Airbus SE

The Boeing Company

Airbus warns of a sharp rise in geopolitical risks at the start of 2026 and urges employees to prepare for an "unprecedented number of crises" period. Company executives point to a deteriorating external environment, trade conflicts and the need to be prepared for changing conditions. Analysts say the risks for Airbus are higher than for its U.S. rival Boeing, but remain positive on the European aircraft maker's shares.

Airbus urged to prepare for new crises. Why are its risks higher than Boeing's?

NVIDIA Corporation

Chinese authorities may oblige local businesses to buy AI chips domestically, sources tell Information

China demanded tech companies halt orders for Nvidia chips - media outlet

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Intel Corporation

Nvidia shares jumped 4% in trading on December 19 thanks to two positive news. The U.S. authorities approved the company's investment in U.S. processor maker Intel in the amount of $5 billion. In addition, the White House began considering documents that will allow Nvidia to resume supplying China with its AI chips, Reuters has learned. Nvidia's securities remain attractive to investors because they are relatively cheap, Bernstein said.

Nvidia shares are up 4%. Why does Bernstein think they are still attractive?

The H200 is the second most powerful chip in the Nvidia lineup available to customers

Nvidia may increase production of H200 AI chips amid strong demand in China - Reuters

The U.S. Department of Defense has concluded that Chinese e-commerce leaders and AI developers Alibaba Group and Baidu, as well as carmaker BYD and five other companies from China, should be included in a list of organizations assisting the Chinese military. That's according to a letter to Congress sent by the Defense Department about three weeks before Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met Oct. 30 in South Korea, where the leaders agreed on a package of measures that included lowering duties and temporarily suspending some export restrictions.

Pentagon wants to blacklist Alibaba and BYD as Chinese companies - Bloomberg

A breakthrough quarter, getting a third of all cloud providers' investments in AI, record revenue growth, and future growth drivers - what analysts are writing ahead of Nvidia's third-quarter reporting.

A divided market and bank optimism: Wall Street prepares for Nvidia report 

Amazon.com, Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

SoftBank Group Corp.

SoftBank shares continue to get cheaper after the Japanese holding company announced it is selling its entire stake in Nvidia. Amazon and Microsoft supported a bill that would strengthen export restrictions on Nvidia. On these and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of November 14.

The main things for the morning: SoftBank collapse, Microsoft and Amazon against Nvidia, bitcoin below $97k.

The bank recommended that investors in Chinese securities prioritize protective instruments

"We consider the truce fragile": Morgan Stanley described scenarios for a US trade war with the PRC

Sibanye Stillwater Limited

Lynas Rare Earths Limited

Range Resources Corporation

Active negotiations between the US and China, sanctions policy and the US shutdown determine the composition of the portfolio in November. Alexander Orlov, Managing Director of Arbat Capital, proposed a strategy that balances both investors' expectations and the results of specific companies.

Where to invest $10,000 in November: Between America and China

Tesla, Inc.

Tesla shareholders have approved a near $1 trillion payout package for Elon Musk, who has promised to turn the company into an AI and robotics giant and said he plans to build his own chip factory "times the size of a gigafactory." Japan's SoftBank has lost over $50 billion in capitalization amid a collapse in AI stocks and growing doubts about overheated valuations. On these and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of November 7.

Highlights for this morning: Musk's AI race, Nvidia chip ban, OpenAI 'proxy' under pressure

Having levied import duties against each other in April, the U.S. and China then twice postponed escalation in the trade war. After six months of negotiations, the two heads of state, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, met on October 30 and announced a trade truce for another year. In the case of other countries, Trump managed to secure significant concessions. But Beijing took a tough stance and did not back down from it. It identified the weaknesses of its and the U.S. economies in advance and skillfully exploited them.