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TREE NEWS reports: Apple’s market capitalization crossed $5 trillion intraday on October 14, 2026, even as the S&P 500 finished roughly flat and the Nasdaq edged lower, with storage-chip shares extending losses that weighed on tech. Long-dated US Treasuries rose. New York Fed President John Williams said one more rate hike is possible this year but that further increases should not be needed in 2027.

TREE NEWS update: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy dispatched the Liaoning aircraft carrier group to conduct training in relevant waters of the Western Pacific on October 14. The drill is a routine exercise organized under the annual plan, aimed at testing and improving the troops’ realistic combat training and their ability to fulfill missions. It complies with relevant international law and practice and does not target any specific country or objective.

TREE NEWS reports: Positive factors are accumulating in China’s A-share market, with incremental inflows led by equity ETFs, strong technology-sector earnings and several listed companies forecasting sharp third-quarter profit growth, alongside easing overseas disruptions. Analysts say that if tightening expectations cool, geopolitical tensions ease further and Q3 results confirm earnings, market sentiment could gradually turn, opening a short-term repair window after the recent risk release.

TREE NEWS reports: South Korea is considering reducing its government bond issuance by 5 trillion to 10 trillion won. No timeline or final decision was given. The move would scale back sovereign debt supply, a factor that shapes domestic rates and broader market liquidity.

TREE NEWS reports: A local Chinese financial regulator has set up a monitoring model for “involution-style” competition, an official said, flagging improper assessment incentives, irrational pricing and improper rebates in bank lending. Some banks are poaching loan clients from rivals with lower rates, longer terms and looser approval standards, the official said, warning this creates lagging credit risk. The regulator will guide banks into differentiated competition for commercial sustainability.

TREE NEWS update: China’s Ministry of Finance has drafted an exposure draft of Accounting Standard Interpretation No. 22, tightening the conditions for applying the equity method to long-term equity investments. Investors holding under 20% of voting rights would need to meet four conditions simultaneously to qualify, and disclosure of bargain purchase gains under the equity method would be refined. With many A-share banks trading below book value, such gains would become harder to obtain.

TREE NEWS reports: China AMC fund manager Gu Xinfeng said the Beijing Stock Exchange now offers a contrarian entry point, with the BSE 50 index having retreated from highs this year and valuations continuing to digest. He cited a healthier funding ecosystem, steady liquidity from existing index and BSE-themed funds, growing share buybacks, and policy dividends moving from expectation to implementation, making the current low a window for medium- to long-term opportunities.

TREE NEWS reports: Lithium carbonate futures fell 1.67% on October 13 to close at 107,060 yuan per tonne, narrowing from the previous session’s 11.79% drop. The front-month LC2701 contract has lost 33.5% since September and touched a year-low of 102,700 yuan per tonne. Spot battery-grade lithium carbonate slipped another 2,900 yuan to 108,850 yuan per tonne.

TREE NEWS update: China’s securities regulator issued an institutional supervision notice on optimizing the registration of new-model floating-fee products, widening the reform from pilot to broader rollout. The notice loosens both the scope of eligible institutions and products and the conversion of legacy funds, opening a window for mid-sized fund managers. Multiple mid-sized fund companies are already preparing such products.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s Shanghai Composite Index oscillated around 3800 points over the four trading sessions after the National Day holiday, with capital rotating positions rather than exiting the market. Analysts attributed the post-holiday pullback and structural divergence to external disruptions and amplified short-term sentiment, describing it as a phase of expectation and trading adjustment. With external headwinds easing, policy support and rising corporate earnings are expected to strengthen A-share fundamentals and repair sentiment.

TREE NEWS update: Singapore’s Monetary Authority releases its monetary policy statement at 08:00 Beijing time, followed by China’s September CPI and PPI at 09:30. The US September CPI lands at 20:30 Beijing time, alongside pre-market earnings from Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock and State Street, and ASML’s report before the European open. Anthropic is expected to hold a pre-IPO investor day.

TREE NEWS update: A Russian attack on a residential building in Kyiv’s Desnianskyi district on the 14th killed one person and injured 14, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a damage report. Casualty figures may still change as rescue operations continue. Russia has not yet responded to the strike.

TREE NEWS update: Hyundai Motor Group announced in Seoul that it will invest $15.5 billion in India over the next seven years. The South Korean automaker disclosed the figure in a notice from Seoul, marking one of its largest single-country commitments. No breakdown of the spending was given.

TREE NEWS update: An administrative office building belonging to Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, eastern Saudi Arabia, was attacked on October 14. No injuries were reported. The attack caused a small fire, and authorities have begun handling the incident and taking necessary measures.

TREE NEWS update: US Central Command said on October 13 that the Strait of Hormuz is controlled by US forces and regional partners, after assisting Gulf partners in moving more than 19 million barrels of crude oil through the strait the previous day. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy commander said the same day that it would sink any US warship approaching the strait.

TREE NEWS reports: Microsoft’s cloud president has told business leaders to cut their spending by 20%. The directive targets corporate spending levels at a time when cloud and AI budgets face renewed scrutiny. No timeline or scope for the reduction was specified.

TREE NEWS update: Former Canadian deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland said the Trump administration is privately pressuring CEOs and business leaders to push their own governments to meet White House demands. Freeland described the pressure as being applied behind the scenes to corporate executives rather than through public channels.

TREE NEWS reports: Goldman Sachs said Dutch TTF natural gas winter peak prices would need to rise to €105 per megawatt-hour to force enough liquefied natural gas demand destruction outside Europe, under a scenario of tight supply and normal weather. The bank’s estimate sets the level at which European buyers could outbid other regions for LNG cargoes during the heating season.

TREE NEWS reports: Rio Tinto reported third-quarter bauxite production of 15.75 million tonnes, above the 15.22 million tonne estimate. Alumina output for the quarter came in at 2.07 million tonnes, also ahead of the 2.00 million tonne consensus. The figures cover the miner’s aluminium supply chain for the September quarter.

TREE NEWS reports: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump last week to discuss the possibility of resuming the war on Iran before the US midterm elections in early November, or even before Israel’s parliamentary election on October 27. A US official cited in the report said Netanyahu “wants to launch an attack before the elections.”