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Bloomberg opened the US trading day with a tidy drama: a surprise artificial intelligence (AI) breakthrough out of China set off another chip selloff even as Apple reclaimed the title of the world’s largest company and Netflix slid after a disappointing outlook. That juxtaposition matters because headlines about AI and geopolitics can rearrange sector leadership in a single session, exposing a gap between market leadership and earnings momentum. For investors, the clip is a reminder that price leadership and business health can tell very different stories at the same time.