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China: 2008

2008 was supposed to be a good year for China while the Olympics coming to Beijing for the first time. Instead, the country was hit by disasters, natural and man-made, one after another:

In late January, early February, half of the country was frozen after the worst winter snowstorm in 50 years, stranding millions travelers;
In March, […]

Chinese ADRs Monthly Update - April 2008

April has turned out to be a pretty good month for equity investors. After all three major indices dropped to 52-week low in early March, stocks rebounded last month after financial firms indicated that the worst part of the current crisis may be over. The Dow ended April with a gain of 4.54%, the S&P […]

Chinese Currency (RMB) vs. US Dollar

The other day, one of my friends who will travel to China next week sent me a link to a chart. The chart is the 5-year relationship between Chinese currenty and US dollar. I know that Chinese Yuan (RMB) has appreciated quite a bit since the pegging ended in July 2005. I also […]

Good Luck, Beijing!

I LOVE my country, though I haven’t lived in China for more than ten years!

And I wish Beijing a successful Olympics this summer so people around the world who love sports can enjoy the games!

Good luck, Beijing!

Chinese ADRs Monthly Update - March 2008

Another month has passed and there was still no sign of a bottom for Chinese stocks traded on US exchanges. In fact, March was a pretty bad month for Chinese ADRs, with 60 of the 87 stocks I tracked ending the month in the red. Among the losers, China Finance Online (JRJC), which is a […]

Chinese ADRs Monthly Update - February

Chinese stocks listed on US stock exchanges had another rough month in February. Of the 84 Chinese ADRs I track, winners and losers are virtually evenly split: 43 had a losing month while another 41 gained. Biggest losers again were alternative energy stocks, with Suntech Power (STP) leading the way with a drop of nealy […]

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