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美股前瞻 | 市场信心全面恢复!高盛:美股未来四周有望继续上涨;多家大行齐声唱多英伟达:AI支出浪潮尚处早期,Q2业绩仍将出色

US stock market outlook: Market confidence fully restored! Goldman Sachs: US stocks expected to continue to rise in the next four weeks; multiple major banks sing the praises of Nvidia: The AI spending wave is still in its early stages, and Q2 performance

Futu News ·  Aug 20 20:17

Hot news

  • Mixed performance of the three major equity index futures before market opening.

  • Most semiconductor stocks are up, with Wolfspeed up more than 2% and AMD up nearly 2%.

  • Wedbush and Goldman Sachs sing the praises of Nvidia: the AI spending wave is still in its early stages, and Q2 results will still be strong.

Wedbush said that as the AI spending frenzy fully unfolds, it is inevitable that there will be another strong quarter. The bank said that the tidal wave of $1 trillion in AI spending previously forecast is underway, and technology companies are still in the early stages of investing in AI hardware. Goldman Sachs analysts also reiterated their "buy" rating on Nvidia and a target price of $135, and said that Nvidia's demand situation is still convincing. $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$

  • In the second quarter, xpeng's revenue increased significantly by 60% year-on-year to 8.11 billion yuan, with a gross margin of 14%.

$XPeng (XPEV.US)$ Second-quarter revenue was RMB8.11 billion, up 60.2% year on year and 23.9% sequentially; adjusted net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders was RMB1.22 billion, compared with a loss of RMB2.67 billion in the same period last year; the gross profit margin of the company in the second quarter was 14%, an increase of 17.9 percentage points year on year from -3.9%, and an increase of 1.1 percentage points sequentially. Automotive gross margin was 6.4% compared with -8.6% in the same period last year. Xpeng Auto rose nearly 1% in pre-market trading.

  • The performance outlook of "AI giant" Palo Alto exceeds expectations and is increasing the scale of buybacks.

$Palo Alto Networks (PANW.US)$Revenue rose 12% year on year to $2.2 billion, while non-GAAP net income was $522 million. For the entire 2025 fiscal year, Palo Alto's total revenue guidance range is $9.1 billion to $9.15 billion; the non-GAAP earnings per share guidance range is $6.18 to $6.31, both higher than expected. In addition, the company's board of directors approved an additional $0.5 billion for its share buyback program. As of the time of writing, the company's share price is up more than 2% in pre-market trading.

  • TSMC's first European wafer fab broke ground and received a €5 billion subsidy from the German government.

$Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM.US)$ As it seeks to secure its chip supply on the European continent, its first European plant in Dresden, eastern Germany, has broken ground. The wafer fab, which is expected to start production in 2027, costs more than €10 billion (about $11 billion), and the German government is providing a €5 billion subsidy for the construction of the plant.

  • AMD acquires Nvidia's "core supplier", will the AI server market change significantly?

As servers become increasingly important in the AI era, $Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ Spending $4.9 billion to acquire 'AI server leader' ZT Systems, the server market may be reshaped. JPMorgan pointed out that ZT's strong capabilities in design and service can help promote the deployment of AMD AI servers in data centers. Nvidia may encourage ultra-large-scale computing companies to outsource Nvidia AI servers to other ODMs besides ZT, which could lead to a more concentrated market competition.

  • Fighting Nvidia with all their might! AMD's multiple call options make a profit of more than two times.

The AI chip war is heating up! $Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ It rose more than 4% overnight, and the trading volume of options trading increased by 40% compared to the previous period. The call ratio has risen sharply to 72%, and call options with exercise prices between 150-157.5 US dollars expiring this Friday are actively traded. The option premiums of some call options have increased by more than double.

Global macro

  • After the major tremors in the US stock market, where will it go next? Goldman Sachs: The US stock market is expected to continue to rise in the next four weeks.

Goldman Sachs has said investors should prepare for a new round of stock market highs over the next four weeks, but be prepared to withdraw. The US stock market is entering a "very positive four-week trading window," and the low-volatility market is usually favorable for stock prices in the weeks leading up to the end of summer. He further explained that about 50% of companies will enter a lock-up period on September 13, and there will be a lot of stock bids from now until then. However, the bank still expects the stock market to be volatile and uncertain whether it will continue to rise after September 16.

  • "Jackson Hole" is a blessing for the stock market? Illustration: over the years, the U.S. stock market has risen more than fallen before and after this event.

This week, one of the main focuses of the global financial markets will be the Jackson Hole global central bank annual meeting, which is set to begin on Thursday. According to DataTrek, the S&P 500 index has had an average return of 0.9% in the two weeks before and after the Jackson Hole meeting since 2010.

  • After the gold price rose above $2,500, analysts are now seeing $3,000.

Citigroup analysts said gold investors are bullish in the next three to six months. The bank also said it expects the average gold price to reach $3,000 per ounce by mid-2025, and predicts an average gold price of $2,550 per ounce for the fourth quarter of this year.

  • The similarities between 'Harris Economics' and 'Trump Economics': deficits, deficits, and more deficits!

Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM US, said the economic plans of Democratic candidate Harris and Republican candidate Trump would both increase the fiscal deficit by increasing government spending and tightening the labor market, among other measures. However, the risk of inflation and a more persistent inflation in Trump's proposal is greater.

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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US commercial retail sales annual rate for the week ending August 17 at 20:55.

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Speech by FOMC voter and Atlanta Fed President Bostic on January 35, 2024.

Speech by Federal Reserve Board Member Barr on cybersecurity at 02:45.

API crude oil inventory for the week ending August 16 in the USA at 04:30.

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