Meta’s Zuckerberg defends AI bets to sceptical investors amid disappointing Q3 revenue forecast
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/metas-zuckerberg-defends-ai-bets-sceptical-investors-amid-disappointing-q3-revenue-forecast

#HKMarketUpdate
China stocks decline as tech shares slump
Jul 30, 2026, 13:03 GMT+8

https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2026:newsml_L4N43W0C2:0-china-stocks-decline-as-tech-shares-slump/

#HKMarketUpdate
<Full-day Takeaway>HSI Closes at 25,858, Up 50 pts; HSTI Closes at 4,803, Down 60 pts; NEW ORIENTAL Up over 18%; CCB, ABC, ICBC, MENGNIU DAIRY, CLP HOLDINGS Hit New Highs; Market Turnover Rises
2026/07/30 16:12 GMT+08

At close, HSI rose 50 pts or 0.2% to 25,858. HSTI dropped 60 pts or 1.3% to 4,803. HSCEI gained 21 pts or 0.2% to 8,644. Market turnover reached $304.89 billion.

https://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/news/aafn-con/NOW.1535766/top-news/AAFN

#HKMarketUpdate
<H Shrs>HSI Adds 50 Pts at Close; NEW ORIENTAL-S Leaps 19%, SMIC Dives 7%+, Z.AI Slumps 16%+
2026/07/30 16:36 GMT+08

This morning (30th), the HSI opened 67 points higher before struggling between bulls and bears. The HSI closed at 25,858, up 50 points or 0.2%, with full-day 

turnover reaching HKD304.894 billion. The HSCEI closed at 8,644, up 21 points or 0.25%. The HSTECH came under pressure and closed at 4,803, down 60 points or 1.25%.

https://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/news/aafn-con/NOW.1535775/top-news/AAFN

Daily Debrief: What Happened Today (Jul 30)
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/daily-debrief-what-happened-today-jul-302

Higher-for-longer rates set to hit Asia’s tech sectors as Fed stays the course: analysts
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/economy-policy/higher-longer-rates-set-hit-asias-tech-sectors-fed-stays-course-analysts

Pine Grove sticks to S$1.78 billion reserve price with mega en bloc attempt yet to move ahead
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/property/pine-grove-sticks-s1-78-billion-reserve-price-mega-en-bloc-attempt-yet-move-ahead

#SgMarketUpdate
Singapore stocks fall after Fed holds rates; STI down 0.7%

Singapore stocks ended lower on Thursday (Jul 30) after the US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady in a widely expected decision.

The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) lost 0.7 per cent or 39.61 points to finish at 5,673.58.

DFI Retail Group : D01 -4.83% led the gainers on Singapore’s blue-chip index, rising 4.5 per cent or US$0.16 to US$3.74.

The worst performer among STI constituents was Keppel : BN4 +1.72%, which fell 4.3 per cent or S$0.52 to S$11.48.

The three local banks ended lower. DBS : D05 +0.47% lost 0.2 per cent or S$0.15 to S$74.85, OCBC : O39 +1.14% fell 2.3 per cent or S$0.68 to S$29.10, and UOB : U11 +0.83% was down 0.02 per cent or S$0.01 at S$43.88.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index gained 0.2 per cent, Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.7 per cent, and the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI advanced 0.3 per cent. South Korea’s Kospi, meanwhile, was down 1.2 per cent...

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/singapore-stocks-fall-after-fed-holds-rates-sti-down-0-7?utm_source=web_share&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=article

Evening Update: Today’s headlines from The Straits Times on July 30, 2026

https://str.sg/uRTt

Singapore's hidden Norwegian hilltop village at Pasir Panjang goes up for sale at S$70 million.

The freehold 46,000 sq ft site has a chapel, student housing, a pool and one of the best views of the Greater Southern Waterfront.

Read More ➡️ https://stackedhomes.com/singapores-hidden-norwegian-village-freehold-hilltop-estate-for-sale-70-million/

PropNex survey reveals who's really buying million-dollar HDB flats.

Most are PMET professionals aged 30 to 49, and 69.1% paid no cash-over-valuation at all. Four-room flats remain the most popular million-dollar buy, but school proximity barely mattered.

Read More ➡️ https://stackedhomes.com/a-new-survey-reveals-the-typical-million-dollar-hdb-buyer-in-singapore-including-a-surprising-buying-trend/

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Meta, Microsoft, Teladoc & more

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/30/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-premarket-meta-msft-tdoc-nclh.html?__source=androidappshare

Microsoft stock soars after $41B AI bet clears major test

#Chart of the day

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/microsofts-41-billion-ai-bet-just-cleared-a-major-test-chart-of-the-day-100000116.html

Meta's AI spending spree leaves it in a 'compute' dilemma
https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/analysis-metas-ai-splurge-lays-101819356.html

Fed's favored inflation gauge shows prices edged down in June but remain high
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/article/feds-favored-inflation-gauge-shows-prices-edged-down-in-june-but-remain-high-125504496.html

Carvana stock tumbles as full-year guidance disappoints despite record quarter
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/article/carvana-stock-tumbles-as-full-year-guidance-disappoints-despite-record-quarter-125421795.html

Treasury yields stay elevated as Wall Street calls out Fed's 'inflation credibility shock'
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/treasury-yields-stay-elevated-as-wall-street-calls-out-feds-inflation-credibility-shock-122430505.html

Robinhood shares edge higher after record quarter for prediction markets business
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/robinhood-shares-edge-higher-after-record-quarter-for-prediction-markets-business-121836314.html

#USMarketUpdate
Stocks rebound from Fed day sell-off, led by Microsoft and chipmakers:

Live updates

U.S. stocks rose Thursday, rebounding from the prior day’s selloff when the Federal Reserve decided to hold rates steady. Microsoft and semiconductors helped drive those gains.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 308 points, or 0.6%. The S&P 500 advanced 1%, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 2%.
Microsoft jumped 11% amid growth from its Azure business. Semiconductors jumped as a result, with the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) higher by more than 5.8%. In contrast, Meta Platforms was down 9% after issuing a soft revenue forecast and a 91% drop in second-quarter free cash flow...

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/29/stock-market-today-live-updates.html?__source=androidappshare

New details in the OpenAI Hugging Face hack show how far agents will go

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/30/open-ai-hugging-face-hack-latest.html?__source=androidappshare

The Fed held rates, then Kevin Warsh talked tough without the substance to back it — and the market dumped 1.5% to 2% in the final hour. The 30-Year Yield hit a high not seen since 2007. But the real story is Korea: the KOSPI fell only about 1% after two straight limit-down days, and that stabilization is lighting a fire under the chips. Gareth said he'd buy semis yesterday, he did, and he's already banking profits. On today's Trading Game Plan, he walks the long book, the trend line that decides everything, and unveils his free institutional gold report.

📐 TODAY'S GAME PLAN

🟢 KOSPI / SEMIS — Korea holding after two limit-down days is the tell. Gareth bought chips yesterday and is taking profits into the rip, playing for a short-term 10–20% bounce, not a bottom call.
🔵 SPY — Heavily long short term, but the wedge broke down and the parallel off the 2021 high is right here. Lower highs are in; lower lows are the last piece. A confirmed failed breakout flushes toward 7,000.
🔴 30-YR / 10-YR YIELD — The 30-Year hits a high last seen in 2007 as debt nears $40T — very bad for mortgages. The 10-Year closed near 4.7%.
🔵 DXY — Dollar falls even as yields rise, a rare divergence: the market read Warsh as all talk, no backbone.
🟢 SNDK — Pierced the key trend-line zone overnight and is bouncing hard off the lows toward Gareth's upside target.
🟢 ARM / LRCX — Arm crushed on earnings then ripped roughly 25% off the after-hours lows; Lam Research back at the highs.
🟢 QCOM — Gareth bought it pre-market. Weak earnings came from high memory prices throttling phone demand; his thesis is easing memory prices unthrottle demand over 3–9 months.
🟢 MSFT — The golden ticket: steady CapEx plus better cash flow guidance equals a V-bottom bull flag ripping higher. Day-trade short only on a gap fill.
🔴 META — Punished for raising CapEx with its worst cash flow in years. Must recapture the trend line near $550 or the gap fill near $400 comes into play; day-trade pivot near $520.
🔴 AAPL — Gareth's only short, held into earnings on the extension.
🟢 GOLD — Trying to break out above the wedge. The free report's base case projects the next bull-cycle peak at roughly $13,000 between 2029 and 2031, with current conditions alone pointing just over $10,000 by 2031–2033.
🔴 SILVER — Still the weaker metal, well below resistance.
🔵 US OIL / NATGAS — Oil eases even after overnight strikes on Iran; natural gas holds its long-term trend line.
🟢 BITCOIN — Near-term bullish; a break of $67K and it's rock and roll.

🔑 KEY TAKEAWAY: There's a recipe for mega caps right now. Raise CapEx and go cash-flow negative and you get slaughtered. Hold CapEx steady and guide cash flow higher and you rip. Microsoft and Meta reported the same night and proved it.

⏱ TIMESTAMPS (estimated)
00:00​ Fed Holds, Warsh Talks Tough, Market Dumps
04:00​ S&P: The Broken Wedge and the Parallel Line
09:00​ Dollar, 10-Year, and the 30-Year at 2007 Highs
13:00​ KOSPI Stabilizes and the Semis Rally
16:00​ SanDisk, Arm, Lam Research, and the Qualcomm Buy
21:00​ Microsoft vs Meta: The CapEx Recipe
26:00​ Gold: The Free Institutional Report and Calculator
32:00​ Silver, Oil, Natural Gas, and Bitcoin
34:30​ Wrap-Up

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