Black Monday, widespread plunge | Today's important news review
0407 ｜ Dolphin Research Key Focus:
🐬 Macroeconomics/Industry
1. After the "tariff nuclear bomb" exploded, on Sunday, senior economic officials from Trump refuted investors' concerns about inflation and recession, insisting that "despite global tariffs causing market turmoil, prosperity is on the way." Market panic was intense, gold prices fell, and both Hong Kong and A-shares plummeted, leading to a "Black Monday" globally. The People's Daily subsequently suggested that "monetary policy tools such as reserve requirement ratio cuts and interest rate reductions have ample room for adjustment and can be implemented at any time" to stabilize market sentiment. The Central Huijin Investment Ltd. is also actively conducting market stabilization operations, and we will continue to monitor the actual implementation of policies.
🐬 Individual Stocks
1. $Meta Platforms(META.US)
Meta has launched its most powerful open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model, Llama 4, which currently has two versions named Scout and Maverick. Scout is suitable for lightweight tasks, such as summarizing documents and processing code repositories; while the Maverick scenario is suitable for multimodal tasks, like documents, icons, PDFs, etc. Additionally, a third version called Llama 4 Behemoth is reported to have nearly 20 trillion total parameters, with 288 billion active parameters, according to official data. However, this version has not been officially released yet. The market feedback on Llama 4 has generally been mediocre, and coupled with the impact of the tariff storm, Meta's stock price has continued to decline in after-hours trading.
2. $Microsoft(MSFT.US)
Today, a screenshot of an email regarding "Microsoft ceasing operations in China" circulated on social media. The email stated that due to changes in the geopolitical and international business environment, Microsoft would adjust its global strategic layout and officially cease operations in China starting April 8, 2025. However, this email actually pertains to a Microsoft outsourcing company, which is expected to lay off 80% of its employees. The information has been confirmed to be false, but it is still necessary to pay attention to Microsoft's ongoing adjustments in the Eurasian region amid an increasingly complex international business environment.
🐬 Leading Sectors
Shanghai and Shenzhen: Agricultural products;
Hong Kong stocks: Office services and supplies;
U.S. stocks: Residential construction companies, footwear, computer and electronic product retailers
🐬 Tomorrow's Focus
1. None.
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