Reading Time: 2 minutes Week in review Dec 2 to Dec 8 1) All remaining CompUSA stores to be closed (bloomberg). I think it’s understandable from business point of view, because selling computer is a tough business these days. It is a commodity business, and unlike other commodity such as gas or coffee, a customer only buy a new
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Update Dec08) They released 2008 forecast, here is excerpt. 中金2008年股票策略报告认为，中国A股市场高估值状况将在2008年持续，大盘蓝筹股明年上升空间为30％－40％，并看好金融、地产、零售、钢铁和电力等五大板块的投资机会。 (Original) We are at the end of 2007, and it’s interesting to reflect how the market did, how our portfolio did, and how the analysts did (to forecast the market). In the begining of this year, I have the oppertunity to read this CICC 2007
Reading Time: < 1 minute Home Inns (HMIN) is raising fund through convertible bond (up to) $149 m (reuters news). It seems they still need the cash to expand. Longtop got more analyst converge: Deutsche bank and Jefferies initiated with Buy with target price of $30 and $29, respectively. Quoted here: Deutsche Bank initiates coverage on Longtop Financial Technologies (NYSE:
Reading Time: < 1 minute According to Chinatimes.cc (Shui Pi), 上证指数自10月16日创出历史新高6124点之后已经连续下跌30天，下跌1346点，跌幅达到20%，市值的损失高达5万亿左右，相当于这一轮牛市启动之前中国股市的整个市值，不夸张地说，是蒸发了一个传统股市。按照跌幅超过25%可以视作牛熊转换的理论来看，这样的调整即便不能算崩盘，至少也是大起大落的一种表现，更何况根据媒体的统计，从2006年11月至今，投资者亏损面已经达到70%以上，挣钱的不足25%。 …… 一个和谐社会是离不开一个和谐的股市的，要把胡锦涛总书记“创造条件让更多的群众拥有财产性收入”的讲话精神落到实处同样需要一个充满着阳光和希望的股市。投资者要有风险意识，管理层又何尝不是如此呢？ Seriously, harmonious or not, I do not think there is a stock market in which more than 50% of the participants making money. To be more realistic, I think 30% make money, 70% lose money is common in stock markets, especially in short term (say one year
Reading Time: 3 minutes First a little background. Longtop did its high profile IPO on Oct. 24, a short month ago at NYSE (think how much market sentiment has changed since then). As the first Chinese software company listed in NYSE, Longtop is in the sweet spot in terms of the customers they serve: the Chinese banks. Chinese banks,
Reading Time: < 1 minute I read some interesting Chinese posts from soufun today. I just put the links here: thought we may get a better picture of Shanghai housing market by reading them all. Pudong new housing one day tour 浦东看房一日游. Songjiang overview 松江新城高品质公寓 (the author appears to be biased toward Poly since he/she is Poly West Bay 保利西子湾
Reading Time: < 1 minute “For every Focus Media, there are 10 AirMedia or VisionChina Media”. I took bus and taxi from time to time when I was in Shanghai, because I don’t have my own car. One thing I notice is those LCD screens on bus, metro and taxi. There are news on the bus LCD, the ones in
Reading Time: < 1 minute for Chinese stock market? It looks more and more like it, after two brutal weeks for many small investors/speculators in China. Here is an old article from ChinaTimes.cc (via JinRongJie). The title is 泡沫不死 挤压不止. From my observation, it is very rare that a prime minister would comment the stock market directly. But again this
Reading Time: < 1 minute in Singapore, two of the most heated topics in China these days. Here is the Chinese excerpt from DFdaily. Housing: 他在新加坡国立大学发表演讲后回答提问时说，应该说，中国改革开放30年来居民住房的条件有很大的改善，现在城乡居民住房面积人均超过20平方米，但是分布不均，特别是近些年来房价上涨较快，人民有很大的意见。 解决房地产问题，温家宝谈了四点考虑。他说，首先，政府的职责最重要的是要搞好廉租房，让那些买不起房或者进城打工的农民工能够租得起房、住得上房。为此，中国政府今年将安排49亿元用于廉租房建设，再加上地方财政，投入将达到几百亿。他说，明年我们将加大廉租房建设的力度。 其次，是建设经济适用房。他说，经济适用房大多数是面向中产阶级的，他们中有许多工资也不是很高。在中国，经济适用房户均面积90平方米是比较适当的，因为中国人多地少，“对廉租房和经济适用房，政府应提供和保障土地的需要，当然(这些)土地也要节约和集约使用”。他说，对于高档住房，主要靠市场调节，“但是也必须有国家的宏观调控，防止利用房地产进行炒作造成市场混乱”。 温家宝指出，要让全国人民懂得中国的国情，中国是有13亿人口的国家，要守住18亿亩耕地的“红线”才能养活中国人。中国每年新生人口要超过1000万，每年由农村进入城市需要解决住房的进城人员达到1800万，还有2100万流动农民工，也需要居住条件。所有这些问题，政府都要统筹兼顾。 温家宝说，这次来新加坡会有机会再看看新加坡的组屋。他说：“几年前，我曾经专门考察过，受到不少启发。” Stocks: 新华网新加坡11月19日电(记者张永兴李涛)中国国务院总理温家宝19日在这里从三方面谈了政府在股票市场应该做的事情。
Reading Time: < 1 minute There are conflicting news about this hot topic. The initial news, according to Hexun, the Chinese tax bureau is going to collect tax on the gains made from stocks and real estate for people earn more than 120,000 Yuan per year. Note in China 120,000 Yuan is the threshold for people to file personal income
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