Category Archives for "Asia Update"

0 China Update | Gaming and Electric Vehicles

Macau, China

In the video below I review 4 key China stock market indices: Shanghai Composite, Shenzhen Composite, CSI 300 and the Hang Seng.  I then check in on Melco Crown Entertainment (MPEL) and Kandi Technologies (KNDI).

0 Does China’s Slowdown Matter?

We are about to find out. China just released several disappointing economic reports today. Read “China’s Economy Grinds Down a Gear as Heavy Industry Drags” on Bloomberg.

In today’s video I look at the collapsing Shanghai Composite Index but first I check in on our markets and several key ETFs including IBB and XLF. This is a very brief view of what my Insider Members get.

0 Shanghai Plus 2

Brief video update on China’s Shanghai Composite Index plus 2 very actively traded Chinese stocks trading in the U.S.

0 10 Curious Things About China

Much has been made about China’s makeover during the last 25 years.  What has occurred  there is fascinating. Here are 10 curious things:

1. China is now the No. 2 economy in the world based on GDP.
2. More people live in China than in any other country on the planet.  The world population is 7.3 billion according to the U.S. Census Bureau and China has 19% of it at 1.373 billion.
3. 688 million. That is the estimate for the number of internet users in China at the end of 2015 according to data from the China Internet Network Center. Let’s see, that’s about 50% of their population and more than twice the total number of people in the United States.
4. The 3 Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is the world’s largest power station in terms of installed capacity at 22,500 MW.
5. China launched it first moon space mission on Dec. 2, 2013 and China’s Yutu rover is currently exploring the moon’s surface.

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0 Copper and Freeport-McMoran

In 2014 Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc. changed its name to Freeport-McMoran Inc. (FCX). FCX is into copper, gold, molybdenum, cobalt hydroxide, silver as well as and oil and natural gas.

I have seen several articles talking about how FCX has been in sync with oil, but when I look at copper it seems that it is still the best link. The Copper ETN (JJC) started trading in November 2007. Below is a chart showing the weekly data of JJC overlayed with the weekly data of FCX. Continue reading