FRC fluctuated around 50% for a week! Bottom bank stocks or not?
$First Republic Bank(FRC)$ has fluctuated up and down by as much as 30% and 50% respectively in recent days.It declined more than 20% because....1) Institutions downgrade $First Republic Bank(FRC)$ 's ratingMoody's has re-evaluated FRC and other banks' credit situations, but S&P and Fitch downgraded FRC's rating, citing liquidity risk due to the bank's primary clients being wealthy West Coast residents with a lot of uninsured deposits.Additionally, Fitch noted that 61% of FRC's investment portfolio consists of long-term municipal bondsthat may not be able to help the bank cope with potential liquidity risks.2) It's rumored that&n
China's chatgpt product is livestraeming - Baidu dropped 10%
$BIDU-SW(09888)$ dropped nearly 10% as it's livestreaming about the new chatgpt-alike product: ERNIE botSome Chinese investors questioned about the pre-recorded processing on the press release.Will you short $Baidu(BIDU)$?
Cloudflare - directly benefits from ChatGPT concept
Are you confused about how to invest ChatGPT concept?In addition to the already well-known $Microsoft(MSFT)$ , $Alphabet(GOOG)$ , $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$ , web content distribution and network security leader $Cloudflare, Inc.(NET)$ will also benefit directly from the chatgpt concept. Analysts have given $Cloudflare, Inc.(NET)$ a price target of $150.Why $Cloudflare, Inc.(NET)$ is a good choice for investing in AI concepts?1) The company's solid fundamentalsIn the latest Q4 results re
Traders follow a number of indicators to determine whether a sideways channel is in effect. The Average Directional Index (ADX) is one such indicator.Sideways markets can be fertile ground for options traders, and there are a few popular strategies available that maximize opportunities created by the specific conditions present during a sideways channel.A short strangle is one such sideways option strategy. This involves selling both a put and a call simultaneously on the same security. The seller gets to keep the premium he receives on both options if they expire worthless — a more likely outcome in a sideways market.Because there is the potential for significant downside with a short strangle, this is a strategy that’s recommended for more experienced traders, though sellers do have the
Investors may get confused when they need to pick the best one from too many Chinese companies. ETF may be a good choice.Foreign investors also choose these ETFs as call options on a number of China market ETFs are surging in the past few weeks.The performance comparisons between SPX. and China-related ETFs in Nov.1) The iShares MSCI China ETF $MCHI(MCHI)$, which tracks the MSCI China Index, rose about 32% in November, with inflows of about $567 million to its latest size of $7.3 billion, according to the data.2) The $5.8 billion KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF
data from cmegroup; table made by meThis week, we need to focus on FOMC minutes and Retail sales.1. Retail sales at 8 pm SGT TodaySince about 70% of the U.S. economic growth is driven by consumption, retail sales data has an important guiding role in determining the status and prospects of the US economy.The data is very likely to cause fluctuations in the stock market.The current market forecast is 0.1%, compared to 1% growth last month, a significant slowdown from June.If this data missed the expectation, market's fears of recession we be intensified.2. FOMC minutes at 2 am ThursdayThe FOMC minutes released early tomorrow morning may not have much of an impact on the market.The Fed sh
The financial markets are currently awaiting the trial of a series of events.Wednesday1. 20:30 pm SGT-July CPIAfter the unusually strong non-farm payrolls data released on Friday, financial markets are waiting for the CPI data to come out.3 Focuses:A. Key data may be mixed.Economists expect that the yoy CPI increase in July may fall to 8.7% from 9.1% in the previous month.But after excluding food and energy costs, core inflation will rise to 6.1% from 5.9%.That said, while inflation is down, it relies heavily on lower volatility in food and oil prices (a major uncertainty in the inflation outlook: energy prices, which remain subject to the vagaries of geopolitics).B. The market's focus shifts to the speed and magnitude of inflation cooling.If inflation falls s
Boeing was approved to resume delivery of 787 Dreamliner
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said last week that the planemaker’s 787 team was in the final stages of preparing to restart deliveries, after which it plans to gradually increase output to five jets a month. Dreamliner handovers were largely halted in late 2020 as the US firm grappled with structural glitches.Boeing 737 DreamlinerSenior posted first-half results that beat analyst estimates and reinstated dividend payments.$Boeing(BA)$
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced a bill to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level on Thursday.This news gave a glimmer of hope to disappointed marijuana investors and beginning to expect a substantial advance in marijuana reform before the U.S. midterm elections.Marijuana stocks rose collectively amid optimistic expectations for marijuana reform.$Canopy Growth Corporation(CGC)$, and $Tilray Inc.(TLRY)$ saw their stock prices rise 15.7% and 6.55% respectively.In addition to inflation and interest rate hikes, another idiosyncratic factor in the continued downturn in marijuana stock prices is the delay and longer-than-expected duration of U.S. marijuana reform. As a res