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The Chinese stock market rose by 150% 15 months before June 2015. Approximately 12 million Chinese citizens opened trading accounts in May 2015 alone.

With about five weeks remaining in the trade truce, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said yesterday that the US was “miles and miles” away from a trade deal with China.

Facebook’s net profit was $3.9 billion in 2Q17, up from $2.3 billion in the corresponding quarter a year earlier.

Last month, for the first time, China applied restrictions on instant messaging services for national security purposes.

Shares of semiconductor (SMH) firm NVIDIA (NVDA) rose 27% in January 2018 to close at $245.8.

Amazon’s (AMZN) 2017 book value per share of $51.30 compares to the expected book value per share of $52.50 for 2018.

Nvidia (NVDA) took the stage in the past three months by launching a series of Pascal GPUs aimed at high-end and mainstream customers. Nvidia’s fiscal 3Q17 earnings are expected to be released in the first week of November.

Baidu is selling a majority stake in its financial services unit as it seeks to raise funds to bolster its competition in China’s digital financial services market.

Stages of deep learning In the previous part of this series, we saw that GPU[1.graphics processing unit]-accelerated computing is helping supercomputers solve many complex problems efficiently. The cost and time savings brought by GPUs have encouraged many cloud companies to use these chips for their deep learning tasks. Deep learning happens in two stages. The […]

Intel has partnered with China’s Internet giant Baidu (BIDU) to set up an AI and 5G innovation lab focused on converged edge and cloud services.

The global economy is closely watching China for fresh signs of a slowdown, which could threaten global growth.

The largest Chinese used car e-commerce platform, Uxin (UXIN), continues to rally after its strategic partnership with Alibaba Group’s (BABA) Taobao last week.

Du Xiaoman Financial, Baidu’s (BIDU) financial services subsidiary, has been cleared to enter the business of selling mutual funds in China.

Amid tightening competition for advertising dollars, there is growing pressure on Google to diversify its revenue sources.

On December 19, Alibaba (BABA) stock opened at $140.75 and closed at $137.14, posting an average volume of 27.24 million.

While there is no denying that China (FXI) needs stimulus measures to kickstart its slowing economy, any propping up needs to be done in a way to avoid another debt-fueled crisis.

This article considers China’s prospects to see its equity market rally once again after a few years of soft landing–induced tightening.

JPMorgan’s latest 2Q14 results beat estimates. Meanwhile, net income was down to $6 billion from $6.5 billion in 2Q13. The earnings per share (or EPS) was $1.46, compared to $1.60 in 2Q13.

With new properties developing slower, the current price levels in China could in fact be supported. The risk for the future of housing prices is more likely to be associated with China’s GDP.

Of the 35 analysts covering Yelp (YELP), 13 have given it a “buy” recommendation, and four have recommended a “sell.”

Baidu’s (BIDU) expenses have risen steadily in recent years with notable increases in the cost of revenue and R&D (research and development) spending.

China has been struggling with an economic slowdown recently in the midst of trade frictions with the United States.

Chinese electric carmaker NIO (NIO) released its third-quarter results on November 6.

Back in May 2017, Alibaba (BABA) announced a plan to repurchase its own shares to the tune of $6.0 billion over two years.

Appaloosa Management’s top new buy last quarter was American Airlines Group (AAL), with a 2.22% position in the hedge fund’s U.S. long portfolio.

In June last year, Baidu (BIDU) launched a stock repurchase program under which it planned to return as much as $1.0 billion to its shareholders in a period of one year.

Mobileye reported 37% year-over-year growth in the company’s second-quarter revenues as the adoption of its ADAS solutions increased.

Today, two Chinese tech stocks have gained significant market value. Baidu (BIDU) and iQIYI (IQ) are trading 10% and 15% higher, respectively.

Nvidia is set to report big revenue growth in data center as its Tesla GPUs make their way into servers and supercomputers.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) developed an EPYC server CPU (central processing unit) that offered a better price-to-performance ratio than Intel’s (INTC) Xeon server CPUs.

NVIDIA’s revenues of $2.6 billion represented a quarterly top-line record. The revenue figure rose 32% year-over-year and topped the consensus estimate by ~$280.0 million.

Emerging markets have now shored up their current account balances and bolstered their foreign exchange reserves.

Today, the broader market was trading on a positive note after President Donald Trump extended his China tariff deadline of March 1.

NIO (NIO) stock has been highly volatile since its listing on the New York Stock Exchange in September.

Priceline earns the majority of its revenues from the agency model, under which third parties such as hotel suppliers set the rates while Priceline earns a commission on the transaction.

According to the People’s Bank of China, new loans issued by Chinese banks rose to 985.5 billion yuan ($150 billion) in May from 555.6 billion yuan ($85.2 billion) in the previous month.

On February 14, Alibaba (BABA) bought a stake in China’s top online video sharing platform Bilibili (BILI), according to the Xinhua News Agency.

The Guggenheim China Technology ETF (CQQQ) is a passive fund that looks to replicate the AlphaShares China Technology Index.

As Intel (INTC) is facing delays in its core CPU (central processing unit) market, it’s important for the company to secure a large share of the optical photonics market and other 5G (fifth-generation) and AI markets.

China’s aggregate financing dropped to 751.0 billion yuan ($115.2 billion) in April from 2.3 trillion yuan ($361 billion) in March.

Microsoft has extended its partnership with Lenovo, a leading vendor in the PC space, because it generates the majority of its revenue from the PC market.

Baidu (BIDU) announced earlier this month that it was seeking to raise ~$1.0 billion through the sale of notes.

For the month ending on November 30, 2015, TCWAX fell by 2.8% due to weakness in global demand and lower commodity prices.

NIO (NIO) has been rising for the last five sessions in a row.

China’s service sector expanded at a moderate pace in March. The Caixin China General Services Business Activity Index beat the neutral value of 50 to come in at 51.3 in March.

The SSE Composite Index fell 1.0% to 2,807.51 from May 11 to May 18, 2016, after the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s April policy meeting hinted that a rate hike might happen in June.

According to NBC, the FBI has arrested a Chinese national for allegedly “attempting to steal trade secrets” from Apple (AAPL).

The US stock market has seen a decent recovery in the first quarter of 2019 so far after a steep decline in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) stock continues to recover from the pandemic-driven sell-off. The shares closed at $185 on Thursday.

This article considers the prospects for China’s Baidu versus Google in the U.S. and Yandex in Russia.

In China, 82% of those surveyed said they would like to ride in a self-driving car.

Microsoft partnered with Baidu (BIDU), China’s dominant search engine, to promote the Windows 10 OS.

Previously in this series, we looked at China’s declining overall vehicle sales for the last eight months.

There is a persistent concern over valuations of US equity markets, especially tech stocks, which include FAANG stocks.

The Templeton China World Fund – Class A (TCWAX) is the third-largest fund under this review, with an asset size of $297.2 million as of January 2016.

Yandex (YNDX) recently rolled out its cloud computing service across Russia, following a limited launch in September.

Investors have flocked to Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) stock during the coronavirus pandemic. The stock is one of investors’ top picks in the FAANG group.

Mark Yusko has been bullish on China for a long time. He thinks that although China’s GDP declined, it’s still at a much higher level than other countries.

Baidu funnels roughly 15.0% of its annual revenues, or about $1.5 billion per year, to research and development.

Harman Kardon’s Citation 500 speaker, which has a price point of $600, incorporates the Assistant for hands-free control.

Yahoo’s trailing P/E is almost in line with its peers but it’s below Google (GOOG), Facebook (FB), and Chinese Internet giant Baidu (BIDU).

Alibaba (BABA) recently bought a stake of 8.0% in Bilibili (BILI).

Google continues to face antitrust fines. Recently, Turkey fined the company $16.3 million on charges that it abused its market dominance.

In this series, we’ll take a look at the key highlights of NIO’s fourth-quarter earnings release.

Groupon (GRPN), eBay (EBAY), Baidu (BIDU), Square (SQ), and Twitter (TWTR) have the highest debt-to-equity ratios among industry players.

NVIDIA (NVDA) has grown exponentially in the last three years.

JD.com (JD) has signed a strategic agreement with Suzhou Tianma Specialty Chemicals regarding areas such as e-commerce solutions.

For those investors who want to invest in international mutual funds, we’ve quantitatively analyzed the composition and performance of nine of them.

Chinese electric car maker NIO (NIO), popularly known as China’s Tesla (TSLA) killer, has been breaking the rules of market gravity.

The World Bank noted that the slow growth rate of emerging and developing countries came along a slowdown in global trade and a rise in financial volatility.

The U.S. and Europen Union are making good recovery The below graph reflects on going trends in the Gross domestic Product (GDP) growth rates in the U.S. and European Union, the major destinations of Chinese exports. With slow economic growth in the U.S., and the European Union gross domestic product (GDP) finally hitting positive territory […]

TPG-Axon Capital Management LP is a privately owned $4 billion hedge fund firm. It was founded by Dinakar Singh in February 2005.

So far, 2019 is proving to be great for NIO (NIO) investors. The stock ended in the positive territory for the second consecutive month in February.

For Baidu, Apple, and Google China, the improvement in the domestic consumption area has been encouraging, though construction and manufacturing still aren’t firing on all eight cylinders.

Chinese regulators are investigating Baidu (BIDU), Alibaba (BABA), and Tencent (TCEHY) for allegedly showing disturbing videos about sex and violence to children on their digital platforms.

The Chinese yuan depreciated by 1.8% on August 11, 2015, as the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) aimed to boost the depressed economy and push exports.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google is hiring AI (artificial intelligence) engineers in Beijing, China, according to a company job posting.

Windows 10 and Skylake are the main drivers that can help the PC market make a comeback after struggling for growth in the last few quarters.

Last year, Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on US steel imports.

Apple is still willing to take a plunge into the music streaming market because of this market’s huge growth potential.

Uber, General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), and Baidu (BIDU) are competing with Waymo to put driverless taxis on the road.

The Caixin Composite Output Index stood at 49.9 in October—slightly below the neutral 50.0 value—up from 48.0 in September.

As of November 18, 2015, Alphabet has generated returns of 38.9% for the trailing-12-month period (or TTM) and 8.6% in the trailing-one-month period.

Lone Pine Capital LLC, based in Greenwich, Connecticut, was founded in 1997 by Stephen Mandel and is one of the largest equity-focused hedge funds in the United States. It is estimated to have $28.3 billion of assets under management. In Q3 2013, it started new positions in Baidu Inc. (BIDU), MasterCard Inc. (MA), Davita Healthcare […]

The global AI market is expected to generate $190.6 billion in revenues by 2025, up from $16.1 billion in 2017.

Facebook (FB) has 6.0 million advertisers on its flagship social network and 2.0 million advertisers on Instagram.

eBay (EBAY) generated investor returns of 8.9% in the trailing-one-month period and 17.5% in the trailing-12-month period.

Alibaba (BABA) recently teamed up with other investors, including Singaporean state investment company Temasek Holdings and Chinese electronics retailer Suning.com, to raise $600 million in additional funding for SenseTime.

Viking Global Investors LP is an independent hedge fund management firm founded by Andreas Halvorsen, Brian Olson, and David Ott. It manages assets of around $20 billion and has offices in New York City, Greenwich, Connecticut, and Tokyo. In Q3 2013, it started new positions in Lowe’s Cos. Inc. (LOW), Bank of America Corp. (BAC), The Walt […]

Alibaba (BABA) is investing as much as $160 million to become the controlling shareholder in Alibaba Pictures.

Alphabet’s Waymo unit is competing in sectors such as technology, ride-hailing, and auto manufacturing that are investing in self-driving vehicles.

Alphabet’s (GOOG) total costs and expenses increased 32.8% YoY (year-over-year) in 1Q18. Rising expenses in the quarter were driven by higher traffic acquisition costs (or TAC).

On May 20, the Senate approved new legislation that could force Chinese companies to follow the same rules as other companies listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ.

JD.com’s (NASDAQ:JD) Hong Kong listing is approaching quickly. Notably, the shares will likely start trading in Hong Kong on June 18.

Lately, US-China tensions have been mounting. JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) and NetEase (NASDAQ:NTES) got a nod for listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

Increasing US-China tension could threaten the financial market. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the economic and healthcare crisis across the globe.

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) is one of China’s biggest technology companies. The company dominates the online search market in China.

The US Senate has passed legislation that could eventually lead many Chinese companies to delist. There are a lot of steps for the bill to become a law.