☕️ [Task Coins Giveaway] Daily Market Talk — PCE Tests the Fed, Micron Tests the Memory Boom

Fed's Williams saw "no need for urgency" on the next hike, cutting October odds to a coin flip ahead of tonight's PCE. Then Micron reports before dawn Thursday, with Street targets from $1,100 to $2,000. Let's dig in 👇

💬 Which matters more for your portfolio this week: a hot PCE print or Micron's guidance?

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📊 Quick Recap — What Moved & Why

🇺🇸 US — Two Tests in One Night

🔑 Key Event: August PCE lands at 8:30pm SGT, expected at 3.7% headline and 3.3% core. $Micron Tech(MU.US) reports at about 4am Thursday SGT, after rising +1.1% to $1,065. $Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US) -0.26%, $S&P 500(.SPX.US) -0.17%, $NASDAQ Composite Index(.IXIC.US) -0.09%.

@Vt3 : Bears focus on cycles. Bulls focus on shortages. Micron is no longer just a memory cycle story: severe DRAM shortages, accelerating server demand and HBM4 create a second growth engine.

👀 Other to Watch

• $Tesla(TSLA.US) → -1.3% after lining up $30B in credit lines for AI compute, solar and a chip fab with SpaceX.
• $Apple(AAPL.US) → -2.7% as new CEO Ternus plans a leaner, faster-launching Apple; BofA flagged Muse bypassing Siri.
• $Meta Platforms(META.US) → +3.2% even as OpenAI launched always-on "Dots" agents to rival Muse.
• $Lumentum(LITE.US) +5.7%, $Corning(GLW.US) +4.7% and $Marvell Tech(MRVL.US) +4.5% as Barclays upgraded optical stocks and AT&T gave Corning a $3B fiber deal.
• $Taiwan Semiconductor(TSM.US) → +0.9% after reportedly lifting its 2nm output target 20% on stronger AI orders.

🇸🇬 Singapore — STI Drifts Ahead of PCE

🔑 Key Event: $FTSE Straits Times Index(STI.SG) eased -0.25% Tuesday to 5,715 and held flat this morning as investors waited on tonight's US data.

@FaithAnchor : Singapore banks are keeping the STI afloat as rate-hike expectations support sentiment. But REITs are feeling the squeeze: higher bond yields mean costlier refinancing.

👀 Other to Watch

• $UOB(U11.SG) -1.02%, $OCBC Bank(O39.SG) -0.31% and $DBS(D05.SG) -0.57% this morning after Williams cooled hike bets.
• S-REITs → the iEdge S-REIT Index is down about 12% this year and 5% this month as yields climb; $Lion-phillip S-Reit(CLR.SG) sits near its 52-week low.
• MAS → committed S$20M to boost liquidity in SGX small and mid-caps.

🇭🇰 HK/China — Carmakers Slide Before Golden Week

🔑 Key Event: $GEELY AUTO(00175.HK) crashed -7% Tuesday to a six-month low as profit-taking hit carmakers building their own batteries, and lost another -2.2% today; $NIO Inc(NIO.US) fell -5.29% today.

👀 Other to Watch

• $Z.AI(02513.HK) +2.85% and $MINIMAX-W(00100.HK) +3.07% this morning after two days of AI-model selling.
• $SHEIN-W(00625.HK) → closed -10% Tuesday after results; Stock Connect pauses from Friday for Golden Week.

🌍 Other to Watch

• 🇺🇸 The 30-year Treasury yield touched 5.61%, its highest since 2002, before Williams' comments pulled the 2-year lower.
• 🇦🇺 Australia's central bank hiked 25bp to 4.60%, its highest since 2011, and said it would hike again if needed.
• 🇺🇸 Washington will lend 40 million barrels from its oil reserve; crude fell on the day.

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