Tag Archives: China

China Appoints New Financial Regulators

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Protests as Shanghai Property Values Plunge

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China’s U.S. Debt Holdings

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President of Wal-Mart China Resigns After Pork Scandal

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In China, Black Market iPhone Costs $1700

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China’s Dwindling Trade Surplus Signals Weak World Economy

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Macro Notes from the Alcoa Earnings Call

Our macro takeaway from the call is that Europe is rolling over.  No normal September bounce from the seasonally slow August.  The company also notes what they see as a temporary slowdown in China.   Alcoa missed and the stock got … Continue reading

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First and Goal for Risk

We asked last week if the S&P500 (our proxy for risk markets) was capable of clearing the “red zone”,  the zone of resistance between 1175-1195, which included the 50-day moving average.  The market’s answer?  Like a hot knife through butter! … Continue reading

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Local Government Financing in China

Yikes!  Look what California’s dependence on tax revenues from the dot.com and housing bubbles did to that state’s fiscal health.   We’re going to see some fugly naked bodies when the tide recedes in China.   Keep this one on your … Continue reading

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Can the S&P500 Clear the Red Zone?

Some rally!  Almost 70 S&P points or 6.4 percent from yesterday’s low to today’s close.  Makes us feel we’re back in the 1990’s trading Brazilian and Russian defaulted sovereign debt.   So where to now? The next 60 points are … Continue reading

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