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Bloomberg -- A global semiconductor shortage has upended the supply of everyday devices from smartphones to gaming consoles to tech-dependent cars.
With companies warning the issue may last into the second half, the fallout threatens to weigh on share prices for months to come. Since news broke in November that Apple Inc. Truckmaker Volvo Group and electric-vehicle company Nio Inc. The lack of chips has been caused by booming demand for tech gear, in large part because of the pandemic, and winter weather in Texas and a fire in Japan have added to the problem.
It triggered a 6. In Japan, shares of Toyota Motor Corp. Daiwa Securities cited the chip shortage in downgrading the stock and cutting estimates for this year and next.
China is dealing with unrelated chip-supply issues of its own. Smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp. One positive aspect of the chip shortage: With demand for consumer electronics as strong as it is, it gives companies the power to raise prices and pass on higher costs, said Neil Campling, an analyst at Mirabaud Securities. Lenovo Group Ltd. Sony Corp. While Samsung Electronics Co. Samsung this month warned of problems, including the possible cancellation of the launch of its new Galaxy Note, one of its best-selling smartphone models.
Makers of networking equipment also have been feeling the pinch. Analysts at Oddo BHF flagged a DigiTimes report that the lead times for deliveries of networking chips are extending to as long as 50 weeks, suggesting that the chip shortage has also reached the networking segment and will likely last into early next year. ChipmakersWhile automakers have struggled, the flip side of the semiconductor shortage is that the companies supplying those chips could see a boost to their business.
Most semiconductor companies should report strong results for the first quarter and give good guidance for the second, said Janardan Menon, an analyst at Liberum Capital Ltd. In the U. There are also broader winners from the shortages in the semiconductor industry, with chip foundries such as leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Semiconductor-Equipment ManufacturersThe makers of equipment used to produce semiconductors are benefiting from the supply crunch as chipmakers rush to add capacity to their factories and governments concerned about national security risks are looking at measures to encourage local production.
The combination has created a spending environment that some analysts say will benefit the industry for years. A survey shows rates are higher for a sixth week, but they might already be pausing. Shares of Bilibili opened 2. The pessimism underscores the mounting difficulties faced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Trade data showed EU shipments collapsed in January. Sterling slipped as much as 0. Some of the shine is already starting to fade. Data from the Chicago-based Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Washington show investors have started to trim bullish bets on the pound.
After their long positions hit a one-year high earlier in March, leveraged funds scaled back their wagers for a third-straight week.
Even with a Brexit deal and an agreement on financial regulation out of the way, the U. Britain now expects to receive the first doses of the U. Consumers did return to online and in-store shopping in February after a slump at the beginning of the year, official figures published Friday showed. Still, the rebound was modest. There are a lot of little bad things in the background that individually have the potential to be pretty systemic.
Stocks are giving back gains after a strong week, with little seen moving the needle before March's jobs data. Top news and what to watch in the markets on Monday, March 29, Bloomberg -- He was a hot-shot disciple of the hedge-fund legend Julian Robertson -- one of the stars to strike out on his own from the vaunted Tiger empire. How and why marquee-name banks embraced Hwang after his first stumble -- an insider trading plea in -- and enabled him to run up so much leverage is an open question on Wall Street, though his frequent trading and use of borrowed money meant he was a profitable client.
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Much of the leverage was provided by the banks through swaps, according to people with direct knowledge of the deals. Swaps are also an easy way to add a lot of leverage to a portfolio. The charity is dedicated to the areas of Christianity, art, education, justice and poverty. After leaving Tiger Management as Robertson wound down the firm, Hwang, who is in his mids, spent a decade running his Tiger Asia Management -- backed by his former boss -- and building it into a multi-billion firm with top returns.
In , he closed the hedge fund after he admitted on behalf of the firm in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, to trading on inside information. He was at Hyundai Securities Co. No one was focusing on Korea back then and we hired him soon after. The direction of the June U. Dollar Index futures contract on Monday will be determined by trader reaction to Bloomberg -- The U.
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He owns a dozen steel mills in the U. Gupta is seeking to negotiate a payment standstill agreement with the lender and restructure its finances. Officials have suggested that the government would step in in the event of insolvency, and on Thursday, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said that the government was looking to keep the mills open. We hope to support the company in its entirety.
Adds GFG response starting in sixth paragraph. Production constraints elsewhere in the world had seen prices for many commodities gain momentum in the early part of , the department said. Price gains are likely to moderate, leading to a modest decline in resources earnings in fiscal , although growth in demand for the materials vital to the clean energy transition is seen buoying the industry out to and beyond.
After getting furloughed by American Airlines, and watching her side gig leading trips outside of the US evaporate overnight at the start of the pandemic, Brittany Floyd felt unsettled. Having lived across every aspect of the income scale—she grew up in a low-income household, where her mother worked as a custodian and her father as a construction worker—she had no intention of going back to a life of financial struggle. The pandemic had Floyd thinking about wanting to be financially independent and not having all her money tied up in one sector of the economy.
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