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Tesla jumped 15% on Monday after Elon Musk’s surprise visit to China resulted in a partnership with Baidu’s maps and navigation features that cleared the way for Tesla’s full-self driving cars in China. The S&P500 advanced 0.32% while Nasdaq 100 gained 0.36% as the US 2-year yield remained a touch below the 5% level. The Federal Reserve (Fed) starts its two-day policy meeting today and deliver its latest policy verdict tomorrow. We are preparing to hear Jerome Powell ask for more patience and for more time to abate inflation.
Happily, the earnings season is going well. The latest stats suggest...

The S&P500 record its best performance since October 2023 despite unfavourable economic data for both the US economic outlook and Federal Reserve (Fed) expectations last week. Tech stocks led the rally, market reaction to Big Oil’s weak earnings was mixed wile Friday’s higher-than-expected core PCE print didn’t weigh much on investor sentiment, as most of the price action due to the inflation disappointment happened after Thursday’s GDP report.
This week, two more Magnificent 7 companies – Apple and Amazon – will report their Q1 earnings, the US will reveal the latest jobs data and the Fed will decide.
In currencies,...

Facebook’s Meta went on a 10% freefall yesterday, even after the company announced better-than-expected earnings, but didn’t pull the rest of the tech stocks down with it yesterday. Nvidia gained more than 3% while Tesla jumped another 5% - don’t ask me why.
On the macroeconomic stage, the news were not bright. The first estimate for the US Q1 growth showed that the US economy slowed way more than expected in Q1 and threw a wrench into the soft-landing dream and sparked fears of stagflation, where the economy slows down while inflation persists – which would force the Fed to...

Meta fell 15% in the afterhours trading despite earnings beat as investors didn’t like the weaker-than-expected revenue forecast for the current quarter and even less the news that the company will be spending more money to improve its AI capabilities. Tesla jumped 12% regardless of revenue miss. Google, Microsoft and Intel are due to report today.
So far, we observe that the high expectations have played tricks on stock valuations and the first set of earnings reactions warn that even strong results from Big Tech may not suffice to send their stock prices higher – if we start seeing growth...

Tesla jumped despite missing earnings and revenue expectations, Apple eked out gains despite news of a 19% drop in Chinese iPhone sales. Texas Instruments rose on a bullish revenue forecast for the current quarter hinting at a slower decline in chip demand from industrials and car industry. Spotify rallied 11% after its CFO said that ‘historical price increases have had minimal impacts on growth’ Meta, Ford and IBM will report today.
The S&P500 rebounded on Tuesday thanks to a decline in US yields following a set of lower than expected PMI figures from the S&P Global and a strong sale...

The bitcoin halving is now through, but will the fees remain high? Will we still see volatility in the markets?

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00:53 Bitcoin
07:28 Ethereum
09:43 Subscribe & Good bye

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The week started on a hopeful note after the de-escalation of tensions between Israel and Iran. Gold and oil retreated, equities gained. Bitcoin was better bid following halving while cocoa futures continued to fluctuate near record highs.
On the economic calendar, a series of PMI data are expected to confirm a slight improvement in global activity levels and a further divergence in US rebound. On the corporate calendar, tens of S&P500 companies are preparing to report their Q1 earnings.
Among them, Tesla is due to reveal its Q1 results after the bell and the expectations are weak. The selloff could...

The week starts with a relief rally in equities following a calm weekend on the geopolitical scene. The US 2-year yield pushes above 5% ahead of US GDP and PCE updates. Four of Magnificent 7 are due to report earnings this week.
US crude kicks off the week under selling pressure, near the $81.50pb level. The US 2-year yield has been testing the 5% level since 10th of April and looks ready to go above this week.
The S&P500 had their worst week in over a year after less-than-ideal ASML and TSM results hammered appetite in chip stocks last week....

Oil and gold jumped on rising geopolitical tensions after Israel struck targets in western Iran as a response to last weekend’s attacks. Brent crude traded above the $90pb before easing, US crude shortly trade past the $86pb level, wheat futures jumped 2%, gold rebounded to a near-record level and Swiss franc gained. We will likely see a further flight to safety before the weekly closing bell on fear of further escalation of tensions during the weekend. In other hot commodity news, cocoa futures jumped close to 10% yesterday to above $11’000 per ton, and a hedge manager called Pierre Andurand...

We expected volatility before the halving, but is this normal? We'll dive into what's happening in the Bitcoin world just before the halving!

00:00 Intro
00:22 Preview
00:45 Bitcoin
05:54 Ethereum
08:44 Solana
09:28 Bitcoin-Halving Subscribe & Good bye

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