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What you need to know today
Rally to take a breather
U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, weighed down by stocks Semiconductor stocks fell, with semiconductor stocks down 8.1% UnitedHealth. Asia-Pacific stocks were mostly lower on Wednesday. Asian chip stocks including Tokyo Electronics and TSMC fell on disappointing forecasts from ASML and news that the United States may impose export controls on artificial intelligence chips.
ASML plunges
Shares of semiconductor equipment maker ASML plunged 16% on a downbeat earnings report. The Netherlands-based company believes 2025 net sales will be below the lower half of its previous forecast. ASML Although net sales exceeded expectations, net bookings for the September quarter fell short of expectations by €3 billion.
Better than ChatGPT
On Wednesday, Alibaba updated its artificial intelligence translation tool based on the Marco MT model. Based on the assessment, the Chinese e-commerce giant said its products performed better than those from Google and DeepL Benchmarking tool FLoRes. Alibaba’s artificial intelligence translation tool supports 15 languages.
Bank beats expectations
Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Citigroup Third-quarter earnings and revenue beat expectations. Goldman Sachs performed best: its profits increased by 45% compared with the same period last year. Compared with the same period last year, Bank of America’s net profit fell 12% and Citigroup’s net profit fell 8.6%.
(PRO) Repositioning to slow rate cuts
A strong September jobs report and higher-than-expected inflation data mean the Fed is unlikely to repeat a sharp 50 basis point rate cut at its November meeting. Here’s how strategists are repositioning themselves in light of changes in rate cut expectations.
bottom line
Despite the market’s decline on Tuesday, there’s still a lot to like about the current situation.
crushed ASML’s 16% of diving and Bloomberg reports On potential export controls on AI chips, semiconductor stocks: NVIDIA and AMD fell 4.7% and 5.2% respectively. This gives VanEck Semiconductor ETF This is the worst day since September 3rd. Nasdaq Index down 1.01%.
this Dow Jones Industrial AverageIt closed above 43,000 points for the first time yesterday and fell 0.75% today, falling below the 42,000 point mark again. UnitedHealth An 8.1% drop dragged the Dow down.
at last, S&P 500 Index down 0.76%.
Still, investors are the most optimistic in four years, according to Bank of America’s October global fund manager survey. They’re also optimistic about the economy: 74% of investors believe the U.S. will avoid a recession.
Michael Hartnett, investment strategist at Bank of America, said expectations for further interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve and expectations that Beijing will launch more stimulus measures to boost the economy are boosting investor sentiment.
Indeed, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly, who served on the FOMC this year, noted that the central bank is “still a long way from where[interest rates]might stabilize.” That means “the real decision before us is how quickly to adjust to that level,” rather than whether to keep rates high given the strength of recent economic data.
Another positive sign for the market was that the S&P and Dow hit all-time highs on Monday, but the Nasdaq is still a few percentage points away from its peak. “This subtle divergence is technical evidence that the market has moved away from the Big Seven,” wrote Craig Johnson, chief market technician at Piper Sandler.
–CNBC’s Jeff Cox, Samantha Subin, Yun Li, Lisa Kailai Han and Alex Harring contributed to this article.
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