On the first trading day of US stocks in the second half of the year, economic data continued to dampen market sentiment. US stocks showed volatility following the market opened on Friday (1st). After Micron released a lower-than-expected financial forecast, chip stocks fell all the way, but they bought in late trading. A move into utilities, consumer discretionary and real estate stocks, coupled with thin trading ahead of next Monday’s holiday, fueled the rebound in U.S. stocks.Dow JonesS&P andthat fingerSynchronized red at the end, onlyhalf feeIt closed 3.83%, and TSMC ADR plummeted nearly 6%.
Looking at this week,Dow JonesWeekly down 1.3%, S&P down 2.2%,that fingerThey fell 4.1% for the week, their fourth weekly decline in five.
In terms of data, the U.S. ISM manufacturing index fell to 53.0 in June, lower than the market consensus of 54.9, and the lowest since June 2020. Among them, the new orders index contracted for the first time in two years due to long-term tight supply and weak demand, further proof The U.S. economy is slowing rapidly.
The Atlanta Fed GDPNow indicator expects GDP growth to contract by 2.1% in the second quarter. Combined with a 1.6% decline in the first quarter, it met the technical definition of a recession. Despite the sharper contraction, it also fueled speculation that the Fed might end its rate-hike cycle sooner than expected.
Nomura Securities pointed out that the risk of a technical recession in the United States for the second consecutive quarter is rising, and the officially recognized economic recession in the United States may arrive in the fourth quarter.
Looking ahead to the U.S. stock market outlook, Goldman Sachs issued a report on Friday warning that the chances of another U.S. stock market slump are still high, as investors are currently pricing in only a mild recession. Morgan Stanley predicts that U.S. stocks may drop another 10% before bottoming. With the bull and bear indicators in their third straight week of extreme bearishness, analysts at Bank of America said the market was on the verge of a recession.
The global epidemic of new coronary pneumonia (COVID-19) continues to spread. Before the deadline, data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States pointed out that the number of confirmed cases worldwide has exceeded 548 million, and the number of deaths has exceeded 6.33 million. More than 12 billion doses of vaccines have been administered in 184 countries worldwide.
The performance of the four major U.S. stock indexes on Friday (1st):
Focus stocks
The five heavenly kings of science and technology have seen ups and downs. apple (AAPL-US) rose 1.62%; Meta (META-US) fell 0.76%; Alphabet (GOOGL-US) fell 0.21%; Amazon (AMZN-US) rose 3.15 percent; Microsoft (MSFT-US) rose 1.07%.
Dow JonesMore than half of the constituents closed in the red. McDonald’s (MCD-US) rose 2.46 percent; Coca-Cola (KO-US) rose 2.34 percent; Boeing (BA-US) rose 2.28%; Salesforce (CRM-US) rose 1.91 percent; Intel (INTC-US) fell 2.86%.
half feeTrapped in a sea of blood, multiple constituents including AMD, Micron and NVIDIA all hit 52-week lows. AMD (AMD-US) fell 3.66%; NVIDIA (NVDA-US) fell 4.20 percent; Applied Materials (AMAT-US) fell 5.18%; Micron (MU-US) fell 2.95%; Texas Instruments (TXN-US) fell 3.33%; Qualcomm (QCOM-US) fell 3.30%.
Taiwan stock ADR was the weakest with TSMC. TSMC ADR (TSM-US) fell 5.81%; ASE ADR (ASX-US) fell 3.09%; UMC ADR (UMC-US) fell 3.25%; Chunghwa Telecom ADR (CHT US) fell 1.53 percent.
Corporate News
apple (AAPL-US) rose 1.62 percent to $138.93 a share. Apple is regarding to release its latest earnings report on July 28, and JPMorgan Chase said that despite supply chain issues and macroeconomic conditions, Apple’s upcoming earnings may exceed Wall Street expectations.
TSMC ADR (TSM-US) fell 5.81% to US$77.00 per share, with a conversion price of 458.38 yuan, a discount-premium rate of 1.08%. Semiconductor companies revealed on Friday that due to high inventory levels, TSMC’s three major customers, Apple, AMD and NVIDIA, rarely placed revised orders, among which Apple’s new iPhone 14 shipment target dropped by 10%.
US memory chip maker Micron expects a sharp drop in sales in the third quarter and will cut production. Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said frankly that PC shipments will drop by nearly 10% this year, and smartphone shipments are expected to drop 5%.
Micron (MU-US) fell 2.95% to $53.65 a share on Friday, dragging down semiconductor stocks across the board, with PC maker Hewlett-Packard (HPQ-US) closed down 2.78%, Dell (DELL-US) fell 7.53%.
Meta(META-US) fell 0.76 percent to $160.03 a share. Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told employees a few days ago that a severe economic recession is on the horizon, with the number of engineers hiring at least 30 percent lower this year.
Auto sales fell 15% in the second quarter following GM announced on Friday that chip shortages and supply chain disruptions delayed production of nearly 100,000 vehicles. RBC commented: “Despite the disappointing news, it is worth noting that GM expects to complete production and sell to dealers by the end of 2022.” GM (GM-US) fell to a one-day low of $31.26 a share in early trading on Friday, before closing in a volatile 1.35% to $32.19 a share.
Airbus ADR (EADSY-US) rose 3.58% to $25.16 a share. China’s three major airlines announced on Friday that they had signed contracts with Airbus to purchase nearly 300 passenger planes totaling more than $37 billion.
Economic data
- The final reading of the U.S. Markit Manufacturing PMI in June came in at 52.7, 52.4 expected and 52.4 previously
- US June ISM manufacturing index reported 53, expected 54.9, the previous value of 56.1
- U.S. construction spending in May reported a monthly growth rate of -0.1%, expected 0.4%, and the previous value of 0.2%
Wall Street Analysis
Paul Kim, CEO of Simplify ETFs, said: “This year has been a push-pull war between inflation and slowing economic growth, and the Fed will need to tighten financial conditions to deal with the inflation behemoth, while trying to avoid it. Panic. I think the U.S. is in a recession now and the only question is how bad will the recession be? We are unlikely to have a soft landing.”
Michael Yoshikami, founder of Destination Wealth Management, predicts the Fed might cut rates as early as this year.
Yoshikami pointed out: “Inflation is getting out of hand now. The Fed will send a very strong signal that they are looking to control inflation, which will put the economy into an environment of slow growth, stagnant inflation or recession, and then I think the Fed It will start cutting rates once more later this year, and if the Fed brings the economy closer to recession and breaks high inflation, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.”
Juheng’s warm reminder: U.S. stocks will be closed next Monday (July 4th) for Independence Day.
The figures are updated before the deadline, please refer to the actual quotation.
