Beijing’s powerbrokers are credited with winning Iran over, although one analyst says they were ‘pushing an open door’ Middle East crisis – live updates As the world struggles to make sense of what, if anything, was achieved by the ceasefire deal announced by the US and Iran on Tuesday, one major power that stands to win regardless is China. Beijing’s powerbrokers are being credited with pushing I...
Beijing’s powerbrokers are credited with winning Iran over, although one analyst says they were ‘pushing an open door’ Middle East crisis – live updates As the world struggles to make sense of what, if anything, was achieved by the ceasefire deal announced by the US and Iran on Tuesday, one major power that stands to win regardless is China. Beijing’s powerbrokers are being credited with pushing Iran towards agreeing to the ceasefire, bolstering its status as a regional mediator. In China’s tightly censored domestic media, articles basking in the glory of China being the grown-up in the room at a time of international crisis were allowed to circulate. Continue reading...
↘️ Micron Technology (MU): The memory-chip maker’s stock slumped more than 2.5% premarket, putting it on track to unwind some of the 7.7% gain it logged yesterday amid hopes that the Middle East cease-fire would unlock supplies of helium, which is key to chip production.
↘️ Micron Technology (MU): The memory-chip maker’s stock slumped more than 2.5% premarket, putting it on track to unwind some of the 7.7% gain it logged yesterday amid hopes that the Middle East cease-fire would unlock supplies of helium, which is key to chip production.
President Trump said that any peace deal would not allow nuclear enrichment in Iran, and would need to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, as conflicting messages surface over the terms of the ceasefire. (Image credit: Fadel Itani)
President Trump said that any peace deal would not allow nuclear enrichment in Iran, and would need to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, as conflicting messages surface over the terms of the ceasefire. (Image credit: Fadel Itani)
Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) have popped by close to 9% since the opening of trading on March 31, the day that the GPU maker announced its $2 billion investment in, and strategic partnership with, Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) . Image source: Getty Images. The deal gives Nvidia access to Marvell's semi-custom chips and optical interconnect capabilities, technologies that are crucial for mov...
Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) have popped by close to 9% since the opening of trading on March 31, the day that the GPU maker announced its $2 billion investment in, and strategic partnership with, Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) . Image source: Getty Images. The deal gives Nvidia access to Marvell's semi-custom chips and optical interconnect capabilities, technologies that are crucial for moving massive amounts of data across increasingly complex systems. As artificial intelligence (AI) data centers scale up in size, Marvel's custom chips and networking solutions, which are compatible with Nvidia's NVLink Fusion platform, can help address bottlenecks in memory bandwidth, power efficiency, and interconnect speed. Continue reading
BP PLC A BP Plc company logo stands illuminated on a sign on the forecourt of a gas station in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Photographer Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg
BP PLC A BP Plc company logo stands illuminated on a sign on the forecourt of a gas station in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Photographer Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg
Earnings expectations will need to be tempered because of the inflationary fallout from the war in the Middle East, according to BlackRock Inc.’s Helen Jewell . “If you look at earnings forecasts at the moment for the year, they’re still well into double digits — 15, 16, 17, 18% — so there’s a lot of headroom for the earnings to come down a little bit,” Jewell, who is international chief investmen...
Earnings expectations will need to be tempered because of the inflationary fallout from the war in the Middle East, according to BlackRock Inc.’s Helen Jewell . “If you look at earnings forecasts at the moment for the year, they’re still well into double digits — 15, 16, 17, 18% — so there’s a lot of headroom for the earnings to come down a little bit,” Jewell, who is international chief investment officer for fundamental equities at the world’s largest asset manager, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. Forecasts for stable earnings in the consumer sector are “hard to reconcile, particularly if you think about interest rates and the inflationary impact of what we’ve seen in the Middle East,” she said. There have already been some early signs of a change in bullish profit expectations. After weeks of analyst upgrades, Citigroup Inc.’s index of earnings momentum for the US turned negative last Friday, with downgrades outpacing upgrades by the most in nearly a year. Even so, analyst projections remain elevated at a time of high uncertainty and the risk of a surge in price pressures. Consensus expects S&P 500 earnings-per-share will rise 16% this year, which would be the strongest showing since 2021, according to data compiled by Bloomberg Intelligence. The first-quarter earnings season kicks off in earnest next week when JPMorgan Chase & Co. reports on Tuesday. Jewell said that the potential for increased earnings for energy and materials stocks was countered by downside for sectors like airlines, suggesting that profits would stay “pretty flat.” “Even if there was a full ramp-off today, these markets cannot normalize straightaway,” she said. “The market is underestimating the level of inflation that is likely to come through, that the oil price will remain sticky for a lot longer.” Concerns over the Iran war’s impact on inflation have turned interest-rate expectations on their head. Traders have shifted from predicting widespread policy easing this year to...
Scholar and author Sheng-Wei Wang discusses how studying an ancient Chinese world map led her to conclude China explored and mapped the world before the European Age of Discovery and how the legacy of colonialism and a Eurocentric record of global history continue to affect power dynamics today. SCMP Plus readers get early access to articles in the Open Questions series. What first made you suspec...
Scholar and author Sheng-Wei Wang discusses how studying an ancient Chinese world map led her to conclude China explored and mapped the world before the European Age of Discovery and how the legacy of colonialism and a Eurocentric record of global history continue to affect power dynamics today. SCMP Plus readers get early access to articles in the Open Questions series. What first made you suspect that it was Chinese explorers and not Europeans who launched the true Age of Discovery? The...