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China: Underwhelming data…leads to outperformance?

posted on April 16, 2013 at 8:00 am by Sean Geary

Data over the weekend from China showed a drop in economic growth, down to 7.7% year-over-year for Q1 2013. However, in spite of the exchange’s recent woes, the Shanghai Composite (FXI, quote) is showing remarkable resilience.

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Shanghai Composite continues to slide on Europe, new banking curbs

posted on March 28, 2013 at 8:00 am by Sean Geary

The Shanghai Composite (FXI, quote) traded substantially lower on Thursday, ending the day down more than two percent. Is now the time to take a chance on this struggling exchange?

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Shanghai Composite struggles while rest of Asia breathes sigh of relief

posted on March 25, 2013 at 9:45 am by Sean Geary

The Shanghai Composite (FXI, quote) ended the day roughly flat, down less than 0.1%. However, juxtaposed to other Asian markets’ performance and interday market action, the Shanghai Composite traded disappointingly to start the week.

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Shanghai Composite: Downtrend continues on global woes

posted on March 18, 2013 at 10:15 am by Sean Geary

The Shanghai Composite (FXI, quote) dropped 1.68% in the week’s first trading session as investors digested disappointing news from Europe and China itself.

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Shanghai Composite drops 1.4% overnight

posted on February 26, 2013 at 8:00 am by Sean Geary

The Shanghai Composite dropped 1.4% overnight as the Chinese economy (FXI, quote) digested news that the country may consider tightening monetary policy in order to stem inflation and economic news from overseas disappointed.

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Shanghai Composite tumbles over potential housing curbs

posted on February 19, 2013 at 8:00 am by Sean Geary

The Shanghai Composite (FXI, quote) closed down more than 1.5% in Tuesday trading over concerns about changes in the housing sector weighed down the index.

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Hong Kong hits highest levels in 18 months

posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:30 pm by Sean Geary

Multiple Asian indices hit 18 month highs in Monday trading, including Hong Kong’s Hang Seng exchange (EWH, quote) which peaked today at 23,944 before retreating below 23,800. 

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Best performing emerging markets redux

posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:00 am by Steven Orlowski

Three weeks ago we published an analysis of the best performing stock markets utilizing data from the Financial Times Global Equities Macromap. The five best performing equity markets for the previous twelve months were emerging markets.

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Emerging market of the day: China

posted on December 10, 2012 at 9:00 am by Sean Geary

Chinese markets (FXI, quote) outperformed their Asian peers to start the week off on a bright note.

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Macau gaming: Emerging market sector of the day

posted on December 5, 2012 at 9:30 am by Sean Geary

Macau gaming stock Melco Crown Entertainment (MPEL, quote) dropped more than 7% in trading on Tuesday after reports that the Chinese government would step up its efforts to weed out money laundering in Macau.

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