Archive for the 'China Stock' Category

Bright and Shiny Upside for Copper and Gold Miners, Part 1

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Gary Dorsch (Global Money Trends) submits:
For traders in the metals markets, Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold (FCX) ranks among the crown jewels of the global mining industry. FCX is the world’s #2 copper miner – second in size only to Chile’s Codelco. It also ranks as a Tier-1 gold miner, – the fourth largest. [...]

Investment Implications for the Chinese Yuan’s Anticipated Rise: Part III

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Investment Directions submits:
Over the last two days we have reviewed the Chinese yuan exchange rate, its anticipated rise and how that presents an opportunity for owning Chinese stocks. Funds seem to be the best route, and here are criteria for selecting a promising one.
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As Stock Markets Celebrate a Year of Gains, What Lies Ahead?

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Prieur du Plessis submits:
The bull market that commenced on March 9, 2009, has just marked its first anniversary. A summary of the movements of major global stock markets for the past 12 months, as well as various other measurement periods, is given in the table below.
The MSCI World Index notched up one-year gains [...]

Morgan Stanley’s Perennial Bear Turns Sanguine

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Cam Hui submits:
I shudder whenever someone proclaims that we are entering a New Era, or this time it’s different. There are certain things in life that I have come to depend on, such as a bearish Stephen Roach, the chairman of Morgan Stanley (MS) Asia and former global strategist. His writing used to be [...]

Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: The China Growth Story

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Asif Suria submits:
The Blizzard division of Activision Blizzard (ATVI) generated $1.2 billion in annual revenue last year without releasing a single new game in 2009. Blizzard still gets some of its revenue from legacy games like the original Starcraft that was released more than a decade ago in 1998. In fact Starcraft managed to [...]

Morning Report: China Inflation Fears Rise, Futures Slip

Friday, March 12th, 2010

optionMONSTER submits:
US stock index futures are fractionally lower this morning after a mixed-bag session in Asia and currently weak trading in Eurozone and U.K. markets.
The biggest headline news of the day doesn’t concern a company or the United States. It is instead the flare-up of inflation in China that has markets most concerned. [...]

What Are the Odds That China Will Follow 1920s U.S. and 1980s Japan?

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Reggie Middleton submits:
Today in the news – China Inflation, Production Accelerate, Adding Pressure for Stimulus Exit:
March 11 (Bloomberg) — China’s inflation reached a 16-month high, industrial output climbed and new loans exceeded forecasts, adding to the case for the government to pare back stimulus measures.

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Inflation, House Prices Rise in China

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Tim Iacono submits:
China Daily reports that consumer prices rose to a 16-month high in February, up 2.7 percent from a year ago, while producer prices are now rising at a 5.4 percent annual rate. This follows reports yesterday that, despite recent efforts to cool their housing market, property values saw year-over-year gains of 10.7 percent [...]

A China Catalyst?

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Macro Man submits:

Although he personally finds equity markets to be fairly uninteresting at the moment, caught in some sort of soul-destroying (for those short stocks or long volatility) drift higher, Macro Man has noticed a slight uptick in throat-clearing and finger-twitching from stock market bears of his acquaintance. Practitioners of chart-reading esoterica appear to [...]

China Sunergy Co., Ltd. Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

Friday, March 12th, 2010

China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (CSUN)
Q4 2009 Earnings Call
March 11, 2010 8:00 am ET
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