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Right now, investing in China is hotter than a pot of green tea. Sure, Morgan Stanley Capital International's China stock index suffered a 9% setback in mid-April, but it has still gone up 72% over the past 12 months. In January and February alone, some $320 million poured into U.S.-based mutual funds invested in China. The bullish case for China seems irresistible: a stable government, millions of aggressive entrepreneurs, plenty of cheap labor and 1.2 billion consumers eager to fulfill a lifetime of pent-up demand. But don't be blinded by hype. Here are the important...
...about an investment idea and everybody's chasing the same goose, nobody ends up making money." That's because the return you get out of any investment depends not just on its future growth but also on the price you had to pay to get in. And the Chinese stock market, at least for now, is dangerously overpriced. There's nothing wrong with having an indirect stake in China through a diversified, low-cost foreign fund like T. Rowe Price International Stock, Vanguard Total International Stock Index and the global fund that Younes runs. But buying Chinese stocks...
...Messenger makes instant messaging more than just talk. For starters, the free program lets you customize your appearance online by designing your avatar: choose a hairstyle, a body type, even sunglasses to create a special look. When you launch your friends list, you can view news headlines, sports updates, stock prices or your calendar in the same window. You can also easily access games directly in Yahoo Messenger. And if you like to listen to music while you chat, just log on to Yahoo's Launchcast online radio service. With a single click, you can broadcast the channel to your...
Cinephiles know the Winnipeg-based Maddin (Tales from the Gimli Hospital, Twilight of the Ice Nymphs) as a unique, independent spirit who makes modern movies with exquisitely anachronistic techniques: fake degraded stock, blue and yellow tints, declamatory acting styles and lighting so soft-focus, Garbo could have bathed in it. The Saddest Music in the World, based on a script by Kazuo Ishiguro (author of The Remains of the Day), is Maddin's first superproduction. It boasts a $2.5 million budget and a few actors you may have heard of: Rossellini, Euro-Kewpie Maria de Medeiros and Mark McKinney from...
...focused. The megachain's rapidly expanding grocery business--which now accounts for a fifth of U.S. food sales--has left a trail of shuttered supermarkets in its wake. This year in particular, the damage is piling up. Winn-Dixie, once a Southern power, suspended its dividend indefinitely, causing its stock to drop 28% in January, and is expected to close more than a hundred stores. This comes on the heels of Fleming Cos.' liquidation last summer of what had been the second biggest grocery wholesaling business in the country. But even excluding that particular flameout, the industry has lost more...