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Who could have predicted back in March that things will take a dip in April 2024. Back then, everyday was a new test for the 3 Composite Indexes as they kept breaking new grounds, testing new limits. In less than a month, the market has become worse off than it was. (see below) How Did It Begin? If you asked me, it started around 10 Apr 2024 when US’s March CPI inflation data was released. (see above) This time round it came in much higher to the surprised of analysts. Headline inflation (3.5%) was higher than analysts’ forecast (3.4%) and was definitely higher than February’s data (3.2%). Initially Mr Powell tried his best to calm the market with his dovish remarks; while his team mates were more hawkish. Eventually on 16 Apr 2024, Mr Powell had to concede that falling inflation has grin

Market attention has shifted towards earnings season, with the U.S. stock market extending its rally. Spotify's stock surged 11.4% after exceeding Wall Street's first-quarter expectations and issuing an optimistic second-quarter guidance. Delivery giant UPS rose 2.4% after beating profit forecasts.Option market data shows that S&P 500 options continue to bet on far out-of-the-money put options, with call open interest shrinking, expecting a 5% decline over the next 2 months. QQQ options continue to bet on far out-of-the-money puts, expecting volatility over 3.7% before May 17th. Small-cap Russell 2000 options continue to add far out-of-the-money put positions, anticipating a potential 4.5% decline by June.Details: $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$<

Over the past 30 years, the Japanese yen moved beyond USD/JPY 155 for the first time, potentially prompting Japan to intervene in the market. Despite the Bank of Japan ending its negative interest rate policy last month, interest rates remain close to zero after the rate hike.Are there any money-making opportunities? “Mrs. Watanabe,” referring to Japanese housewives who speculate in the forex market, profit from fluctuations in the yen exchange rate. Mrs. Watanabe borrows low-interest yen and invests in high-yield foreign bonds or forex deposits, capturing interest rate differentials. When anticipating possible intervention by BOJ, Mrs. Watanabe takes a short position in USD. Would you, like Mrs. Watanabe, try to make money from forex? The decline in the yen is also positive for the Japane

Welcome to Thursday Special!U.S. stocks experienced a mixed session, surprising investors regardless of beats or misses. $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ beats the odds but takes a surprising dip of 10%, while $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ misses projections yet skyrockets by 10%. Share your stories of unexpected twists and turns in the stock market! 😲What unconventional moves have you seen? 💼📈To kick things off:If you have a 60% success rate in investing, it means out of 100 investments, you'll profit 60 times and lose 40 times. Setting both take-profit and stop-loss at 10% and -10% respectively results in a final return rate of 350%.🎁PrizesComment Rewards:All valid comments on the following post will receive 5 Tiger

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The UK stock market has hit an intraday record high, lifted by hopes of interest rate cuts and easing geopolitical tensions, after setting a new closing high on Monday. The FTSE 100 index touched 8,076 points at the opening bell on Tuesday, surpassing a previous high of 8,047 reached in February 2023. (source:guardian) on the us side, fed officials are not confident inflation is coming down below their 2% target. historically, the fed is slow to increase interest rate when inflation is creeping up and slow to cut rates when market is already at risk of recession.  $FTSE 100(.UKX.UK)$ pnf shows a new high. investors will most likely be buying up for fear of missing out. ukx is the leading indicator of the us market. the us market may not f

Two months ago, just because the financial report exceeded expectations, on the evening of April 24th, it immediately fell back to the starting line. Even though $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ had a comprehensive Q1 financial report that exceeded expectations, it still plummeted by 18%. What exactly is the market dissatisfied with? Investment pointsDoubts about user base? User scale is the basis of advertising revenue for social media companies. The company announced that starting from Q1 24, it will no longer disclose operational indicators such as DAU/MAU/MAP/ARPU, and will instead focus on the changes in ad impressions, similar to how $Netflix(NFLX)$ stopped disclosing subscriber numbers from 2025 and in

The Hong Kong stock market after hours yesterday, $New Oriental Education & Technology(EDU)$ announced its fiscal third-quarter results for 2024 (covering the three months ending February 29th this year) , and its share price plummeted by nearly 20% today. What's going on? Did their earnings blow up?In revenue, New Oriental revenue was $1.2 billion in the third quarter, a whopping 60% increase year-over-year.By segments, the number of schools and learning centers hit 911, up 27.9% from the previous year. Revenue from new educational businesses surged 72.7% year-over-year.New Oriental didn't separately disclose the revenue and financial status of $EAST BUY(01797)$ , which doesn't publish quarterly repo

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