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  • The Strange Tale of the Bare-Bottomed King

    They say never sell America short and with good reason. Any country whose equity market has been able to crank out 6.8% real returns annually over the past century stands as a formidable obstacle for any speculator willing to bet…

  • Chinese VC investing plummets

    Venture capital investment in China (Chinese VC) plunged by 43% to $165 million in first-quarter 2005, hit by legal uncertainties that a foreign exchange regulation created, according to a survey by Beijing-based consulting firm Zero2IPO Ltd. A total of 28…

  • China Changes Offshore Investment Rules, Venture Capital Cools

    Global venture capital funds slowed offshore investment into Chinese companies in the first quarter after the country’s foreign exchange regulator issued rules that may hinder international share sales and capital raising by China businesses. Chinese residents must for the first…

  • Greenspan or Buffett? Asia Mulls Who’s Right

    Even though his bet against the dollar cost him $310 million in the first quarter alone, Warren Buffett is sticking with it. Alan Greenspan seems less worried about the world’s top currency. Who’s Asia to trust when the two most…

  • Oversold stocks now make investing your money easier

    At last! The word oversold – market jargon for “too cheap” – is starting to reappear in analysts’ recommendations. This suggests investors are readjusting to the hefty share price falls of the past two months, and looking for bargains. We…

  • Has Your Investment Portfolio Got ‘Alpha’?

    NEW YORK – Frank Holmes, chairman, chief executive and chief investment officer of money management firm US Global Investors [GROW], has been on a hot streak, but isn’t afraid to share some of his success secrets with retail investors. With…

  • Playing With Fire

    Forget the new zillionaires. There are many good reasons to resist playing with fire in the China craze. When the ducks are quacking, the saying goes, Wall Street feeds them, and right now we ducks are quacking for a steady…

  • Time for you to diversify

    Asset managers warn against expecting unit trust funds that delivered outstanding performance in previous quarters to continue producing inflation-beating returns in future. Performance results across the different unit trust categories are again generally good this quarter, and there are even…

  • Platinum 20-Bagger Pitches to The Yankees

    NEW YORK – There are not too many twenty-baggers to go around in any sort of market, but one of them is preparing to list on the American Stock Exchange to better align itself with its major stockholders. London listed…

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