Hua Er Jie Jian Wen·2025-09-30 23:26Market Overview - US stock market showed resilience amid government shutdown pressures, with the Dow Jones reaching a new high and the S&P 500 recording its largest September gain in 15 years [2] - Tesla's stock surged by 33% in September, while Google's stock rose by 38%, marking its largest quarterly increase since 2005 [2] - CoreWeave's stock increased by nearly 12% following a significant deal with Meta [5] - Pfizer's stock rose nearly 7% after a price reduction agreement was announced [4] - The European stock index recorded its best September performance in six years [2] Economic Indicators - China's official manufacturing PMI rose to 49.8 in September, marking the second consecutive month of improvement [11] - The RatingDog manufacturing PMI in China increased to 51.2, with new orders growing at the fastest rate since February [21] - The top 100 real estate companies in China achieved sales of 252.78 billion yuan in September, a year-on-year increase of 0.4% [12] Corporate Developments - OpenAI launched Sora 2.0, a video generation model, and reported a revenue of $4.3 billion in the first half of the year, despite a cash burn of $2.5 billion and a net loss of $13.5 billion [14] - CoreWeave signed a $14.2 billion computing supply agreement with Meta, highlighting the high costs associated with developing advanced AI models [16] - Berkshire Hathaway is reportedly negotiating a $10 billion acquisition of Occidental Petroleum's chemical division, which would be its largest deal since 2022 [16] Industry Trends - The AI infrastructure investment is accelerating, with Citigroup raising its AI capital expenditure forecast to $490 billion by 2026 [23] - The demand for new housing in China is expected to stabilize, with a significant increase in supply anticipated [12] - The Japanese government is expected to reduce its bond purchases, leading to rising yields in the bond market [22]