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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AK Steel, Carnival, FedEx, PayPal, Sunoco, Teva, Under Armour, Wells Fargo and More

Posted: January 9, 2018 at 9:05 am

Stocks were mixed on Monday, following four consecutive days of gains, and Tuesday was indicated to have a strong open. The markets are effectively at all-time highs, and the raging ...
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Perhaps Markets and Investors Should Be Cheering S&P Downgrade of China

Posted: September 21, 2017 at 10:50 am

When investors hear that one of the world's top credit ratings agencies has issued a sovereign downgrade of one of the world's biggest nations, it tends to bring more than ...
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Moody’s China Downgrade Is Not Crushing Chinese Shares and Markets

Posted: May 24, 2017 at 11:00 am

The biggest economic and financial market story for Wednesday should be that Moody’s has formally downgraded China’s credit rating. Although this downgrade may sound harsh, the new "stable" outlook seems to mean ...
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World’s Top Economies Include Companies and Cities

Posted: October 13, 2016 at 11:55 am

Of the largest 100 world economies, 42 are cities, or more specifically, metropolitan areas. Of those cities, 12 are located in the United States and eight in China. One-third of the ...
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Moody’s Sees Oil and Gas Capex Down 20% to 25% in 2016

Posted: January 4, 2016 at 12:35 pm

Moody's Investor Service has already weighed in with its forecasts for crude oil prices, and the outlook could easily be summarized by the current mantra of "lower for much longer." ...
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5 Oversold Chinese Companies Worth a Look

Posted: October 2, 2015 at 10:55 am

Picking oversold Chinese stocks is a difficult task, considering that China is in the bust phase of the business cycle. The fundamentals driving that — a stagnant Chinese yuan supply after ...
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China Readies Reform Plans for Oil & Gas Sector

Posted: September 30, 2015 at 11:50 am

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NRDC) is preparing a draft reform plan for the country’s state-controlled oil and gas companies that is expected to be released by the end ...
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5 Chinese Companies for the Value Investor’s Watch List

Posted: July 8, 2015 at 1:25 pm

The Chinese stock market is in shambles. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 25% over the past three weeks, according to Forbes. A value investor may want to take a hard ...
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China ETF Plunges 4% in a Day

Posted: April 19, 2015 at 8:19 am

Issues of margin trading, a surge of individual investors into local shares, a ballooning stock market and a slowing of the world's second largest economy sent the largest China exchange ...
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Tencent Most Valuable Chinese Brand at $66 Billion

Posted: January 27, 2015 at 6:34 am

Chinese brand value has come of age as huge message company Tencent, a glorified instant messaging service, posted a brand value of $66 billion. Tencent is part of a Chinese holding ...
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China’s Big Oil Companies Battered by Low Crude Oil Prices

Posted: October 30, 2014 at 12:00 pm

China’s big three oil companies have recently reported earnings that are significantly below expectations. PetroChina Co. Ltd. (NYSE: PTR), China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (NYSE: SNP) (aka Sinopec) and Cnooc ...
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The 10 Best Chinese Stocks to Own Now

Posted: June 11, 2014 at 7:45 am

It was not that long ago that emerging markets and developing markets outside of the United States were in trouble. Now it seems as though the bull market fever in ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Baidu, First Solar, J.C.Penney, Sinopec and More

Posted: February 27, 2014 at 8:40 am

Stocks are trying to challenge new highs and earnings season is all but over. Now investors have to consider which stocks to buy and which ones to sell. No one ...
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Platts Ranks Top 250 Global Energy Companies

Posted: October 29, 2013 at 2:20 pm

Oil industry data and publishing firm Platts announced on Tuesday its annual list of the top 250 global energy companies. This marks the twelfth year that Platts has compiled its ...
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Russia and China Oil Giants Raise Billions in New Capital

Posted: April 18, 2013 at 3:20 pm

Investing in Russia and investing in China are not exactly the easiest places for U.S. institutions to commit billions of dollars for exposure. There are Russian ETFs and China ETFs, ...
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