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• Chinese Infrastructure Investment Corp Joins NASDAQ - 13 August 2008

In an exciting new step that was no doubt inevitable, CIIV (China Infrastructure Investment Corporation) began trading on the NASDAQ National Capital Market on August 12. Their chosen new symbol is “CIIC” – something that is easy to spot and easy to interpret.

• Traumatic Tuesday at the Shanghai Stock Market - 12 June 2008

In an effort to reduce lending and thereby curb inflation, China has increased the amount of money to be kept in reserve by banks, which in turn results in less money being available for loans. It is generally agreed by analysts that these credit-tightening measures were the primary reason for China’s main stock index plummeting by 7.7% on Tuesday 10 June, going on record as the biggest decline in more than a year. This was the second straight day the Asian markets experienced a large decline, exacerbating concerns over rising inflation and slower economic growth.

• Make Hay from Hydrogen Stocks - 2 June 2008

Does stock market volatility bother you? Are you worried about what recession can do to your portfolio? Would you like some dividend revenue to keep the inflation wolf from your door? Read on and share our gas stock idea.

• Trade and Business Also Link China and Taiwan - 27 may 2008

You could be from the Congo or Canada. Capitalism or Communism may be your cup of tea. Your color, age, and sex matter not a jot. European fears for Hong Kong have proved as hollow as national protection of the Olympic torch. US defense of Taiwan is irrelevant at the Boao Forum. China does mix business with courtesy, but ideology is kept in a secure closet.

• Business not Capital Links New China to Dubai - 26 may 2008

China builds trade and business links with the Arab world by the month. That is true of other countries as well. The difference here lies in the industrious wealth of China. It can match Dubai when it comes to capital resources. China is an equal partner in the march of Sovereign Wealth Funds. Both countries vie to purchase global corporations. China, like Dubai is in pressing needs to invest piles of depreciating dollars. Private Equity from the Middle East has joined the government investing arm of China in hunting for valuable world stocks. However, this is not the mainstay of friendly trade moves between the two wealthy blocks.

• China Business Lessons from Past Masters in Global Trade - 23 may 2008

The Dutch have generations of experience in world trade. Naturally, they are at the vanguard of world efforts to do business with China. Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG) is a major global corporation from Holland. It has built a strong presence in the patient monitoring market of China. April 2008 has been a watershed month for Philips in China. It acquired all shares of a domestic competitor in China. The Philips website describes the logic for the deal. There are three relevant lessons in this historic transaction:

• Malthusian Financial Planning - 28 April 2008

We hope that prophets of doom are wrong. Some of us keep worrying they could be right. Malthus lived 200 years ago. He postulated the dilemma of population growth. That nightmare is now close.

• The Business of Tibet - 17 April 2008

The world has three new poles. Celebrity film makers, young rebels of assorted genres, and descendants of a band of refugees from China, revere the Dalai Lama. The China establishment is in an inscrutable camp at the other end. They call him the Dalai clique. A spiritual leader stands accused of invading the secular space.

• Use Every China Currency Blog to Your Financial Planning Peril - 3 April 2008

You are in teeming company if you like to blog. Using the Internet for crucial stock trade decisions is another matter. We are in the same boat as every other Internet publisher. The code is to make sure that the audience benefits from visits to your web site. That is why we advocate staying away from speculation in currencies.

• Stock with Two Bulls Can Keep Any Bear at Bay - 26 March 2008

A surge can work for stock as well. Use economic powers like horse power. Two stock strengths will help you ride out a slow-down. Add sector strength to high GDP growth. This is the Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (NYSE: ACH) way. The Metal Mining Industry is one of the most stable parts of the Basic Materials Sector. You must know of the incredible economic growth in China. We have a recent publication, on one of our sister web sites, on how business and the economy are managed in China. You can read about it at: Chinatrade.com

• Are You Part of The NYSE: PTR Stock Opportunity As Yet? - 4 March 2008

Freedom activists wear China bashing on their sleeves. Spielberg can afford this, but it does not pay in stock trading. Beijing and big business are in cahoots. Read about how their giant corporations stalk the stock market world at one of our sister sites: Does China Business Have a New Strategy and How Does That Affect You?

• Why Private Investors Put Risk First in Building Stock Market Assets - 29 February 2008

Risk management is not new to the stock market, but it has become more popular with investors of late. One of the reasons could be that so much of our familiar business has moved to an emerging market such as China. Values of assets in an exotic market can swing wildly, as terms of trade and regulations vary so much in foreign countries.

• Poker Principles to Win No Matter Which Card China Deals - 29 February 2008

You would not normally spend evenings on the Strip in Las Vegas, to learn how to deal with China. However, there is no harm in learning the basics of dealing with opponents at the famed gaming tables of Nevada. Not that China is a mere opponent; it has huge dollar reserves, holds keys to our stock market inflows, and is the major emerging market by all accounts.

• Rising Grain Prices Bond the US with China and Allies Alike - 29 February 2008

There are no signs of aliens coming to destroy us, but even so there are scenes from the 1996 movie ‘Independence Day’ developing in real life. It started with successive years of drought in Australia, a major grain exporter. China has never had to bother about growing all its food needs, but sourcing grain on the world market gets tougher by the day.

• Environmental Scanning for Stocks from the Business of Education (Part 2) - 14 February 2008

Environmental Scanning for Stocks from the Business of Education (Part 1)

The Global Opportunity for Education Stocks

Look around campuses of the best colleges and universities. You are likely to find more ethnic minorities strolling around than on the streets outside. Students from countries such as India and China tend to get good grades. The outsourcing story also points us in the direction of education in emerging countries. There are huge demands to learn spoken English, our working methods, and social habits. The new economies also need scientists and technologists for their growth plans. The net result is an explosion in the demand for quality education.

• Iroquois Confederacy Fundamentals for National Financial Planning (Part 1) - 10 February 2008

The Declaration of Independence could not have matched the applause that a 2008 State of the Union address or a campaign speech evokes! Is this a pointer to how the United States has evolved over the past two hundred years? Independent observation can be confusing because the lines between a healthy and a sick economy are so blurred! This article brainstorms on alternative financial planning options, using the distant past to chart course for an equally nebulous future. This piece follows from one we have published earlier entitled “Alternative Financial Planning to Revive a Flagging National Economy”.