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Chinese Stocks Slump in Hong Kong as Trade War Concerns Mount

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese stocks in Hong Kong snapped a six-day winning streak, as renewed fears of an expanding US-China trade war weighed on sentiment.Most Read from BloombergHow Did This Suburb Figure Out Mass Transit?Trump Signs Executive Orders on Federal Purchasing, Office SpaceLA County Floats Leaner Budget Burdened by Fire and Legal CostsThe Hang Seng China Enterprises Index closed down 2.6% to be among Asia’s worst performers on Wednesday. The mainland benchmark CSI 300 Index ended up 0.3%

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Global tech stocks slump as ASML warning adds to Nvidia curbs

(Bloomberg) -- Technology stocks fell as new US government restrictions on the export of Nvidia Corp. chips to China and a disappointing report from Dutch chip-equipment maker ASML Holding NV fanned trade war concerns.Most Read from BloombergHow Did This Suburb Figure Out Mass Transit?Trump Signs Executive Orders on Federal Purchasing, Office SpaceLA County Floats Leaner Budget Burdened by Fire and Legal Costs$15 Million Fund Bets Leadership Training Can Improve Chicago PolicingPresident Donald

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Markets wobble over US-China wrangling

It's been a sea of red in Asia so far on Wednesday, with new U.S. moves turning up the heat in the trade war with China, but at least the losses have been relatively shallow compared with other down days of the past few weeks. Washington issued new export licensing requirements for Nvidia's H20 and AMD's MI308 artificial intelligence chips to China. Nvidia's shares slumped 6% in after-hours trading, after it said the move would cost $5.5 billion.

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Don’t be fooled into buying the cheapest stocks in a downturn

Stock market investors are bound to feel a degree of trepidation following recent economic events. After all, the near-term outlook for inflation, interest rates and GDP growth has been turned on its head by the prospect of extreme US tariffs. Indeed, the potential for further heightened uncertainty may be sufficient to convince some equity investors to seek shelter in other mainstream assets.

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