UAE Cuts Economic Ties With Iran, SK Hynix Moves to Calm Market | The Opening Trade 8/19/2026

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  August 19, 2026 at 11:45  |  1:34:34  |  Bloomberg Markets
Speakers
Anthony Stevens — Bloomberg Market Producer
Jacob Aarup-Andersen — CEO, Carlsberg
HSBC Digital Asset Research Head — Head of Digital Assets Research, HSBC
Mark Cudmore — Executive Editor, Bloomberg Live / Macro Strategist
Senior Portfolio Manager — Allspring Global Investments
Neil Campling — Tech/TMT Analyst
Evy Hambro — Global Head of Investing at BlackRock
Adam Linton — Markets Live Strategist, Bloomberg
Abeer Abu Omar — Reporter, Bloomberg London
Oliver Crook — Chief European Correspondent, Bloomberg
Bloomberg Copenhagen Bureau Chief — Bureau Chief, Bloomberg
Matt Bunting — Bloomberg UK Economist
Guy Johnson — Anchor, Bloomberg

Summary

The episode covers global markets on August 19, 2026, focusing on a semiconductor selloff, rising oil from Middle East tensions, UK inflation data, and SK Hynix's $29 billion buyback. Guests debate AI funding and crowding out, dollar resilience, copper and mining strength, and European bond pressures. The tone is cautious but not panicked, with selective bullishness in equities, commodities, and share-buyback stories.

  • Asian chip stocks led by the KOSPI sell off following a US semiconductor drop; SK Hynix's buyback aims to calm AI-spending concerns.
  • Oil climbs for a fourth day with Strait of Hormuz traffic under pressure after UAE-Iran escalation.
  • UK CPI rises to 2.9%, driven by the energy price cap reset; the Bank of England is expected to stay on hold near term.
  • Carlsberg narrows guidance on strong soft drinks but shares struggle due to a lack of upside catalyst.
  • Guests highlight heavy AI debt and equity issuance as a crowding-out risk pressuring chip valuations.
  • The dollar debate features a structural dollar-bull view despite AI-driven ambiguity and safe-haven questions.
  • Mining and copper are framed as structurally bullish on tight supply and infrastructure demand.
  • European government bonds are viewed as unattractive amid higher borrowing costs and fiscal trade-offs.
Ideas
Jacob Aarup-Andersen CEO, Carlsberg 7:55
Soft-drink strength supports Carlsberg guidance.
Carlsberg narrowed its full-year operating profit guidance to the upper end because its big summer season is nearly complete with solid Western Europe demand, soft drinks up 9% in the first half, and integration synergies arriving faster than expected.
CABGY MED
Anthony Stevens Bloomberg Market Producer 19:08
AI issuance and rates pressure chips.
The chip selloff is more macro than company-specific: higher rates and heavy AI-related debt and equity issuance mean AI is competing for capital with itself, while possible OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs could force investors to make room in portfolios, tightening conditions for semiconductor stocks.
SMH MED
HSBC Digital Asset Research Head Head of Digital Assets Research, HSBC 26:43
Remain dollar bulls despite fiscal nerves.
The US is not facing the same fiscal-structural currency crisis as the Liz Truss episode; the team remains dollar bulls and views the recent long-end nervousness and 'sell America' narrative as an extrapolation of only a few weeks of data, not a durable structural dollar negative.
USD MED
Mark Cudmore Executive Editor, Bloomberg Live / Macro Strategist 37:29
Structural higher long-term yields ahead.
Near-term bond dip-buying can work after the recent selloff because catalysts are only incrementally worse, but his structural view is that long-term yields will move much higher this year or next as energy and AI-debt crowding-out pressures build.
TLT MED
Mark Cudmore Executive Editor, Bloomberg Live / Macro Strategist 38:26
Equities still supported by AI capex.
He remains pro-risk and leaning into equities because earnings growth is broadening outside tech, inflation's second-round effects remain muted, and recent payrolls, consumer and producer data have been soft in a way that should keep central banks from aggressively tightening.
Equities MED
Senior Portfolio Manager Allspring Global Investments 53:35
AI strength still supports equity upside.
The market is starting to differentiate between AI exposures, but he likes the AI space because continued AI strength should support equity markets, and he is using active management to navigate the more volatile environment.
AI-related equities MED
Senior Portfolio Manager Allspring Global Investments 57:05
Oil-sensitive currencies hedge supply shocks.
To hedge against repeated Middle East supply shocks, he added oil-sensitive currency exposures that also provide positive carry against the portfolio's other risk positions.
Oil-sensitive currencies MED
Senior Portfolio Manager Allspring Global Investments 57:33
EM local-currency bonds look attractive medium-term.
He is more positive on emerging markets over the medium term after more cautious dovish Fed rate pricing, and local-currency EM debt helps adjust interest-rate exposure better relative to global government bonds.
Emerging market local-currency bonds MED
Neil Campling Tech/TMT Analyst 62:16
Buyback and potential anchor support SK Hynix.
SK Hynix's $29B buyback was expected given record AI cash flows, and reports that a highly regarded sovereign wealth fund may take stakes in SK Hynix and Samsung add to the buy case, though chip volatility will persist because of tourist holders.
000660.KS HIGH
Evy Hambro Global Head of Investing at BlackRock 78:15
Mining stocks cheap versus AI demand.
Mining and basic-resources equities are still attractive because they are tied to the same AI and infrastructure demand as high-multiple technology companies but trade on much lower multiples, leaving room for multiple expansion as spending flows into physical infrastructure.
XLB BHP MED
Evy Hambro Global Head of Investing at BlackRock 82:25
Copper uptrend supported by tight supply.
Copper is in a very tight structural uptrend: assets are old, new supply takes a long time to arrive, Codelco is prioritizing profitability over production and will miss goals, and the trend remains higher despite short-term noise such as LME deliveries.
COPPER HIGH
Adam Linton Markets Live Strategist, Bloomberg 91:55
European government bonds face borrowing-cost pressure.
European government paper is hard to be constructive on because repeated crises are forcing higher borrowing costs, and governments face a painful trade-off between deficit reduction and spending demands, with French-German spread risks returning.
IGOV MED
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This Bloomberg Markets video, published August 19, 2026, features Jacob Aarup-Andersen, Anthony Stevens, HSBC Digital Asset Research Head, Mark Cudmore, Senior Portfolio Manager, Neil Campling, Evy Hambro, Adam Linton discussing CABGY, SMH, USD, TLT, Equities, AI-related equities, Oil-sensitive currencies, Emerging market local-currency bonds, 000660.KS, XLB, BHP, COPPER, IGOV. 12 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: Jacob Aarup-Andersen, Anthony Stevens, HSBC Digital Asset Research Head, Mark Cudmore, Senior Portfolio Manager, Neil Campling, Evy Hambro, Adam Linton  · Tickers: CABGY, SMH, USD, TLT, Equities, AI-related equities, Oil-sensitive currencies, Emerging market local-currency bonds, 000660.KS, XLB, BHP, COPPER, IGOV