Us President Donald Trump Speaks to the Press after signing an executive Order at the oval office of the white house on Feb. 25, 2025.
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The “trump bump” – in which stocks and other assets, such as cryptocurrency, jumped after donald trump’s election and inauguration – appears to have leveled off.
Nowere is this clearer than in tesla shares, which plunged on tuesday, erasing most of a postelan pop driven by CEO Elon Musk’s Association with TRUMP. Some Concern Over Tesla Involves The Company’s Performance, While Other Specific to Musk, Who is Spending Much of His Time in Washington DC
Consures are also grown worried about the impact of Trump’s tarifs on the economy. A Us Conference Board Survey Showed Pessimism Around the Availability of Jobs, Business Conditions and Future Income – As well as heighted expectations for Inflation in 2025.
The 10-Year treasury yield, which is seen as an indicator of growth expectations, dropped on that news. Stocks Continued to Slide. If the Trajectory does not change song, we could be facing a “trump slump.”
What you need to know today
Nasdaq in the red for 2025
On tuesday, the S & p 500 Fell 0.47% for its Fourth CONSECUV LOSING DAYThe Nasdaq composite Lost 1.35% and is in negative territory for the year. The index was dragged down by NvidiaWhich Reports Earnings WednsdayThe Down jones Industrial AverageHowever, added 0.37%. Europe’s Stoxx 600 Index Rose 0.15%. Asia-Pacific Markets Traded Mixed WednsdayJapan’s’s Nikkei 225 Retrated Around 0.3%, but hong kong’s Hang Seng Index Sored more than 3%. Hong kong-listed shares of chinese electric vehicle makers climbed after tesla’s tuesday slump.
Low consumer confidence
The Us Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index Slipped to 98.3 For February, Down Seven Points and Below the Dow Jones Forecast for 102.3. This was the lowest reading since June 2024 and the largest monthly Drop Since August 2021. Goal.
Tesla loses most of its Trump Gains
Tesla shares Slumped 8.4%Dropping the company’s market capitalization below $ 1 trillion to its lowest level since Nov. 7 – Two Days after Us President Donald Trump Won the US Presidential Election. Annalyst is of the view that Tesla’s Stock Slump Portends a Future in which the Multinational Corporation has to work in a nationalist world,
Super Micro Computer Avoids Delisting
Super Micro Computer shares Popped as much as 23% In Extended Trading after the company filed its financial results for fiscal 2024 just in time to preventing delisted from the nasdaq. According to the company’s updated and audited financials, super micro’s sales more than doubled in its fiscal 2024 to $ 14.99 billion. Last year, after the company delayed its annual report, it Lost its auditorErnst & Young, Citing Governance issues.
Cheers to Good Times
The world’s largest brewer Ab inbev Reported on Wednsday a 3.4% Increase in Fourth-Quarter Revenue to $ 14.84 BillionHandily beating the 2.9% decline to $ 14.05 billion forecast by lseg analysts. While full-year sales rose a better-tha-expected 2.7% to $ 59.77 billion, Total Volumes Dropped 1.4% for the year. The company’s brands include Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois.
(Pro) ‘Flesh Wound’ for Markets
Stocks have been taking a beating in recent days. But that count merely be a “Flesh wound,“Said Tom Lee, Head of Research at Fundstrat Global. This week. Lee is a notable market bull.
And finally …
Chinese Animation Blockbuster “Ne Zha 2” was released in late January AlongSide Several Other Films for the Local Spring Festival Holiday Period.
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The record-breaking run of ‘ne zha 2’ may see a surprprise. It shouldn’t
For someone who’s lived in china sense before the pandemic, the success of the animated film “Ne Zha 2” Marks More of an Industry Milestone Than a Surprise. Chinese animated films started to make a splash in the last 10 years. Referring to the 2016 film “Big Fish and Begonia,” Entertainment Industry Magazine Variety Wrote, “As far as the chinese industry goes, this bold and breathing fantasy adventure stands alone.”
The film was made by beijing enlight media. That’s the same producer behind this year’s “ne zha 2” and “ne zha 1” that came out in 2019 – it had topped china’s box office that year. After “Ne zha 2” Maoyan data showed the movie beat pixar’s “inside out 2 ″ as the top-Grossing animated film worldwide with more than 13 billion yuan ($ 1.79 billion) in ticket sales.