Investors shift from US equities

Global investors shifted away from US equities in 2025, boosting non‑U.S. markets as Chinese AI advances and Trump‑era trade tensions prompted broad portfolio diversification.

Financial Times

US stocks eclipsed by rest of world in 2025 as investors diversify

Chinese artificial intelligence advances and the effects of Trump’s trade war have boosted markets outside the US

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The Guardian

Cryptocurrency slump erases 2025 financial gains and Trump-inspired optimism

Last few months of the year have seen $1tn in value wiped from the market, despite all-time-high price of bitcoin As 2025 comes to a close, Donald Trump’s favorable approach to cryptocurrency has not proven to be enough to sustain the industry’s gains, once the source of market-wide optimism and enthusiasm. The last few months of the year have seen $1tn in value wiped from the digital asset market, despite bitcoin hitting an all-time-high price of $126, 000 on 6 October. The October price peak was short-lived. Bitcoin’s price tumbled just days later after Trump’s announcement of 100% tariffs on China sent shockwaves across the market on 12 October. The crypto market saw $19bn liquidated in 24 hours - the largest liquidation event on record. Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency, saw a 40% drop in price over the next month. Eric Trump’s own crypto company endured a similar drop in its value in December. Continue reading. . .

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Süddeutsche Zeitung

Questions for 2025: Will there be a stock market crash next year?

Trump tariffs, gold boom, AI bubble: The stock market ends a turbulent year. What moved the markets in 2025—and how it could continue.

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Handelsblatt

Investing: A good stock market year with blemishes: What 100,000 euros in starting capital turned into this year

Many markets have developed surprisingly positively in 2025. Those who want to start the new year well positioned should know the reasons for these successes—especially investors in the euro area.