This Monday ethnic Chinese around the world will celebrate New Year, the “Year of the Fire Monkey” according to the traditional lunar calendar. Chinese New Year is their biggest celebration with millions of Chinese traveling for family gatherings. Exchanges in mainland China and many shops across Asia will remain closed. Continue reading “Beware! Monkeys Ahead”
Tag: Asia Pacific
Much Ado About Nothing?
Wow, what are month! The press was full of negative statements and gloomy outlooks with comparisons to the financial crisis we have seen in 2007/08. But was this month really that bad? Or is this crisis only made by media? Let’s have a look at the performance across Asia’s market. OK, in case of Shanghai with 23% down we can really talk about a crash. But remember our blog post from autumn last year. China is a market dominated by many small investors. Continue reading “Much Ado About Nothing?”
What a 100K Investment in Asia Pacific Returned in 2015
Here is what a 100,000 EUR or USD investment would have returned to an investor in 2015 when he or she would have invested in one of the following Asia Pacific stock markets. Best return with 20.8% has received an EUR based investor in Japanese stocks. Worst performance with -34.6% an USD based investor in Thailand stocks.
Asia – Gloomy Outlook for 2016
Japan’s Nomura Global Research expects a growth of only 5.7% for the Asian region ex-Japan in 2016. This will be the slowest pace since 1998.
Little growth is expected in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. Malaysia and Indonesia are rated neutral with an expected GDP growth of 4.0% and 5.2% respectively. Singapore’s outlook is even negative with a forecasted GDP growth of only 1.8% in 2016. Continue reading “Asia – Gloomy Outlook for 2016”