Streaming media giant Netflix will release its Q1 financial report for fiscal year 2025 after the U.S. stock market closes on April 17, Eastern Time (early Friday, April 18, Beijing time).Institutions generally expect that Netflix is expected to achieve revenue of US $10.508 billion in 2025Q1, a year-on-year increase of 12.14%; Earnings per share are expected to be $5.728, an increase of 8.49% year-on-year, higher than $5.28 per share in the same period last year.Under the tariff war in the past period, Netflix's stock price has fallen by 12% from its February high, but compared with the Big Seven, its stock price is relatively "resilient". This is mainly because the tariff war mainly affects manufacturing and import and export trade, while Netflix's main business is online streaming media

In recent years, the trade policy turmoil in the United States has been escalating, especially a series of tariff measures implemented by the Trump administration, which have caused violent market shocks. Some economists describe this tariff shock as a "stagflationary shock", arguing that it will not only push up inflation, but may also slow economic growth, thus exposing the United States to the risk of stagflation. This article will explore how U.S. bonds, stocks, and exchange rates generally change during the stagflation, and how investors can use options strategies to profit from them.1. Macroeconomic environment in the context of stagflationStagflation usually refers to the high inflation rate while economic growth is stagnant or sluggish. This situation has brought a dilemma for poli

On Monday, when the eyes of all market participants were attracted by the roller coaster market of US stocks triggered by the "tariff extension rumor", the really strange market actually happened in the US bond market...In the past 24 hours, the U.S. bond, which was regarded as the "king of safe haven" last week, suffered a sharp plunge at lightning speed, and the 10-year U.S. bond yield almost completely returned to Trump's level before the reciprocal tariff was announced last week!This historic sell-off caused almost all medium-and long-term U.S. bond yields to surge by more than 20 basis points in intraday trading on Monday, with the 30-year bond yield rising nearly 23 basis points in late trading, setting a record in 2020. The biggest one-day gain since the early COVID-19 pandemic.It c

On the eve of "April 2", Goldman Sachs sounded the recession alarm.According to Dow Jones News Agency, in the latest report,Goldman Sachs has significantly increased the probability of the U.S. economy falling into recession in the next 12 months from the previous 20% to 35%, almost doubling.This pessimistic expectation mainly stems from the "reciprocal tariff" policy to be announced by the Trump administration on April 2nd.Goldman Sachs expects the policy to impose an average reciprocal tariff of 15% on all U.S. trading partners, resulting in a 15 percentage point increase in the average U.S. tariff rate, up from the previous forecast of 10 percentage points.Goldman Sachs warned in:"Our upward revision of recession probability reflects our lower economic benchmark expectations, a sharp de

In the past week, the Hong Kong stock market has experienced dramatic waves. At the beginning of the week,$Hang Seng Index (HSI) $It once approached the 25,000-point mark under the optimistic scenario, and then the market sentiment reversed and the index went sharply pullback/retracement. The Hang Seng Technology Index fell by more than 3% for two consecutive trading days on Thursday and Friday, with a cumulative decline of 4.1% last week, while the Hang Seng Index, Hang Seng State-owned Enterprises and MSCI China Index fell by 1.1%, 1.5% and 1.7% respectively, all for two consecutive trading days. Showing a downward trend. In terms of industries, electronics services (-10.4%) and real estate (-7.5%) led the decline, while utilities (+2.1%) and energy

1. Understanding the Concept of Selling Call OptionsFor those unfamiliar with options, selling options might seem confusing. Common questions include: "How can I sell an option if I don’t own any?" or "What’s the point of selling an option?" To help clarify this concept, let's use a real-life example of selling a used car.Used Car Sale AnalogyImagine you own a used car currently valued at 20,000 yuan. You believe its price won’t significantly increase in the next few months. So, you decide to sell a call option on the car.Buyer (Friend B): Your friend B wants to buy your car but doesn’t have enough money right now. He wants the option to buy it at 20,000 yuan within the next three months.Seller (You): You agree to grant Friend B this right by selling a call option. In return, you collect 1