An employee removes a silver bar for sale from the shelf in Costco in Bayonne, New Jersey, the United States, on Friday, October 4, 2024.
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What you need to know today
Colombia to see the first Trump tariff
US President Donald Trump books On its social media platform, it will immediately impose a 25 % tariff – which will increase by 50 % per week – on the goods of Colombia, as well as the enactment of other punitive measures on the Colombian government. American consumers may have to pay more for coffee and raw oils and cut flowers from Colombia.
The second win for American stocks
The main United States’ indexes fell on Friday, but still ended in the week higher, which is its second consecutive week of gains. General Europe Stoxx 600 It decreased by 0.05 %, but the week ended with more than 1 %. barbaric About 10 % jumped to a shallow decline from expected sales in the third fiscal quarter, while Ericsson fell more than 12 % after the company Defeated estimates For the fourth quarter profits.
A new rise in the alphabet
alphabet The shares were closed on Friday at $ 200 for the first time on the basis of a rate division. The company implemented the division of 20 shares for 1 in 2022. At that time, the stock was traded by about $ 2,750, equivalent to $ 137.50 after the division. Morgan Stanley Analysts highlighted Fridays on Friday from the products of artificial intelligence agent in Alphabet.
Mega Meta Investment
Dead CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday that the company plans to invest between 60 billion dollars to 65 billion dollars of capital expenditures in 2025. After the announcement, the shares of Meta closed at $ 647.49, which is the highest new level ever.
Trump’s intentions with Tijok
Reuters reported that Trump concluded a deal to save Tiktok operations in the United States, citing two people with discussions. The sources said that the deal will include Oracle. However, in the comments he made for journalists in the first air force on Saturday, Trump denied the participation of Oracle, and said “very essential people” talking to him about the purchase of Tijook. One of the two parties can be a confusing artificial intelligence, which has been proposed to innovation.
(Pro) that is dominated by profits week
Definition platforms, Microsoft and Timing Their profits are announced on Wednesday, followed apple On Thursday – Analysts believe that reports can determine the direction of the markets. Meanwhile, the US Federal Reserve concludes its meeting on Wednesday, when investors examine President Jerome Powell’s comments on hints on the interest rate path.
The bottom line
the S & P 500 It has been mixed in a side since the post-election jump in November-in 2024, which ended less than it was in the beginning of December.
There are signs that the markets finally wake up from their slumber. While some of the seven wonderful stocks struggled on Friday, both Alphabet and Meta platforms have ended today at their highest levels ever optimistic about artificial intelligence shows.
Although all major American standards decreased on Friday, they still end the week higher for the second time in a row. S & P and and Nasdak Each rose about 1.7 % last week, while Dow Jon’s industrial average 2.2 % rose.
S&P closed at a new height on Thursday and dug new during the day during the Friday session. An impressive way, it took only eight of the index’s sessions to gather from its lowest level in two months to a record height, male The founder of the Sundial Capital Research Jason Goeepert.
This rapid shift indicates that investors are growing that the emerging market is back.
Some of these feelings can be tracked to Trump’s statements at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, such as his pledge to “demand that interest rates decrease immediately” and comment that “Saudi Arabia and Obik will reduce the cost of oil.”
Low interest rates, in general, enhances economic activity, while cheaper oil reduces corporate costs.
But some analysts are concerned that investors may chant just a phantom.
“So far, the market’s reaction to every statement made by the president, even those that should not have any effect, said. “This indicates that merchants have not yet settled in their pace.”
In fact, the most realistic feelings of markets may be explained by gold prices. Instant gold prices rose on Friday to almost three months, indicating that some investors turn to the precious metal for safety amid uncertainty.
For those who are chasing the bull market, it may push to listen first to what the alloys say.
– Alex Harring, from CNBC, Yun Li and Sarah Min contributed to this report.
