Remember when covid first hit the news and everyone was joking about "some virus from China". Two weeks later Moderna did 5x, Zoom did 3x, and the whole market went crazy.
Now hantavirus is starting to pop up in the headlines. Cases are climbing, media is slowly picking it up, and on the charts you can already see the same setup as back in January 2020.
Inside we broke down what ran in 2020, what's already moving right now, and which tickers are worth watching before this topic becomes new narrative in the markets
🇺🇸 The US struck Iranian targets after attacks involving missiles, drones and small boats on 3 Navy destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz, escalating risks to ceasefire talks.
📈 TSMC April sales rose 17.5% to NT$410.7B ($13.1B) as hyperscaler AI spending continues to fuel chip demand.
🔪 Commerzbank plans 3,000 job cuts and raised profit guidance to ≥€3.4B (from >€3.2B) as it fights a takeover bid from UniCredit.
🍎 Apple reached late-stage testing for AI-focused AirPods with built-in cameras, expanding its push into next-generation wearable devices.
🛢 Brent is falling sharply on positive news from the Middle East, and the 50-day moving average (MA50) has crossed below the 200-day moving average (MA200), forming a death cross. Bears are dominating in the short term, making a further decline possible.
📉 We are considering selling XBRUSD on a drop below 95.50;
🎯 Target 1: 92.00;
🎯 Target 2: 90.50.