Evraz makes bid for Chinese Steel manufacturer
Evraz Group, which is Russa’s second largest steel firm, has made a bid to purchase a majority stake of 51% of China’s Delong Holdings. Evraz offered US $765 million to purchase 51% of the company from the majority owner, Best Decade Holdings.
Delong Holdings, operating in Hebei, owns a steel mill in China that [...]
Toshiba bows out to Sony in the HD war
Sony (SNE), the Japanese electronics powerhouse, received good word from Toshiba (TO) last week, as Toshiba withdrew its bid from the new high definition format war. Toshiba, maker of HD DVD, announced that it would stop production of HD DVDs and players – giving the victory to Sony’s BluRay.
Sony and Toshiba have been [...]
Investing in Chinese Gaming Stocks
As the last few years have proven, Chinese markets are on an upwards tear. The emerging international markets have consistently beaten more established markets over the last decade.
As it currently stands, one of the best investments in the Asian markets might be Chinese gaming companies. As China’s overall economy grows at [...]
Which Types of Stocks Are The Most Recession Proof?
We’re already in a recession. Or, that’s what the pundits say. They may well be right. But what will you do about it? Will you follow common wisdom and seek relative safety of large cap stocks? After all, large cap stocks are safer—right?
That’s what I had thought too, until I studied the S&P 500 and [...]
How to Pick Winning Dividend Stocks
One trading strategy, which only requires a few minutes of work annually, has been generating annualized returns in excess of 17% per year since 1973, while the Dow has returned just 11.9% in that time period. This strategy requires nothing more than a few minutes of annualizing price and dividends, and then selecting [...]
Pay Off Your Mortgage Early Before Retirement?
The decision of whether or not to pay off your mortgage before retirement can be complicated. Tax benefits and investment mathematics blurs a relatively simple answer.
Retirement should be the time for easily living and time well spent, but for many, it comes as one of the most financially difficult times of life. High [...]
How Chinese Economic Growth Lifts Japanese and Brazilian Markets
Playing the market and predicting the future of global economics seems to be on the top of everyone’s daily agenda. In rough times, everyone is an economist looking for the best place to store their money. As doom and gloom is all over the airwaves in the developed nations of the world, [...]
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Champion REIT to buy Hong Kong Mall
Champion REIT plans to buy a shopping and office complex from Great Eagle Holdings Ltd for US$1.6 billion to expand its holdings in the growing Asian real estate business.
The building, known as Langham Place, is a 1.94 million square-foot building that includes a hotel and car park.
Lucrative growth in Hong Kong real estate [...]
Relative Strength Index: Analysis Every Investor Should Use
Relative Strength Index actually is not relative at all – it is an oscillator meant for the comparison of buying strength to the price or value of a security. Usually abbreviated by RSI, the relative strength index has been in use since its creation in 1978 by J. Welles Wilder. His name is [...]
