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☀️Happy Friday, dear traders! Look at the major news on this week's last trading session!

☄️ Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will discuss the economic outlook at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on August 23. Markets anticipate insights on potential interest rate cuts.

🇨🇳 China's home-price downturn eased in July, with new-home prices declining by 0.65% and existing-home prices dropping 0.8%, as government rescue efforts began to take effect.

📈 Asian stocks surged, with Japan's Nikkei 225 up 2.5%, leading a global rally. Fading US recession fears and a 1.3% drop in the yen boosted investor confidence and exporters' earnings.

👀 Alibaba's Q2 profit fell 29% to 24.27 billion yuan ($3.4 billion), missing forecasts due to intense competition and weak consumer demand in China. #ALIBABA stock is up 0.09%.

🇬🇧 UK retail sales rose by 0.5% in July, boosted by summer discounts and the Euros football competition, signaling increased consumer confidence.

💬 Wall Street's most volatile ETF, the MicroStrategy 1.75x leveraged fund, launched amid a surge in risky investment products. It is attracting attention for its potential for sharp price swings.

🏪 Walmart beat Q2 expectations with $0.67 EPS and $169.34 billion revenue, raising its full-year outlook due to stable consumer health and a 4.2% rise in US comparable sales. The stock of #WALMART is up 6.58%.

⚙️ Applied Materials Inc. reported a Q3 profit of $1.705 billion ($2.05 per share), up from $1.560 billion ($1.85 per share) last year, beating estimates as revenue rose 5.5% to $6.778 billion. #AMAT stock is up 5.06%.

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☀️ Happy Wednesday, dear traders! Today, August 21, we're bringing you the day's most thrilling news highlights:

☄️ Bond traders have reached 23 million Treasury futures contracts, equivalent to about $1.5 billion per basis point, as they bet on Federal Reserve rate cuts before the Jackson Hole symposium.

🥇Gold prices soared to record highs above $2,530 as traders bet on US rate cuts, driven by a weaker dollar and lower Treasury yields.

📉 Warren Buffett continues to sell Bank of America shares, reducing Berkshire Hathaway's stake to 12% after selling $550 million worth of stock. #BAC stock is down 2.47%.

🇬🇧 The UK budget deficit reached £51.4 billion in the first four months of the fiscal year, increasing pressure on the government to raise taxes or cut spending to manage the growing financial gap.

🇨🇭The Swiss National Bank and SIX Stock Exchange have launched an instant payment system that covers 95% of retail transactions. Full bank participation is expected by 2026.

🇯🇵 Japan should target dynamic interest rates and prices to address economic distortions, with public debt at 250% of GDP and potential further rate hikes following the July increase.

🛒 Walmart raised $3.6 billion by selling its stake in JD.com, marking the end of an eight-year partnership and contributing 11% drop in JD.com's Hong Kong-listed shares. #WALMART stock is up 1.11%.

✈️ Stellantis CEO will visit Detroit this week to devise a plan for reversing the company's 40% drop in first-half operating income and 33% decline in vehicle sales in North America. Shares of #STLA.US are up 0.86% in premarket.

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👋 Good morning, dear traders! How are you? Let’s discuss the most exciting news for the beginning of the week.

☄️ Goldman Sachs forecasts gold will hit $3,000 per ounce by December 2025, driven by central bank demand, ETF inflows, and Fed rate cuts. Current spot gold is at $2,584 after peaking above $2,790 last month.

🔥 #NVIDIA is set to shake the markets this week with an expected 85% year-on-year profit surge to $0.74 per share and an 81.1% revenue jump to $32.8 billion, reinforcing its dominance in AI chip technology.

📝 #WALMART is leveraging AI, including generative models, to enhance online sales this Black Friday, improving 850 million catalog data points and streamlining processes with nearly 100x less staff required for similar tasks.

📣 #ALIBABA plans to issue up to $5 billion in dollar and yuan bonds with maturities ranging from 3.5 to 30 years to refinance offshore debt and fund its share buyback program.

📆 CALENDAR FOR TODAY - 2024.11.18

🔥 Monday:

🇪🇺 ECB President Lagarde Speaks - 20:30 GMT+2

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💵 #NVIDIA will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI to build AI data centers with 10 gigawatts of capacity powered by as many as 5 million Nvidia chips, making it one of the largest tech infrastructure deals ever, with Nvidia’s stock at $183.61 today.

⛽️ Traders are already betting European gas could surge to €50/MWh next summer — about 60% above current levels near €32 — with volatility easing and US natural gas futures at $2.79 today.

😁 US tech stocks held steady after President Trump unveiled a $100,000 H-1B visa fee, a move that could raise labor costs for firms like Amazon (10,044 approvals), Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft, while shares of major visa sponsors such as Cognizant, JPMorgan, and Intel moved between -1.7% and +1.9%.

🛒 #WALMART -backed Flipkart has invested $30 million in its fintech arm Supermoney, which now processes about 257 million UPI transactions monthly and has disbursed over $700 million in loans, with Walmart’s stock at $102.82 today.

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📆 CALENDAR FOR TODAY - 23.09.2025

🇪🇺 German Flash Manufacturing PMI – 10:30 GMT+3
🇪🇺 German Flash Services PMI – 10:30 GMT+3
🇬🇧 Flash Manufacturing PMI – 11:30 GMT+3
🇬🇧 Flash Services PMI – 11:30 GMT+3
🇺🇸 Flash Manufacturing PMI – 16:45 GMT+3
🇺🇸 Flash Services PMI – 16:45 GMT+3
🇺🇸 Fed Chair Powell Speaks – 19:35 GMT+3
🇨🇦 BOC Gov Macklem Speaks – 21:15 GMT+3

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