51 Job To Go Private, Asia Follows US Lower

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were mostly lower overnight after the US market decline yesterday. Growth equities, including internet stocks, saw positive performance on Tuesday,...

Baidu & IQiyi Report Q4, China PMIs Higher Than Expected

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were mostly higher overnight. Internet and growth stocks rose overnight as Baidu reported positive Q4 2021 earnings that beat estimates. China rele...

NIO Announces Hong Kong Listing

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities opened lower but managed to climb throughout the trading day to close in the green except for Hong Kong’s small loss while Taiwan and Indonesia wer...

Mainland China Outperforms Hong Kong As Investors Assess Geopolitical Risk, Internet Stocks Rebound, Week In Review

China Last Night KraneShares Week In Review Asian equities began the week lower on fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine and came under further pressure Thursday when the invasion materialized. Mainl...

Alibaba Reaches 1.3 Billion Annual Active Consumers, Russian Invasion In Ukraine Sends Asia Equities Lower

Key News Asian equities were a sea of red overnight as Russia began an offensive in Ukraine, citing support for breakaway eastern provinces, but launching airstrikes as far away as Kyiv. Alibaba repor...

Semiconductor Stocks Soar, Asia Rebounds

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were mostly higher, rebounding from yesterday’s downdraft and ignoring US equities’ decline yesterday. Earnings season kicked off this week in Main...

Russia Turns Asia Markets Red Overnight

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asia was a sea of red overnight. Several negative headlines led to a very ugly night following an ugly day in Hong Kong on Monday. Investor’s concerns included Ru...

Meituan Shares Fall On NDRC Guidance, Week In Review

Week in Review Asian equities began the week lower as investors globally were risk-off on concerns about the Russia/Ukraine conflict. However, most major Asian indexes gained some ground back later in...

Alibaba-Backed Huitongda Rises On Debut; China E-Commerce Billionaire’s Fortune Gains Anew

Alibaba-invested e-commerce firm Huitongda went public at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange today. … [+] Photographer: Roy Liu/Bloomberg © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP Alibaba-backed Huitongda Network r...

China Talks To France & Reports FDI Increase Of +11%

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were mostly higher overnight following mixed performance in the US on Wednesday, though Japan, India, and the Philippines were off. It was a relati...

PBOC Gets The Green Light To Ease As Inflation Moderates

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities had a strong day except for India’s small decline on Russia/Ukraine de-escalation hopes. China and Hong Kong had a good day driven by declining Chi...

PBOC’s Night Moves Lift Stocks

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian markets were decidedly mixed as investors debate whether Russia will invade as southern Asian markets outperformed versus northern Asian markets’ weakness. ...

Ukraine/Russia Tension Leads To Risk-Off Night In Asia

China Last Night KraneShares Key News It might be Valentine’s Day, but we got no love overnight as Asian equities were risk-off on Ukraine/Russia fears though Australia and the Philippines were outlie...

Wuxi Biologics’ Decline & Global Growth To Value Rotation Continue, Week In Review

China Last Night KraneShares Week in Review A rumor that Alibaba’s registering of 1 billion new shares on Friday was linked to SoftBank selling its stake weighed on China internet stocks on Monday. So...

MSCI Grabs GRAB, Seeks SE, And Loves LU

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asia’s equity markets had a decent day as Northern Asia markets outperformed Southern Asia markets with a hint of the global growth/value rotation showing. A few ...

Alibaba & XPeng Have A Gargantuan Day As Markets Go Green

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equity markets had a very strong night with every market in the green as the majority of markets were up more than +1%. Alibaba jumped as Softbank announced...

Covid Hurts Business At Yum China; Shares Plunge 4.3% In Hong Kong

A customer collects a take-out order in a KFC restaurant in Shanghai last September. Photographer: … [+] Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Multiple waves of Delta variant outbreak...

US Commerce Department’s Unverified List Tanks Wuxi And Investor Sentiment

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Going into last night’s market session, I was in a great mood. My weekend reading of institutional research focused on China’s inexpensive valuations, under alloc...

IMAX Returns To Profit In China Amid Box Office Recovery

“You’d be a fool to underestimate the role of China – its 1.4 billion people, its increased … [+] demographics, its increased quality of film, its increased budgets, its increased box office,” I...

Rumor That SoftBank To Sell Alibaba Stake Weighs On China Internet

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were mixed overnight as China, Singapore, and Indonesia outperformed while India and the Philippines underperformed. Citi’s internet analyst is rep...

Hundreds Worldwide Protest China’s Human Rights Abuses As Beijing Winter Olympics Kick Off

Topline Hundreds of people in several countries on Friday protested against China’s repression of its Muslim Uyghur minority and Tibetans as the Beijing Winter Olympics kicked off amid diplomatic boyc...

The Year Of The Tiger Starts With A Roar

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Kung Hei Fat Choi! Asia had a strong day as Hong Kong traders returned from vacation in good spirits. The Hang Seng Index gained +3.24%, led by internet companies...

Regulators’ Internet Symposium Signals Softer Touch

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities followed the US’ strong Friday performance overnight. China, South Korea, and Taiwan markets were all closed for Lunar New Year while Hong Kong had...

The Year Of The Ox Was A Rough Bull Ride, CSRC Suggests Solution To HFCAA, Week In Review

China Last Night KraneShares Week In Review We have two videos this week. In one, Dr. Xiaolin Chen discusses China’s path to carbon neutrality by 2060. In another, Xiabing Su goes on the ground in Chi...

Powell’s Pessimistic Press Conference Panics Vacation Packing Investors

China Last Night KraneShares Key News The timing of Powell’s hawkish press conference couldn’t be worse for Asian markets as many investors have exited for vacation or are packing their bags for Chine...

Jinko Solar Gets Jiggy With A STAR Board IPO

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities had a positive day except for Japan and South Korea while Australia and India had the day off. Going into today’s trading session, the lead pre-mar...

Asian Investors Take Risk Off

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities did not experience a miracle comeback like US markets yesterday as markets were a sea of red with investors taking a risk-off posture driven by Rus...

2021 Winners Win Again Overnight

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were largely off though Japan, China, and Taiwan were in the green while India was hit harder than most. Ukraine/Russia tension, Fed hikes, and the...

Billionaire Lim Kok Thay Steps Down From Cash-Strapped Operator Of Star Cruises

Lim Kok Thay, CEO of the Genting Group, watches the ceremonial commissioning of a new laser hybrid … [+] panel line at the Warnemünde site of MV Werften on November 28, 2018. Bernd Wüstneck/pict...

Hong Kong Stocks Become An Oasis Of Green In A Sea Of Red, Week In Review

China Last Night KraneShares Week In Review China reported Monday that the country’s GDP grew at a better than expected +8% in 2021, though Q4 GDP disappointed at only +4%. Monetary policy easing was ...

PBOC Cuts Loan Prime Rate, Hong Kong Outperforms

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities had a mixed day as Hong Kong and Japan outperformed and India underperformed. Remember Hong Kong internet outperforming and India underperforming i...

Monetary Easing Gains Momentum, Hong Kong Internet Holds Up

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were a sea of red, except for the small gains by Hong Kong and Singapore. Japan was off -2% as Sony was smoked -12.79% post-Microsoft/Activision an...