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On Tuesday, the three major U.S. stock index futures fell. Federal Reserve Chairman Powell will face a series of "super difficult" hearings on Capitol Hill at 23:00 Beijing time.

Growth Tech stocks fell across the board in pre-market trading. $Tesla (TSLA.US)$Down 0.64%.$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$Down 0.49%.

Trump will announce a 25% tariff on all steel and Aluminum imported to the USA.$Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF.US)$it rose by over 3%, $Commercial Metals (CMC.US)$Increase of over 2%.

China Concept Stocks are broadly down in Pre-Market Trading. $XPeng (XPEV.US)$、 $Kingsoft Cloud (KC.US)$Fell over 6%

Coca-Cola's shares rose in Pre-Market Trading, currently up over 3%, as the company’s Q4 performance exceeded expectations.
$Coca-Cola (KO.US)$In Pre-Market Trading, shares rose over 3%, with a comparable EPS for the fourth quarter of $0.55, estimated at $0.52. Revenue for Q4 2024 is $11.544 billion, while the market expected $10.677 billion. Coca-Cola anticipates adjusted EPS growth of 2%-3% for the fiscal year 2025, and expects about $9.5 billion in free cash flow for fiscal year 2025 (excluding Fairlife payments).

Lattice Semiconductor's shares rose over 13% in Pre-Market Trading, with the company reporting Q4 revenue of $0.1174 billion, slightly above market expectations.
$Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC.US)$Shares rose over 13% in Pre-Market Trading, with the company’s Q4 adjusted EPS at $0.15, while analysts expected $0.19. Q4 revenue stands at $0.1174 billion, with analysts forecasting $0.1171 billion. Expected revenue for Q1 is between $0.115 billion and $-0.125 billion, with analysts predicting $0.1188 billion.

The "Te Ma" combination is working to clear regulatory obstacles for Tesla.
The "tempered" combination of regulatory easing strategy is quietly rewriting the rules of the game in the USA's automotive industry. According to a report by the Associated Press on the 11th, the Trump administration is reshaping the regulatory framework from multiple angles: first, by controlling key agencies such as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration through personnel appointments; second, by abolishing regulatory measures that are executive orders; and finally, by promoting the formulation of federal autonomous driving regulations - a direction openly called for by Musk. Some analysts believe that Trump's actions will be beneficial in the short term.$Tesla (TSLA.US)$。
Google CEO: Now is the golden age of AI innovation.
Today,$Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$CEO Sundar Pichai stated at the global AI summit in Paris, France, that now is the golden age of AI innovation. In the past 18 months, the cost of processing tokens has dropped from $4 per million to 13 cents, a decrease of up to 97%. In addition, Google's protein model AlphaFold has helped more than 2.5 million global researchers develop new malaria vaccines and cancer treatments. Google has also made significant progress in quantum computing.
META is "refreshing" its workforce to grab AI talent: laying off 5% of staff while urgently recruiting machine learning engineers.
In order to beat competitors like OpenAI and DeepSeek in the global AI boom,$Meta Platforms (META.US)$there is a concerted effort to adjust its corporate personnel structure: on one hand, there is an increased recruitment of machine learning engineers, while on the other hand, thousands of layoffs are taking place. Last month, Meta revealed plans to lay off about 5%, which may mean approximately 3,600 Meta employees will lose their jobs. This past Monday Eastern Time, Meta officially sent out email notifications to employees in the USA, Europe, and Asia who have been laid off.
To avoid antitrust fines from the European Union, Microsoft is planning to raise the price of its Teams bundled Office.
According to three insiders, in order to avoid the potential antitrust fines from the European Union,$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$there are plans to further widen the price gap between the bundled version of Office with Teams and the non-bundled version. Microsoft's communication and collaboration product, Teams, became a free addition to its enterprise suite Office 365 in 2017. Since then, the feature has rapidly gained popularity, especially during the pandemic. However,$Salesforce (CRM.US)$The subsidiary of office software, Slack, complained to the European Commission five years ago about Microsoft bundling Teams with Office 365.
Guidance fell short of expectations! Shopify experienced a drop of over 10% in Pre-Market Trading, and is now down more than 5%.
$Shopify (SHOP.US)$US stocks fell in Pre-Market Trading, initially dropping over 10%, but the decline has narrowed to 5.03%; Shopify's fourth-quarter revenue is $2.81 billion, estimated at $2.73 billion; Shopify expects first-quarter revenue to grow at around 25%; the company anticipates a low-end year-on-year gross profit growth of 20% by 2025.

Earnings Reports are approaching!$Super Micro Computer (SMCI.US)$Yesterday closed up over 17%, and today dropped over 4% in Pre-Market Trading.

Fox Corp-B rose over 1% in Pre-Market Trading, as the company makes a big bet on the creator economy by acquiring Red Seat Ventures.
$Fox Corp-B (FOX.US)$Pre-market trading rose over 1%. Media reports suggest that USA entertainment industry leader Fox has acquired Red Seat Ventures, a media company providing podcast and other digital streaming services for renowned creators including former Fox News stars Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, and Bill O'Reilly.

Phillips 66 rose over 5% in pre-market trading, with activist investor Elliott holding over $2.5 billion in shares of the company and planning to push for operational changes.
$Phillips 66 (PSX.US)$Pre-market trading rose over 5%. According to Reuters, informed sources stated that activist investor Elliott holds over $2.5 billion in shares of USA refiner Phillips 66 and plans to push for operational changes to boost its stock price. Elliott aims to urge Phillips 66 to sell or spin off its midstream business. In March last year, after Elliott disclosed holding $1 billion in Phillips 66 shares, it accepted the latter's performance improvement plan set to enhance shareholder returns and stock prices.

GDS Holdings continued to rise 4% in pre-market trading, with news that it plans to spin off its international business for an IPO in the USA.
$GDS Holdings (GDS.US)$U.S. stocks rose over 4% in pre-market trading. Media outlets cited informed sources revealing that GDS Holdings is considering an initial public offering of its GDS International (GDSI) business in the USA, aiming to raise approximately $0.5 billion. Informed sources indicated that the datacenter operator may try to get GDSI listed as early as this year. Related work is still ongoing, and the transaction may not ultimately proceed.

Youdao fell over 8% in Pre-Market Trading. Yesterday, it surged over 41%, previously fully integrating AI applications with DeepSeek-R1.
$Youdao (DAO.US)$It fell over 8% in Pre-Market Trading. The stock surged 41.76% yesterday, closing at $11.10. On February 6th, Youdao officially announced its full embrace of DeepSeek-R1. Additionally, products like Hi Echo, Youdao Zhiyun, and QAnything will fully integrate DeepSeek's reasoning capabilities and will be upgraded successively in the coming days. New smart hardware products that integrate the new reasoning large model capabilities and the "Youdao Xiao P" 2.0 version will also be officially launched soon.

Global Macro
"Horse racing" under pressure! Tonight, Powell will "storm" Capitol Hill again, facing a high-pressure hearing.
The shadow of Trump's policies and Musk's "harassment" form a dual pressure. Federal Reserve Chairman Powell will face a series of "super difficult" hearings on Capitol Hill at 10:00 AM local time Tuesday (23:00 Beijing time). He will attend a hearing in the House of Representatives at the same time on Wednesday. According to Bloomberg reports, both Democratic and Republican lawmakers may press Powell on the Trump administration's policies during the hearing, covering various aspects from bank regulation to cuts in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
Trump's tariffs harm both others and himself! Bank of America warns: U.S. companies' profits will face severe backlash.
On Monday Eastern Time, President Trump officially signed an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports to the USA, marking an escalation in the trade conflict between the USA and other countries. Bank of America warned that as the trade conflict sparked by Trump intensifies, it could pose significant challenges to the earnings of American companies. If retaliation occurs,$S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$The earnings per share of the constituent stocks may be severely impacted.

The survey shows: Tariffs intensify inflation pressure, the Fed's next interest rate cut may be delayed until the second quarter.
The survey shows that, facing the threat of rising inflation, economists expect the Fed to wait until the next quarter to cut interest rates again, whereas they previously expected the Fed to cut rates in March. Since Trump's victory in the U.S. election last November, economists have raised their inflation forecasts due to concerns that Trump's policies, especially tariffs, may rekindle price pressures in the economy. Many economists believe that the U.S. economy is in a favorable position, with little need to cut rates.
Fidelity increases its Shareholding in China Stocks, betting on the return of "animal spirits" and the AI craze.
After DeepSeek overturned the U.S. stock market, foreign capital is more optimistic about the Chinese stock market. Recently, Fidelity portfolio manager Taosha Wang stated in an interview with Bloomberg Television that Fidelity International has increased its position in Chinese stocks and has given it an overweight rating, noting that the 'animal spirits' in the Chinese market are returning. Reports state that, in addition to economic fundamentals and 'animal spirits,' exciting new AI tools will also bring opportunities. Taosha Wang refers to DeepSeek, which believes that, although 'the road will not be smooth,' the Chinese market may rebound.
Pre-Market Trading Top 20 by transaction volume.

Reminder of Macroeconomic Events in the USA
(The following are all in Beijing Time)
21:50 The President of the Cleveland Fed, Harmack, will speak about the economic outlook.
23:00 The Federal Reserve Chairman Powell attends a Senate hearing and presents the semiannual policy report.
Next early morning
01:00 EIA releases the monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook report.
04:30 FOMC permanent voter, New York Fed President Williams, delivers a speech.
05:30 API crude oil inventory for the week ending February 7 in the USA.
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