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The Generational Investments to Stay Safe in This Market

By , Global Credit Strategist, Money Morning • @MichaelELewitt -

Stocks actually rose last week, although you'd be hard-pressed to find an investor or hedge fund manager who is feeling good about things right now.

But the Dow Jones Industrial Average did in fact gain 105 points or 0.7% to close at 16,093.53 while the S&P 500 rose by 1.4% or 27 points to 1906.90. The Nasdaq Composite Index, home of the FANGS, added 2.3% to close at 4591.18. But as the title of the novel goes, it's "been down so long it looks like up to me."

All three markets are still down sharply on the year and many hedge funds are nursing double digit losses just three weeks into the year.

How the China Yuan Devaluation Is Dragging Down the Markets

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

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Countless factors influence the global financial markets, but right now the biggest one is China's yuan devaluation.

Ever since August, when the Chinese central bank shocked the markets with a steep yuan devaluation, the Chinese currency has exerted a powerful - and mostly downward - pull on stocks.

Here's why the yuan carries so much weight - and what will happen next...

Why Chinese Interest Rates Were Slashed Again Today

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

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China's central bank on Friday cut both Chinese interest rates and banks' reserve requirement ratio. It's an effort to boost China's slowing economy.

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) trimmed its benchmark lending and deposit rate by 0.25% each. They are now at 4.35% and 1.5%, respectively.

The cut in Chinese interest rates comes just days after China reported its slowest GDP growth rate since the Great Recession...

How to Profit from Chinese Tech Stocks

By , Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI -

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Despite the bad headlines coming out of China, it still boasts one of the globe's fastest-growing economies. And it's move to become a more consumer- and tech-focused economy puts e-commerce front and center.

So if you want to make money in tech stocks, you must aim a portion of your portfolio at Chinese e-commerce. Today I'm going to tell you about the best way to play China's renewed emphasis on e-commerce.

It's an investment that will pay out big for decades to come...

China's Inflation Is Rising - but All Eyes Are on Deflationary Risks

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

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The latest data out of China today shows China’s inflation is rising. However, it’s China’s deflation risks that have everyone talking.

The National Bureau of Statics said today (Thursday) that China’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 2% year over year in August and reached a one-year high.

But that wasn't the only statistic investors are eying today...

Profit From the China Stock Market Crash With This Strategy

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke -

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A China stock market crash this summer triggered a global sell-off. The country’s benchmark index, the Shanghai Composite, lost 12.5% in August alone. It declined a massive 37.94% (1,960.36 points) from its June 12 high through the end of August.

Investors all over the world are growing increasingly concerned – and they should be.

Watch the video to get Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani’s strategy for investors to protect themselves -- and even profit -- from a China stock market crash…

Shanghai Composite Gains 5% Today as China’s Stock Market Rallies

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -

Shanghai Composite

The Shanghai Composite jumped 5% today (Friday), marking its second consecutive day of impressive gains. On Thursday, the Shanghai Composite climbed 5.4%.

Despite the late rally, the Shanghai Composite Index is still down 7.8% on the week and roughly 37% from the high it set in mid-June. The Shanghai Composite ended the week at 3,232.34.

Here’s why the market rebounded in the last two days…

Will China Lower Interest Rates?

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

Will China Lower Interest Rates?

With the Shanghai Composite tumbling 16% this week alone and rattling global markets, readers are asking us, "Will China lower interest rates?" The simple answer is that they already have.

The Shanghai Composite finished in the red today (Wednesday) for the fifth consecutive day. The index was up as much as 4% at one point, but finished the session down 1.3% to 2,927.29.

Here's why another rate cut might have little effect on steadying China's markets...

Play China's $67 Trillion Surge with This Stock

By , Resource Specialist, Money Morning -

China Investments

Before this month's crash, Chinese markets doubled over seven months to peak at 5,166 in mid-June.

On the way up, anecdotes abounded of farmers abandoning their fields in favor of trading stocks on margin. By late June, there were more individual investors in China than the 87.8 million card-carrying members of the Communist Party of China.

And one U.S. company has become the top choice to profit from this shift...

Markets "Whistle Past the Graveyard" as Google Gains $65 Billion in Just One Day

By , Global Credit Strategist, Money Morning • @MichaelELewitt -

Google stock price

While markets decided to ignore what are destined to be doomed attempts to cover over intractable debt crises in Greece and China, the real action in the markets last week took place in two high-flying NASDAQ stocks - Netflix and Google.

Netflix stock split 7-to-1 and the company announced strong subscriber growth, pushing its stock up from a split-adjusted $98.13 on Wednesday to $114.77 at the end of the week. The 18% pop increased its market cap to $48.7 billion and its price/earnings ratio to 210x as Wall Street analysts competed with each other to raise their price targets to ever higher levels.

If you think that sounds giddy, look at what Google did...