UPDATE ON THE STOCK MARKET . Witten Friday, June 20th, 2008: 6:30 a.m. Looked to me like yesterday’s stock market rally was a knee-jerk reaction to China announcing it was going to raise oil prices by 17%. Crude dove on the news while stocks jumped. But if one thinks it through, is China raising...
CHINA again and again. I write about China so much that I get bored with it. But China is the new global power and thus very important. Plus commodity advocate and long term perspective guru, who I haven’t seen call much wrong, Jim Rogers believes so strongly in China that he sold his NYC townhouse and...
GLOBAL VIEW . China & the Summer Olympics . I watched the always depressing BBC (British Broadcasting Corp.) news last night at 6 pm . (Right after Inside Racing which this time of year showcases the 3-year old horses getting ready for the Kentucky Derby, coming up the first Saturday in May, shortly...
GLOBAL VIEW . CHINA , THE OLYMPICS & STEVEN SPIELBERG . Trouble Begins! Looks like exactly what China’s government has to fear is starting to unfold. You see, famous American film-maker Steven Spielberg had signed up to add some glitz to the upcoming August Beijing Summer Olympics ceremonies. But...
Boy, during China’s recent sharp pullback of -29% off its October 16 th , 2007 top, investors have been anxiously waiting to jump back on board. Even well known, long term investor Jim Rogers, who’s very bearish on America now, has started saying he’s looking to buy more shares in China after this dip...
CHINA . The Big Dog . I couldn’t help but notice that: (1) China’s trade surplus actually shrank in December and (2) import prices from China rose again. In explanation, China’s trade surplus hit a record high of $27.0 billion in October, backed off to $26.2 billion in November and then fell to $22.7...
CHINA VIEW . No one is talking about or highlighting any data about how America’s nervousness about buying anything Made in China is affecting China’s exports this holiday season. I did hear one report awhile back that those larger seaboard shipping containers, containers carry imports, coming in to...