US-China Chip War EscalatesToday's Market Sizzle: Rising Rents, BlackRock's Boom, Investor Resets, and China's Chip Strategy
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Rent prices for apartment renewals are still going up, making inflation hotter. The Federal Reserve hopes to see lower inflation before cutting interest rates. Rent rises have slowed from their peak during the pandemic. Yet, it's unclear how fast they will drop to levels the Fed is okay with. Rent went up by 5.7% in March from last year. This is a lot higher than the usual rate before 2020. Even as new apartments are built, renewal rents aren't dropping as fast. In some cities, they rose over 7% in January. High rents are pushing back plans for people like Teresa Diaz in Detroit, who can't afford a huge rent hike. Economists think rent inflation will keep falling this year. But it's a wait-and-see game for now. BlackRock Hits Record Assets with Bitcoin Boost
BlackRock's assets hit a record $10.5 trillion thanks to strong stock markets and a popular new bitcoin fund. They made $1.57 billion, beating what experts thought they would. But, they didn't get as much new money as they hoped because people are wary of investing while interest rates are high. BlackRock's bitcoin fund did really well, gathering $18.7 billion quickly. The company is also focusing on private markets and technology, seeing good growth there. Even though their stock went down a bit, BlackRock is doing well and plans to use technology to work more efficiently. Rate Cut Dreams Shattered by Surging Inflation
Investors who hoped interest rates would drop a lot this year have had to change their plans. The prices of oil and metals went up, which made inflation stick around longer than expected. Now, people think the Federal Reserve might only cut rates a little, instead of a lot like they thought before. In the beginning of the year, everyone was more hopeful, but now they see things are still uncertain and prices might stay high for a while. Also, things are still busy in other places like Europe, with people changing their guesses on how rates will move there too. Even with all these changes, stocks have still gone up this year because the U.S. economy is doing well. China to Ban US Chips in Telecom by 2027
China is telling its big phone companies to stop using American chips by 2027. They want to use chips made in China instead. This change is bad news for two big American chip companies, Intel and AMD. These companies provide many of the chips used in China's phone systems. China is doing this to rely less on foreign tech and to improve its own chip-making abilities. The new rule could make Intel and AMD lose a lot of money in China, one of their biggest markets. This is part of a bigger tech fight between the U.S. and China, where both countries are trying to use more of their own tech and less from each other. That's today's Market Sizzle! Good trading, good life. You're currently a free subscriber to Josh Belanger. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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2024年4月13日星期六
US-China Chip War Escalates
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