Economic Sectors

27
Jun

Bullish on China = Bullish on Precious Metals?

As of the liberalization of the market back in the late nineties, Chinese investors have developed quite an appetite for gold and precious metals. According to the World Gold Council, their appetite has been so unquenchable that as of 2013, China became the world’s #1 market for gold. In fact, just like with many other

26
Jun

The Pros and Cons of Investing in Chinese Stocks

Are you a proud Amazon shareholder? Why not add some Alibaba Group Holding shares to the mix? Or perhaps you’re a huge Facebook fan and love buying their stocks… why not diversify a little bit and add some Tencent Holdings shares to your portfolio. Into Google rather than the previous two examples? Great… but why

22
Jun

China’s Housing Market Fascinations: From Culture to Human Nature

Even in the West, people have a let’s call it special relationship with real estate than with other asset classes. Since we’re talking about an investment you cannot help but be exposed to on a daily basis (since you… well, live there), it should come as no surprise that a wide range of emotion-driven behaviors

11
Jun

The Auto Companies That Turned China Into the World’s #1 Auto Producer and Buyer

While the average US or European consumer may very well have never heard of a Chinese auto company, the fact remains that China is both the #1 producer of automobiles (with over 25 million passenger cars and over 4 million commercial vehicles for the year 2017 alone) and the #1 buyer of cars worldwide (with