Weekly: CPI at 3-Year High, Semiconductor Equipment Soars,5 Macro Events Reshaping Markets This Week
Last Week's Recap 1. CPI at 3-Year High, Small-Cap Records, AI Hardware Boom, and the 'New Fed' Debut Jagged path — S&P 500, NASDAQ, and Dow each +0.7% after a Wed sell-off and Thu-Fri rebound; still below early June records. Elevated inflation — May CPI at 4.2% (highest in 3+ years); May PPI surged to 6.5%, highest since November 2022. Small-cap record — Russell 2000 hit a record high, up ~4% for the week and 19% YTD. European rate hike — ECB hiked 25bp for the first time since 2023, lifted inflation forecast, downgraded growth outlook. Oil's bumpy ride — Crude jumped above $93 Wed then fell to ~$84 Fri (lowest since mid-April), down ~6% for the week. Volatility push-pull — VIX spiked to highest since April 7 on Wed, but closed Fri nearly 18% below prior week. Sentiment uptick — Michi
ARKW Investment Tracker position change: Increased position in Alibaba by 2,760 shares, the number of shares held increased 2.11% compared to the previous period and now represents 0.98% of the total position.
$BABA-W(09988)$ $BABA-W(09988)$ I'm no longer bearish with Alibaba as the price hit as low as 106 last week. I manage to buy at 106.7 as I think it is oversold. Now Alibaba is consider cheap again. I was considering to buy into tencent but I think Alibaba will bring more value over the longer term. I expect Alibaba price to recover and will hit 200 by year end.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is an investment holding company mainly engaged in the provision of technology infrastructure and marketing platforms. The Company operates its business through four segments. The Alibaba China E-commerce Group segment is mainly engaged in E-commerce business, including operating Tmall Supermarket and Tmall Global, providing customer management services, product sales, as well as logistics services. It also operates quick commerce business such as Taobao Instant Commerce and Ele.me, as well as the China commerce wholesale business through 1688.com. The Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group segment is mainly engaged in international commerce retail and wholesale business, operating platforms such as AliExpress, Trendyol, Lazada and Alibaba.com. The Cloud Intelligence Group segment mainly provides public and non-public cloud services. The Other segments primarily include the operations of Freshippo, Cainiao, Alibaba Health and other business.
04-27
Stock Split
APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED SPIN-OFF BY THE HONG KONG STOCKEXCHANGE