NEWS
Apple Falls As The Broader Market Crawls

Below the surface, stocks were green in many sectors, but the major indexes were dragged down by weakness in Apple, Tesla, and other big tech names. Altcoins continued to rally as Bitcoin bounced around near $100,000. Traders expect some volatility tomorrow during options expiration and as Wall Street and Main Street position their portfolios for Monday’s inauguration of President Donald Trump. 👀

Today's issue covers TSM and Apple trends, expert analysis of the Stocktwits Community’s top 2025 picks, and other noteworthy pops and drops. 📰

Here’s the S&P 500 heatmap. 8 of 11 sectors closed green, with utilities (+2.53%) leading and technology (-0.77%) lagging.

And here are the closing prices: 

Most bullish/bearish symbols on Stocktwits at the close: 📈 $KPLT, $FOXO, $EXAS, $SSSS, $ATRA 📉 $JBHT, $QXO, $SIG, $RCAT, $ZNTL*

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COMPANY NEWS
Taiwan Semi Surges While Apple Slumps 👀 

The world’s most valuable company and the world’s largest chip manufacturer were among the top trending stocks in the market today. Let’s quickly review why.

Apple's stock slumped to a two-month low after a report from market research firm Canalys showed that Apple ceded its top spot in the Chinese smartphone market to domestic players in 2024. 🌏️ 

It shipped just 42.9 million iPhones, down 17% YoY, with its market share falling by four full percentage points. This comes in the face of modest Chinese smartphone market growth of 5% YoY.

Apple shares are working on their third straight down week, though Stocktwits sentiment remains in ‘bullish’ territory as investors look to buy the dip. 🐂 

The world’s largest contract chip maker, Taiwan Semiconductor, surged back toward all-time highs after posting a robust fourth-quarter earnings beat. Net profit hit a record high, driven by robust artificial intelligence (AI) chip demand. 🤖 

Revenue jumped 38.8% YoY, while profit rose 57% YoY. However, its high-performance computing division, which encompasses artificial intelligence and 5G applications, rose 19% QoQ and contributed to 53% of total revenue.

Taiwan Semi surged back toward all-time highs, with Stocktwits community sentiment entering ‘extremely bullish’ territory again. An active Stocktwits poll with 400+ votes signals that 80% of traders are leaning to the long side of the stock, either already long or looking to buy dips. 🤑 

FUNDRAISER
A Can’t-Miss Comedy Show For LA Wildfire Relief 🎤 

Host Cipha Sounds will be joined by Mark Normand, Sam Jay, Jim Florentine, Jon Rudnitsky, Andrew Dice Clay, and more on Thursday, January 16th, at 8:00 pm ET at The Stand in NYC and everywhere on Punchup.live. 

Stocktwits is proudly sponsoring the event, and all proceeds will benefit The American Red Cross. It’s an incredibly hard time for many people, so let’s have some laughs and raise some money for those impacted by this tragedy. 🤝