① As of press time, Dow Jones futures rose 0.15%, S&P 500 futures rose 0.28%, and Nasdaq futures rose 0.14%.
② Popular Chinese concept stocks saw a collective surge before trading, with Ideal Auto and JD.com rising over 7%, and Alibaba and Pinduoduo rising nearly 5%.
③ Starbucks fell over 2% before trading. On the news front, Andrew Barish, an analyst at Jefferies, downgraded Starbucks' rating to trailing the market with a target price of $76, compared to its previous rating of 'hold'.
④ TSMC rose over 1.5% in pre-market trading. On the news front, Morgan Stanley released a research report stating that TSMC is rapidly expanding its production capacity for 2 nanometer and 3 nanometer chips and advanced CoWos packaging, with an expected monthly CoWos production capacity to reach 80000 units next year.
⑤ According to foreign media, in order to resolve the strike that has lasted for more than a week, Boeing has made concessions to the union. The latest proposed salary increase is 30%, and the amount of worker bonuses will be increased to $6000, while retaining the annual productivity bonus. Boeing called this the "best and final" version of the proposal.
⑥ Bank of America plans to open over 165 new branches in the United States by the end of 2026. The bank has redesigned its branches to emphasize face-to-face sales of products such as mortgage loans and investments, rather than conventional teller transactions.
⑦ Wall Street strategist Ed Yardeni said that benefiting from the Fed's significant interest rate cut last week, the US stock market may "melt up" to a new high, but if Fed officials do not act cautiously, it may also lead to a resurgence of inflation.
⑧ According to Goldman Sachs' prime broker weekly report as of September 20th, hedge funds bought US technology stocks, media stocks, and telecommunications stocks at the fastest pace in four months last week, especially the largest tech stocks.
⑨ At 22:00 Beijing time, the Consumer Confidence Index of the September Conference Board in the United States was released.
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