Global markets
$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ -0.28%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P500 +0.36%, $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq +0.51%
Initial jobless claims reported 219,000 vs consensus of 214,000.
Investors are waiting tonight job data – NFP, estimate of 175,000 jobs January, much lower than 256,000 in December.
Chip...
$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ -0.28%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P500 +0.36%, $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq +0.51%
Initial jobless claims reported 219,000 vs consensus of 214,000.
Investors are waiting tonight job data – NFP, estimate of 175,000 jobs January, much lower than 256,000 in December.
Chip...



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$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ +0.71%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P500 +0.39%, $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq +0.19%
Earnings season retook the centre of stage and investors calmed down on deescalated trade war fears. US equities rallied, thanks to falling long-term interest rates and NVDA (+5.21%) and shrug off disappointing quarterly...
$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ +0.71%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P500 +0.39%, $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq +0.19%
Earnings season retook the centre of stage and investors calmed down on deescalated trade war fears. US equities rallied, thanks to falling long-term interest rates and NVDA (+5.21%) and shrug off disappointing quarterly...



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Columns Trader’s Look at Market – “Wall Street Rebound on Earnings despite China Retaliates” (5 Feb 2025)
Global markets
$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ +0.30%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P500 +0.72%, $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq +1.35%.
US equities rallied overnight and clawed back most of Monday’s drop despite heightened trade war fear. China hit back Trump while the US postponed 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico by 30 days, but he did not delay 10% tariffs on China, effective Tuesday. ...
$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ +0.30%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P500 +0.72%, $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq +1.35%.
US equities rallied overnight and clawed back most of Monday’s drop despite heightened trade war fear. China hit back Trump while the US postponed 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico by 30 days, but he did not delay 10% tariffs on China, effective Tuesday. ...



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$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ -0.27%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P500 -0.76%, $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq -1.20%.
President Trump’s decision to pause tariffs on Mexico and Canada cool geopolitical tension that may cause global trade war. Mexico agreed to supply 10,000 troops to help the US against illegal immigration.
Market expects tariffs to push up inflation because dom...
$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ -0.27%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P500 -0.76%, $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq -1.20%.
President Trump’s decision to pause tariffs on Mexico and Canada cool geopolitical tension that may cause global trade war. Mexico agreed to supply 10,000 troops to help the US against illegal immigration.
Market expects tariffs to push up inflation because dom...



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Columns Trader’s Look at Market – “Tough Market Tests Survivors; Analysis of NVDA option” (3 Feb 2025)
Global markets
$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ -0.75%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P500 -0.50%, $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq -0.28%
US President Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and 10% on China, heightening geopolitical tension and derail global economic growth.
Last week, risk sentiment was dampened by the emergence of China’s DeepSeek AI model. $CBOE Volatility S&P 500 Index (.VIX.US)$ VIX spike...
$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ -0.75%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P500 -0.50%, $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq -0.28%
US President Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and 10% on China, heightening geopolitical tension and derail global economic growth.
Last week, risk sentiment was dampened by the emergence of China’s DeepSeek AI model. $CBOE Volatility S&P 500 Index (.VIX.US)$ VIX spike...



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Columns Trader’s Look at Market – “Navigating market turmoil: DeepSeek shakes up AI industry” (31 Jan 2025)
Global markets
$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ +0.38%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P500 +0.53%, $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq +0.25%
Overnight, US equities ended higher as traders digested earnings reports, with encouraging signal from TSLA. APPL reported better than expected first-quarter results as stronger services revenue +14% y-o-y offset weaker sales.
$CBOE Volatility S&P 500 Index (.VIX.US)$ VIX decli...
$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ +0.38%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P500 +0.53%, $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq +0.25%
Overnight, US equities ended higher as traders digested earnings reports, with encouraging signal from TSLA. APPL reported better than expected first-quarter results as stronger services revenue +14% y-o-y offset weaker sales.
$CBOE Volatility S&P 500 Index (.VIX.US)$ VIX decli...



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The US equities retreated gain yesterday due to softer CPI. Risk sentiment was dented by tech weakness even banking posted strong earnings. All 3 US indices were in negative territory, $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ -0.16%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P 500 -0.21%, $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq -0.89%.
$U.S. 10-Year Treasury Notes Yield (US10Y.BD)$ US Treasury 10-year yield shaving off the rally fr...
The US equities retreated gain yesterday due to softer CPI. Risk sentiment was dented by tech weakness even banking posted strong earnings. All 3 US indices were in negative territory, $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ -0.16%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P 500 -0.21%, $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq -0.89%.
$U.S. 10-Year Treasury Notes Yield (US10Y.BD)$ US Treasury 10-year yield shaving off the rally fr...



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Soft CPI, market Yahoo! Overnight, market enjoyed risk off mode as CPI rosed by 0.4% monthly, and core CPI only increased by 0.2% monthly, below consensus of 0.3%.
Bloomberg source: US Treasury 10-year yield graph
$U.S. 10-Year Treasury Notes Yield (US10Y.BD)$ US Treasury 10-year yield took a pause from the recent high of 4.80% to decline to 4.6%. $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ +1.65%...
Soft CPI, market Yahoo! Overnight, market enjoyed risk off mode as CPI rosed by 0.4% monthly, and core CPI only increased by 0.2% monthly, below consensus of 0.3%.
Bloomberg source: US Treasury 10-year yield graph
$U.S. 10-Year Treasury Notes Yield (US10Y.BD)$ US Treasury 10-year yield took a pause from the recent high of 4.80% to decline to 4.6%. $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ DJ +1.65%...



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Bloomberg source: MYEG warrant as of 14 Jan 2025
$MYEG (0138.MY)$ MYEG warrants were actively traded on BURSA yesterday. Based on the table, $MYEG-C7C (MAYBANK INVESTMENT BANK BHD) (01387C.MY)$ MYEG-C7Z (stock code: 01387Z) issued by MAYBANK (market maker) closed at 0.060 with volume 102.464 million changed hand. This was actively traded.
Structured warrants are exchanged-traded option issued by banks and market made by maker makers. These warrants are sa...
$MYEG (0138.MY)$ MYEG warrants were actively traded on BURSA yesterday. Based on the table, $MYEG-C7C (MAYBANK INVESTMENT BANK BHD) (01387C.MY)$ MYEG-C7Z (stock code: 01387Z) issued by MAYBANK (market maker) closed at 0.060 with volume 102.464 million changed hand. This was actively traded.
Structured warrants are exchanged-traded option issued by banks and market made by maker makers. These warrants are sa...

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US PPI rose at 0.2%, softer than market consensus of 0.4%. This softer data helped to cool the rally of $U.S. 10-Year Treasury Notes Yield (US10Y.BD)$ US 10-year Treasury yield at 4.79% and $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P500 +0.11% while $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq -0.23%.
The biggest event risk will be CPI data to be released tonight, providing more cues on slow...
US PPI rose at 0.2%, softer than market consensus of 0.4%. This softer data helped to cool the rally of $U.S. 10-Year Treasury Notes Yield (US10Y.BD)$ US 10-year Treasury yield at 4.79% and $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ S&P500 +0.11% while $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ Nasdaq -0.23%.
The biggest event risk will be CPI data to be released tonight, providing more cues on slow...



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