February 9, 2018 | BABA, Daily JAM, TCEHY |
While our eyes have been glued to the volatility in U.S. markets, Chinese stocks have staged their own correction. The Shanghai Composite is down 12.1% from its high on January 24 to the low on Thursday, February 8. With the Lunar New Year and the week-long Spring Festival Holiday almost upon us, it’s not surprising that this is a volatile week.
December 22, 2017 | Daily JAM, Notes You Need |
In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don’t justify a full post. I’ve decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I’m calling Notes You Need. A typical post looks much like this entry from today: 11:20 a.m.: Continued weak inflation in November. The PCE (Personal Consumption Expenditures) index rose 0.2% in November from October. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com had expected a 0.3% month over month increase. The Core PCE was up just 0.1% month over month. “The PCE Index is the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure. Year over year the Core PCE Index is up 1.5%.”
November 10, 2017 | BABA, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
Alibaba (BABA) generated $1 billion in gross merchandise volume in just the first three minutes of the Singles' Day shopping event in China today. By the end of two hours the sales volume was just shy of $12 billion. The company's Alibaba Cloud unit processed 325,000...
November 2, 2017 | BABA, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
Yesterday before the market opened in New York China's e-commerce giant Alibaba (BABA) reported September quarter earnings of $1.29 a share (excluding one-time items.) That was 26 cents a share better than Wall Street projections. Revenue climbed 61% to $8.63 billion...
October 26, 2017 | Daily JAM, EEM, Perfect Five-ETFs |
Let’s say, that after reading my post on asset allocation in my Perfect 5 ETF, you agree and decide that you do want to put 30% of your portfolio into an emerging markets ETF. But which one do you pick?
October 10, 2017 | CTRP, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
There are three things to think about before buying Ctrip.com International (CTRP), the leader in China's online travel market. Two of these things are positive and one negative. I think the balance comes down on the positive side but the negative element means the...
May 17, 2017 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
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May 13, 2017 | Daily JAM, Friday Trick or Trend |
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April 25, 2017 | Daily JAM, Volatility |
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February 14, 2017 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, TCEHY |
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November 4, 2016 | Daily JAM, Friday Trick or Trend |
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August 11, 2016 | BABA, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
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