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Stabilizing the yuan is Beijing's top priority
The offshore yuan has depreciated by more than 3% against the dollar, causing headaches for Beijing as it wants to avoid currency fluctuations even though a weaker yuan would boost exports. China kept its benchmark lending rate unchanged on Monday, signaling that keeping the yuan stable takes precedence over boosting the domestic economy.

Chinese investment in the U.S. slows
The latest data from the American Enterprise Institute shows that Chinese investment in the United States has slowed significantly in recent years. In 2023, inflows into the United States were only $1.66 billion, far lower than the $46.86 billion in 2017. Analysts say the flow is unlikely to pick up during US President-elect Donald Trump's second term due to an "ideological mismatch".

U.S. stocks rise in first week of 2025
U.S. stocks rose on Friday, ending the week in positive territory for the first time since 2025. Asia-Pacific stocks rose on Monday. During the trading day, Hong Kong Hang Seng Index It jumped to its highest level since December 31. Mainland China's CSI 300 index rose about 0.5% as Beijing kept its preferential lending rate unchanged.

TikTok clock restarts
TikTok said in a statement from According to CNBC, Perplexity AI submitted a bid to TikTok parent company ByteDance on Saturday to create a new entity formed by the merger of Perplexity, TikTok US and New Capital Partners.

Oxfam predicts you'll be a billionaire within ten years
The combined wealth of billionaires will soar from $13 trillion to $15 trillion by 2024, Oxfam said on Sunday. This is the second-biggest annual increase in billionaire wealth since Oxfam recorded it. The charity predicts there will be at least five trillionaires within a decade as the wealthy accumulate wealth at an accelerated pace.

TSMC confident of continuing funding under Trump
TSMC TSMC Chief Financial Officer Wendell Huang said in an exclusive interview with CNBC that TSMC will continue to receive the $6.6 billion promised by the Biden administration's Chip and Science Act even after Trump takes office. Trump criticized the Chip Act during the campaign, accusing Taiwan of stealing U.S. chip business

(PRO) Trump dictates market direction
Trump's inauguration will take place later Monday. Investors will want to keep an eye on what executive orders Trump will sign from his first day as president, especially those related to tariffs and corporate policy. These orders can chart long-term trends in a stock, not just short-term trends.

this S&P 500 Index The index soared above the shiny 6,000 mark after Trump's election, but has largely erased all gains over the past few weeks and returned to pre-election levels. However, as Trump prepares to enter the White House, investors appear to be preparing to once again participate in the market based on his agenda.

Stocks finally ended last week on a positive note, posting their first weekly gain this year. This week, S&P 500 Index up 2.9%, Dow Jones Industrial Average It rose 3.7%, its best weekly performance since the week of the U.S. presidential election in November. this Nasdaq Composite Index Up 2.5%, it was its best week since early December.

Bank stocks drove much of the index's gains, as better-than-expected earnings reports from big banks boosted their share prices. shares Goldman Sachs Up about 12% this week JPMorgan Chase It rose 8% over the same period. Overall, the financial sector gained more than 6% last week, outperforming the S&P.

A Trump presidency could provide more forward momentum for bank stocks. Chris Senyek, chief investment strategist at Wolfe Research, said rising business and consumer confidence, an extension of tax cuts and financial sector deregulation are potential drivers for the sector.

"We continue to view financials as the biggest sector winner under the Trump administration," Senyek wrote in a note on Friday.

That said, in addition to expectations of Trump occupying the Oval Office, December's streak of subdued inflation numbers also boosted the market's animal spirits: All sectors of the market ended the week in the green.

Better-than-expected economic data helped "restore the Blondie narrative in the stock market and may prompt some to take risks again." barclays bank strategist Emmanuel Cau wrote in a note on Friday.

Generally, any change increases risk. Trump 2.0 certainly is, but as the number "two" suggests, the changes we've seen before may alleviate a little bit of that uncertainty.

—CNBC’s Alex Harring, Hakyung Kim and Sarah Min contributed to this report.