European Central Bank Decides... To Wait!
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 11:09AM CST
IEV: 44.68 (-0.18), FXE: 121.95 (+0.68), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21)
CASS Researcher Forecasts Major Bull Market For China In 2015
Matthew Cowie - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 7:42AM CST
ASHR: 34.79 (+2.58), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21)
More On The China Trade
Owen Williams, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 6:40AM CST
ASHR: 34.79 (+2.58), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21)
Shanghai soars the most in two years
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 5:32AM CST
EWH: 21.21 (-0.04), PEK: 41.80 (+1.97), CNXT: 31.21 (+0.67), KBA: 43.63 (+1.77), YINN: 34.85 (+2.91), CHXF: 52.82 (+1.42), FXP: 44.37 (-2.81), SNP: 84.77 (+5.95), PGJ: 29.27 (-0.13), EWHS: 28.39 (unch), FCA: 23.33 (+0.44), YAO: 28.54 (+0.66), PTR: 109.56 (+6.38), ASHR: 34.79 (+2.58), FCHI: 51.42 (+1.38), GXC: 80.70 (+1.41), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21), ASHS: 37.55 (+0.96), XPP: 67.37 (+3.74), CHNA: 32.06 (+1.90), MCHI: 50.40 (+1.17), YANG: 12.33 (-1.19), CHIE: 13.75 (unch), FHK: 39.19 (-0.04), YXI: 28.70 (-1.07), CN: 33.93 (+1.19)
Elephant, Meet China
Ilargi - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 10:02AM CST
Oh man, I wanted to keep this short, what I wanted to say looked so straight-forward. But then, in this convoluted world of pretense, is anything ever anymore? Please allow me to start off with something I wrote yesterday in Oil, Gold And Now...
XPP: 67.37 (+3.74), YANG: 12.33 (-1.19), FXP: 44.37 (-2.81), PGJ: 29.27 (-0.13), FCA: 23.33 (+0.44), CHXF: 52.82 (+1.42), YAO: 28.54 (+0.66), YINN: 34.85 (+2.91), YXI: 28.70 (-1.07), CN: 33.93 (+1.19), MCHI: 50.40 (+1.17), GXC: 80.70 (+1.41), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21)
Daily State Of The Markets: The Bears Are Making Their List And Checking It Twice...
David Moenning - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 7:32AM CST
Stocks rallied back on Tuesday as the S&P 500 erased the majority of Monday's decline. The venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average went one better and managed to close at a fresh new all-time high. However, the rest of the major indices did not...
SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), EZU: 38.43 (-0.20), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56), EWJ: 11.74 (-0.03), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21)
Eco Data - Non-Manufacturing PMI For November 2014 Edges Up To 53.9
China Stock Research - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 1:57AM CST
China's National Bureau of Statistics released the November reading for non-manufacturing PMI ( source: Chinese ), which rose slightly to 53.9 vs. 53.8 in October. The reading may come as somewhat of a relief to the market after the manufacturing...
XPP: 67.37 (+3.74), YANG: 12.33 (-1.19), FXP: 44.37 (-2.81), PGJ: 29.27 (-0.13), FCA: 23.33 (+0.44), CHXF: 52.82 (+1.42), YAO: 28.54 (+0.66), YINN: 34.85 (+2.91), YXI: 28.70 (-1.07), CN: 33.93 (+1.19), MCHI: 50.40 (+1.17), GXC: 80.70 (+1.41), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21)
Monetary Policy Decouples As Financial Crisis Enters Its Final Act
Alpha Now at Thomson Reuters - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 7:54PM CST
By Phillip Lachowycz We may finally be entering the final act of the financial crisis. The monetary policy of the major central banks is decoupling. The Federal Reserve and the Bank of England are moving towards an interest rate increase, albeit...
NKY: 17.72 (-0.02), DXJ: 56.80 (+0.10), DXPS: 25.70 (-0.15), SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), FKU: 39.75 (+0.14), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), EWU: 19.05 (-0.14), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), PGJ: 29.27 (-0.13), YINN: 34.85 (+2.91), EWJ: 11.74 (-0.03), GXC: 80.70 (+1.41), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21)
Performance Divergence Among Asian ETFs
Moby Waller - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 10:49AM CST
One of the nice things about ETFs is the broad diversity they offer in terms of exposure to a vast variety of stock sectors within the US - but they also have exposure to a growing number of international countries (and in some cases, multiple...
NKY: 17.72 (-0.02), DXJ: 56.80 (+0.10), EWY: 56.92 (+0.58), THD: 83.34 (-0.20), EWM: 13.78 (-0.18), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21), EWJ: 11.74 (-0.03)
How Might A China Slowdown Affect The World?
Michael Pettis - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 9:17AM CST
Two years ago it was hard to find analysts who expected average GDP growth over the rest of this decade to be less than 8%. The current consensus seems to have dropped to between 6% and 7% on average. I don’t think Beijing disagrees. After ...
SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), IEV: 44.68 (-0.18), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), FCA: 23.33 (+0.44), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21)
Strangers Passing In The Night
Smead Capital Management - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 7:12AM CST
The economies of China and the United States appear to be headed in the opposite direction. China's economy is decelerating fast and the U.S. looks right on the cusp of having its economic growth accelerate, as evidenced by the revised quarterly GDP...
XPP: 67.37 (+3.74), BAC: 17.21 (-0.08), WFC: 54.50 (+0.11), CHXF: 52.82 (+1.42), YINN: 34.85 (+2.91), MCHI: 50.40 (+1.17), YANG: 12.33 (-1.19), SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), JPM: 61.38 (-0.16), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), FXP: 44.37 (-2.81), PGJ: 29.27 (-0.13), FCA: 23.33 (+0.44), YAO: 28.54 (+0.66), YXI: 28.70 (-1.07), BEN: 57.96 (-0.07), CN: 33.93 (+1.19), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21), GXC: 80.70 (+1.41)
It's a bull market; Shanghai soars 3.1%
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 6:24AM CST
EWH: 21.21 (-0.04), PEK: 41.80 (+1.97), CNXT: 31.21 (+0.67), KBA: 43.63 (+1.77), YINN: 34.85 (+2.91), CHXF: 52.82 (+1.42), FXP: 44.37 (-2.81), PGJ: 29.27 (-0.13), EWHS: 28.39 (unch), FCA: 23.33 (+0.44), YAO: 28.54 (+0.66), ASHR: 34.79 (+2.58), FCHI: 51.42 (+1.38), GXC: 80.70 (+1.41), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21), ASHS: 37.55 (+0.96), XPP: 67.37 (+3.74), TAO: 21.83 (-0.09), CHNA: 32.06 (+1.90), CHIX: 15.33 (+0.55), MCHI: 50.40 (+1.17), YANG: 12.33 (-1.19), FHK: 39.19 (-0.04), YXI: 28.70 (-1.07), CN: 33.93 (+1.19)
China And Japan Converge
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 3:27AM CST
China's spreads have rallied and Japan's have lost ground, leading to a convergence of the two sovereigns. Back in the summer of 2013, there were two main themes that investors feared could trigger a change in the credit cycle. The first was the US...
XPP: 67.37 (+3.74), JPNL: 44.87 (-0.13), CHXF: 52.82 (+1.42), YINN: 34.85 (+2.91), MCHI: 50.40 (+1.17), EWJ: 11.74 (-0.03), EWV: 61.13 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.80 (+0.10), NKY: 17.72 (-0.02), YANG: 12.33 (-1.19), HEWJ: 28.57 (-0.07), ITF: 50.28 (-0.04), FXP: 44.37 (-2.81), DBJP: 41.98 (-0.05), PGJ: 29.27 (-0.13), JPP: 45.17 (+0.07), FCA: 23.33 (+0.44), EZJ: 83.29 (-0.34), YAO: 28.54 (+0.66), FJP: 46.36 (-0.07), YXI: 28.70 (-1.07), CN: 33.93 (+1.19), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21), GXC: 80.70 (+1.41)
iShares FTSE Set to Possibly Rebound After Yesterday's Selloff of 2.62%
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Dec 01, 3:55PM CST
iShares FTSE (NYSE:FXI) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $39.34 to a high of $39.59. Yesterday, the shares fell 2.6%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $39.68 on volume of 21.1 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
FXI: 41.51 (+1.21)
iShares FTSE Falls 2.62% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Rebound
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Dec 01, 3:54PM CST
iShares FTSE (NYSE:FXI) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $39.34 to a high of $39.59. Yesterday, the shares fell 2.6%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $39.68 on volume of 21.1 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
FXI: 41.51 (+1.21)
China Continues To Take Advantage Of Lower Oil Prices
Dean Popplewell - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 2:39PM CST
By Alfonso Esparza China is emerging as the winner from OPEC’s battle with rival oil producers, as the world’s biggest energy consumer stockpiles crude. The nation’s efforts to boost reserves may increase its imports by as much...
OIL: 16.05 (-0.19), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21)
The Periodic Table Of Emerging Markets 2004 To 2013
David Hunkar - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 12:26PM CST
The U.S. equity market has performed well so this year with only one more month left to go. As of November end, the S&P 500 is up by 11.9% based on price returns and the Dow is up by 7.6%. Among the emerging markets, India is the top performer...
EWW: 61.96 (-0.52), EZA: 66.73 (-0.85), INDY: 31.84 (+0.09), RSX: 18.66 (-0.51), EWZ: 39.13 (-0.74), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21)
Eco Data - November 2014 PMI Weakens To 50.3
China Stock Research - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 8:39AM CST
The official PMI for November dropped to 50.3, well under the consensus expectation of 50.6. November's reading was a nine-month low, matching the mini-stimulus inspiring reading from March 2014. China's economy is clearly slowing down, and...
XPP: 67.37 (+3.74), YANG: 12.33 (-1.19), FXP: 44.37 (-2.81), PGJ: 29.27 (-0.13), FCA: 23.33 (+0.44), CHXF: 52.82 (+1.42), YAO: 28.54 (+0.66), YINN: 34.85 (+2.91), YXI: 28.70 (-1.07), CN: 33.93 (+1.19), MCHI: 50.40 (+1.17), GXC: 80.70 (+1.41), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21)
What's Behind China's Interest Rate Cut?
Invesco US - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 8:13AM CST
By Paul Chan Last Friday, the People's Bank of China announced an asymmetrical rate cut of 25 and 40 basis points for the benchmark deposit and lending rates, respectively, effective starting Nov. 22, 2014. 1 Specifically: The one-year...
FXCH: 80.75 (-0.05), CNY: 42.59 (-0.01), EWH: 21.21 (-0.04), CHLC: 26.09 (unch), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21)
China drafts policy on emergency use of Ebola diagnostic products
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 28, 7:48AM CST
EWH: 21.21 (-0.04), PEK: 41.80 (+1.97), CNXT: 31.21 (+0.67), KBA: 43.63 (+1.77), CQQQ: 35.81 (-0.16), YINN: 34.85 (+2.91), CHXF: 52.82 (+1.42), FXP: 44.37 (-2.81), EWHS: 28.39 (unch), PGJ: 29.27 (-0.13), FCA: 23.33 (+0.44), YAO: 28.54 (+0.66), FCHI: 51.42 (+1.38), ASHR: 34.79 (+2.58), ASHS: 37.55 (+0.96), GXC: 80.70 (+1.41), FXI: 41.51 (+1.21), XPP: 67.37 (+3.74), KWEB: 34.71 (-0.31), TAO: 21.83 (-0.09), ECNS: 46.95 (+0.08), CHNA: 32.06 (+1.90), QQQC: 22.48 (-0.07), CHIX: 15.33 (+0.55), KFYP: 66.00 (-1.53), HAO: 27.01 (+0.13), MCHI: 50.40 (+1.17), CHIM: 15.23 (unch), YANG: 12.33 (-1.19), CHIQ: 13.25 (unch), CHIE: 13.75 (unch), FHK: 39.19 (-0.04), YXI: 28.70 (-1.07), CHII: 13.58 (+0.27), CN: 33.93 (+1.19)