 million dollar mark.

$Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$Earlier on Monday, Bitcoin briefly surpassed $70,000, mainly influenced by a series of shocking promises made at the recent Bitcoin 2024 conference, in which Trump listed Bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset for the United States, etc. In addition, Democratic presidential candidate Harris is also actively contacting the cryptocurrency industry to ease tensions between the party and the industry.

However, as of press time, Bitcoin reversed its decline and fell by 0.57%, dropping to $66,844.

Gamestop's surge has dramatically narrowed, with the trading platform considering unplugging the internet of US retail investors.

  • The three major US stock indexes rose and fell, and Tesla rose more than 5%.

On Monday, the three major indices rose and fell, with the Dow slightly down, the S&P 500 index slightly up, and the Nasdaq rising 1% at one point and then falling, but ultimately ending slightly higher. At the close, the Dow fell 0.12% to 40,539.93 points; the S&P 500 rose 0.08% to 5,463.54 points; and the Nasdaq rose 0.07% to 17,370.20 points. Most major technology stocks rose, with Nvidia down 1.30%, Netflix down 0.70%, Meta flat, Apple up 0.13%, Microsoft up 0.34%, Amazon up 0.38%, Google up 1.51%, and Tesla up 5.60%.

At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 0.12% to 40,539.93 points; the S&P 500 index rose by 0.08% to 5,463.54 points; and the Nasdaq index rose by 0.07% to 17,370.20 points.

Most large technology stocks rose, with Nvidia down 1.30%, Netflix down 0.70%, Meta flat, Apple up 0.13%, Microsoft up 0.34%, Amazon up 0.38%, Google up 1.51%, and Tesla up 5.60%.

China concept stocks fluctuated, Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index rose by 0.25%, XPeng Auto fell by 3.17%, PDD Holdings fell by 2.45%, NIO Inc. fell by 0.90%, JD.com rose by 0.19%, LI Auto Inc. rose by 0.78%, Bilibili rose by 1.27%, Baidu rose by 1.71%, and Alibaba rose by 2.73%.

  • Replacing Ford! Daiwa Securities has listed Tesla as its preferred auto stock, expecting a 40% increase in stock price.

On Monday, July 29th, Eastern Time, Adam Jonas, a well-known automotive analyst at Morgan Stanley, reiterated his "buy" rating on Tesla's stock and the target price of $310 in his latest research report. According to Morgan Stanley's ranking list, Tesla leads the US auto stocks, and Ford ranks second.

Jonas emphasized that as the demand for electric vehicles has stagnated, Tesla is reducing its resource investment in its automotive business. Cost cuts and restructuring efforts have reduced the downside risk of Tesla's electric vehicle business and enabled it to dominate the zero-emission vehicle credit market. At close, Tesla rose more than 5%.$Tesla (TSLA.US)$Up nearly 6% overnight.

  • Apple released a test version of its AI feature, which is currently only available to developers.

$Apple (AAPL.US)$Apple released developer test versions of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, allowing users to experience some of the features of "Apple Intelligence," which is currently only available to Apple developers. Only a few Apple devices can experience the features of "Apple Intelligence" in advance, including the iPhone 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max, and iPad and Mac equipped with Apple's self-developed chips.

  • Apple said that its AI model was trained on Google's custom chips. Google rose more than 1%.

In addition, Apple said in a technical paper on Monday that two AI models supporting its Apple Intelligence system were pretrained on cloud chips designed by Google. This indicates that in training cutting-edge AI, large technology companies are looking for alternatives to Nvidia. At close, Google rose by 1.51%.$Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$It rose by 1.51%.

  • Nvidia has released new software and service tools to promote AI.

At SIGGRAPH 2024, the annual computer graphics and interactive technology conference and exhibition held in Denver, USA on Monday, July 29th Eastern Time,$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$It has introduced new tools again.

Nvidia CEO Huang Renxun revealed at SIGGRAPH 2024 that Nvidia sent samples of the Blackwell architecture this week, the new chip architecture launched this year. At the same time, Nvidia announced a series of software updates, mainly involving cloud-native microservices for optimizing AI inference-Nvidia inference microservices, promoting large-scale deployment of AI models by enterprises.

  • With the rapid promotion of a new colon cancer screening method approved by the US FDA, Guardant Health's stock price soared nearly 7%.

On Monday Eastern Time, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Guardant Health's blood test method called Shield to screen for colon cancer. Although this detection method cannot replace colonoscopy, it can effectively improve the screening rate of colon cancer in the United States. At the close, $Guardant Health (GH.US)$ rose by nearly 7%.$Guardant Health (GH.US)$Electronic component producer, KEMET, rose nearly 7% this week.

  • On the occasion of losing all price-raising rights, McDonald's decisively launched a price war and won praise from the capital market.

mcdonald's (MCD.US) According to the second-quarter report ending on June 30, McDonald's reported revenue of $6.49 billion, lower than the market's expected $6.61 billion; net profit was $2.02 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 12%, also lower thanmarket expectations. At the same time, McDonald's plans to continue to expand, with a net increase of 1,600 stores expected by 2024.

As McDonald's has lost considerable room for price increases under inflationary pressures, to cope the decreasing consumer purchasing power, McDonald's has adopted a cost-effective strategy and launched a "5-dollar value meal" to attract customers. This move has significantly contributed to its stock price rising against the trend. At close, McDonald's rose more than 3%.

If you want to play this game, you must believe in yourself and your judgment.

BeiShui crazily bought China Mobile for nearly HKD 1.8 billion and sold Tencent for about HKD 200 million. On Monday (June 3rd), Southbound funds net purchased HKD 3.4 billion of Hong Kong stocks.

  • Northbound capital increased its position in Tencent by nearly HKD 0.7 billion and sold its holdings in Tracker Fund of Hong Kong by nearly HKD 1.2 billion.

On Monday, July 29th, capital outflows from the north resulted in a net purchase of HKD 0.745 billion in Hong Kong stocks.

$TENCENT (00700.HK)$,$CNOOC (00883.HK)$,$CMOC (03993.HK)$Received net purchase of HKD 0.679 billion, 0.213 billion and 0.16 billion respectively.

$TRACKER FUND OF HONG KONG (02800.HK)$,$CCB (00939.HK)$,$CHINA SHENHUA (01088.HK)$Experienced net sales of HKD 1.164 billion, 0.393 billion and 0.152 billion respectively.

The company's overall sales volume in 2023 was 18,000 kiloliters, with a year-on-year increase of 28.10%, indicating significant growth. In terms of product structure, the operating income of products worth 10-30 billion yuan were 401/1288/60 million yuan respectively.

On Tuesday, Japan will release its June unemployment rate. The eurozone will release the Q2 GDP annual rate initial value. The US will release May FHFA House Price Index, June JOLTs job openings, and the July Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index.

Regarding financial events, the State Council Information Office will hold a series of theme press conferences on promoting high quality development and the deputy director of the General Administration of Customs will attend to introduce the situation and answer questions. An AI driving technology release conference will be held.

Earnings will be released before the US stock market opens.$XPeng (XPEV.US)$Earnings will be released after the US stock market closes.

Regarding financial reports,$Pfizer (PFE.US)$,$Procter & Gamble (PG.US)$Financial report will be released today;$PayPal (PYPL.US)$,$Luckin Coffee (LKNCY.US)$Financial results will be released in pre-market trading;$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$,$Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$Financial results will be released in post-market trading.

Regarding IPOs,$Pershing Square USA (PSUS.US)$Will be listed today.

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