Hao Jin submits:
Traditionally, China is blamed for holding its currency at an artificially low level to spur exports. If the yuan appreciates, it would be bullish for everybody but China, because there will be more exports and higher growth in Europe and the U.S. But it could also lead to higher prices on Chinese [...]
David Hunkar submits:
China was the world’s largest economy before 1890. According to Professor Angus Maddison, author of Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run, China’s role in the world has changed dramatically in the last thousand years and China is likely to become the world’s largest economy by 2015 beating the US. The author [...]
Xiaofan Zhang submits:
In this article, I summarize my latest investment ideas on China Internet stocks based on major events and data points in the past week.
Giant Interactive (GA) still has plenty of upside due to new games’ strengths. GA rose 4.8% last Friday on good 4Q09 results and 1Q10 outlook. I believe GA still [...]
Cam Hui submits:
I have written before that Britain and Pound Sterling (GBP) could be the canary in the mine for the US because of the similarities in their economies, except that the UK is not in the envious position of being the issuer of a major reserve currency.Click to enlargeThese days Pound Sterling is [...]
Peter Cooper submits:
Stories of rapidly inflating property prices, loose credit and off-plan speculation sound only too familiar to veterans of the Dubai real estate crash, and yet this is what we hear from Shanghai these days. How long before the Chinese property bubble bursts?
Of course, it is wrong to compare a wealthy, advanced economy [...]
Thomas Smicklas submits:
Jimmy Rogers, traveling the world from his Singapore home base, is adamant when he states that most western countries in debt up to their eyeballs to the Asian Pacific world face an economic holocaust. How this plays out is open to speculation, but many scenarios look grim for the [...]
Green Chip Review submits:
by Nick Hodge
Last week was a busy week for cleantech news. But above all else, we finally got a week that looked like this for nearly all green sectors:
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Ephraim Fields submits:
China Advanced Construction Materials Group, (CADC or the “company”) is an undervalued and undiscovered stock which represents an interesting way to capitalize on China’s massive infrastructure build out. CADC is a major provider of concrete for large infrastructure projects.
The company is one of only 10 companies that is certified to provide concrete for [...]
Macro Man submits:
Well, when all was said and done, Friday’s payroll report wasn’t half bad. The BLS clearly scuffled with figuring out just how much of an impact the snow had on the data, but even so, with only a marginal adjustment for the weather, you’d end up with a pretty decent set of [...]
Zacks.com submits:
China Unicom (CHU), the second largest Chinese wireless carrier, is reportedly planning to launch iPhone with Wi-Fi (wireless broadband) function in mainland China. The carrier is currently working with Apple (AAPL) regarding this advancement. However, no specific timeline for the launch has been announced.
This represents a major step by China Unicom, as [...]