This week – central bank decisions and U.S. growth data in focus
2⃣Tue night: U.S. September durable-goods orders and new-home sales will provide early indications of business investment and housing demand. 3⃣Wed night: The U.S. Federal Reserve’s (Fed) interest-rate decision will be the week’s main event. The Federal Open Market Committee concludes its two-day meeting on 28 October, with the policy statement due at 2:00 a.m. Malaysian time on Thursday. Investors will focus on the Fed’s assessment of inflation, economic activity and the labour market, alongside any guidance on the likely path of interest rates (FedRateCalc). The Fed’s communication could have broad implications for U.S. Treasury yields, the U.S. dollar and growth-sensitive technology shares. A more hawkish stance, particularly if policymakers emphasise persistent inflation, could place u
New SMIC call warrant as stock approaches critical 52-week low
$SMIC(00981)$ shares listed on the Hong Kong Exchange has lost 16% this month alone, taking its decline from its May 2026 peak of HKD 93 to a jaw-dropping -45% With its close at HKD 51.20 yesterday, the stock is now trading just 3% above its 52-week low of HKD 49.32 on 30 Mar 2026 The RSI, which fell below 30 on Oct 13 (oversold signal), has remained depressed According to Bloomberg, the stock has historically risen an average of 25% in the 20 days following such signals across 4 occurrences in the past 12 months SMIC's share price rout this month follows the souring sentiment in AI shares, as reflected in the share price plunge of a data centre infrastructure company Elice which tumbled as much as 38% in its IPO debut on the Korean KOSDAQ exchan
New Sembcorp Industries call warrant to trade Alex Low's short-time view!
$SembInd MBeCW270329(9HPW.SI)$ While the Singapore stock market has been under pressure during October's correction, $Sembcorp Ind(U96.SI)$ has shown encouraging resilience. Veteran trader Alex Low believes Sembcorp's biggest catalyst is a potential earnings recovery in 2H2026, driven by the completed Alinta Energy acquisition, improving Singapore power operations and a possible India IPO. With management expecting 2H2026 earnings to exceed 1H2026, Alex wonders if this is the beginning of a stronger recovery Read Alex's post which was originally posted on 15 October 2026: *This post is paid for by Macquarie Warrants Singapore. Alex’s view does not represent that of Macquarie’s Alex Low: a
Top movers alert: index put warrants lead today's decline; Nikkei225 puts jump as much as 82%
As of the morning close at 12PM, Macquarie's index put warrants tracking the Nikkei225, Hang Seng Index and Nasdaq-100 are amongst the top warrant gainers with gains of up to 82% while index calls are down as much as 60% given today's broad market sell off 🚨Notably, the Nikkei225 is leading the Asian sell off, tumbling 4.7% to 64,970 as of 111PM, and had closed at the session low of 64,240 at 12PM ✴Nikkei put warrant WZTW (https://warrants.com.sg/tools/livematrix/WZTW) which is up 49% to SGD 0.142 as of 111PM, is seeing investors sell back 530K warrants The Asian sell off follows the overnight US market fall ass three headwinds converge 3⃣Namely, the unwinding of the global AI trade, the overnight US CPI which was higher than expected which has revived odds of a US Fed rate hike this month
Newly listed warrants to trade this week's strong Nikkei225 moves
$NKY 78000MBeCW270312(QZQW.SI)$$NKY 57000MBePW270312(VT9W.SI)$ 💫The $Nikkei 225 Index(N225.JP)$ has delivered one of the strongest major index performances globally over the past year, up +49.9% on a total return basis 📈The index traded above the 70,000 level this week on Tuesday, sitting roughly 3% below its all time record high of 72,832 on 22 June 2026 💨Recent index catalysts include this week's global AI and semiconductor rally, the yen's weakness past 158 against the USD which led Japan's currency official to warn against further depreciation and finally, the Bank of Japan rate hike announcement on 30 October where the market is still largely expec
Binni Ong: is the latest OCBC pullback a good opportunity?
$OCBC Bank(O39.SI)$ shares suffered its biggest one-day percentage fall since April 2025, falling a 5.9% tumble. Separately, Citi downgraded OCBC to "sell" on 6 October with a $27.50 target, citing flat 3Q earnings and a softer CET1 ratio(13.3%, down 70bps q-o-q) as risks to the stock's re-rating. However, not all brokers share this view, with some maintaining a more positive outlook and continuing to rank OCBC among their top picks *This article is paid for by Macquarie Warrants Singapore. Binni’s view does not represent that of Macquarie’s Citi downgraded OCBC to "sell" on 6 October with a $27.50 target, flagging flat 3Q earnings and a softer CET1 ratio (13.3%, down 70bps q-o-q) as risks to the stock's re-rating. Citi also pointed out OCBC's P