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Morning briefing from Futu: Powell's dovish comments pave the way for a rate cut in September; US stocks skyrocketed overnight, with Nvidia rising over 12% in one night.

Futu News ·  08:05

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  • Powell's press conference was dovish: if conditions are met, the earliest possible rate cut could come in September.

On Wednesday EST, Fed Chair Powell said that decision-makers are closer to cutting interest rates, and if conditions are met, the earliest possible rate cut could come at the September meeting. The Fed kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, maintaining the federal fund rate target range at 5.25% to 5.5%, in line with market expectations. Since September last year, the Fed has kept its policy rates on hold for eight consecutive meetings.

  • The U.S. Treasury maintains the same quarterly long-term debt issuance size and reiterates no increase in the coming quarters.

On Wednesday, July 31, for the second consecutive time, the US Treasury kept the quarterly long-term bond issuance unchanged and maintained the guideline that no increase in the issuance of related bonds would be necessary in the coming quarters. The US Treasury issued $12.5 billion in securities in the so-called quarterly refinancing auction next week, including three-year, 10-year, and 30-year maturities. Traders widely anticipated the outcome and believed the Treasury would rely more on short-term bill auctions to fill any cash shortfall during the period.

  • The Fed signals rate cuts, the US stock market, bonds, crude oil, gold, and the Japanese yen all rise as expectations of rate cuts increase.

On Wednesday EST, after announcing the July rate decision, the Fed signaled that it may cut rates in September, causing major assets to fluctuate. US stocks, bonds, crude oil, gold, and the Japanese yen rose, while the dollar fell. Traders believe the Fed will cut rates by 70 basis points this year, up from the previous estimate of 64 basis points.

  • The governor hawks plus the authorities confirm intervention: the yen exchange rate rebounds to the highest level in four months.

On July 31 at noon, the Bank of Japan announced another rate hike, raising short-term rates from 0 to 0.1% to 0.25%. They also confirmed another guideline that the purchase of government bonds would be reduced from the current monthly rate of 6 trillion yen to 3 trillion yen by the first quarter of 2026. The dollar against the yen briefly fell to 149.63, the lowest level since March 19, down as much as 310 points or 1.9%, and is now slightly rebounding to 149.991.

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

  • The three major indices all rose, with the Nasdaq up more than 2.5% and Nvidia up more than 12%.

On Wednesday EST, the US stock market opened high and went up. The three major indices rose collectively, with the S&P 500 up more than 1.5% and the Nasdaq up more than 2.5%, both achieving their best single-day performances since February.

At the close, the Dow Jones index rose 0.24% to 40,842.79 points, the S&P 500 index rose 1.58% to 5,522.30 points, and the Nasdaq index rose 2.64% to 17,599.40 points.

Large-cap technology stocks rose across the board, but Microsoft fell 1.08%. Nvidia rose 12.81%, Tesla rose 4.24%, Amazon rose 2.90%, Meta rose 2.51%, Apple rose 1.50%, and Google rose 0.73%.

Popular China concept stocks rose across the board, with the Nasdaq China Dragon Index up 0.78%, Li Auto up 5.11%, Pinduoduo up 4.65%, iQiyi up 3.10%, Tencent Music up 2.01%, Bilibili up 1.54%, Xpeng up 1.51%, and Alibaba up 1.09%.

  • After-hours trading rose nearly 7%! Meta's Q2 report and next quarter's guidance exceeded expectations, and did not increase the annual capital expenditure limit.

$Meta Platforms (META.US)$Second-quarter revenue was $39.07 billion, higher than analysts' expectations of $38.34 billion; second-quarter EPS was $5.16, higher than analysts' expectations of $4.72; estimated third-quarter revenue is $38.5 billion to $41 billion, while analysts' consensus is $39.16 billion; capital expenditures for the quarter were lower than expected, with estimated full-year capital expenditures between $37 billion and $40 billion.

As of press time, Meta rose nearly 7% after hours.

  • After hours, it fell nearly 13%. Arm's first-quarter total revenue was higher than expected, but the full-year revenue outlook was disappointing.

$Arm Holdings (ARM.US)$First-quarter revenue was $0.939 billion, while analysts' consensus was $0.905 billion; first-quarter adjusted EPS was $0.40, while analysts' consensus was $0.34. Affected by sluggish markets, the annual sales guidance remains unchanged, and estimated second-quarter revenue is $0.78 billion to $0.83 billion, while analysts' consensus is $0.806 billion; the full-year revenue guidance remains unchanged at $3.8 billion to $4.1 billion, while analysts' consensus is $4 billion.

As of press time, Arm fell nearly 13% after hours.

  • After-hours, it fell more than 1%. Qualcomm released a strong fourth-quarter revenue outlook, but expects smart phone demand to stabilize slightly this year.

$Qualcomm (QCOM.US)$Adjusted revenue for the third quarter was $9.39 billion, Analysts had expected $9.21 billion; adjusted earnings per share for the third quarter were $2.33, Analysts had expected $2.24; expected revenue for the fourth quarter is $9.5 billion to $10.3 billion, Analysts had expected $9.7 billion. After the financial report was released, Qualcomm also stated that the smartphone market will "tend to be stable" this year.

Qualcomm rose more than 6% after the market, and fell more than 1% as of press time.

  • Uber announced plans to introduce 100,000 BYD electric vehicles and cooperate to deploy "autonomous driving cars".

US-listed company, global travel platform.$Uber Technologies (UBER.US)$On Wednesday, it announced that the company has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with BYD, China's leading electric vehicle company, to introduce 100,000 BYD electric vehicles into major markets worldwide. In addition, what the investment market is also concerned about is that Uber and BYD also announced in the announcement that the two companies will also cooperate to deploy BYD cars with "autonomous driving capabilities" onto the Uber platform, bringing autonomous driving technology to global audiences on a large scale. Uber's share price rose more than 2%.

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 funds significantly increased their holdings of Tencent by over HKD 2.1 billion and sold HSBC by over HKD 0.4 billion.

On July 31st (Wednesday), southbound funds net bought HKD 2.291 billion of Hong Kong stocks.

$TENCENT (00700.HK)$,$BANK OF CHINA (03988.HK)$,$MEITUAN-W (03690.HK)$Received net buy orders of HKD 2.144 billion, HKD 0.574 billion, and HKD 0.539 billion, respectively;

$TRACKER FUND OF HONG KONG (02800.HK)$,$CSOP Hang Seng TECH Index ETF (03033.HK)$,$HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK)$Received net sell orders of HKD 1.724 billion, HKD 1.053 billion, and HKD 0.431 billion, respectively.

Regarding financial events, the Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision, and Federal Reserve Chairman Powell will hold a monetary policy press conference.

Keywords: China's July Caixin Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone's July Manufacturing PMI Final Value, Apple, Amazon, Intel Financial Report.

On Thursday, as for economic data, China will release the Caixin Manufacturing PMI for July; the Eurozone will release the Manufacturing PMI Final Value for July; the United States will release a series of heavy-weight data including the initial jobless claims number for the week ending July 27th, and the ISM Manufacturing PMI for July.

Regarding financial reports,$Apple (AAPL.US)$,$Amazon (AMZN.US)$,$Intel (INTC.US)$,$Coinbase (COIN.US)$,$MicroStrategy (MSTR.US)$,$Marathon Digital (MARA.US)$Financial results will be released in post-market trading.

Regarding IPOs,$Majestic Ideal (MJID.US)$Will be listed today.

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