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Jim Trippon: The perspective of many investors, including professional money managers, is that of ever shrinking time horizons. The concept of long term investing, which used to mean years of commitment by investors, has shrunk to mean perhaps months Read more…
Tony Sagami: “Goin’ places that I’ve never been. Seein’ things that I may never see again And I can’t wait to get on the road again.” Read more…
Jim Trippon: With the latest official data just released, China continues to show slower economic growth. The Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 50.2 in June from 50.4 in May, which was its weakest reading in more than half a year. The index measures manufacturing data, Read more…
Sean Brodrick: We know that China’s central government is worried about its nation’s economy. In early June, China’s central bank surprised markets by cutting interest rates for the first time since 2008 to combat faltering growth. Read more…
Yiannis Mostrous: As the Chinese economy tries to cope with its own domestic challenges, the consequences of the euro zone crisis and the anemic economic growth of the US, it’s a given among investment prognosticators that the Chinese economy Read more…
Jim Trippon: Many in the markets read China’s benchmark interest rate cut of last week as a signal that the upcoming release of May data would highlight further slowing in the economy. The National Bureau of Statistics released some of the May data on Saturday, Read more…
Michael Snyder: Just because you were once the most powerful nation on earth does not mean that you will always be the most powerful nation on earth. Every single year, hundreds of billions of dollars leaves the United States and goes to China (NYSEARCA:FXI). This enormous transfer of wealth Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: After starting out 2012 with a bang, economic uncertainties are once again creeping in from both sides of the Atlantic and equity markets around the globe appear to be losing steam and heading lower back towards where they started off the year. With Euro zone debt drama back in the spotlight, investors have seemingly brushed aside all other financial news. Perhaps one of the most Read more…
Jim Trippon: The pundits are out in full force on China. First they were yelling the sky was falling for the Chinese economy, but now that slowing growth in China appears to be both a more mixed picture and not the dire event first predicted, the China critics turn to Chinese stocks. The latest sounds are the Read more…
Jim Trippon: It wasn’t one of the top news items recently in the western media, and it didn’t even get a lot of play in the financial media. Yet it’s an item of importance for China watchers and investors, especially, to notice. It’s the announcement that China will attempt to increase its imports further. Many China Read more…
Jim Trippon: At the quarter pole of this year, the Shanghai Composite Index finished an eventful three months which saw the year start out with a bang, only to see the rally in China stocks (NYSEARCA:FXI) briefly run out of steam, as it gave up some of its gains with a whimper. Investors are divided as to what the Read more…
Larry Edelson: There’s no question that China and the rest of Asia are outgrowing the Western world by leaps and bounds. All you have to do is follow the stats coming out of Asia, or take a trip to anywhere in Asia, and you’ll get a firsthand feeling for how vibrant the region is. Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: You may have heard that China just posted the biggest trade deficit figures in over a decade . Naturally, this caused the usual suspects who have been waiting – some would say hoping Read more…
Jim Trippon: With the seemingly interminable drama concerning the eurozone debt and particularly Greece (NYSEArca:GREK), one of the backdrops has been that China’s (NYSEArca:FXI) name has Read more…
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Tony Sagami: Like clockwork every week, I can expect to open an e-mail or two that questions my investment enthusiasm for China. Those e-mail critiques are generally along the lines of: Read more…
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