Shanghai Life and How to Print Flyers Cheap
originally published on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:16:18 -0800 submitted by system few seconds ago
© madtpt Life in Shanghai is what you make it. Most big cities are like that. If you let it, a job in most cities will eat your life. If you can set clear boundaries between what's professional and what's personal you can maintain the balance in your life - do a job well and still have time for some sort of private existence. Sometimes your professional life and personal life do manage to overlap, though. And that can be okay. I recently needed ...
Twittering from the Grand Wall (Thanks to Dell Coupons)
originally published on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:21:26 -0800 submitted by system 2 days 11 hours 40 minutes ago
© BenBenW It's easy in the investment world to think of China as one big business opportunity. But if you actually get to go to China, remember to budget a little time for seeing the place. Because China is much more than a business opportunity. It is a cradle of civilization filled with wonders, both natural and manmade. A friend of mine was able to spend a couple of days touring China as part of a small delegation of business people from his state. ...
Seen that? - Hong Kong Remains at the Epicenter for Venture Deals
originally published on Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:18:17 -0800 submitted by system 2 days 11 hours 40 minutes ago
Hong Kong Remains at the Epicenter for Venture Deals China Venture News Hong Kong Venture Capital Association's chairman Vincent Chan, and the managing director of JAFCO Asia, maintains that the gateway to China is still at the epicenter for venture capital ...
Seen that? - Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Is Not a Fable in China
originally published on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:18:16 -0800 submitted by system 13 days 3 hours 35 minutes ago
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Is Not a Fable in China China Venture News Everyone's talking but no one's listening. Yahoo's 1 billion dollar 40 percent stake in Alibaba, China's largest e-commerce firm does not illustrate that a Net bubble ...
8D World a Hit in China
originally published on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:08:05 -0800 submitted by system 21 days 21 hours 49 minutes ago
I came across an excellent example of marketing a product in China. The story interests me both as a a China geek and an educator. The product involved is virtual world software designed help Chinese school kids learn English. Educational gaming is, of course, big business. A company called 8D World is using the concept to teach English to kids in China. Their virtual world (Wiz World Online) requires participants to properly pronounce English words to get points in a virtual game. ...
China-US Relations: Bad for Business?
originally published on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:37:39 -0800 submitted by system 22 days 15 hours 44 minutes ago
© rajkumar1220 I've seen a number of stories recently about the U.S. relationship with China, and how it seems to be headed downhill. It's hard to image that such a decline won't have business implications. Google's China problem seemed to personify the larger situation for a while. It has to do at least in part with differences in values... China-U.S. relations is a constant topic of news. The two countries are the only two real superpowers in the world and they have become more ...
Seen that? - Intel Capital and China Policy Roadmap
originally published on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:18:03 -0800 submitted by system 33 days 3 hours 14 minutes ago
Intel Capital and China Policy Roadmap China Venture News With no Abatement in the gold rush of US VCs into China, I continue my conversation with author and researcher, Jonsson Yinya Li, on his observations in his new book, Investing in ...
Venture Capital Coming of Age in China
originally published on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:26:21 -0800 submitted by system 42 days 7 hours 44 minutes ago
© kalleboo Entrepreneur Corner shares an optimistic perspective on venture captial in China.During the past several years, China has gradually become one of the most attractive investment markets in the world, largely due to the diversification of industries, the relative cost base and the tremendously increased domestic market...But the article goes on to point out that China's not immune from the financial crisis. The question for VCs is really the same question that most of the world is...
CrossingWallStreet.com: Your Guide to Financial Success
Don?t Give Me the Facts, Give Me Something I Can Understand
originally published on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:15:42 -0500 submitted by system few seconds ago
Here?s the opening of a fascinating article on cognitive fluency from the Boston Globe: Imagine that your stockbroker - or the friend who?s always giving you stock tips - called and told you he had come up with a new investment strategy. Price-to-earnings ratios, debt levels, management, competition, what the company makes, and how well it makes it, all those considerations go out the window. The new strategy is this: Invest in companies with names that are very easy to pronounce. This would ...
Projections for Nicholas Financial
originally published on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:51:06 -0500 submitted by system 1 hour 32 minutes ago
This chart below is perhaps the clearest reason why I find Nicholas Financial (NICK) such a compelling buy right now. This shows the company?s pre-tax profit (in millions) along with the provision for credit losses. What you see is just how damaging the credit loss provisions have been. I think it?s interesting that when you combine the two, you can see that NICK?s business appears to be fairly stable. You can also see that the credit loss provisions are declining rapidly. If they get back t...
Happy Birthday Mr. Bull!
originally published on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:29:58 -0500 submitted by system 1 hour 32 minutes ago
On the first anniversary of the bull market, E.S. Browning looks at the valuation debate between economists Robert Shiller and Jeremy Siegel. Not surprisingly, Dr. Shiller thinks the stock market is expensive and Dr. Siegel thinks it?s cheap. Both men have held their positions for quite some time. For the last decade, Shiller has clearly won the debate (while Dr. Siegel has made some sloppy mistakes). Despite Shiller?s accuracy, I?m skeptical of his methodology (after all, a person can be ri...
Missing Home Depot
originally published on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:15:08 -0500 submitted by system 1 day 16 hours 29 minutes ago
Ugh, how did I not see Home Depot (HD)? The stock is at a new 52-week high today. Actually, I did see it but still didn?t pull the trigger. These are the trades that really annoy me. Here?s what I wrote last June after HD raised guidance: Last year, HD earned $1.78 a share. In May, the company said that it expects to see EPS fall by 26% and sales to fall by 9%. That translates to full-year earnings of $1.32. Today they said to expect EPS to fall by 20% to 26%. A 20% drop works out to $1.42 wh...
The Bull Market Turns One
originally published on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:22:39 -0500 submitted by system 1 day 16 hours 29 minutes ago
This is going to be a big week for market anniversaries. Tomorrow is the first anniversary of the bull market. The S&P 500 closed March 9, 2009 at 676.53. That was a Monday. During the day on the previous Friday, March 6, the index got to its spooky intra-day low of 666.79. The day after tomorrow is the seventh anniversary of the 2003 market low. On March 11, 2003, the S&P 500 closed at 800.73. The intra-day low came the follow day at 788.90. This month will also market the tenth anniversary...
SEI Investments Rallies on Upgrade
originally published on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:00:02 -0500 submitted by system 2 days 1 hour 19 minutes ago
So far, it's a good morning for our stocks on the Buy List. SEI Investments (SEIC) is up over 4% thanks to an upgrade from Janney Montgomery Scott. It's about time someone noticed them. Also, Jos. A Banks (JOSB) just announced it's "risk-free" promotion: JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. announces it is bringing back its popular ?Risk Free? promotion. As part of the promotion, the Company will refund the price of a suit or sportcoat if the purchaser loses his job, and also allow him to keep the ga...
The Power of Long-Term Investing
originally published on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:35:26 -0500 submitted by system 2 days 1 hour 19 minutes ago
In 1935, Grace Goner invested $180 in Abbott Labs (ABT). She died earlier this year at the age of 100. Oh..and those ABT shares: $7 million. Like many people who lived through the Great Depression, Grace Groner was exceptionally restrained with her money. She got her clothes from rummage sales. She walked everywhere rather than buy a car. And her one-bedroom house in Lake Forest held little more than a few plain pieces of furniture, some mismatched dishes and a hulking TV set that appeared l...
Today's Jobs Report
originally published on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:39:44 -0500 submitted by system 4 days 15 hours 21 minutes ago
Here's a strange statistical angle to today's jobs report. Officially, the unemployment rate was unchanged, 9.7%. But you break down the numbers, the rate was eerily the same. For January, the unemployment rate was 9.68662%. For February, it was 9.68719%. That's an increase of 57/100,000 of one percent. Think of it this way: If the workforce had remained at 175,000 for January and February, then only person lost his job. I'm not trying make any economic point, I just think it's an unusual st...