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Midday update: NVDA just printed its biggest-ever quarter at $81.62B revenue and piled on an $80B buyback. SpaceX officially filed for IPO under ticker SPCX. And Singapore pulled off a double this week — overtaking Indonesia as SEA's largest stock market while locking in OpenAI's first overseas lab with a S$300M commitment.

💬 Today's 3 Big Questions

1. NVDA Q1 revenue hit $81.62B, $80B buyback authorized, dividend raised significantly — the AI chip supercycle is still running hot. Do you think NVDA can sustain this growth pace into H2 2026, or is the easy money already behind us?
2. SpaceX officially filed for IPO as SPCX, with Musk keeping 85.1% and pocketing 200M performance-linked B-class shares. Given this governance structure, would you buy SPCX at IPO, stick to concept plays like Rocket Lab, or skip the whole thing?
3. OpenAI commits S$300M to Singapore and its first overseas Applied AI Lab, the same week SGX surpasses Indonesia as SEA's top market. Which Singapore-listed company do you think stands to benefit most from this AI investment wave?

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📊 Quick Market Recap

🌍 Global Macro & Markets

• Oil dropped 5% after Trump declared US-Iran negotiations in their "final stage"; new transit rules for the Strait of Hormuz are drawing close attention from shipping and energy markets
• Gold and silver both strengthened — unusual to see safe-haven metals rally alongside equities, suggesting some investors remain unconvinced by the geopolitical resolution narrative
• Samsung Electronics reached a wage agreement with its union, pausing a prolonged strike; Korean semiconductor stocks jumped over 5% in pre-market — a positive read-through for the global semis supply chain

🇺🇸 US Markets: "NVDA Earnings + SpaceX IPO — A Historic Night"

• 📈 S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow all closed up over 1%; semiconductor stocks led the broad-based rally
• NVIDIA (NVDA) — Q1 revenue reached a record $81.62 billion, beating consensus; board authorized an $80 billion share buyback and raised dividends significantly; stock up 1%+ in after-hours trading
• SpaceX — Filed formally for IPO under ticker SPCX; Musk to retain 85.1% with 200 million performance-linked B-class shares; over 70% of capital expenditure allocated to AI infrastructure
• Anthropic — Q2 revenue projected to double to $10.9 billion, with the company on track for its first-ever profitable quarter; separately, signed a $1.25 billion/month compute deal with SpaceX, cementing a major AI infrastructure partnership
• Applied Digital (APLD) — +7%+ after hours after announcing a large-scale lease agreement with a hyperscaler cloud provider
• Rocket Lab (RKLB) — -8%+ after hours following plans to raise up to $3 billion via a new common stock offering

🇸🇬 Singapore Markets

• Singapore overtook Indonesia as Southeast Asia's largest stock market this week, amid a slump in Indonesian equities driven by currency weakness, fiscal policy concerns, and declining investor confidence in central bank independence; SGX head of equities Ng Yao Loong attributed the milestone to growing trust in Singapore's market depth and liquidity
• OpenAI commits S$300 million to Singapore, establishing its first international Applied AI Lab and pledging to hire over 200 AI specialists; MOU signed with Singapore's MDDI on May 20 at ATxSummit
• Singtel (Z74.SG) — FY2026 full-year net profit up 40% to S$5.61 billion; H2 underlying net profit grew 10.6% to S$1.4 billion despite reported H2 net profit falling 20.9% to S$2.2 billion; total annual dividend 18.5 Singapore cents (record); open to Optus minority partner; Singtel to transfer Superbank stake to GXS Bank (Grab-Singtel JV); closed at S$5.02 (▲S$0.04)
• City Developments (C09.SG) — Q1 Singapore residential sales fell sharply to 242 units (S$609.6 million), from 795 units (S$1.9 billion) a year ago; global hotel RevPAR improved; closed at S$8.07 (▼S$0.15)
• Singapore and the World Bank Group launched the Singapore Carbon Markets Programme to address barriers in global carbon market development

📅 Key Events Tonight / This Week

• 🇺🇸 US Initial Jobless Claims + Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index — May 22 (SGT evening)
• 🇺🇸 SpaceX IPO (SPCX) — officially filed today; follow ongoing developments
• 🇸🇬 Singapore April CPI data — expected this week
• 🇸🇬 Singapore nuclear energy policy follow-up — ongoing
• 🇸🇬 ATxSummit 2026, Capella Singapore — ongoing this week

Disclaimer: For reference only, not investment advice.