Stocks were down sharply Monday on concern about an artificial intelligence stock bubble popping because of the emergence of Chinese startup DeepSeek.

If gains hold, this will be the Dow and S&P’s best January returns since 2019 and the best inauguration month return since January 2013, at the start of former President Barack Obama’s second term. The index now trades just 0.2% below its all-time high of 6,128, set last Friday.

Historically, the Vanguard Information Technology ETF has averaged a total annual return of 13.7% since its inception 21 years ago. That figure implies the fund should beat out the S&P 500 again in 2025, but a deeper look suggests this year may not be typical for the ETF from a performance standpoint.

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek rattled the U.S. technology sector after the company recently unveiled an AI model that is competitive with leading U.S. models b

Earlier this week, many technology stocks sold off sharply on news of DeepSeek R1, the groundbreaking, low-cost AI model from China that materially lowered the cost of deploying AI. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos once said,

Alibaba’s (BABA) P/B (Most Recent Quarter or MRQ) is 1.45X versus the underlying Internet - Commerce industry’s P/B of 1.81X. Price/Cash Flow (Most Recent Fiscal Year or MRFY) is 8.51X versus the industry measure of 16.69X.

Singapore-based Sea Limited (SE) has emerged as one of Southeast Asia’s most closely followed tech companies, often compared to industry giants like Amazon (AMZN), Alibaba (BABA), and Tencent (TCEHY) due to its diversified business model.

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So much for the quiet pre-holiday trading session as Asian equities were mixed though Australia was closed for Australia Day, Indonesia was closed for Al Isra’ wal-Mi’raj, South Korea was closed for the Korean New Year,

The S&P 500 dropped 1.5 percent, dragged down in large part by a 16.9 percent fall for Nvidia. Other Big Tech stocks also took heavy losses.

The Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS) provides low-cost exposure to thousands of global equities in a single ticker.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 is the best performer but more risk-averse investors may prefer the more broadly diversified S&P 500.