- Macroeconomics
What reports has the Federal Reserve released?
In addition to influencing interest rates through monetary policy, the Federal Reserve’s reports also frequently have a significant impact on the market. Common reports include the Federal Open Market Committee Statement, FOMC Meeting Minutes, Summary of Economic Projections (SEP), Beige Book, and the Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS). There are also more frequently updated reports such as the Balance Sheet (H.4.1) and the Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks (H8). These reports provide diverse insights, allowing for market interpretation from various perspectives and revealing the real thoughts of scholars, experts, and Fed officials on the economy.
- Industry
OpenAI Product Release Updates
This article primarily shares the new features released by ChatGPT in December 2024, organized into five key areas for review and discussion: Release of New Models and Plans, Developer Optimization, Innovation and Feature Enhancements, New ChatGPT Features, Collaboration with Apple, Additional Features. With these releases, OpenAI has demonstrated even greater AI capabilities, showing its vision not only to assist individuals in solving challenges in daily life but also to evolve AI into an independent-thinking assistant. Moving forward, there is a need to further consider how to balance company profitability with technological innovation for humanity.
- Financials
A Basic Introduction to ETF
An ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund) is an index fund that combines the characteristics of both funds and stocks: pooling money from multiple investors into one investment (fund) while being tradable on the secondary market (stocks). ETFs can be broadly categorized into security-based, leveraged and inverse, and commodity futures types. Due to their dual nature as both funds and stocks, ETFs also have their corresponding fees.
- Macroeconomics
What reports has the Federal Reserve released?
In addition to influencing interest rates through monetary policy, the Federal Reserve’s reports also frequently have a significant impact on the market. Common reports include the Federal Open Market Committee Statement, FOMC Meeting Minutes, Summary of Economic Projections (SEP), Beige Book, and the Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS). There are also more frequently updated reports such as the Balance Sheet (H.4.1) and the Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks (H8). These reports provide diverse insights, allowing for market interpretation from various perspectives and revealing the real thoughts of scholars, experts, and Fed officials on the economy.
- Industry
OpenAI Product Release Updates
This article primarily shares the new features released by ChatGPT in December 2024, organized into five key areas for review and discussion: Release of New Models and Plans, Developer Optimization, Innovation and Feature Enhancements, New ChatGPT Features, Collaboration with Apple, Additional Features. With these releases, OpenAI has demonstrated even greater AI capabilities, showing its vision not only to assist individuals in solving challenges in daily life but also to evolve AI into an independent-thinking assistant. Moving forward, there is a need to further consider how to balance company profitability with technological innovation for humanity.
What Everyone’s Reading
- News
2025/6/30
fiisual Biweekly Oil Report: Geopolitical Premium Fades; Oil Market to Gradually Return to Fundamentals
Over the past two weeks, market trading has centered around the Israel-Iran conflict. Initially, oil prices surged after Iran passed a bill to close the Strait of Hormuz. However, following the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between the two nations, the geopolitical risk premium quickly dissipated, leading to a sharp 15% drop in oil prices.
- News
2025/6/16
fiisual Biweekly Oil Report: China–U.S. Talks and Israel–Iran Conflict Push Oil Prices Sharply Higher
Over the past two weeks, oil prices have surged by approximately 17%, primarily driven by two major catalysts: the warming of China–U.S. trade negotiations and the outbreak of conflict between Israel and Iran. However, the EIA’s latest data showed a significant and unexpected build in refined product inventories, casting doubt on whether the U.S. driving season is truly boosting demand, and raising concerns for oil prices moving forward.
- Stock
2025/6/4
Introduction to a Popular 13F Institution: Bridgewater Associates
Bridgewater Associates is one of the largest hedge funds in the world, renowned for its unique investment strategies and long-term, consistent performance. It holds a significant and influential position in the financial industry. This article shares the story behind Bridgewater’s founding, its investment approach, and the background of its founder, Ray Dalio. It also examines Bridgewater’s latest 13F filing to analyze its current holdings and infer its present investment outlook.
- Stock
2025/6/4
Introduction for UC Capital
UC Capital is the Taiwanese firm that purchased the commemorative ball marking Shohei Ohtani’s 50 homers and 50 steals in a single season. Headquartered in Taipei, it is a quantitative proprietary trading firm. By focusing on high-frequency proprietary trading of Taiwanese stocks, ETFs, and derivatives, the firm—operating as a single quant fund—has become one of the leading institutional players in Taiwan’s financial markets. This article provides a brief introduction to the company and its investment strategies, along with an overview of its corporate culture and its strong performance in recent years.
- Stock
2025/6/4
Introduction to a Popular 13F Institution: Berkshire Hathaway
On May 3rd of this year, Warren Buffett officially announced at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting that he will be retiring by the end of the year. He also named Greg Abel as his successor and the company’s next CEO. This article reviews Buffett’s investment philosophy and Berkshire Hathaway’s investment approach, while also briefly introducing the background of incoming CEO Greg Abel.
