The Stock Market Is Waking Up to Its Overconfidence in AI and Trump

• Mainland Chinese investors snap up a record amount of Hong Kong stocks to play AI

  Mainland Chinese investors are piling into the Hong Kong stock market at record volumes as its tech-heavy Hang Seng Index trades around three-year highs.
  
  CNBC - 1d
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  White House defends Trump's tariffs amid plunging stock markets

  The White House is defending President Donald Trump's tariffs against the country's top trading partners after the stock market experienced its worst day in 2025 with a sell off that left the Dow ...
  
  NBC News - 17h

• Stock market falls sharply as investors fret Trump policies

  Stocks continue to slide on Monday, following its worst week since September as president's protectionist policies darken economic view.
  
  CBS News - 1d
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  Global stock markets register heavy falls as White House tries to talk up Trump tariffs

  Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq and Nikkei all down by at least 2% and Tesla shares fall 15% for worst day since September 2020. Global stock markets have continued to fall amid fears that a wide-ranging ...
  
  The Guardian - 1d

• Ireland urged to ‘wake up’ as Trump exposes economic reliance on the US

  Economy faces ‘frog in a pot’ problem unless infrastructure and innovation improve urgently
  
  Financial Times - 2d

• Latest news on Trump's trade war with Canada, shock in stock markets

  President Trump's trade war with Canada is growing after Ontario's premier announced on a tax on electricity bound for the U.S. This comes as the stock markets are reacting negatively to Mr. ...
  
  CBS News - 11h
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  Trump made the stock market a marker of success. Now he's hedging as markets dip.

  When President Donald Trump wanted to make the case for his first term’s success in an interview last month, he turned to the stock market.
  
  NBC News - 1d

• White House: Stock market plunge is not as 'meaningful' as business activity

  The Trump administration contends that investments and growth from top businesses means more for the economy than the recent stock market rout.
  
  CNBC - 16h

• Tariffs are causing stock-market panic and leading investors into riskier options trading

  Less than two months into his second term, President Donald Trump is already making stock-market volatility great again. That’s been a boon for the options market.
  
  MarketWatch - 8h

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• People 'underestimate' the importance of Chinese President Xi's entrepreneur meeting: Alibaba's Tsai

  Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai said Chinese President Xi Jinping's meeting with entrepreneurs boosted confidence and has been underestimated.
  
  CNBC - 3m

• Trump's 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports take effect

  U.S. President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports came into effect Wednesday.
  
  CNBC - 4m

• Ray Dalio warns a severe U.S. supply-demand debt problem could lead to 'shocking developments'

  Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio on Wednesday warned that a "very severe" supply-demand problem regarding U.S. debt could lead to shocking developments.
  
  CNBC - 6m

• Asia-Pacific markets mostly rise despite tariff uncertainty and recession fears in the U.S.

  Economists polled by Reuters expect India's inflation rate to slow to 3.98% in February from 5.68% in January.
  
  CNBC - 12m
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  PwC cuts record number of UK partners and halts tech apprenticeship scheme

  Moves come as consultants strain to protect annual profit pool of close to £1mn per partner
  
  Financial Times - 12m