Archive for February, 2008

Warren Buffett lifts stock markets from US to China

Written by Michael Vass
When Warren Buffett speaks the world listens. Not only that, they world markets react. That is what happened when Buffett announced that Berkshire Hathaway was willing to back-up reinsurers on municipal bonds up to $800 billion. That took the U.S. stock markets on a rally, with the Dow Jones Index ending up [...]

Chinese Stocks: Should you Worry about Baidu?

With the Google of China about to release earnings, investors are worried. The stock is down significantly off the year high.
Here’s an interesting article at The Motley Fool about Baidu.

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Year of the Rat starts with merger talk and oil demand

Written by VASS
With the Lunar New Year holiday coming to a close investors have begun to come back to the market. While trading is light the Hang Seng Index has gained 2% up 450 pts. This move higher is partially because of the positive close in the U.S. stock markets, and Venezuala President Chavez’s threat [...]

Clues on the Chinese stock market via the Year of the Rat

Written by Michael Vass
While most of the Asian markets are taking a breather for the Chinese Lunar New Year, I’ve decided to see what is being said about the ups and downs that have been experience in recent months. As I’ve mentioned previously, there is no shortage of opinions on where Chinese stocks will go, [...]

Chinese stocks may present a buying opportunity

Written by Michael Vass
The Dow Jones Index drops 370 points, financial stocks are being hit hard, and the service sector index hit a low not seen since 9/11. That feels bad, and it bodes is for the economy. We all know that, as does the world markets.
“This was certainly an unexpected piece of bad news. [...]