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DZ Bank downgraded Apple from Buy to Hold with a $310 price target following the company's Q3 earnings report. Apple reported Q3 revenue of $109.4 billion, up 16% year-over-year and exceeding expectations, but issued September quarter growth guidance of 9-11%, down from the prior quarter's 16%.

According to Coinbase, today (August 11) the company launched derivatives trading services for professional investors in the UK, covering perpetual contracts, quarterly futures, and crypto options across 170+ assets including cryptocurrencies, commodities, stocks, and forex. Perpetual contracts

Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya raised Micron Technology's price target to $1,550 from $1,500 with a Buy rating, citing the accelerating AI memory supercycle. The upgrade follows Micron's Q3 FY2026 revenue of $414.6 billion, up 346% year-over-year. Micron operates as one of three global High

President Trump recently claimed the US is experiencing a manufacturing boom as stock indices reached record highs, with the S&P500 opening at an all-time high and adding $255 billion in market capitalization while the Dow Jones rose 690 points to a record close. The rally was driven by

According to sources, the Trump administration is preparing to implement price floors and tariffs on polysilicon and related products imports. Polysilicon is a foundational material for semiconductor wafers and solar panels. The measure extends beyond tariffs alone to include minimum import price co

Namsung announced its Q2 preliminary results on August 5 at 11:26 AM, reporting operating profit of 3.29 billion won, a 720.4% increase from the prior year period. The company's operating margin expanded 13.1 percentage points to 15.2%, while consolidated revenue reached 21.617 billion won,

According to DZ Bank, the bank downgraded Apple's rating from buy to hold with a target price of $310, citing margin pressure from memory costs. Apple's third quarter revenue hit $109.4 billion, up 16%, exceeding expectations, but guidance for the September quarter came in at 9–11% growth, a

Italy's June trade surplus came in at €4.232 billion, down from €4.793 billion in the previous month.

HubSpot ($HUBS) will report its second quarter earnings today, August 11, after the U.S. market close.

KOSPI rose 4% and KOSDAQ climbed 2.2% as foreign investors net bought 800 billion won while individual investors net sold over 1 trillion won. The rally followed a 2.7% surge in the Nasdaq the previous session, driven by easing Middle East tensions, strong AI-related earnings, and semiconductor

Italy's trade surplus with the European Union reached 1.577 billion euros in June, up from 845 million euros in May, according to official trade data.

The South Korean government proposed a stock price suppression prevention law targeting companies with persistently low price-to-book ratios (PBR). Under the proposal, companies whose PBR falls in the bottom 25% (KOSPI) or 10% (KOSDAQ) for 12 out of the recent 13 half-years face enhanced taxation on

According to CBC News, Namsung reported Q2 earnings on August 5, with operating profit surging 720.4% year-over-year to 3.29 billion won and operating margin expanding to 15.2% from 2.1%. Consolidated revenue reached 21.617 billion won, up 15.5% YoY, while net profit swung to 3.084 billion won profi

AMD CEO Lisa Su confirmed on the August 4, 2026 earnings call that the company's server CPU supply chain remains tight due to stronger-than-expected first-half demand. AMD has continuously increased EPYC supply throughout 2026 and plans further shipment increases in the second half, with full supply

US Treasury Secretary Bessent attributed Japan's rising inflation to yen weakness and elevated energy prices driven by the Iran situation. The Bank of Japan forecasts inflation reaching 2.5% this year while maintaining its policy rate at 1.00%, a decision supported by an 8-1 vote at the July

Broadridge Financial Solutions, a New York-listed fintech, announced that its Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform processed over $8 trillion in July. The blockchain-based repo platform processed an average of $365 billion per day last month, representing a 28% increase year-over-year. The

SK Telecom reported Q2 operating profit of 566 billion won and revenue of 4.3591 trillion won, meeting market expectations. The South Korean telecom operator's AI data center (AI DC) business drove growth, with Q2 AI DC revenue reaching 136.2 billion won, a 92.5% increase year-over-year. CFO Park

According to Morgan Stanley, global high-bandwidth memory (HBM) demand is forecast to reach approximately 6.08 billion GB by 2027, with Nvidia commanding 36% of total consumption and Google surging to 35%, narrowing the gap significantly. Google's rapid expansion is driven by its growing TPU v8i, v8

Predictions of an imminent dollar collapse have repeatedly failed to materialize despite years of warnings. The persistence of dollar strength coexists with dollar strain and record stock market valuations as separate but interconnected phenomena. Global capital continues flowing into US assets,

Eugene Investment & Securities analyst Heo Jae-hwan observed clear signs of market breadth expansion in global equity markets recently. The S&P500 Equal Weight Index reached an all-time high this week, gaining 14.9% year-to-date and outpacing the standard S&P500's 13.5% return, while the Dow Jones a