Alibaba Stock Jumps 10%. The AI Rally Isn’t Over, It’s Just Moved to China.
By George Glover Online retailer Alibaba was leading a Chinese tech rally on Wednesday, as investors carried on ditching U.S. and South Korean memory-chip makers. Alibaba’s American depositary receipts surged 9% to $107.01 ahead of the opening bell. Rival e-commerce platform JD.com added 2.9%, while search-engine provider Baidu rose 4.7%. Those gains came as U.S. tech stumbled. Futures tracking the Nasdaq 100 slumped 1.2% lower on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump signaled that the cease-fire between the U.S. and Iran may be over. South Korea’s highflying KOSPI Composite also struggled, plunging 5.4% as investors fretted about spiking oil prices. The Chinese tech rally could be a sign that investors are pivoting toward developers of large-
Bonds Are Flashing a Warning to the Stock Market as Earnings Season Approaches
Bond markets opened the week with movements that were again out of sync with the broader gains in equities as yields edged higher into a week bereft of economic data and investors focused firmly on the start of the second-quarter earnings season later this week and next. The opening levels Monday, in fact, extended an advance in 10-year note yields, which jumped more than 10 basis points last week despite a host of events that would normally have pared gains for the benchmark paper. New Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh suggested a modestly dovish tilt for the central bank based on softening inflation forecasts, which were given more credence amid the ongoing decline in oil prices. Weaker-than-expected jobs data, alongside fading readings of second quarter GDP growth, added to the mix,