Chinese stocks are so incredibly unloved these days after many years of being dragged down by the bears. Undoubtedly, the geopolitical risks associated with the names are still very much present. However, you may be enticed by the rise of technological innovations (think generative AI). But, you don’t want to pay a pretty penny for exposure. In that case, the Chinese tech scene may be worth a second look while it’s still down and out.Undoubtedly, China is home to some serious large-cap AI innovators, with m ...

Walmart (WMT -0.28%) and Alibaba (BABA 1.40%) are two of the world's largest retailers. Walmart operates more than 10,500 stores and warehouse clubs across 19 countries and a wide range of e-commerce websites. Alibaba owns Taobao and Tmall, the two largest e-commerce marketplaces in China, several overseas marketplaces, and more than 300 brick-and-mortar supermarkets. Alibaba also owns China's largest cloud infrastructure platform.But over the past five years, Walmart's stock has rallied 85% as Alibaba's st ...

In the latest market close, Alibaba (BABA) reached $73.37, with a +1.4% movement compared to the previous day. The stock outperformed the S&P 500, which registered a daily loss of 0.2%. At the same time, the Dow lost 0.6%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.11%.Prior to today's trading, shares of the online retailer had lost 3.03% over the past month. This has lagged the Retail-Wholesale sector's gain of 2.13% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.32% in that time.The investment community will be closely monitoring t ...

House surrounded by cash money. HAKINMHAN/iStock via Getty Images In the last 12 months, I've been buying a lot of income investments. Much more so than I did in 2022. The current market has seen no-or-low dividend tech stocks rally to nosebleed valuations, while many stocks in the "income" category have floundered. The NASDAQ-100 is up 40% over the last 12 months, while the Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ) is up only 6.37%. Financials for their part are up quite a bit over the last year, but nevertheless lag ...

Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to ban TikTok. Should this ban be ratified by the U.S. Senate, several U.S. companies and the stock market could react negatively. With the measure passing in a 352 to 65 vote, it’s clear the US government sees a threat in TikTok. Though the bill needs to pass in the Senate, it could in theory result in ByteDance selling its TikTok division. Investors should watch out for stocks to exit ahead of Chinese app bans such as the proposed one.Such a monume ...

News last week that Alibaba (BABA) abandoned plans to list its logistics arm in Hong Kong didn't do anything to lift Alibaba stock out of its downtrend. Alibaba stock looks like it's on sale now, but is BABA stock a buy now?Alibaba hoped the listing of its Cainiao Smart Logistics Network would raise $1 billion at a minimum. But Alibaba pulled the listing, citing overall weakness in the Hong Kong stock market.X The cancellation of the listing poses more challenges to a restructuring plan last year by Alibaba ...

The early months of 2024 have certainly brought a series of excellent market days for investors. With the S&P 500 setting multiple new records so far in 2024, many investors are feeling increasingly optimistic about putting cash into stocks compared to several months ago.Wall Street has a habit of slipping into a bear market once every four years on average. But the good news: In every case, the market has not just recovered but also eventually reached new highs. Bull markets tend to appear every five to si ...

David Becker Since the last time I wrote about China’s e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) in December last year, its stock price has gone nowhere, with a ~2% decline since. Year-to-date [YTD], it has seen an even bigger fall (see chart below). This is hardly surprising considering that the company's third quarter (Q3 FY24) figures released since have continued to be uninspiring. However, the company is betting on AI to drive it forward, which certainly has potential. Here, I consider ...

Originally made famous by correctly predicting the 2008 crash and executing what has become known as “The Big Short,” the prominent investor Michael Burry has remained active in the stock market in the years since.While his name became somewhat more controversial in recent times due to stock picks and strategies viewed as odd – such as his $4.3 million bet on Alibaba (NASDAQ: BABA) – or simply wrong – like his 2023 bet against the semiconductor industry – Burry’s portfolio still holds many hidden gems and i ...

In this video, I will go over Pinduoduo's (PDD -0.80%) recent earnings report and what this means for Alibaba investors amid the controversies around a potential TikTok ban/divesture.*Stock prices used were from the trading day of March 19, 2024. The video was published on March 20, 2024. ...