CICC: Mkt Expects US Rate Cut Delay to June; Earnings of US Tech Leaders May Benefit from AICICC wrote in a report that a slowdown in the expectation of interest rate cuts by the US Fed is the main line of underlying assets performance in the US.
America reported over-expected CPI and PPI data, resulting in a delay in the expected timing of the interest rate cut, with US bond yield starting to lift.
Currently, the implied interest rate cut expectation of the CME interest rate futures has been
delayed to June, with
four rate cuts throughout the year. Gold fell below US$2,000 per ounce and the US Dollar Index approached 105.
US stocks meanwhile retreated, particularly growth stocks, but only to a limited extent, reflecting the divergence in expectations for interest rate cuts among different assets.
In the broker's view, this inflation overshoot will further dampen expectations and the pace of interest rate cuts, although there is also a factor of weighting adjustments at the start of the year.
Although the decline of inflation is slower than expected, it does not affect the direction of an overall falling trend, and it is estimated that headline and core CPI are still expected to fall back below 3% by mid-year.
According to the report, 79% of US companies have disclosed their fourth-quarter results, with 76% of them exceeding expectations.
The market currently forecasts S&P 500 earnings per share to grow at a rate of 3.1% in 4Q.
Among them,
information technology, communication services, consumer discretionary and other growth sectors contributed 4.3, 3.4 and 2.1 ppts respectively.
Healthcare, energy and financials meanwhile dragged 2.58, 2.56 and 2.5 ppts respectively.
Earnings of technology leaders remained strong, benefiting from AI and cost reduction initiatives.
Except for NVIDIA (NVDA.US), which will announce its results on 21 February, all major technology leaders have disclosed their 4Q results, with earnings growth of communication services rising to 45%.
Within the sub-segment, interactive media and services grew at a faster pace of 85%, up from 67% in 3Q, driven by continued cost reductions and strong support for its core advertising business from AI technology at heavyweight Meta Platforms (META.US) .
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Source: AAStocks Financial News
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