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On Thursday, the three major futures indices all declined as USA's January PPI data exceeded expectations while initial claims data fell short of expectations.
For the week ending February 8th, the number of initial jobless claims in the USA was 0.213 million, expected to be 0.215 million, and the previous value was revised from 0.219 million to 0.22 million.
The USA's January PPI increased by 3.50% year-on-year, compared to an expected increase of 3.20% and a previous increase of 3.30%.

Most Growth Tech stocks fell in Pre-Market Trading. $Tesla (TSLA.US)$Increased by over 2%. $Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM.US)$Fell more than 1%.

China Concept Stocks are broadly down in Pre-Market Trading. $Li Auto (LI.US)$Dropped over 4%, $XPeng (XPEV.US)$Down over 3%

Applovin surged over 29% in Pre-Market Trading, with a significant revenue increase in Q4 last year, and 25Q1 guidance exceeded expectations.
Mobile application company.$Applovin (APP.US)$Pre-Market Trading surged over 29%. According to news, the company achieved total revenue of 1.373 billion USD in Q4 2024, a significant increase of 44% year-on-year, surpassing market expectations of 1.26 billion USD; net income was 0.599 billion USD, growing 248% year-on-year. Looking ahead to Q1 2025, the company expects total revenue in the range of 1.355 billion USD to -1.385 billion USD, with market expectations at 1.32 billion USD.

Robinhood's stock surged over 13% in Pre-Market Trading, with Q4 revenue increasing 115% year-on-year, and revenue from the Crypto business reaching 0.358 billion USD.
$Robinhood (HOOD.US)$In Pre-Market Trading, the stock rose over 13%, with Q4 2024 revenue at 1.014 billion USD, a 115% increase year-on-year; net income was 0.916 billion USD, while it was 30 million USD in the same period of 2023; revenue from the Crypto business was 0.358 billion USD.

Cisco's stock rose over 6% in Pre-Market Trading, poised to hit a new high, with Q2 performances exceeding expectations and a 15 billion USD buyback plan.
$Cisco (CSCO.US)$In Pre-Market Trading, the stock rose over 6%, and after the market opens, the stock price is expected to reach a new high. According to the news, Cisco announced its Q2 performance for FY 2025, with sales up 9% year-on-year to 14 billion USD, better than Analyst expectations of 13.9 billion USD; adjusted EPS was 0.94 USD, also better than Analyst expectations of 0.91 USD. Looking ahead to FY 2025, Cisco expects sales to be between 56 billion and 56.5 billion USD, an increase of 1 billion USD from previous expectations, slightly above Analyst expectations of 55.97 billion USD.

Medical Technology AI company Firefly Neuroscience joined NVIDIA's Connect program, and its stock price skyrocketed over 20% in Pre-Market Trading.
AI-driven brain analysis company $Firefly Neuroscience (AIFF.US)$ In Pre-Market Trading, it surged over 20% after the company announced its approval to join the NVIDIA Connect program. The company stated that it hopes to utilize its brain network analysis technology platform approved by the FDA in the USA to establish the world's first proprietary foundational model of the human brain.

$Crocs (CROX.US)$In Pre-Market Trading, it soared over 18% as the company’s performance guidance exceeded expectations, and it plans to expand its Share Buyback authorization amount to 1.3 billion dollars.

Coinbase, set to release its Earnings Reports soon, rose over 2% in Pre-Market Trading.
$Coinbase (COIN.US)$In Pre-Market Trading, it rose over 2% as the company is about to release its Earnings Reports. According to Analyst expectations compiled by FactSet, Coinbase is projected to report an EPS of 2.11 dollars and revenue of 1.84 billion dollars for the fourth quarter. This represents significant growth compared to the fourth quarter of 2023, where the EPS was 1.04 dollars and revenue was 0.954 billion dollars.

Sony's stock rose over 4% in Pre-Market Trading as the performance in the third fiscal quarter exceeded expectations, with strong results in Gaming.
$Sony (SONY.US)$The stock rose over 4% in Pre-Market Trading. In terms of news, Sony reported its third fiscal quarter performance ending December last year, with revenue increasing 18% year-on-year to 4.41 trillion yen, and net income rising 2.7% year-on-year to 373.74 billion yen, exceeding expectations. During the period, profit from the Gaming business grew 37%, primarily benefiting from increased sales and reduced losses from Hardware. PlayStation 5 sales reached 9.5 million units, an increase compared to 8.2 million units in the same period last year.

Breakthroughs in AI development prompt potential value reassessment, with multiple bullish factors driving Baidu's stock up over 2% in Pre-Market Trading.
$Baidu (BIDU.US)$The stock rose over 2% in Pre-Market Trading. In terms of news, Wenxin Yiyan announced that it will be completely free starting April 1, allowing users on both PC and APP to experience its latest model. Additionally, Wenxin Yiyan has launched deep search functionality which will also be available for free starting April 1. Moreover, media reports suggest Baidu is discussing the operation of robot taxis in the UAE, with Baidu's ROBOTAXI potentially starting testing in Dubai as early as the first half of the year.

Unilever's stock fell over 6% in Pre-Market Trading as it increased revenue last year but did not increase profit.
Consumer goods giant.$Unilever (UL.US)$In Pre-Market Trading, it dropped over 6%. According to the news, the company announced that the pre-tax profit for the fiscal year 2024 decreased from last year's 9.34 billion euros to 8.87 billion euros; the Net income fell by 10.8% from last year's 7.14 billion euros to 6.37 billion euros; the turnover increased by 1.9% from 59.6 billion euros in 2023 to 60.76 billion euros. The basic sales growth rate is 4.2%. In the fourth quarter, the turnover slightly decreased by 0.1% to 14.2 billion euros. Additionally, Unilever announced a new Share Buyback plan of up to 1.5 billion euros.

$Datadog (DDOG.US)$In Pre-Market Trading, it dropped over 9%. The company's performance in the fourth quarter exceeded expectations, but the performance in the first quarter lagged behind.

The Trade Desk dropped over 28% in Pre-Market Trading, as the adjusted EBITDA guidance for the first quarter fell short of Analyst expectations.
$The Trade Desk (TTD.US)$In Pre-Market Trading, it dropped over 28%. The company's adjusted EPS for the fourth quarter is $0.59, exceeding Analyst expectations of $0.54; fourth quarter revenue is $0.741 billion, while Analyst expectations were $0.7598 billion. The expected first quarter revenue exceeds $0.575 billion, while Analyst expectations were $0.5815 billion; the expected adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter is around $0.145 billion, with Analyst expectations at $0.1916 billion.

Reddit dropped over 12% in Pre-Market Trading, with fourth quarter performance exceeding expectations, but the number of users fell short.
Social Media Company$Reddit (RDDT.US)$In Pre-Market Trading, the stock fell more than 12%. Last year's fourth-quarter profits and revenues exceeded expectations, but the growth in daily active unique users was below expectations. The net income for the quarter was $71 million, with an EPS of 36 cents, higher than the market expectation of 25 cents. Revenue increased by 71% year-on-year to $0.428 billion, also exceeding the forecast of $0.405 billion. Daily active unique users reached 0.1017 billion, a 39% year-on-year increase, but lower than the market expectation of 0.103 billion.

Global Macro
Market sentiment is optimistic; if PPI is higher than expected, it may be downplayed.
Analyst Giuseppe Dellamotta stated that tonight's US January PPI data is expected to be 3.2%, down from the previous value of 3.3%. The core PPI year-on-year is expected to be 3.3%, down from 3.5%; month-on-month it is expected to be 0.3%, up from 0.0%. Due to the 'January Effect,' particularly from tariff-related headlines and the optimistic Trump-Putin call, the market somewhat forgave yesterday's higher-than-expected CPI data. Tonight we might see the market also downplay potential higher-than-expected PPI data.
Trump claims he will unveil a 'reciprocal tariff' tactic today but did not disclose details.
US President Trump stated that he will announce reciprocal tariff measures on Thursday, promising to fulfill his threats to impose tariffs on imported goods from countries that impose higher tariffs on US products. This move will represent a significant escalation in his trade war with economic partners. Trump announced this action on his Truth Social platform. He did not specify what the tariffs would be, how the tariff structure would work, or when the tariffs would take effect.

US CPI exceeds expectations, and the market's expectations for the Fed to cut interest rates this year: only once.
US inflation data is booming, further extinguishing market expectations for the Fed to cut interest rates this year. According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CPI in January increased by 0.5% month-on-month. Core CPI (excluding food and energy) rose by 0.4% month-on-month, also higher than expected. After the data was released, the market lowered its expectations for the Fed to cut interest rates this year. According to interest rate swap contracts, traders now only expect one 25 basis point rate cut this year, down from earlier expectations of at least two, and have pushed back the timing of the rate cut from September to December.
US government deficit raises red flags again! The deficit of 840 billion dollars in the first four months of the fiscal year hits record levels, surpassing the peak of the pandemic.
After a rare ultra-high annual budget deficit for 200 years, the US federal government has once again raised the red flag for fiscal deficits. On February 12, Eastern Time, the US Department of the Treasury released data indicating that from October 2024 to January 2025, the first four months of the 2025 fiscal year, the budget deficit of the US federal government reached 840 billion dollars, setting a record for the highest deficit in the first four months of any fiscal year, surpassing the deficit levels during the peak of fiscal spending after the outbreak of COVID-19, expanding by 308 billion dollars compared to the same period in fiscal year 2024, an increase of 58%.

Is global oil about to tighten? IEA cuts surplus estimates in half as the US, Russia, and Iran's geopolitical game intensifies.
In the context of strong demand growth in Asia and OPEC+ countries facing sanctions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has again lowered its expectations for the global oil surplus this year. On Thursday (February 13), the IEA released its monthly oil market report on its official website. The agency now expects that the oil surplus in 2025 will reach 0.45 million barrels per day, which is a reduction of about 50% compared to the figures predicted two months ago.
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Reminder of Macroeconomic Events in the USA
(The following are all in Beijing Time)
21:30: Initial jobless claims in the USA for the week ending February 8.
21:30: USA January PPI.
23:30: EIA natural gas inventory in the USA for the week ending February 7.
Next early morning
01:00: ECB Governing Council member Nagel speaks.
01:00: 2027 FOMC voting member, Atlanta Fed President Bostic speaks on the economic outlook.
06:05: Federal Reserve Governor Waller speaks on stablecoins.
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