Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-09-18 04:50Group 1 - The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by 25 basis points, but there are contradictions in its statement, economic forecasts, and Chairman Powell's remarks, leading to significant market volatility [1] - After the Fed's announcement, US stocks initially dropped sharply but later recovered, indicating market dissatisfaction with the outcome [1] - The A-share market opened with more declines than gains, reflecting a "shoe dropping" sentiment, but later the three major indices turned positive, showing continued strength in the A-share market [1] Group 2 - The current market trend has shifted from broad-based gains to selective increases, making it increasingly difficult to achieve passive gains, necessitating careful selection of quality stocks to hold [1] - The global demand for analog chips has seemingly bottomed out, with Texas Instruments projected to achieve $8.5 billion in revenue in the first half of 2025, a 13.8% year-on-year increase, showing significant improvement compared to previous years [1] - Domestic AI chip applications are expanding, with leading internet companies adopting domestic AI chips, which have a first-mover advantage in commercialization [1] Group 3 - The three major indices opened lower, but over a thousand stocks in the market opened in the green, with strong performance in sectors like automotive services, home appliance components, and wind power equipment [3] - Chip stocks continued to perform well, with several stocks rising over 10%, and the construction achievements of China Unicom's green computing center project were highlighted [3] - The robotics sector also showed strength, with multiple stocks experiencing consecutive gains, and Elon Musk announced plans for a technical review of Tesla's AI chip design [3] Group 4 - The Shanghai Composite Index opened low but rose again, reaching new highs, indicating that the A-share market remains strong despite individual stocks showing more declines than gains [5] - The Fed acknowledged a weakening labor market while initiating rate cuts, but its economic forecast indicated rising inflation, which was interpreted as a hawkish stance by the market [5] - The performance of brokerage stocks showed selling pressure on heavyweight stocks, highlighting the intention of state-owned funds to maintain a slow bull market [5] Group 5 - In terms of sector performance, automotive services, AI chips, wind power equipment, and robotics led the gains, while gold, non-ferrous metals, brokerages, and lithium mining sectors lagged [9] - A total of 2,569 stocks rose, with 74 hitting the daily limit, while 2,432 stocks fell, with 2 hitting the lower limit, indicating a mixed market sentiment [9]