Stocks jump, dollar rollercoaster as US tariffs paused – Feb 4 2025
Today’s Market News S&P 500, Nasdaq, pare losses as Trump’s Mexico tariffs paused India’s Gland Pharma reports higher Q3 profit as expenses drop Hong Kong Q4 GDP expands 2.4% y/y, slightly faster than forecast Taiwan to help companies relocate to US following Trump tariffs India’s January factory activity growth hit six-month high, PMI shows Key […]
US Stock markets – Jan 29 2025
Notables Notable Earnings Today: Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META), Tesla (Nasdaq; TSLA), Levi Strauss (NYSE: LEVI), ASML (Nasdaq: ASML), T-Mobile US (Nasdaq: TMUS), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Automatic Data Processing (Nasdaq: ADP), ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM), Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR), Danaher (NYSE: DHR), Lam Research (Nasdaq: LRCX), Western Digital (Nasdaq: WDC), Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC), […]
AI panic subsides with megacap earnings on deck – Jan 29 2025
Today’s Market News Japan’s GPIF to be allowed bid in bond auctions, Bloomberg News reports China Vanke’s shares jump on fresh state support, management reshuffle Hyundai Motor India reports lower Q3 profit on weak domestic demand, exports Thailand sees economy growing up to 3.5% this year on stimulus, foreign investment Key developments to markets on […]
US Stock markets – Jan 28 2025
Notables Notable Earnings Today: Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Boeing (NYSE: BA), Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX), General Motors (NYSE: GM), SAP (NYSE: SAP), Invesco (NYSE: IVZ), Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL), Xerox (Nasdaq: XRX), Lending Club (NYSE: LC), F5 Networks (Nasdaq: FFIV), Logitech (Nasdaq: LOGI), RTX (NYSE: RTX), Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF), JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU), Packaging Corp of […]
China’s AI drive hammers tech stocks – Jan 28 2025
Today’s Market News Take Five: Fed, ECB – and more from Trump China’s AI drive hits tech stocks, boosts safe havens Global economy takes Trump guessing-game in stride DeepSeek has investors questioning tech and AI valuations Broad risk-off mood grips markets; yen and Swiss franc gain US bonds rise, pushing yields to multi-week lows Oil […]
US stock markets – Jan 27 2025
Notables Notable Earnings Today: SoFi Technologies (Nasdaq: SOFI), AT&T (NYSE: T), Nucor (NYSE: NUE), Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE: ELS), Alexandria RE (NYSE: ARE), PotlatchDeltic (Nasdaq: PCH), W.R. Berkley (NYSE: WRB), Bank of Hawaii (NYSE: BOH), Seacoast Banking (Nasdaq: SBCF), Hope Bancorp (Nasdaq: HOPE), Crane (NYSE: CR), Transcat (Nasdaq: TRNS), Sanmina (Nasdaq: SANM), Western Alliance Bancorp (NYSE: […]
Asia equities slide with US stock futures on China’s AI push; dollar firms – Jan 27 2025
Today’s Market News China state-owned firms’ profits up 0.4% y/y in 2024 India’s ICICI Bank reports higher quarterly profit, helped by healthy loan growth Senior UK lawmaker says consumers and investors want truth on China cotton Senior UK lawmaker to write to Shein again on China cotton Shein tells UK lawmakers it does not allow […]
4Q 2024 passive income. Prep for 2025.
Happy New Year!Another quarter is behind us and it is time for another update.If you are following me on YouTube, you might have seen the update I provided in my YouTube community recently:My dad is still in hospital.I have yet to read the comments I have received in recent days on YouTube as I am […]
Wilmar at $3.00 per share. More on Alibaba.
Quite a few readers and viewers have been asking me on and off this year whether I was adding to my investment in Wilmar.I think more people asked me when Wilmar’s stock price went down to $3.20 and $3.10 per share.I kept saying that I was waiting for $3.00 per share.Briefly in August, I thought […]
AK is buying Alibaba shares!
I didn’t think there would be another blog post until the new year but I did something just now which would have surprised myself a few months ago.I bought some Alibaba shares.If you are rubbing your eyes to read that again, I know how you feel.However, if you have been following my YouTube channel, you […]
