The overheated Shanghai and Shenzhen markets have lost 29 and 32 per cent respectively over the past three weeks following 7-year highs reached on June 12.Instead of welcoming a much needed correction, Chinese brokerages and the Bank of China agreed to prop up the market.Stimulus Short-LivedThe stimulus act has failed already. The South China Morning Post reports Chinese Shares Close […]
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Photo Essays + SlideshowsAdorable Photos of Children Around the World With Their Favorite ToysPhotographer Gabriele Galimberti’s new book captures the universality of childhood.Check Out This Amazing Collection of Iconic Photos of the 1960s Haight Street ScenePhotographer Jim Marshall delivers the faces, the icons, and the […]
ReutersAn investor stretches in front of a screen with stock information at a brokerage house in Xiangyang, Hubei province, February 22, 2011.See AlsoChina is flooding the US with insane drug ‘flakka’ — and it’s shockingly easy to obtainThere is something that is a bigger drag on US stocks than Greece or ChinaThere is a new ‘ghost town’ in ChinaAs all […]
ReutersAn investor stands in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage in Shanghai December 31, 2014.See AlsoDevelopers in China are giving away Porsches to sell housesChina’s 60 million ‘left-behind’ children highlight the country’s devastating povertyUS officials are preparing to confront China over some ‘very problematic’ issuesOne of China’s top stock market regulators has been arrested.The head […]
Activist investor Elliott set sights on Asia’s family-run firms by BusinessInsider.com : Thursday 09:02:30 CTCategories: markets, streamBy Denny Thomas and Svea Herbst-BaylissHONG KONG/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. billionaire Paul Singer appears to have paved the way for activist investors to fight for shareholders’ rights where few hedge funds have ventured: Asia’s biggest family-run firms.In the past few months, Singer’s $26 […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Most Asian stock indexes rose Friday, with China’s benchmark at its highest in seven years, after Wall Street eked out another record close.KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index edged 0.1 percent lower to 20,172.15 and South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.5 percent to 2,134.11. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced 1.2 percent to 27,863.25. The Shanghai Composite Index […]
A spike in long-term interest rates rattled investors Tuesday, nudging major U.S. stock indexes lower for the second day in a row.The market nearly clawed back all the way from an early slump that dragged the Dow Jones industrial average down as much as 180 points in the first half-hour of trading. The price of oil closed above $60 a […]
So I wanted to show off my Savage Worlds campaign guide. This is a set of brief notes, species, equipment, and edges (the notes are currently made for Savage Worlds, but do I plan to make some adjustments for Mini Six and Fudge). All of it detailing a combination of Space Opera, Stars Without Number, and Aliens all sort of […]
Are Biotech Stocks in a Bubble?By: David Chapman | Thu, Apr 23, 2015SharePrintEmailCharts created using Omega TradeStation 2000i. Chart data supplied by Dial DataAre Biotech stocks in a bubble? This is a question that is being asked. According to an article by Bloomberg (Biotech Index in Nosebleed Territory – Up 500% In 4-years, Trades At 10X Revenues – Bloomberg Business, […]
news.goldseek.com / By David Chapman / 23 April 2015Are Biotech stocks in a bubble? This is a question that is being asked. According to an article by Bloomberg (Biotech Index in Nosebleed Territory – Up 500% In 4-years, Trades At 10X Revenues – Bloomberg Business, March 8, 2015) the 269 Biotech companies that are listed on the NASDAQ are up […]
