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...this is a bubble, is it about to burst? Maybe not. Peter Alexander, chief analyst for Z-Ben Advisors, a Shanghai investment consultancy, says Chinese companies are stronger and more efficient than they were a few years ago. "It's dangerous to bet against China," he says. Also, if you exclude China Life and banks that fueled last year's blockbuster IPOs, Shanghai stocks trade at prices comparable to those of Asian companies listed on other regional bourses. In fact, some of China's smaller manufacturing and textiles companies are still relatively undervalued. "Judging from history, the stock market doesn...
...head. I believe that his career hiatus was actually planned not only because of his extraordinary earnestness--and the three drinks already in him--but also because he's so focused on saying this that he hasn't once looked up at the Patriots game, on which he has bet...
...investors in the fund he launched in 1969. Thorp, probably best known for figuring out how to beat the house at blackjack, did this by programming computers to identify small price discrepancies between securities that should have been trading in tandem. Then he borrowed tons of money to bet that these discrepancies would disappear. Such strategies were off-limits to mutual funds, but Thorp's Princeton Newport Partners was a hedge fund--an unregulated investment partnership catering to the rich...
...market correction is not inevitable, says Peter Alexander, chief analyst for Z-Ben Advisors, a Shanghai investment consultancy. He argues that Chinese companies are stronger and more efficient than they were a few years ago. "It's dangerous to bet against China," he says. Also, if China Life and banks that fueled last year's blockbuster IPOs are excluded from the picture, Shanghai stocks trade at prices comparable to those of Asian firms listed on other regional bourses. In fact, some of China's smaller manufacturing and textile companies are still relatively undervalued. "Judging from history, the stock market doesn...
...makeover is just one part of the British film industry's new self-esteem boost. Last year, a near record amount of money was spent on making movies in Britain. And after British talent came home weighed down with Golden Globes last month, it's a good bet the same will happen at the Oscars on Feb. 25. This kind of success can get people overexcited, thinking that maybe - just maybe - this is the year that Britain will finally step out of Hollywood's shadow. But it will never happen. Britain's industry is far too small to compete with...