A day after bad news of an economic slowdown in China, officials talk up China’s Internet giants

A day after bad news of an economic slowdown in China, officials talk up China’s Internet giants

Today, Tuesday May 17, China’s top economic official, Vice Premier Liu He, said that the government will support the development of digital economy companies and their public stock listings. The comments delivered after a symposium with the CEOs of some of the country’s largest private technology companies came just a day after the National Bureau of Statistics reported that industrial output fell 2.9% in April from April 2021, and that retail sales contracted 11.1%. Financial markets in China and the United States interpreted the remarks as a public show of support for China’s Internet companies

Please watch my new YouTube video: Trend of the Week China’s back!

Please watch my new YouTube video: Trend of the Week China’s back!

My one-hundredth-and-ninth-eighth YouTube video “Trend of the Week China’s back!” went up today. At the end of last week, the Chinese government sent signals that it would make moves to stimulate the slowing economy amid widespread lockdowns, as well as letting up slightly in its crackdown on internet companies. This has sent Chinese tech stocks soaring, with multiple percentage-point increases in a few hours. In this video, I look at Tencent (TCEHY), JD.com (JD), Alibaba (BABA) and Meituan (MPNGF) and talk about why this is an important trend to follow, but why we’ll only see these stocks go up in the short term before government pressure sends them back down.

Re-buying Alibaba for my JubakPicks Portfolio today

Re-buying Alibaba for my JubakPicks Portfolio today

The Chinese government has promised more stimulus to prop up growth in the country’s economy and the Politburo has indicated that, at least temporarily, it will slow the pace of its regulatory crack down on China’s Internet companies. The combination, as I posted in today’s Quick Pick YouTube video, has launched a huge rally in China’s Internet and e-commerce stocks. As of 3 p.m. on Friday, April 29, the New York traded shares of Tencent Holdings (TCEHY) wee up 8.95%. JD.com (JD) hadgained 7.72%. And Ablibaba (BABA), the big name among foreign investors and the leading target of government regulators is up 8.26%. On this trend, I’m adding shares of Alibaba to my JubakPicks Portfolio today

Can China’s Internet giants make it a 3-day rally tomorrow?

Can China’s Internet giants make it a 3-day rally tomorrow?

Chinese regulators gave unconditional approval Tuesday to Tencent Holdings (TCEHY) to acquire Sogou, China’s second-largest search engine company. That was a huge relief to investors who in recent weeks have seen Beijing crack down on the country’s big Internet companies. Tencent shares were 1.44% on Wednesday after climbing 4.23% on Tuesday. Ali Baba, which gained 3.40% on Tuesday, added 0.95% today.

China cracks down on Internet ride app DiDi just days after its New York IPO

China cracks down on Internet ride app DiDi just days after its New York IPO

Just so nobody thinks China’s government is finished with its crackdown on the country’s big Internet technology companies… Two days after DiDi Global (DIDI), China’s dominant Internet ride-hailing platform, went public on Wall Street, China’s Internet regulator suspended new user registrations on the platform while the government conducted a “cybersecurity review” of the company.

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