Nikkei is DOWN -4% following Ishiba's victory
The background: On Friday (after the close of Japan's markets) Ishiba, a 67-year-old former defence and agriculture minister, was elected LDP president on his fifth attempt and will succeed Fumio Kishida as Japan’s prime minister after a parliamentary vote on October 1 Immediately after Ishiba’s victory was declared on Friday, the yen surged more than 1 per cent against the dollar on market perceptions that he would not resist efforts by the Bank of Japan to normalise monetary policy and to push ahead with interest rate increases. Japanese equities had risen earlier on Friday amid expectations that one of Ishiba’s more market-friendly rivals would win. But Nikkei 225 now slumps more than 4 per cent as a response to the stronger yen.
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BREAKING: Super Micro Computer stock, $SMCI, has now been halted 3 TIMES and is down 13%.
This comes just minutes after the US Justice Department announced a probe into the company. $SMCI recently delayed their 10-K filing for FY2024. The company said additional time is needed "to complete assessment of its internal controls over financial reporting." Source: The Kobeissi Letter
BCA's Marko Papic (@Geo_papic) sees Chinese monetary & fiscal stimulus as a "fairly big deal": "This is Beijing’s 'Whatever It Takes' moment.
Effectively, Beijing has reached a point where the policy focus shifts from guarding against moral hazard to guarding against political risks." He bets, that we are at the start of a major rotation out of US assets. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg
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David Tepper, who runs the $6 billion hedge fund Appaloosa Management, is growing even more bullish on Chinese stocks amid the nation's new fiscal stimulus measures.
Tepper views China's stock market as more attractive than the US stock market due to valuation differences. Source: Markets Insider
