FirstFT: Success of Chinese rival to ChatGPT triggers global stock market sell-off

• Global hotel chains bet on cheaper end of market as Chinese economy slows

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• DeepSeek sell-off shows the risks of a concentrated US stock market

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• FirstFT: Trump renews tariff threats sending shockwaves through global markets

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  Financial Times - Jan. 21

• A stock market sell signal’s been turned off. The market’s more sober.

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

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• U.S. stocks dominated global markets in 2024 — why they likely won’t in 2025

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• Netflix’s stock is still a sell and looks ‘overvalued in a momentum market’

  Netflix Inc.’s stock was flat Friday after Benchmark analysts reiterated their sell rating on the stock even as they raised their price target by 30%, arguing that it’s looking overvalued in a ...
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 3

• Chinese stock market slump deepens with bond yields hitting record lows as PBOC reportedly signals rate cuts

  Economic data on tap appeared thin on Friday, while investors in Asia continue to assess China's monetary easing policy, political chaos in South Korea.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 3

• FirstFT: Trump’s protectionist policies will hurt global growth, economists warn

  Also in today’s newsletter, ‘terrorism’ in New Orleans and the business trends to watch in 2025
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 2

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