February 22, 2020 | Daily JAM, Friday Trick or Trend |
Our regular (or occasional or perhaps occasionally regular) Friday series (actually running on Saturday this week) Trick or Trend looks at what might (or might not) be emerging investible trends. Exclusively on JAM. This post won't run anywhere else. Ever. Let me...
February 17, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
We still don't know if the coronavirus epidemic is slowing in China--the latest report shows deaths in China up 105 to 1,770 and the official number of cases climbing in mainland China to 70,548. Hubei province has reported 1,933 new cases, up from 1,843 the day...
February 10, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Workers at Hon Hai Precision Industry (also known as FoxConn) were originally to be back at work at Apple's (AAPL) largest manufacturing partner for iPhones today February 10. Then last week the company told workers to stay away from its Shenzhen headquarters until...
February 3, 2020 | Daily JAM |
Nobody believes that the current outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus, so far responsible for 361 deaths, is the fault of Chinese President Xi Jingping. But he will be held responsible in China. Anger is surging against all levels of government. Video of government...
February 3, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Selling in Shanghai and Shenzhen A shares, which trade on those two mainland China exchanges with limits on overseas ownership, drove prices on those two exchanges lower today with the Shanghai Composite down 7.72% and Shenzhen A shares down 8.41% at the close. This...
January 31, 2020 | Daily JAM |
The Shanghai Stock Exchange can be extremely volatile. Which is one reason that investors and traders are moving to the sidelines in U.S. and overseas markets today ahead of the reopening of the Shanghai exchange on Monday. So how volatile is volatile? The comparison...