Samsung Joins $1T Club, Stocks Extend Rally on Iran | The Asia Trade 5/6/2026

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Chapters:
00:00:00 – Bloomberg: The Asia Trade begins
00:00:16 – BREAKING: Trump says US to pause ‘Project Freedom’ in Hormuz
00:08:20 – Iran’s Foreign Minister heads to China
00:12:27 – US stocks close at record high, tech leads rally
00:17:32 – AMD shares jump on upbeat forecast
00:21:28 – Anthropic launches AI agents for financial firms
00:27:37 – Systems Planning & Analysis’ Kirsten Fontenrose on US-Iran ceasefire
00:35:33 – BlackRock’s Rieder expects continued equity, bond market divergence
00:38:05 – Dollar steadies as traders weigh US push for Iran deal
00:44:25 – South Korea to reopen with tech in focus
00:47:18 – Market open in Australia & South Korea
00:51:35 – BREAKING: Samsung hits $1 trillion market cap on AI chip boom
00:51:41 – Principal Asset Management’s Todd Jablonski on market sentiment
00:59:07 – US says offensive phase of Iran war is over
01:07:53 – Bloomberg Scoop: Apple weighs using Intel, Samsung processors
01:12:52 – Samsung joins TSMC in elite $1 trillion valuation club
01:16:41 – William Blair’s Vivian Lin Thurston looks ahead to China market reopen
01:28:17 – Bloomberg Opinion: Jet fuel costs put Asian budget carriers at risk
01:31:58 – Electric trucks take off in China
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