Global Headlines to Know Before U.S. Stock Market Opens on FridayUS July Retail Sales MoM -0.6%, Expected 0.1%, Previous 0.2%US Stocks Hit ATH, Igniting FOMO! Citadel: S&P 500 Call Option Demand Surges to Highest Since 2016The Red Sea Puzzle Under Houthi Blockade: Saudi Tankers Quietly 'Disappear'U.S. Stock Market Preview | The three major index futures are mixed. U.S. July retail sales will be released tonight. Sandisk continues to rise over 6% in pre-market tradingActions Speak Louder Than Words! Gallup Survey: Only 3% of Americans Trust AI for Financial Management, Yet 1 in 5 Uses ItGUOXIN MICRO's H1 Revenue Rises 13% YoY, Net Profit Up 15% YoY; Acquisition of Ruineng Semiconductor Enters Key Review Phase - Financial Report InsightsFarewell to 'Not Ruling Out': SK Hynix Conducts On-Site Selection for Front-End Wafer Fab in the US, AI Giants' Pressure Forces Restructuring of Memory Supply ChainNot Micron, Not Sandisk. This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Memory Stock Could Be the Next Nvidia.Coach Parent Tapestry Reports High-Growth Earnings, but Market Remains UnconvincedSK Hynix Chairman: Prices Are Rising Too Fast, I ApologizeChina Mobile: Higher Taxes + Lower Fees — Propped Up by Big Dividends?Cook's final highlight before stepping down: Apple's Texas factory showcases Mac Mini production line, Trump administration supports American manufacturingWill the Midterm Elections Become a Watershed for the AI Bull Market? BofA's Hartnett: If Republicans Hold the Senate, AI Stocks Could "Soar" Until 2027Making money is important, but distributing it afterwards is even more crucialOn August 13th, Li Auto-W spent USD 3.7139 million to repurchase 605,700 sharesKorean Stocks Rise 11% to End Seven-Week Losing Streak, but Institutional Positions Haven't Caught Up—Is a Short Squeeze Imminent?While betting on the prosperity of AI computing power, also preventing crowded trading settlements! UBS aggressively bought Micron and NASDAQ Call options in Q2, increased holdings in Eli Lilly Call options, and index Put optionsBig short Michael Burry increases short position on NVIDIA: $500 billion trade criticized as "Wall Street gimmick," overshadowed by Enron scandalCITIC Securities International: Assigns Tencent Holdings Limited a "Buy" rating with a target price lowered to HKD 620The chairman of Tata Group unexpectedly stepped down, and the group's bets on chips, Apple iPhone, and its layout in Indian aviation have encountered uncertaintiesOpenAI and Anthropic Launch New Metric—'Cost-per-Task' to Better Measure AI CostsFrom computing power supply and demand to capital binding, ENVISION GREEN's business enters a new stageChina's Incremental Aggregate Financing to the Real Economy from January to July Reached RMB 22.25 Trillion, Up from the Previous Value of RMB 20.84 TrillionAre overseas losses peaking? Can DiDi's global ambition deliver?Morgan Stanley Analyzes SpaceX's Fastest Path to '1 Terawatt Compute': Not Data Centers, but 2.2 Billion RobotsSanDisk (Trans): 90 bn contract, 80% GPM, Adj. FCF margin 50% — all to shareholders!Report: Bank of Japan may raise rates as early as September, with pace of subsequent hikes potentially acceleratingETF Abnormality | Southern Double Long Tesla rises nearly 8% again as institutions indicate Tesla is accelerating its transformation from an electric vehicle company to a physical AI companyNanya Plastics Confirms Doubling of Electronic Material Prices This Year; Glass Fiber Cloth Shortage Most SevereGoldman Sachs leads the bridge institution capital, NVIDIA's $500 billion AI infrastructure financing kicks off: from "selling chips" to "selling assets"JD.com's Profitability Inflection Point: Why the Market Is Not Buying ItLG Innotek's revenue in the first half of the year came from Apple by over 10%Just in! Z.AI releases GLM-5.3 model, "built for coding," with performance rivaling Fable 5Z.AI Releases GLM-5.3 ModelNvidia CEO Jensen Huang Just Introduced a Bold $500 Billion Plan to Potentially Create Chip-Backed Securities. What Could Go Wrong?Goldman Sachs is negotiating with investors on financing deals for NVIDIA after securing key positionsFormer Japanese Finance Official Warns: Yen Intervention Could Recur at Any Time, BOJ Should Accelerate Rate HikesUnderstanding the Market | Gold Stocks Fluctuate Higher, China Gold International Surges Over 13% After Earnings, Lingbao Gold Rises Over 5%Xunlei's Q2 Revenue Grows Nearly 40%, Overseas Live Streaming Expansion Pressures Gross Profit MarginWindfall Ahead, AMAT Gets Cold Feet?The yen is once again approaching the 160 mark, and a former Japanese foreign exchange diplomat warns that the US and Japan could "jointly" intervene at any time, while the Bank of Japan may accelerate its interest rate hike paceGoogle launches the new version of Gemini Flash, but the flagship model 3.5 Pro is "difficult to produce," exacerbating concerns about its competitive capabilities at the forefrontSMIC (Trans): Price hikes lift GPM, depreciation still a drag