Invest In China? Today?
The Chinese Government has taken extraordinary measures to keep its tech giants in check. It started with Alibaba and Jack Ma and has now expanded to Tencent, DiDi, Meituan and many other tech leaders.
Go Deeper (2 min read)Robinhood, An Overlooked Opportunity?
The online brokerage began trading at $38 per share, the low end of its range which valued the company at about $32 billion. After dropping as much as 10% Robinhood's market capitalization closed down at $29 billion.
Go Deeper (3 min read)JD, China's e-Commerce Champion
Founded in 1998 by Richard Liu and headquartered in Beijing, China, JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) has grown to become one of China’s largest online retailer. The company has over 500 million annual active customers and has over 1,000 warehouses
Go Deeper (8 min read)Bubbles? What Grantham Is Seeing
Right now, Grantham believes that the stimulus, vaccine optimism and the ongoing economic recovery have enabled investors to buy some time. Yet, serious issues such as rising interest rates, sustained inflation, labor shortages and exploding commodity prices could trigger the next fall.
Go Deeper (2 min read)China's Careful Boost
Friday the People's Bank of China announced that it would cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for all banks by 50 basis points.
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Shortages Cool Down Growth
The Institute for Supply Management said on Tuesday that its non-manufacturing activity index has fallen to 60.1 while it stood at 64.0 in May. A reading above 50 indicates growth in the services sector, which accounts for two-thirds of U.S. economic activity.
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Didi Gets Slammed
The shares of Didi Global last traded at about $12, well below their initial price of $16.65 on June 30 - a fall in market capitalisation of about $19 billion.
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Zipline Raises $ 250m At A $ 2.75B Valuation
Zipline is vertically integrated, which means it designs and manufactures the unmanned drones, logistics software and the accompanying launch and landing system.
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Rising Home Prices And Labour Shortages
With the stock market close to its all-time highs, the wealth effect is starting to form and retail investors are moving some of their gains from the stock market to the housing market.
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SoFi, The Next Meme-Stock?
SoFi recently announced that it would allow users to gain access to the initial public offerings of four Palihapitiya-backed Blank Check companies. Is this the next "Meme-stock"?
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JPMorgan Adds To China
The $1.48 billion JPMorgan Pacific Technology Fund is growing its exposure to tech giants whose valuations have been hit by an antitrust crackdown in China.
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