Jay Qian

Macroeconomic Landscape: The U.S. manufacturing sector expanded for the fifth consecutive month in May, with the ISM Manufacturing PMI rising to 54.0, up Upcoming Events: The coming week will feature significant economic data releases, including the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) for May on June 10

TradingKey - On June 1 (Eastern Time), Anthropic officially filed for a confidential IPO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and is poised to become the first AI startup with a trillion-dollar valuation.

TradingKey - Over the past decade, competition in the semiconductor industry has centered on process nodes, production capacity, and CPU performance. In the AI era, market focus has shifted toward power consumption control; those who can balance computational power with energy efficiency are poised to emerge as winners in the next cycle. Driven by this logic, ARM-related stocks have gained significant attention in capital markets.

TradingKey - On the afternoon of June 5 (Seoul time), NVIDIA (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang arrived at Seoul Gimpo International Airport from Taiwan. Immediately upon landing, he shared a significant prediction with the media and public, stating that robotics will become South Korea's next major industry.

TradingKey - During the Asian trading session on June 5, global AI and semiconductor sectors faced selling pressure as Broadcom's (AVGO) AI business earnings guidance fell short of expectations. Panic sentiment quickly spread to Asia-Pacific markets, with both Japanese and South Korean stock markets declining.

TradingKey - On June 12, Eastern Time, SpaceX will list on Nasdaq with a valuation of $1.77 trillion, raising $75 billion and setting a new global IPO record. However, on the eve of the IPO, S&P was the first to shut the door. On June 4, S&P explicitly refused to modify fast-track inclusion rules for mega-IPOs like SpaceX.

TradingKey - On June 4, Eastern Time, U.S. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren formally invited NVIDIA (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang to testify at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on June 11 regarding NVIDIA’s operations in China, U.S. export control policies, and AI chip sales.

TradingKey — On June 4 (ET), digital news platform NOTUS reported, citing three people familiar with the matter, that senior U.S. officials have held preliminary talks with several major artificial intelligence companies. The central focus of these discussions is whether the government could take equity stakes in these firms. The plan is currently ongoing, and specific details remain subject to change.

TradingKey - Broadcom (AVGO) reported AI business earnings guidance that fell short of expectations, triggering a sell-off in tech and chip stocks as capital rotated into previously underperforming sectors such as healthcare and finance. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average bucked the trend t

TradingKey - During the Asian trading session on June 4, SoftBank Group’s share price plunged over 11%, marking its largest single-day decline in months. The tech investment giant is facing renewed market scrutiny over its highly leveraged AI betting strategy, while an overnight broad sell-off in U.S. tech stocks accelerated the adjustment.

TradingKey - During the Asian session on June 4, Japanese and South Korean equity markets failed to sustain their previous momentum, as both major indices trended lower across the board. The Nikkei 225 Index fell 1.36% to close at 67,470.47 points. South Korea’s KOSPI Index opened with a gap down, with intraday losses exceeding 2% at one point, before eventually closing down 1.84% at 8,639.41 points.

TradingKey - On June 3, ET, assets under management (AUM) for the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO), an exchange-traded fund tracking the S&P 500 Index under the Vanguard Group, surpassed $1 trillion. It has become the world’s first ETF to reach the trillion-dollar milestone, setting a new record for the passive investment industry.

TradingKey - SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won met with TSMC (TSM) Chairman C.C. Wei on Wednesday during COMPUTEX Taipei. The two parties reached a consensus on next-generation AI technology trends and agreed to expand cooperation in High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and advanced packaging. According to information disclosed on SK hynix's official website, the two sides will integrate SK hynix's HBM technology with TSMC's advanced packaging processes.

TradingKey - The latest conflict between the United States and Iran pushed up oil prices, ending a winning streak in the stock market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.21%; the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 0.89%; and the S&P 500 Index fell 0.73%. The three major indexes had previously hit reco

TradingKey – June 2: SoftBank Group is in advanced talks to invest an additional US$300 million in German industrial robotics firm Agile Robots. This funding round is expected to total approximately US$800 million, which will be used for capacity expansion and global market development.

TradingKey - During the Asian session on June 3, the Nikkei 225 Index rose over 2%, driven by the AI boom, to surpass the 68,000-point psychological level for the first time in history. South Korean stock markets were closed for the day due to local elections.

TradingKey - Samsung Electronics showcased its eighth-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM5) prototype for the first time at Computex 2026 and announced that it has delivered 12-layer HBM4E samples to customers. SK Hynix unveiled its differentiated heat dissipation technology "iHBM" on the eve of the event, with mass production of HBM5 expected between 2029 and 2030. Micron Technology (MU) is also accelerating its catch-up efforts. The competition is evolving from a race for speed into a contest of heat dissipation and packaging capabilities, where the choice of Nvidia (NVDA), the primary customer, remains decisive.

TradingKey - On June 2nd, Eastern Time, the COMPUTEX conference boosted AI sentiment, leading to a rally in US tech stocks. All three major indices hit new closing highs: the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.45% to 51,307.79 points, the S&P 500 rose 0.13% to 7,609.78 points, and the Nasdaq Compos

TradingKey — According to media reports on June 2, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won issued several major signals at the GTC conference in Taipei. He explicitly stated that SK Hynix plans to double its memory chip wafer capacity within the next five years, with the goal of becoming the primary HBM chip supplier for Nvidia’s next-generation AI computing platform, the Vera Rubin system. Furthermore, the company aims to further expand its diversified partnerships in Taiwan.

TradingKey - Japanese and South Korean stock markets closed mixed on Tuesday. The Nikkei 225 Index finished 0.30% lower at 66,734.02, while the KOSPI rose 0.15% to close at 8,801.49.