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US stock market concerns are prompting investors to reconsider Chinese equities.China's stock markets are seeing historic gains after years of underperformance.Goldman Sachs highlighted China's tech advances and reduced regulatory risks.The US stock market skidded last week over concerns about a potential recession — and it's making some investors consider China again.The change in tune comes on the back of a bull run in China's stock markets. The MSCI China Index is up 20% so far this year, marking the best start of the year in history for Chinese stocks. The...

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex opened today's trade session little changed. Nifty 50 opened at 22,521.85, while Sensex opened at 74,474.98. Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty 50 opened today's trade session 3,755.5 points away from its record high of 26,277.35.Asian equities declined in early trade today.Last week, the Nifty had its best week in three months and ended on a positive note after four weeks, above 22,500. This truncated week, the bulls are tasked with protecting this level.Gensol...

Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have been getting slammed harder than the rest of the market recently as stocks sold off due to fears of a trade war. Many are down in the double digits, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.55%) is down around 6% (at the time of this writing). However, I think this is a knee-jerk reaction to something that likely won't last more than a few months. As a result, I'm taking this sell-off as an opportunity to load up on some of my top AI picks. Topping...

Tesla (TSLA -0.30%) stock soared 63% last year, reaching a new all-time high in December, shortly after President Trump's election win. Investors speculated that a friendlier regulatory environment could help the company fast-track its autonomous driving and humanoid robotics technologies, which some Wall Street analysts believe could become trillion-dollar platforms. In fact, CEO Elon Musk believes Tesla is on track to become the most valuable company in the world. He even believes there is a possibility it will be worth more than the next five largest companies combined -- today,...

Indian stock market: After moving in downward trajectory for three weeks, the Indian benchmarks made a strong comeback in the first week of March 2025. The indices closed in green, rising nearly 2 per cent on Friday, March 7. The Nifty settled at 22,552.50, while the Sensex closed at 74,332.58, marking a significant rebound.The market recovered despite weak global cues amid rising threat of tariff wars on multiple trading partners.The global sentiment improved following reports of a delay in U.S. tariffs and the possibility of further negotiations, which helped stabilize...

The Indian stock market snapped its three-week losing streak and staged a sharp recovery, driven by favorable global and domestic cues amid US tariff-related developments, instilling fresh confidence among D-Street investors.Next, investors will monitor some key market triggers in the second week of March. Retail inflation, Donald Trump's tariff announcements, the rupee-dollar rate, foreign fund outflow, domestic and global macroeconomic data, and global market cues will dictate the market direction in the next five days.Also Read: Nifty 50 logs best week in 3 months, valuations hit multi-year lows: Bear case...

New home sales trend bends downgetty After a lengthy rise, homebuilder stocks have dropped around 30%. Time to buy? Probably not. Fundamentals began weakening last year as homebuilders continued to build their significantly large inventories even as sales tapered off. (See Oct. 4 article, "Homebuilder Optimism May Be Ending As Conditions Weaken") The homebuilder cycles New home buying tends to run in lengthy cycles. The current trend is now downwards as the number of buyers shrinks. Likely, the cause is more than a high mortgage rate. New home prices are...

Trevor Jennewine  |  The Motley FoolHow to create a will, set legacy contacts on your deviceThese four tips can help you and your loved ones sort through the digital assets after someone dies.Problem SolvedHistorically, the February after an election year has been the worst month for the U.S. stock market, according to Carson Group. Indeed, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) declined 1.4% last month as disappointing economic data and concerns about potential tariffs weighed on the stock market.Is the February dip a buying opportunity? Or is the stock market too...

Trevor Jennewine  |  The Motley FoolHistorically, February in a post-election year has been the worst month for the U.S. stock market, according to Carson Group. Indeed, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) declined 1.4% last month as disappointing economic data and concerns about potential tariffs weighed on the stock market.Is the February dip a buying opportunity? Or is the stock market too risky right now? Here's what investors should know.The S&P 500 has historically moved higher in March through AugustThe S&P 500 in the last decade has typically generated a positive...

It’s been a rough stretch for your 401(k) – and an even rougher one if your name happens to be Elon Musk. The stock market stumbled again on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 dropping over 1%, taking Tesla down with it and trimming billions from Musk’s already shrinking fortune.Before you start worrying, it looks like he’ll survive on the remaining billions!How much value has Elon Musk lost?This latest dip isn’t just another bad day for investors. It’s part of a broader pattern that’s been building since December, when Tesla hit...