Investing in China

Data Shows China’s Economy Slows, Contrary to Government Reports

China’s economy slowed this quarter as growth in manufacturing and transportation weakened, contrary to the government's reports of...

China’s Recovery Downplayed by Country’s Premier

Investors who’ve taken China’s recent uptick in manufacturing and production as a green light for getting back into...

McDonald’s Fattens the World; The Rich Get Richer… at a 75% Discount; Chinese Data Boosts Emerging Markets to Three-Month High

Powered by stronger sales in Europe, McDonald’s posted an unexpected 1.9 percent increase in global sales.

Chinese Exports Keep the S&P Rising; Koch Industries Will Acquire Electronic Components Maker Molex for $7.2 Billion; Japan’s Growth Stronger than Previously Reported; High-Speed-Trading about to Hit the Brakes

Positive export numbers released yesterday by China’s General Administration of Customs supported the S&P 500’s five-day upward trajectory.

Stocks Rise as Investors Continue to Speculate on Tapering; Housing Decline Lowers Dollar; Improving China Data Boosts Gold

As of Friday afternoon, stocks were on pace to finish in the black, building on the previous day's...

Whack-a-Mole Real Estate Market; China to Assume Global Lead in Oil Imports by 2017; Canada Doesn’t Want to Stay on Target

For real estate investors, trying to get a handle on where the next surge in home value will...

European Union Showing Signs of Recovery; Water Wars: Florida to Sue Georgia Over Usage; New Chinese Pharma Investigation to Cast Wider Net

Europe’s two largest economies, Germany and France, both grew in the second quarter this year, sending a hopeful...

Serving Up Apple on Fine China; Great Rotation, Take Two; Red Light, Green Light — Global Markets Play the Game Ahead of Fed

Apple, Inc.’s second-quarter revenue from Greater China (Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong) shriveled by 43 percent when...

World Shares near Five-Year Highs on Chinese Rail Action; ‘Suburban Flight’ — Time for Investors to Move on from Housing; Hilton Turning on the Lights in Dark Continent

China is looking into governmental funding of railroad build-outs to help offset the glut of resources needed for...

Chinese Debt to Stumble After 16-Year Run; Global Indexes Go Their Own Way; Bubble Me Once, Shame On You… Bubble Me Twice

Investors in Chinese corporate debt have just received a wakeup call. After a total of 38 Chinese debt...