Beijing tells insurers to buy more Chinese stocks

• China urges state-backed funds to buy more stocks amid market slump, falling bond yields

  China's financial regulators on Thursday unveiled a slew of measures to urge large state-owned mutual funds and insurers to purchase more A-shares.
  
  CNBC - 5h

• TikTok owner asks Chinese staff in Singapore to pay taxes to Beijing

  ByteDance’s missive comes as China steps up enforcement of global tax collection
  
  Financial Times - 1d

• We're buying more of an underappreciated stock and downgrading another that has broken out

  The purchase will increase the stock's weighting in our portfolio to more than 2%.
  
  CNBC - 5d

• We're buying more of this retail stock that's showing positive sales momentum

  The company is having a nice fourth quarter, according to a note published by Truist on Friday.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 10
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  Taiwan demonstrates sea defenses against potential Chinese attack as tensions rise with Beijing

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  ABC News - Jan. 9

• We're buying more of a newer stock that is wisely pushing into a fast-growing market

  We first added the company to our portfolio in October.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 8

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  CNBC - Jan. 8
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  Shein lawyer refuses to tell MPs if fashion firm uses Chinese cotton

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  BBC News - Jan. 7

• MicroStrategy’s latest capital-raise plans are for $2 billion of preferred stock to buy more bitcoin

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  MarketWatch - Jan. 6

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