How sidestepping Big Tech has paid off lately in these stock ETFs

• Beyond Big Tech: 20 stocks to ride the AI trend

  Vanguard’s chief economist suggested investors increase stock-market exposure to ride expected improvements from artificial intelligence but cautioned that technology stocks are “very highly valued.”
  
  MarketWatch - 1d

• Oracle, Nvidia and other Big Tech stocks jump as Trump rolls out Stargate AI initiative

  President Trump announced a major AI infrastructure investment of “at least $500 billion,” signaling a willingness to work alongside large tech companies.
  
  MarketWatch - 2d
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  ESPN Spent Years Courting Nick Saban, and It All Paid Off

  “Whenever he makes a comment, everybody listens,” the lead producer of “College Gameday” said of the longtime college football coach.
  
  The New York Times - 2d

• Europol chief says Big Tech has ‘responsibility’ to unlock encrypted messages

  Catherine De Bolle warns companies risk threatening democracy unless they co-operate with lawmakers
  
  Financial Times - 4d

• The stock market has one more chance to fight off the bears

  Another S&P 500 close below 5,870 would signal more downside for the index. Plus, Amazon looks weak.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 11

• Why these ETF bets in stocks and bonds may pay off in 2025, according to BlackRock

  Heading into 2025, ETF investors appeared enthusiastic about prospects for the U.S. bull market to keep running.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 10

• We're trimming our stake in a beaten-up stock that has taken off in 2025

  The stock is our top-performing holding in the new year.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 6
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  Big Tech Is So Dominant the Stock Market Would Have Been Flat for 2 Years Without It

  Big Tech stocks have fueled most of the S&P 500’s gains over the past several years.
  
  Inc. - Jan. 6

• These ETF strategies were big winners last year. What to expect in 2025.

  Investors piled more than $1.1 trillion into the U.S. ETF universe in 2024, with total assets reaching a record of at least $10 trillion.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 4

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• Netflix’s live-sports strategy is paying off. But its next play might surprise you.

  Don’t expect Netflix to go head-to-head with ESPN. Here’s where it could still shine in streaming sports.
  
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• Boeing warns investors to brace for steeper quarterly losses, lower revenue

  Boeing said it expects a fourth-quarter GAAP loss of $5.46 a share, well above the $1.55-a-share loss that Wall Street forecast.
  
  MarketWatch - 3h

• Twilio hits a milestone and cheers a big AI moment for customer communications

  Twilio’s stock is surging after the company gave upbeat initial results and talked up its long-term opportunity.
  
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• Texas Instruments finally sees growth on the horizon, but it’s a slow recovery

  The semiconductor company predicts a return to growth after more than two years of revenue declines, but the industrial and automotive markets have yet to bottom.
  
  MarketWatch - 3h

• How a smaller government real-estate footprint under Trump could boost cities

  History shows that selling government-owned buildings or terminating their leases isn’t quick or easy
  
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• Japan hikes rates to highest since 2008 as sustained inflation, rising wages signal 'virtuous cycle' in play

  The move comes in line with expectations from CNBC's survey, where an overwhelming majority of economists predicted a hike.
  
  CNBC - 6m

• Trump praises President Xi, says he looks forward to 'getting along with China'

  During his campaign trail, Trump had floated imposing tariffs upward of 60% on Chinese goods.
  
  CNBC - 52m

• Constitutional amendment to allow Trump third term introduced in the House

  President Donald Trump has hinted at the possibility of somehow serving a third term in office.
  
  CNBC - 1h

• Netflix’s live-sports strategy is paying off. But its next play might surprise you.

  Don’t expect Netflix to go head-to-head with ESPN. Here’s where it could still shine in streaming sports.
  
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  Charles Phan, Whose Slanted Door Elevated Vietnamese Food, Dies at 62

  The restaurant, which opened in San Francisco in 1995, married local ingredients with the food he grew up on and buoyed other chefs from immigrant families.
  
  The New York Times - 3h