Tencent - one of the stocks that foreign investors tend to pick when they dip back into China - just had its worst day since 2008 bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…

Bankruptcies in Sweden surged 29% last year to the highest since a property bubble burst and crippled the banking system in the 1990s. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Reuters is reporting that Feng Shixin, head of the publishing unit that oversees the regulator of China's gaming industry, has been fired. Shanghai Macro Strategist's take below is shared by many👀 reuters.com/world/china/ch…

I think we all enjoy making year-ahead market predictions so we can see who was *less wrong* this time next year

Goldman's China equity strategy team says they learnt these 10 lessons from 2023

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‘Lisbon saw the highest rental growth between July and December last year, rising by an average of 22%’ wow bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

It’s BOE decision day and I’ll be covering it from a rather appropriate location 🇿🇦 Join us: bloomberg.com/latest/uk-mark…

Cocoa futures are at the highest since 1977 - the year they set an intraday record of $5,379 a ton. (Do people still gift chocolates on Valentine’s Day) bloomberg.com/news/live-blog…

Chinese equity funds attracted a record $19.8b in a week, making up almost all of the week's inflows into EM. Source: BofA, EPFR. How much of this was driven by Chinese state funds...?

Can ChatGPT proofread numbers? bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Oh wow HSBC made more profit in India ($1.5 billion) than it did it mainland China ($1.1 billion) bloomberg.com/news/live-blog…

It's BUDGET DAY. We're live blogging with experts from across the newsroom and Bloomberg TV - you can follow us here: bloomberg.com/news/live-blog…

FTSE 100 tantalisingly close to a new all-time high - my colleague Sofia Horta e Costa has her eyes glued to the ticker - read all about the UK index's adventures here bloomberg.com/news/live-blog…

Year-to-date inflows into India stock funds - still well on track for the most ever. (Chart by BofA, cumulative)

China’s Huawei is making 564% more profit than last year, with smartphone shipments up 70% in the first quarter (Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 19%.) bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This stat isn't surprising but still stands out: Novo’s market cap of more than $570 billion is bigger than the Danish economy bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Vintage 🇵🇹

Portugal’s football players found the fountain of youth (Thank you for the live blogging BBC Sport, couldn’t watch yesterday’s match!)