The dollar is coming out of a prolonged downward streak - July could be its first month of gains since December

The dollar has its best July since 2019. What will happen to the exchange rate next?

Apple Inc.

At the end of the second quarter, Apple was only fifth in the Chinese smartphone market with a share of about 15%

Apple has decided to close a branded store in China for the first time

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.

Michael Burry's Scion Asset Management (the same company that predicted the mortgage crisis of 2007-2008 and successfully played against the U.S. mortgage-backed securities market), judging by the official disclosure in May this year, <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/05/19/after-nearly-dumping-his-entire-portfolio-and-buyi/">sold</a> shares of all companies in its portfolio, except for one - cosmetics giant Estée Lauder. And the investor not only kept, but <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/big-short-investor-michael-burry-doubles-stake-cosmetics-maker-estee-lauder-2025-05-16/">doubled</a> his stake compared to December 2024 and now owns 200,000 shares of the company. What made Burry believe in a business whose net income fell sixfold in three years?

Heavy luxury is taking the internet by storm: why Michael Burry sold everything but Estée Lauder
 


Investbank made a bet on shares of insurance and commodity companies

Goldman Sachs has improved its outlook for Chinese stocks. What is the reason for its optimism?

Pop Mart International Group Limited

Here Group Limited

MINISO Group Holding Limited

Labubu toys sold in surprise boxes are not the only ones causing excitement among buyers. Last year, the designer toy Wakuku appeared in China, and since March this year it has been sold in the Miniso chain. Buyers are also definitely queuing up for these dolls, and shares in QuantaSing, the company that owns the rights to Wakuku, are up more than 340% since the beginning of the year. Will they be able to disrupt the business of Pop Mart, the company that produces Labba? &nbsp;

Toy rally: who on the stock market will compete with the manufacturer Labooboo

For the past five years, the EU has been trying to establish relations with both the United States and China. Both attempts have failed.

Between Two Fires: How the EU was drawn into conflict with both the US and China

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

Taiwan Semiconductor, the world's largest contract supplier of chips, reached a capitalization of $1 trillion thanks to growing demand for processors for artificial intelligence and revised forecasts. China ramped up rare earth shipments in June, but volumes are still far from pre-crisis levels. Trump's aides discussed terminating some SpaceX contracts, but recognized most of them as critical to the state. On these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of July 21.

Morning Highlights: TSMC passes $1 trillion, China boosts magnet exports by 2.5 times

Eli Lilly and Company

Novo Nordisk A/S

China has entered the race in the market of weight loss drugs: several companies from China have presented their products that may become competitors to Ozempic, Mounjaro and other hits from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly. The first of these received regulatory approval in June. In general, Chinese biotech has survived the prolonged "nuclear winter" and is now actively developing. What should an investor know about it?

The end of nuclear winter and tens of percent growth: how China is growing its pharma giants


Since mid-2023, foreign investment in the Chinese equivalent of the lowest-risk U.S. debt securities has grown more than sixfold

Chinese bonds have lost appeal to foreign investors - Bloomberg

Citi and HSBC advise taking advantage of the viral toy maker's recent stock pullback

Shares of manufacturer Labubu are up 180% this year. Is it too late to buy them?   

MP Materials Corp.

The company has struck a deal with US rare earth supplier MP Materials to reduce its dependence on Chinese exports


Apple to invest $0.5 billion in rare earth metals production in the U.S. Why it matters

Analysts warn of overheating amid possible tighter controls on the sale of "blind" toy boxes in China