Though positive on an absolute basis, Diamond Hill International Strategy portfolio modestly trailed the benchmark during the quarter. From a sector perspective, health care and information technology contributed most to relative performance, while financials and industrials detracted on a relative basis. Geographically, international businesses that are classified as US stocks were the largest positive contributors to relative performance.
A White House memo alleged "Alibaba provides tech support for Chinese military 'operations' against targets in the U.S.," according to a FT report Friday. "The assertions and innuendoes in the article are completely false," Alibaba said in a statement to CNBC on the FT report.
Alibaba.com plans to add agentic artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its B2B eCommerce platform in December. The new AI Mode feature will help businesses discover, evaluate and engage with suppliers, the company said in a Friday (Nov. 14) press release.
Washington is accusing online marketplace company Alibaba of providing technological support for Chinese military "operations" against targets in the United States, the Financial Times said on Friday, citing a White House national security memo.
Brendan Ahern takes investors through China's tech trade. He believes Chinese stocks can see upside amid signals of the country's economy stabilizing.
Alibaba is rated a Buy, supported by strong cloud and e-commerce growth and new government energy subsidies for data centers. BABA's strategic focus on smaller, task-oriented AI models and open-source initiatives differentiates it from Western mega-investment in large language models. The company's cloud division is driving profitability, mirroring Amazon's model, while BABA's e-commerce margins remain significantly higher than AMZN's.
Alibaba Group Holding is preparing a major redesign of its flagship mobile AI app, aiming to bring it closer in look and function to OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Alibaba (BABA) is reportedly revamping its AI app, renaming it Qwen, to more closely resemble ChatGPT and enhance shopping features. Baidu (BIDU) unveiled new AI chips, supporting China's push for tech independence with launches planned for 2026 and 2027.
Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) is showing signs of stronger-than-expected performance during the 2025 Double-11 shopping festival, which runs from October 15 to November 11, according to Jefferies analysts following recent expert discussions. The analysts highlighted that Taobao Instant Commerce, Alibaba's on-demand shopping service, is complementing traditional e-commerce by driving additional daily active users (DAU) to both Taobao, the company's consumer-to-consumer (C2C) platform, and Tmall, its business-to-consumer (B2C) platform.
Alibaba (BABA) closed at $160.8 in the latest trading session, marking a -3.07% move from the prior day.
Alibaba (BABA) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.
America is in the lead in the AI race, at least for now. But with Jensen Huang recently saying things like China is just “nanoseconds” behind, I do think investors looking for growth in the AI trade might wish to expand their horizons beyond the U.S.