No Surprise In April Data As Lockdowns Weigh On Economic Activity

Key News Asian equities were largely higher following the US market’s rip higher on Friday though China was off and several markets were closed for Vesak Day, one of the most sacred days for Buddhists...

Mainland Investors Buy Tencent And Meituan On Weakness

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were largely lower though China, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Thailand managed gains. Mainland China benefitted from continued verbal support from policym...

Mainland China Gains On Reopen, Economic Daily Editorial Marks Shift In Regulatory Tone

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were mixed though mostly lower overnight, failing to follow US equities higher, as Hong Kong underperformed. Mainland China markets reopened to out...

Internet Stocks Clipped In Hong Kong, Mainland Markets To Reopen Tomorrow

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were mixed but mostly lower overnight as Hong Kong was a significant laggard and Mainland China was closed. Growth and internet stocks were clipped...

China Stock Exchanges To Close May 2-4 For Labor Day Holidays

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Shenzhen Stock Exchange is home to many of China’s top technology companies. Photographer: … [+] Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2016 Bloomb...

Internet Regulation Cycle Eases As Domestic Consumption Becomes Job #1, Week In Review

China Last Night KraneShares Week in Review Asian equities registered another choppy week of trading, mirroring US and developed markets. Markets were deepest in the red on Monday as investors feared ...

Alibaba Stock Drops to Its Lowest Level in 6 Years. Behind the Latest Fall.

Text size Shanghai has been under strict Covid-19 lockdowns since March. Dreamstime The worsening Covid-19 situation in China is weighing on the country’s stock market, with companies including Alibab...

Bank RRR Cut Anticipation Lifts Markets

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities had a mixed night, as China, Hong Kong, and Japan outperformed. At the same time, India, the Philippines, and Thailand got an early start to the lo...

JD’s Founder Steps Back As Fed Fears Weigh On Sentiment

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equity markets followed the US market’s southward trajectory overnight, following the Fed confirming rising rates and balance sheet contraction. If one were...

JD.com’s Richard Liu Becomes Latest China Tech Billionaire To Leave CEO Post

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China Revises Delisting Rule. But Investors May Want to Sell on the Rally.

Text size The probability of a mass delisting of Chinese stocks like Alibaba may have ticked lower with revised rules from China’s regulators. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images The probability of ...

Former China Rich List No. 1’s Gome Retail Posts Another Big Loss

Wong Kwong Yu in poses in front of a Gome store in 2006, a year he ranked No. 1 on the Forbes China … [+] Rich List. (Photo by Chien-min Chung/Getty Images) Getty Images Then-billionaire Beijing...

TikTok Rival Kuaishou Beats Expectations As Hong Kong Internet Gains

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities had a strong day on Ukraine peace talks in Turkey while China was off though not significantly. The Hang Seng Index gained +1.12% led by Hong Kong ...

Meituan Leads Hong Kong Internet Rebound

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were mixed as the Hang Seng outperformed, gaining +1.31% led by internet stocks as the Hang Seng TECH Index gained +2.62%. Meituan (3690 HK) jumped...

Nio And Meituan Under Pressure As Investors Ask “Where’s The Beef?”, Week In Review

China Last Night KraneShares Week in Review Asian equities saw choppy trading this week as geopolitics and higher commodity prices continued to present risks and growth/internet stocks saw some pressu...

Successful In China, U.S. Accountant Looks To Southeast Asia For New Growth

Southeast Asia offers good growth prospects for global investors, says Drew Bernstein, co-chairman … [+] of New York-headquartered MBP. The accounting firm plans to open an office in Singapore i...

Tencent Reports Q4 Financial Results With An Eye To The Future

China Last Night KraneShares Tencent Q4 Earnings Overview Tencent reported Q4 financial results after the Hong Kong close. 2021 was described as a “challenging year” while the industry is going throug...

Alibaba and JD.com Stocks Fall Back After Historic Gains. What Comes Next?

Text size Alibaba stock notched its best-ever one-day gains on Wednesday. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Investors in Chinese stocks, long-accustomed to pain, have just seen an astonishing turnaround. What come...

Alibaba, JD.com and Other China Stocks Soar. Here’s What Sparked the Turnaround.

Text size Shares in Alibaba and other Chinese companies have come under intense pressure recently. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Shares in some of China’s largest companies notched eye-watering gain...

Stock Market Today: Dow Rises, Fed Decision Ahead, Alibaba and JD.com Soar

Text size Fed Chair Jerome Powell will host a press conference at 2:30 p.m. Eastern. Graeme Jennings / POOL/AFP via Getty Images Stocks were moving higher Wednesday as markets readied for a long-await...

Alibaba Stock Is Really Hurting. Why It Might Not Bounce Back Any Time Soon.

Text size Shares of Alibaba have notched massive declines. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Investors in Alibaba are used to pain. But the stock is really hurting this time, with it on track for a 27% ...

Chinese Stocks Plunge After SEC Stokes Delisting Concerns

A further step by the Securities and Exchange Commission toward forcing companies from China off American exchanges helped trigger the worst decline in U.S.-listed Chinese stocks since the global fina...

Local Investors Less Pessimistic, Week In Review

China Last Night KraneShares Week in Review Last weekend was the start of China’s dual sessions, from which China’s GDP growth target of 5.5% for 2022 was announced along with a slew of supportive eco...

US-Listed Chinese Companies React To Today’s HFCAA Announcement & Fading Optimisim On Ukraine Truce

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities followed US equities higher overnight on hopes for a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine crisis as oil prices plummeted. Worth noting that markets a...

JD.com Stock Falls After Earnings Top Estimates but Revenue Growth Slows

Text size A JD.com distribution center in Beijing. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Shares of JD.com fell in premarket trading Thursday after the Chinese e-commerce giant reported fourth-quarter earnin...

Tencent, Meituan, JD.com, And Kuaishou Lead Hong Kong Internet Rebound

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities had a mixed day as India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand posted positive returns. Japan, China, and Hong Kong declined and South Korea was close...

Mainland Gives Capitulation Sign As Decliners Outpace Advancers 40 To 1

Key News The wind was howling so loud last night it woke me up as an ill wind was blowing in Asia as equity markets were down overnight apart from India which didn’t get the message that the world is ...

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...

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...

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...

China’s JD.com CEO Richard Liu To Donate More Than $2 Billion Of Shares To Charity

Richard Liu, founder and chief executive officer of JD.com Inc., in 2016. Photographer: Qilai … [+] Shen/Bloomberg © 2016 Bloomberg Finance LP One of China’s richest e-commerce entrepreneurs wil...

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...