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On August 15th, the dollar index, which measures the dollar against six major currencies, fell 0.3% to close at 99.667 in late trading. At the close of New York trading, the euro was worth $1.1566, up from $1.1529 the previous day; the pound sterling was worth $1.3533, up from $1.3485. The dollar was worth 159.38 yen, down from 159.51 yen; 0.8131 Swiss francs, down from 0.8139 Swiss francs; 1.3877 Canadian dollars, down from 1.3936 Canadian dollars; and 9.5246 Swedish krona, down from 9.5684 Swedish krona.On August 15th, local time, the Yemeni government forces stated that the Houthi rebels launched six ballistic missiles at the southwestern Yemeni port of Mocha, targeting local civilian and government facilities in an attempt to impose a blockade and exacerbate the plight of the people. On the same day, the Yemeni Ministry of Health issued a statement strongly condemning the Houthi attack on Mocha and warning of serious health and humanitarian consequences. The Ministry of Health called on the United Nations, international organizations, humanitarian agencies, and the international community to condemn the Houthi attacks on civilian and critical infrastructure, protect infrastructure essential to peoples basic needs, ensure the continued delivery of supplies and humanitarian aid, and strengthen emergency health and nutrition assistance to the western coastal regions of Yemen and other affected areas.Yemens health ministry: A missile attack launched by Houthi rebels against Mocha, Yemen, tonight killed one civilian and injured eight others.On August 15th, Broadcoms stock price fell nearly 7% intraday on Friday as the market focused on the financing model behind its AI infrastructure expansion. Bank of America analysts estimate that Broadcoms financing platform for its AI chip customers could accumulate up to $370 billion in senior debt by mid-2029, with new issuances in 2027 alone potentially reaching approximately $150 billion. This estimate is based on a 20-gigawatt data center. The debt is assumed by the financing platform, not directly by Broadcom, but Broadcom has already guaranteed some customer lease payments, with the first guarantee amounting to approximately $29 billion. This financing model began in June of this year, led by Apollo Global Management and Blackstone Group, providing $35 billion in funding for Broadcoms AIXPV platform. The first tranche will support Anthropic in building over 1 gigawatt of computing power, with the platform planned to provide over 20 gigawatts of computing power by 2028. As the AI infrastructure expands, the future scale of Broadcoms guarantees will be a key focus for the market.On August 15th, Tiger Global Management conducted a large-scale portfolio adjustment in the second quarter. Regarding reductions: Broadcom (AVGO.O) was reduced by 51.1% to 1.8 million shares; Google A (GOOGL.O) was reduced by 45.4% to 5.8 million Class A shares; TSMC (TSM.N) was reduced by 12.3% to 4.9 million ADSs; Microsoft (MSFT.O) was reduced by 9.3% to 2.3 million shares; Meta Platforms (META.O) was reduced by 8.5% to 2.8 million Class A shares; Nvidia (NVDA.O) was reduced by 6.8% to 11.2 million shares; and JD.com (JD.O) was reduced by 41.5% to 201,500 ADSs. Regarding increases: Intel (INTC.O) holdings were increased to 4.3 million shares. New positions were established in AMD (AMD.O) with 674,000 shares and SpaceX (SPCX.O) with 375,000 shares. All holdings in Netflix (NFLX.O) were liquidated.
