Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to Giniepigie's morning briefing on August 10, U.S. 10-year Treasury yields declined to 4.6490%, while the dollar index held at 99.54. The Nasdaq climbed 1.30% and the semiconductor index (SOX) surged 2.56%, though the Dow advanced only 0.28%. Optical communications and cloud software

Intel announced a $15B common stock offering this morning, following comments from its CFO on the company's July 23rd earnings call about potential capital needs. During that call, the CFO stated Intel had over $30 billion in

According to TrendForce and Citi analysis, SK Hynix fell over 10% on South Korea's KOSPI in the past three trading days, with U.S. ADRs down 6%, as NVIDIA adjusts its memory strategy. The chipmaker is cutting HBM configurations on new GPU architectures—from 288GB to 192GB on Rubin Ultra and 192GB to

The AI-driven stock rally extended last week, with the S&P, Nasdaq, and SOX semiconductor index gaining 3.6%, 5.2%, and 9.2% respectively. The Morgan Stanley Momentum Index surged 14% in seven trading days from July 29th, recovering from a 38% drawdown between June 22nd and July 29th. The rally

According to Genie Pig morning briefing, on August 10, U.S. 10-year Treasury yield fell to 4.649% while the Dollar Index held at 99.54. Nasdaq rose 1.30%, with semiconductor-linked sectors showing mixed performance. Risk sentiment strengthened, as evidenced by VIX at 14.90, high-yield spreads at 2.7

Excluding Google and Amazon, the S&P 500 earnings growth rate for Q2 fell to 32%, according to earnings analysis. Both companies achieved record net income increases driven by markup gains on their investments in SpaceX and Anthropic, which are unlikely to

Argus set a $1,600 price target on SanDisk (SNDK) on August 11, citing demand momentum, sales growth, and margin expansion as key drivers.

According to 22V Research data, 86% of S&P 500 companies exceeded earnings per share (EPS) expectations in the current earnings season, while 75% surpassed revenue forecasts. Both figures exceeded their five- and ten-year averages of 78% and 76% respectively. The average beat margin of 29.2%

According to market analyst vnkumarvnk, implied volatility for equities ahead of earnings announcements this week ranges from 15% to 24%+. $LITE leads with 24.4% IV, followed by $COHR at 20.9%, $ENVX at 19.2%, $NBIS at 17.0%, $ASTS at 15.8%, and $RKLB at 15%.

Berkshire Hathaway recorded $19.8 billion in net stock purchases during Q2, ending a 14-quarter streak of net selling and marking the first quarter under CEO Greg Abel following Warren Buffett's transition. The investment shift included a $10 billion allocation to Alphabet that elevated the tech

According to an official announcement, Huobi HTX launched KUAISHOU/USDT and MEITUAN/USDT perpetual contracts on August 11, supporting 1–10x leverage for both long and short positions.

Twilio Inc ($TWLO) gapped up 24.89% on its earnings report, trading at 3.5 times average volume. The stock broke out of its base above the 238.48 pivot level and closed at a new 4-year high.

According to Javier Blas, German chemical companies including Covestro and BASF are now issuing force majeure letters to clients due to ultra-high energy costs, citing inability to fulfill contractual obligations.

JP Morgan stated that the recent decline in SK Hynix stocks was excessive, highlighting that the company's shareholder return announcement timeline has been moved forward to the end of the third quarter. The investment bank noted SK Hynix's estimated cumulative free cash flow over the next three

SK Hynix CEO Kwak Noh-jung stated on July 10 at the company's Nasdaq listing event that 2027 will be the worst supply shortage year in memory industry history, with demand exceeding supply through 2030 and beyond. The forecast reflects capacity constraints across the three major suppliers — SK Hynix

According to 2027 capex forecasts, Google is expected to spend $284.8 billion in 2027, followed by Amazon at $256.5 billion, Microsoft at $207.6 billion, and Meta at $185.6 billion. Combined, the four tech giants are projected to invest $934.5 billion in capital expenditure, approaching the $1

During SpaceX's earnings presentation, Elon Musk highlighted a significant chip memory supply-demand imbalance, stating that DRAM supply is growing at an annual rate of 20% while demand surges over 200% annually, predicting prices will rise. SpaceX itself projects computing capacity demand of 10GW b

According to Morgan Stanley ETRADE, on August 11, the S&P 500 broke out from a two-month trading range and faces potential headwinds from inflation and geopolitical developments this week. Chris Larkin, Managing Director of Trading and Investing at Morgan Stanley ETRADE, noted that while recent

According to 2027 capex forecasts, Google is expected to lead with $284.8 billion in planned spending, followed by Amazon at $256.5 billion, Microsoft at $207.6 billion, and Meta at $185.6 billion. Combined, the four companies are projected to invest $934.5 billion in 2027, approaching the $1

South Korea's KOSDAQ index jumped 6.97% to 854.47 on Aug 10, while KOSPI rose 0.65% to 6,299.66. The KOSDAQ's strong rally triggered a buy-side circuit breaker early in trading, with semiconductor materials, components, and equipment (S&P&E) and pharmaceutical and biotech sectors leading gains. The