Market Insider

• Hopes rise for Chinese property support ahead of key March meeting - China may be reassessing its approach to the property sector after a flagship party journal urged more forceful measures.
• U.S. stocks show little reaction to Trump's extraordinary Venezuela action. Why investors see a bull case - Geopolitical shocks historically have little impact on the stock market, and, additionally, investors do not expect the attack will escalate further.
• China decries U.S. action in Venezuela — even as it guards billions at stake - China's immediate priority in the wake of the U.S. attack on Venezuela is to protect economic interests, analysts said.
• Meet the 2026 stock market. It's the same AI-reliant market of 2025 - Tech's outperformance to start the new year suggests the AI trade still has legs, at least for now.
• China to restrict silver exports, echoing rare earths playbook - The U.S. added silver to its nationally designated list of critical minerals in November.
• China EVs in 2026 look less like a boom and more like a survival test as global expansion ramps up - Analysts predict China's electric car market will see growth slow significantly in the year ahead.
• Silver tops $80 for first time, then stages dramatic reversal overnight - Silver slid more than 3% on Monday, after topping $80 for the first time ever in overnight trading.
• China to crack down on AI chatbots around suicide, gambling - The proposed rules come as Chinese artificial intelligence chatbot startups Minimax and Z.ai have this month filed for Hong Kong IPOs.
• Trump's pivot on Nvidia chips gives China a leg up over the U.S. in AI race, analysts say - In the hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said Nvidia can sell a more advanced chip to China, several analysts said the move would give Beijing