Tag Archives: China

China’s “Investment Bubble” | Enterprising Investor Blog

It is likely only a matter of “when” it bursts, not “if.” The attached is an excellent analysis. This is just one of many grey swans on the pond. Five Perspectives on China’s “Investment Bubble” | Enterprising Investor Continue reading

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Avoiding the Siren Song of Emotions | Enterprising Investor Blog

An excellent short piece on behavioral investing. I would pay particular attention to the boombustology information regarding China and they did not even mention Chinese ghost cities. Finally, I love that they used a Waterhouse painting (as above) to emphasize these … Continue reading

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Immigration as One Part of a Solution to US Economic Problems

Two days ago I wrote about the baby tourism industry on which a Rock Center segment focused: http://amarginofsafety.com/2011/10/31/baby-toursim-us-problem-or-opportunity/ Today a Wall Street Journal story highlights that allowing wealthy foreigners to immigrate to the US may be more of an opportunity than many know–under the proper … Continue reading

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Baby Toursim: US Problem or Opportunity?

Brian Williams’ new show, Rock Center, broadcast this evening with a piece on wealthy foreign pregnant women–many Chinese–who are coming to the US to give birth so that their children can receive citizenship and a Social Security card. Many are outraged … Continue reading

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“First, Get a Trillion Euros…”

The market is soaring today on the Greek bailout plan, or should we say the European bailout plan because, lest we forget, there are several more countries that still need a bailout. The plan is amusing to me, though I should … Continue reading

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Just What is Seth Klarman up to? It May not be What Optimists Believe

Apparently, Seth Klarman is in the market for capital. This is always news because Klarman has a reputation for shunning capital from new investors and frequently returning excess capital to existing investors. However, the author of the attached story has … Continue reading

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Why All the Cheer?

I am an optimist by nature, and I hope a rational one in the Matt Ridley vein. But, I do not understand the optimism in the market in the last seven trading days (plus forty-five minutes). Markets are up over … Continue reading

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Market Valuation, Deus Ex Machina, and Volatility

We have written several times to say that the market in general is overvalued based on earnings (the CAPE) and book value (Tobin’s Q). Even after the recent selloff, the market is still well above long-term averages. However, astute market … Continue reading

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A Looming Problem in China

We wonder what will become of the dozens of Chinese ghost towns, which are literally unoccupied whole cities in China built for hundreds of thousands of occupants on loans such as those in the attached article. What will happen when these … Continue reading

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Vitaliy Katsenelson’s Blog

I have just added VK’s Contrarian Edge to the blogroll. VK has strong opinions, but backed up with many facts. He has an interesting tid bit in today’s post: China consumes two-thirds of the world’s production of iron ore. Given the … Continue reading

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