Ideas
Asian chipmakers set for gains.
A benign U.S. CPI report and overnight strength in U.S. chip stocks should feed through to Asian chipmakers, which are set for another decent session as risk sentiment improves.
Long-end Treasuries vulnerable to supply pressure.
The long end of the U.S. Treasury curve faces supply and deficit pressure after a weak 10-year auction and a larger-than-expected U.S. budget deficit, making 30-year Treasuries vulnerable to higher yields and a weak auction.
Yen weakness remains dominant trend.
Intervention relief in dollar-yen is fading; traders are rebuilding long dollar-yen positions toward 160, and the BOJ would need back-to-back rate hikes to break the yen carry trade, so yen weakness remains the dominant trend.
Yen weakness remains dominant trend.
Intervention relief in dollar-yen is fading; traders are rebuilding long dollar-yen positions toward 160, and the BOJ would need back-to-back rate hikes to break the yen carry trade, so yen weakness remains the dominant trend.
U.S. stocks driven by strong earnings.
U.S. stocks are going higher on fabulous earnings momentum: second-quarter earnings are up about 25% excluding mark-to-market gains, valuations around 20 times are acceptable while the economy grows, and he raised his S&P 500 year-end target to 8400.
Korean chip market rally likely continues.
Korea's market has a safer volatility backdrop with the V-KOSPI falling sharply, new large-parameter LLMs require more memory, and analysts remain supportive of Korean memory names on high demand and sticky prices.
AI buildout still has room.
The AI trade has entered a more nuanced third phase where single-stock differentiation matters, but the buildout is still in early innings with demand high, supply constrained, and companies earning supernormal profitability, so selective AI ecosystem exposure remains attractive.
Memory names best AI play.
Memory is one of the best ways to play AI because new models have massive parameter counts, demand is high, supply is constrained, and long-term agreements keep pricing sticky; he specifically cites Micron and SK hynix.
AI broadening favors Schneider, Caterpillar.
As the AI theme broadens beyond chips into data centers and capital goods, investors should look at names such as Schneider Electric and Caterpillar rather than differentiating by region.
Banks and industrials look constructive.
Beyond technology, he is constructive on banks and areas of industrials because the equity opportunity is increasingly about being in the right sectors rather than regional or style labels.
Gold uptrend supported by central banks.
Gold is steady above $4,000 after the CPI print eased Fed hike concerns, supported by investor appetite for precious metals and central-bank purchases including China's, with upside continuing in Asia.
Oil market remains tight.
Global oil balances remain tight and are getting tighter because demand destruction has not matched the supply shortfall, inventories should continue dropping, and U.S. crude stockpile increases are an exception rather than the global trend.
Hon Hai AI ramp remains strong.
Hon Hai delivered a solid Q2 with revenue up 41% and earnings up 35%, AI rack shipments are strong, and it is on track to start mass producing NVIDIA's Vera Rubin platform this quarter, giving it a growth driver into 2027 without an air pocket.
Chinese AI stocks attractive after correction.
After a two-month correction, many Chinese AI names are back to reasonable valuations, foreign investors are taking a second look, and the rally is entering a second phase where quality names with real earnings will perform.
Chinese semiconductor exports growing strongly.
Chinese semiconductor names dominate the low-to-mid range, Chinese semiconductor exports are still growing at high double digits of 50-60% year-on-year, and many names can continue to perform well.
Korean inflows support Hong Kong stocks.
Aggressive Korean traders are rotating into the Hong Kong market for cheap valuations and undiscovered Chinese AI names, with the Hang Seng already up more than 15% from its bottom, and this new money should support the market.
This Bloomberg Markets video, published August 13, 2026,
features Mark, Ed Yardeni, Anthony Stevens, Arun Sai, Shery Ahn, Nicholas, Steven Tseng, Hao Hong
discussing Asian chipmakers, TLT, USD/JPY, FXY, SPY, EWY, AI ecosystem, MU, 000660.KS, SU.PA, CAT, KBE, XLI, GLD, BNO, 2317.TW, Chinese AI stocks, Chinese semiconductor stocks, HSI.
16 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.
Speakers:
Mark,
Ed Yardeni,
Anthony Stevens,
Arun Sai,
Shery Ahn,
Nicholas,
Steven Tseng,
Hao Hong
· Tickers:
Asian chipmakers,
TLT,
USD/JPY,
FXY,
SPY,
EWY,
AI ecosystem,
MU,
000660.KS,
SU.PA,
CAT,
KBE,
XLI,
GLD,
BNO,
2317.TW,
Chinese AI stocks,
Chinese semiconductor stocks,
HSI
