Mercedes-Benz Leads China’s Fastest- Growing Premium Auto Industry About: Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, General Motors, GM, Jim Trippon, China auto, Alix Partners, Wall Street Journal, Chinese stocks, CSI 300 Index, China Stock Digest, China Stock, Chinese stock, Chinese A-share markets, Shanghai Composite, Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Luxury brands are making enormous strides in China’s booming auto [...]

China’s Trade Deficit Hampers Free-Floating Yuan About: China’s new trade deficit, booming Chinese economy, Chinese Customs Administration, China’s president, Hu Jintao, Jim Trippon, China’s equity markets, Chinese Yuan, China’s soaring imports, China’s economic expansion China posted a March trade deficit of $7.2 billion, news that may downright shocking to some market observers. The deficit represents [...]

Don’t Misread China’s New Trade Deficit About:China’s new trade deficit, booming Chinese economy, Chinese Customs Administration, China’s president, Hu Jintao, Jim Trippon, China’s equity markets It would be a mistake to regard China’s new trade deficit, the first in six years, as a sign of any new economic weakness. Take a look more closely at [...]

China’s Auto Market Is The Real Deal About:Ford (NYSE: F), Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, Volvo, General Motors, Toyota (NYSE: TM), Cash for Clunkers, Jim Trippon, China’s equity markets When Ford (NYSE: F) announced in late March that it was selling its Volvo brand to China’s  Zhejiang Geely Holding Group for $1.8 billion, we told our [...]

Fresh Wave of Confidence Rises on China Profits and Sales About: China’s National Bureau of Statistics, Chinese industrial profits, Entrepreneur Confidence Index, Business Climate Index, Chinese investment climate, Jim Trippon, China’s equity markets It’s small wonder that China’s latest surveys of business confidence are up again for the first quarter of the year. It was [...]