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Chinese Tech Stocks Are Crushing the Nasdaq

Chinese Tech Stocks Are Crushing the Nasdaq

Forget about trade wars. The big story with China this year may be the runaway rally in the country's technology sector. The Golden Dragon Index ($HXC) has surged 9 percent in the last month and is up 28 percent so far in 2019. That's more than twice the gains of the...

Stocks Inch Higher as Money Keeps Shifting to New Areas

Stocks Inch Higher as Money Keeps Shifting to New Areas

Last week was a lot more interesting than it seemed. After all, the S&P 500 rose just 0.6 percent in the holiday-shortened week between Friday, February 15 and Friday, February 22. Most other major indexes hardly budged, either. But there was disruption beneath...

New Companies Are Leading the Market in the New Year

New Companies Are Leading the Market in the New Year

Last year was a busy year for initial public offerings, and several of those new names are rallying in 2019. A list of 37 recent IPOs generated an average gain of more than 9 percent since the start of January. That's more than twice the gain of the broader S&P...

Tracking the Bears in China

Tracking the Bears in China

Global economic and financial issues are back in the forefront. Turkey's been the main story in the last week, but today China has some important headlines. Simply put, they're all negative. The country's economic reports for July had a triple-miss overnight:...

The scramble for China continues

The scramble for China continues

Google is joining the scramble for China. The Silicon Valley-based search giant bought a 1 percent stake in JD.com (JD), China's No. 2 e-commerce company. JD's products will soon appear in on Google Shopping results for users in U.S., Europe and non-Chinese parts of...

China’s challenge to Silicon Valley

China’s challenge to Silicon Valley

Chinese tech stocks warmed up this spring. Will they have an even hotter summer? Iqiyi (IQ), the "Netflix of China," is up more than 60 percent in the last month. Mobile-based social network Momo (MOMO) rose 38 percent and e-commerce service provider Baozun (BZUN) has...

The Shocking Truth About IPOs

The Shocking Truth About IPOs

For years, initial public offerings performed poorly. But that seems to be changing right before our eyes. Several companies have ripped higher since going public in the last few months. Technology has dominated the trend, including some prominent names from China....

How long can this range hold?

How long can this range hold?

Stocks just finished their best month since January. Now the question is, how long can they stay trapped in this range?

IPOs keep on coming in May

IPOs keep on coming in May

Initial public offerings had their best May since 2013 and remain firmly ahead of last year’s pace.