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Chinese Healthcare Sector ADRs

As an additional follow-up to my ADR series, I am going to take a look at the Chinese and Hong Kong healthcare sector. There are 6 key Chinese and Hong Kong ADRs within the GICS healthcare sector: Mindray Medical International (MR), Chine Medical Technologies (CMED), Wuxi PharmaTech (WX), Simcere Pharmaceutical (SCR), 3SBio (SSRX), and Tongjitang […]

Chinese Financial Sector ADRs

As a follow-up to my energy sector ADR piece I am going to take a look at the Chinese and Hong Kong Financial sector ADRs. There are 3 Chinese and Hong Kong ADRs within the GICS financial sector: China Life Insurance (LFC), E-House (EJ), and Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN). Chinese & HK Financial Sector ADRs […]

Chinese Government policies on real estate sector (Supplement)

This is a working list of Chinese government policies aimed at stemming growth in the Chinese real estate sector. Please feel free to comment if there is something I am missing. A major source for this was E-House’s annual report. The following regulations were put in place in 2003: Real estate developers are required to […]

Chinese Energy Sector ADRs

The first sector I am going to break-out is the Chinese energy sector, primarily because this sector has the highest market cap of all the sectors I outlined in my last piece. There are 5 Chinese and HK ADRs withing the energy sector: PetroChina (PTR), Sinopec (SNP), CNOOC (CEO), Yanzhou Coal Mining (YZC), and Gushan […]

A Look at Chinese and Hong Kong ADR’s

In this piece I highlight 66 Chinese and Hong Kong ADRs by sector, broken out by market cap, average 30 day volume, and a series of performance metrics. This piece will eventually be followed-up with specific analysis on Chinese sectors and companies. Before getting to the nitty gritty lets formulate a quick outlook on the […]

Impending Chinese Financial Crisis…

Sitting here in Hong Kong, I know few people who aren’t transferring money into China to take advantage of the appreciating RMB and attractive domestic rates. In fact a study conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences estimates there could be over USD1.0trn of such money within China, with USD150bn coming during the first […]

A Quick Look at the Asian CDS Market

Recently, I have been attempting to locate data on the Asian credit default swap (CDS) market, specifically on sovereign protection; I couldn’t find much. In response I decided to put together this posting, which tracks performance and allows for some basic relative value and correlation analysis verse equity markets. All CDS prices quoted in this […]

S&P500 Short Interest Ratio

Back in March I published some data on the NYSE top 100 short interest ratio (SIR), and a lot of people seemed to enjoy it. I am now following that up with June SIR data for all the S&P500 companies. I broke out the data alphabetically, descending SIR, and by the monthly change of the […]

Global Battery Index

As oil prices continue soaring and consumers’ preference shifts to smaller and more fuel efficient vehicles, we are likely to see a proliferation of hybrid technology. Looking at the most recent car sales data in the US, Honda and Hyundai out-sold both GM and Ford mostly due to their wide selection of smaller more fuel […]

Gold a Bet Against the Fed

Historically, gold has been an asset investors turn to in times of uncertainty, especially in regards to inflation. The same is true today. However, is the level of today’s gold prices justified? I believe the answer to that question depends on your belief in the Fed’s effectiveness and willingness to fight inflation. It is my […]