Every time the US stock market gets heavier, the Wall Street marketing machine kicks into high gear. The cycle returns to a favorite narrative: geographic diversification. Retail investors are urged to ditch their concentrated domestic stocks and buy single-country ETFs to capture untapped and uncorrelated growth cycles abroad. More Barchart news There is no crystal…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing will not take any steps toward his long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office. Trump said the contentious issue of Taiwan did not come up in his…
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan reported its first cases of African swine fever on Wednesday, with authorities culling at least 195 pigs and ordering a ban on the movement and slaughter of pigs islandwide. The Agriculture Ministry said samples of dead pigs from a farm in the coastal city of Taichung tested positive for African…
Today, October 16, is the day that sets the tone for the next chapter for the world’s largest contract chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM), as it reports its third-quarter 2025 results. In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing are rewriting the semiconductor playbook, TSMC’s next move has enormous implications. The company is not…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Friday the government would build the “T-Dome” air defense system to provide multi-layered protection against enemy threats, and called on China to renounce the use of force to seize Taiwan. Democratically governed Taiwan has faced increasing military and political pressure from China, which considers the island…
