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Due to Trump's tariff threat on Greenland, the US stock, bond, and currency markets all suffered losses last week. However, they rebounded after Trump's conciliatory 'TACO' remarks and robust US economic data, resulting in only minor declines for the three major indices. Gold and silver both made strong breakthroughs above key psychological levels.
This week, major events are happening at both macro and individual stock levels, making it an overwhelming period:
On the macro front, apart from this week's Fed interest rate decision meeting, there remains the risk of a government shutdown intensifying and the rise of a new 'dark horse' for the Fed chair, Riddell. On the individual stock side, four out of the seven US mega-cap companies will release their earnings this week ( $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ 、 $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ 、 $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ 、 $Apple (AAPL.US)$ ), with Tesla being the most anticipated. Additionally, a storage sector star that has surged more than tenfold in less than a year ( $SanDisk (SNDK.US)$ ) will also release its earnings report alongside industry giants Samsung and Hynix.
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