According to BlockBeats, on July 26th, Michael Burry, the inspiration for the legendary "Big Short," disclosed his latest portfolio adjustments, continuing to increase his short exposure to semiconductor stocks. Specifically, he added short positions in Micron Technology (MU), Nvidia (NVDA), and the semiconductor ETF SOXX at prices of $933.86, $210.28, and $535.83 respectively. Additionally, Burry added a short position in Caterpillar (CAT) at $893.49.

On the long side, he added to his positions in Flutter (FLUT), DraftKings (DKNG), and Molina Healthcare (MOH) at prices of $100.72, $23.07, and $197.02, respectively.

Burry maintained his short positions in Tesla, Palantir, and the Nasdaq 100 ETF QQQ.

According to BlockBeats, data released on July 26th showed that South Korean retail investors made significant purchases of 14 single-stock leveraged ETFs on July 24th, with a single-day purchase volume of approximately 450 billion won. Previously, South Korean retail investors had experienced three consecutive days of net selling, totaling approximately 500 billion won. Data from the Korea Exchange and Koscom Check shows that as of July 26th, retail investors had net sold 14 individual stock leveraged products for three consecutive days from July 21st to 23rd, with a cumulative net selling amount of 547.17138 billion won. This trend completely reversed on July 24th. In just one day, individual investors net bought seven Samsung Electronics single-stock leveraged products, with a net purchase amount of 103.8959 billion won; simultaneously, they also net bought seven SK Hynix single-stock leveraged products, with a net purchase amount of 350.02688 billion won.

It's worth noting that this net buying occurred on "Black Friday," when the KOSPI index fell by more than 5%, and Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix both closed down 7% to 8%. Affected by this, leveraged ETFs based on these two companies' stocks also plummeted by 15% to 16%. Analysts believe that the sharp decline in leveraged ETF prices attracted some investors to buy on the dip. Furthermore, with new regulations raising minimum margin requirements set to take effect on the 31st, some individual investors may have wanted to increase their holdings by "averaging down" before regulatory tightening, thus driving related demand. (Jinshi)

According to BlockBeats, on July 26th, soaring energy prices, the introduction of new US tariffs, and a surge in AI capital spending reignited global investor concerns about inflation. Brent crude oil broke through $100 for the first time in two months, before falling back to $98.38 on Friday, but still rising nearly 12% for the week. The market expects the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and the Bank of Japan to keep interest rates unchanged next week, but federal funds rate futures indicate a 35% probability of a 25 basis point rate hike by the Fed next week, meaning a September rate hike is already fully priced in.

On the macro front, the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and the Bank of Japan will announce their interest rate decisions next week, along with US Q2 GDP, June core PCE, and Eurozone Q2 GDP and July CPI data. Key dates to watch are as follows:

At 20:15 on Tuesday, the weekly change in U.S. ADP employment figures for the week ending July 11 will be released.

At 02:00 on Thursday, the Federal Reserve FOMC will announce its interest rate decision; at 02:30, Federal Reserve Chairman Warsh will hold a monetary policy press conference; at 19:00, the Bank of England will announce its interest rate decision, meeting minutes, and monetary policy report; at 20:30, US initial jobless claims, June core PCE, personal spending, and second-quarter GDP data will be released.

On Friday, the Bank of Japan will announce its interest rate decision and economic outlook report, with the specific time to be determined; at 14:30, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will hold a press conference; at 22:00, the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for July and the final reading of the one-year inflation rate forecast will be released.

Meanwhile, SK Hynix will release its second-quarter earnings report at 8:00 AM on July 29th, while Meta, Microsoft, Robinhood, Qualcomm, and Arm will release their earnings reports after the US stock market closes on Wednesday, and Apple, Amazon, Coinbase, Reddit, and Roblox will release their earnings reports after the US stock market closes on Thursday.

Investors will be watching the AI capital expenditures and returns on investment of tech giants. Alphabet has already raised its capital expenditure forecast for this year to $205 billion, and the related spending plans and negative free cash flow have raised market concerns.