• July 19, 2024

Top tips for continuing investments in tech: Strategist

The tech sector (XLK) is continuing to see a downturn as some investors on Wall Street are rotating out into other sectors and small cap stocks (^RUT). With so much uncertainty from where interest rates will land for the rest of the year coupled with November's election outcome, investors may need to adjust certain strategies for their portfolios. EquitySet CEO Tony Zipparro joins Wealth! to give insight into the latest cycle of tech earnings and what investors need to know about investing in tech moving forward. Zipparo comments on which areas of the market will be most sensitive to rate cuts: "That's capital-intensive industries, right? Where you've got not the greatest-- where they're trying to get the profitability, right? You've got a lot of debt on the books. You really have to be cautious. Not saying that they can't continue to grow... because the kind of antithesis of that is we're in the middle of a multiyear expansion boom, and we're just taking a little pause here. But you're exactly right in you want to look for stickiness, enterprise spending...." For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Wealth! This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino

  • July 19, 2024

5 ETFs Making the Most of the Great Market Rotation

Wall Street is currently witnessing the "Great Rotation," with investors shunning hot technology stocks in favor of smaller companies and other sectors. ETFs, which were depressed this year, have started to gain momentum and hit new 52-week highs in the latest trading session.

  • July 19, 2024

ZA Bank Offers Reserve Banking Services For Stablecoin Issuers In Hong Kong

According to Odaily, Hong Kong's virtual bank ZA Bank has announced the provision of exclusive reserve banking services for stablecoin issuers under the new stablecoin licensing regime. This framework mandates that stablecoin issuers must hold reserve assets in local banks to ensure market stability. ZA Bank has become the first digital bank to offer such services and is collaborating with Yuancoin to promote innovation and stability in digital assets. The bank is currently in discussions with ten other stablecoin companies and is actively supporting the policies of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.

  • July 19, 2024

Hong Kong To Propose Stablecoin Regulation By Year-End

According to Odaily, Hong Kong's Deputy Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Joseph Chan Ho-lim, announced during a Legislative Council subcommittee meeting on Web3 and virtual asset development that the government is drafting the second version of regulations for stablecoin issuers. The aim is to submit the draft to the Legislative Council for review by the end of this year.

  • July 18, 2024

Solar industry, AI chip stocks, Fed rate outlook: Market Domination

The final trading hour of the day is here, and it brought Julie Hyman and Josh Lipton to break down the biggest market (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) stories and economic themes ahead of Thursday's closing bell. In today's episode of Market Domination, Wedbush senior equity analyst Dan Ives talks chipmaker earnings for this quarter as the AI chip trade recovers from yesterday's selloff. Former Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas Hoenig outlines the Fed's patience in waiting to cut interest rates, reminding officials of historical examples of what could happen if you cut rates too fast. Other top trending tickers on the Yahoo Finance platform include Abbott Laboratories (ABT) after reporting second quarter earnings, Meta Platforms (META) as it seeks to buy a stake in European sunglass maker EssilorLuxottica (EL.PA, ESLOY), Broadcom (AVGO), and Blackstone (BX) on its latest earnings print; Julie Hyman interviewed Blackstone President and COO Jonathan Gray this morning. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • July 18, 2024

AI still years out from 'physical' applications: Strategist

Big Tech has experienced a dip in the past few trading days as investors seem to be rotating out of the sector in favor of small-cap stocks. Spear Invest founder and CIO Ivana Delevska joins Market Domination to give insight into the current performance of the tech sector (XLK) and inform investors know what to keep in mind moving forward. Deleveska argues that Big Tech isn't going anywhere because, to truly implement AI in these businesses, it will take considerable investments.  Using Google's (GOOG, GOOGL) and Meta Platforms' (META) products as examples, she states: "As we go forward, it's going to take 2 to 3 years to see real applications come through. We are already seeing it on the early side with customer service and productivity improvement tools that are really leveraging the large language models, but the next level, the next layer of opportunity, will be in the physical, like robotics, autonomous driving, and that's going to take a little bit longer to play out. Nevertheless, you do need to make the investments today in compute to be able to advance these applications even a little bit. " For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino