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As the mid-year financial report is approaching, AI stocks are facing the "financial Olympics". The consequences of failing to meet expectations will be severe.
The market has high hopes for AI technology giants, with second-quarter profits of AI six giants, including Nvidia, expected to grow by 30% year-on-year, far exceeding the 5% growth rate of the other 494 component stocks of the S&P 500. However, historical data shows that high-growth stocks with high valuations often face greater downside risk if they fail to meet expectations.
AH trends diverge, Hang Seng Index up 0.6%, CNOOC up 4%, national bond futures slightly rebound.
Rare earth permanent magnets concept stocks pull back, photovoltaic and lithography themes also weaken. Hong Kong's real estate, banks, and oil & gas stocks are strong, CNOOC up 4%, Agricultural Bank of China and China Merchants Bank rise more than 2%. After experiencing a sharp drop yesterday, national bond futures rebounded in early trading, with 10-year and 30-year national bond futures contracts rising nearly 0.1% in early trading.
Intense capital expenditure in the chip industry chain! Taiwan Semiconductor and Hynix are expanding production significantly.
Taiwan Semiconductor's capital expenditures are expected to reach $36 billion in 2025, the second highest in history, mainly for the research and production capacity expansion of the most advanced processes such as 2nm. SK Hynix of South Korea plans to invest as much as $74.8 billion by 2028, of which 80% will be used for research and production of HBM chips.
U.S. stocks closed with a thrilling increase in all three indexes, with most technology stocks rising. Amazon rose more than 2%, once again reaching a historic new high.
S&P 500 rose 0.09%, Dow Jones rose 0.09%, and Nasdaq rose 0.3%; chip stocks continued to decline, with Nvidia falling nearly 2%; Chinese concept stocks weakened, with Xiaopeng falling nearly 7% and JD.com falling more than 4%.
Tech Not 'A Bubble,' JPMorgan's Ward Says
JP Morgan Chief Markets Strategist EMEA Karen Ward says she believes in technology and artificial intelligence as "powerful" forces, but stressed the importance of "being careful about how you're actively managing some of that concentration risk." Speaking on Bloomberg Television she also says the tech industry is not in "a bubble."
U.S. stocks close | S&P 500 rises for two consecutive days, Amazon up nearly 4%, with a market cap exceeding $2 trillion; shareholder meetings could not reverse the decline, and Nvidia barely closed up.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed slightly higher, still hovering near its weekly low, while the seven sisters of American technology stocks rose together, with Tesla up nearly 5%; Micron's financial report is bullish but the guidance is not enough to surprise, and it fell more than 9% after hours; China concept stocks index is hovering near a ten-week low, with NIO Inc. up more than 6%.