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Today’s Must-Know News:
• S&P 500 futures fell 0.9% in early Asian trade Tuesday
• Trump will meet global CEOs in Davos on Wednesday
• Meanwhile Canadian equity benchmark S&P/TSX gained 0.15% Monday to a new 52-week high
Traders’ Corner:
China Life (2628.HK), Sinopec (0386.HK)
Today’s Must-Know News:
• S&P 500 futures fell 0.7% in Asian trade Monday
• Small cap Russell 2000 index extended gains for a third consecutive session
• Lockheed Martin (LMT, +0.79%) & Raytheon (RTX, +1.05%) both gained seven straight consecutive sessions
Traders’ Corner:
Hang Seng Index, Hang Seng Tech Index
Today’s Must-Know News:
• S&P 500 rose 0.26% but did not make a new high Thursday
• TSMC (TSM, +4.44%) plans capital expenditures of $52–56b in 2026, up at least 25% yoy
• Trip.com (TCOM, -2.36%; 9961.HK, -19.23%) USADRs plunged Thursday
Traders’ Corner:
Galaxy
Entertainment (0027.HK), CNOOC (0883.HK)
Today’s Must-Know News:
• S&P 500 & Nasdaq fell 0.53% and 1.0%
• The US imposed a 25% tariff on select advanced semiconductors
• TSMC reports 4Q earnings today
Traders’ Corner:
Ping An Good Doctor (1833.HK), Q Technology (1478.HK)
Today’s Must-Know News:
• S&P 500 fell from record highs, down 0.19% Tuesday
• Visa (V, -4.46%) & Mastercard (MA, -3.76%) shares fell Tuesday
• Software stocks Salesforce (CRM, -7.07%) & Adobe (ADBE, -5.41%) sank Tuesday
Traders’ Corner:
WuXi Biologics (2269.HK), PetroChina (0857.HK)
Today’s Must-Know News:
• S&P 500 futures fell 0.1% Tuesday
• Trump announced a 25% tariff on goods from countries doing business with Iran with immediate effect
• Synchrony (SYF, -8.36%) & Capital One (COF, - 6.42%) were hit hard Monday
Traders’ Corner:
Tencent (0700.HK), Goldwind (2208.HK)
Today’s Must-Know News:
• S&P 500 futures slipped 0.1% in early Asian trading Monday
• Trump called for a one-year 10% cap on US creditcard interest rates effective from January 20
• Investors dropped near-term rate-cut expectations
Traders’ Corner:
Hang Seng Index, Hang Seng Tech Index
Today’s Must-Know News:
• S&P 500 edged up 0.01% Thursday ahead of a potential Supreme Court tariff ruling and labor data
• We like Nike (NKE, +3.23%), Amazon (AMZN, +1.96%) and Walmart (WMT, +0.31%) as potential beneficiaries of a Supreme Court tariff relief
• Nvidia (NVDA, -2.15%) fell Thursday
Traders’ Corner:
Trip.com (9961.HK), Horizon Robotics (9660.HK)
Today’s Must-Know News:
• S&P 500 fell 0.34% Wednesday
• The US Defence ETF (ITA, -1.65%) rose 1.85% aftermarket Wednesday
• QQQ (QQQ, +0.1%) & Nvidia (NVDA, +1.0%) rose Wednesday even after reports said that Beijing asked some firms to pause H200 AI chip orders
Traders’ Corner:
CR Beer (0291.HK), Shenzhou Intl (2313.HK)
Today’s Must-Know News:
• S&P 500 rose 0.62% Tuesday to new highs, with memory names including Sandisk (SNDK, +27.56%) & Micron (MU, +10.02%) outperforming
• Silver (SLV, +6.7%) shares surged Tuesday
• Nvidia (NVDA, -0.47%) & AMD (AMD, -3.04%) dipped post-CES despite unveiling new chips
Traders’ Corner:
Innovent (1801.HK), Ali Health (241.HK)
Today’s Must-Know News:
• S&P 500 rose 0.64% Monday, with the Dow (+1.23%) hitting a record
• However, CNOOC (0883.HK, -3.29%), Sinopec (0386.HK, -1.91%) and PetroChina (0857.HK, -3.52%) slid
• Gold (GLD, +2.63%) & Silver (SLV, +5.06%) shares rose Monday for a second session while Bitcoin (XBT, +3.13%) reached its highest level
Traders’ Corner:
Alibaba (9988.HK), Kuaishou (1024.HK)