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My goal is to make a living by trading/investing. TradeAlarm is a screening software I wrote.

Saturday, June 01, 2013

US stock sell off on May 31 2013


Selling accelerated near the market's close with the rebalancing of the MSCI indexes at the end of the day. Credit Suisse forecast $19 billion in total trading as a result of the rebalancing, with $15 billion related to developed markets.
According to Credit Suisse, U.S. stocks were expected to see the greatest amount of net selling at the close as a result of the MSCI rebalancing, with a net outflow of about $300 million from indexes.
"What's happened in the last hour here, there's some index and month-end rebalancing that accelerated the downturn," said Bucky Hellwig, senior vice president of BB&T Wealth Management in Birmingham, Alabama.



US STOCKS-Wall St falls after late selloff; monthly gains intact

Thursday, April 25, 2013

CME is increasing the margin requirement for FX, Metals, and Natural Gas Outrights; Natural Gas Intra-Commodity Spread Charges; FX and Metals Volatility Scans- Effective end of trading, Tuesday, April 16, 2013.

Please see the following link for more details.

http://www.cmegroup.com/tools-information/lookups/advisories/clearing/files/Chadv13-182.pdf


This is definitely a bad news for commodities while good news for stocks esp. those companies using commodities as their materials.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

杰士汤浅株式会社(GS Yuasa)

2009年,杰士浅汤开始为三菱汽车(Mitsubishi Motors)的i-Miev电动汽车提供电池,这被称为第一款批量生产的全电动汽车。开始时,一切看上去都很顺利。杰士汤浅的高管在三年前的采访中称,来自汽车制造商的询问请求不断涌入,这让该公司疲于应对。
但对电动车的需求尚未起飞。到上个月为止,三菱汽车仅售出了137辆i-Miev,而杰士浅汤的工厂一直在低于产能的情况下运营。
这影响到了该公司的计划,即期待其锂离子电池技术能够很快取代其较老的铅酸电池而成为其核心业务。杰士浅汤仍没有在其锂离子电池业务上盈利。根据其年度报告,该公司在这项业务上损失了32.6亿日元,约合3500万美元。
波音及其新一代787飞机,比以往任何时刻都更加依赖电力系统和为其提供电力的电池。2005年,杰士浅汤通过法国航电公司塔莱斯(Thales)赢得了一份为波音提供锂离子电池的合同。杰士浅汤宣称,航空业是一个增长领域,足以弥补电动汽车市场带来的失望。
杰士浅汤株式会社社长依田诚(Makoto Yoda)对此充满信心,他在2011年末告诉日本共同社(Kyodo News),他希望在5年内让出售给汽车制造商之外客户的锂离子电池的销量翻倍。
在这个时期,先进的电池对整个日本产业界的有着非凡意义,因为该国仍旧对自己在半导体和平板电视产业上的主导地位被韩国对手迅速夺走而感到震惊不已。这其中的罪魁祸首其实就是商品化,这让日本最有价值的技术与任何其他厂商的产品别无二致。
现在已经有人担心,日本最有价值的锂离子电池技术可能也会重蹈覆辙。

长期以来,日本都在供应锂离子科技产品上占据主导地位,其最初的领军产品便是1991年索尼制造的第一批商用锂离子电池,然而,现在,它的领导地位却已基本被竞争对手取代。而在已经变得越来越普遍的小型锂离子电池领域,这一赶超发生地尤为迅速。
据位于东京的市场研究公司Techno Systems Research称,2011年,日本的全球市场份额从10年前的90%多跌至35%。而同一时期内,韩国生产商的全球市场份额几乎达到40%,超越了日本。
不过,日本还是决心要在用于汽车和飞机的大型锂离子电池生产上保持领先地位,该国的生产商强调称,这些电池的设计和生产更为困难,并且对质量和安全的要求极高,而这两者正是日本工程师引以为傲的资本。
拥有电池和可再生能源咨询业务的东京咨询公司TechnoAssociates首席执行官高野一郎(Ichiro Takano)说,“帮助建造787飞机本来是为了展示,在先进、可靠的科技领域内,日本仍在世界上领先。但是如果我们不能迅速弄清楚问题发生的原因,就 会出现适得其反的结果。”
长期以来,日本杰士汤浅公司都和政府关系密切。1895年,岛津源藏(Genzo Shimadzu)代表京都帝国大学(Kyoto Imperial University)研发出日本第一批铅蓄电池,他所创建的公司是杰士汤浅公司的前身。
这些以其发明者命名的GS电池,曾被用在日俄战争中的战舰上,为其发报机供电,有了这些发报机,船舰才能保持联系。1905年,日本在海上轻而易举地打败了俄国人。
过去三年内,杰士汤浅得到了将近170亿日元(约合11亿元人民币)的政府补贴。通过一个始于2009年的项目,日本经济产业省向绿色科技公司发放了1400亿日元的直接补贴,其中大部分补贴流向了被认为具备国际竞争力的锂离子电池制造商。

Reference
  1. 日剧反映日本电子制造商深陷窘境

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Huawei and ZTE Testify Before the House Intel Committee

As I remember, ZTE was on the list of the key state-owned enterprises at most two years ago. In its 2006 annual report, Zhongxingxin(深圳市中兴新通讯设备有限公司 Shenzhen Zhongxingxin Telecommunications Equipment Company, Limited.) still held 37.41% of shares as State-owned shareholders.

Most part of ZTE's initial funding came from state-owned enterprises in 1999.
深圳市兆科投资发展有限公司 800.0000(万元) 3.2000%
河北省邮电器材公司 250.0000(万元) 1.0000%
吉林省邮电器材总公司 250.0000(万元) 1.0000%
邮电部第七研究所 250.0000(万元) 1.0000%
深圳市中兴新通讯设备有限公司 15700.0000(万元) 62.8000%
湖南南天集团有限公司 500.0000(万元) 2.0000%
社会公众股(包括内部职工股) 6500.0000(万元) 26.0000%
中国精密机械进出口深圳公司 250.0000(万元) 1.0000%
骊山微电子公司 250.0000(万元) 1.0000%
陕西顺达通信公司 250.0000(万元) 1.0000%
They sold part of their shares in 2009

Saturday, November 10, 2012

温家宝总理的亲属掌控了价值不低于27亿美元的资产

《纽约时报》的调查显示,温家宝担任领导职务期间,他的很多亲属变得极为富有。其中包括温家宝的儿子、女儿、弟弟及妻弟。对公司与监管记录的调查显示,在总理的亲属中,有些人的生意风格十分强势,他们掌控了价值不低于27亿美元(约合170亿元人民币)的资产。
  • 现年90岁的总理母亲杨志云名下一项对中国一家大型金融企业的投资就曾在5年前价值1.2亿美元(约合7.6亿元人民币) 
    • 女富商段伟红的泰鸿公司就是总理母亲与其他亲属持有的平安股份的投资平台。段伟红说,这些投资实际上都是她自己的。段伟红是总理的同乡,也是总理夫人的好朋友。她表示,这些股份之所以放在总理亲属的名下,是为了隐藏她自己持股的规模。
    • 她表示,“我在投资平安的时候,不希望被媒体关注,”段女士表示,“所以我让亲戚找了一些人代我持有这些股份。”
      她说,自己的公司选了这些亲属作为名义股东,只是一个“巧合”。股权登记过程需要股东提供自己的身份证号码与签名。直到《纽约时报》向她展示了这些投资者的姓名,她一直表示,她不知道这些人和温家宝有亲戚关系。
  • 妻子张蓓莉是中国珠宝与宝石领域的权威人士之一,自己本身就是一位成功的女商人。《纽约时报》发现,她通过管理后来被私有化的国有钻石公司,帮助亲属戚将一些少数股权扩充为价值十亿美元级别的投资组合,涵盖保险、科技和房地产行业。
  • 总理的弟弟温家宏(Wen Jiahong)掌控着2亿美元(约合12.6亿元人民币)的资产,其中包括污水处理厂与回收企业。
    他的公司曾从政府那里得到了价值超过3千万美元(约合1.89亿元人民币)的合同与补贴,负责处理一些中国大城市的污水和医疗垃圾。这些合同都是在2003年非典型肺炎(SARS)疫情之后温家宝下令对医疗垃圾处理加强监管之后宣布的。
    • 深圳汉氏环境投资有限公司 [2]
      • 2005年2月21日前后, 温家宏是深圳汉氏环境投资有限公司的总经理,更是该公司的董事长
      • 2005年12月6日, 王涛名下价值1500万30%的股权转入温家宏名下.
      • 2007年5月17日, 法人由温家宏变更为陶俊,由温入资的1500万元转让给陶俊,而温继续留任总经理,董事长一职转让给陶俊。
      • 2010年6月12日,注册资本增加了3000万元, 价值3000万37.5%的股权转入温家宏名下
      • 2011年10月19日,  价值3000万37.5%的股权转让给毕彤辉,总经理交由毕彤辉.
    • 深圳汉氏环境技术工程有限公司   
    • 深圳市戴梦得珠宝首饰有限公司 
    • 深圳市宝多收实业发展有限公司
    • 深圳温格汉氏资源再利用有限公司
    • 香港汉氏峰明环保集团有限公司深圳代表处
    • 汉氏峰明环保产业运营管理(深圳)有限公司
    • 深圳市汉氏固体废物处理设备有限公司
    • 深圳市瀚洋投资控股(集团)有限公司
    • 深圳汉氏工程投资咨询有限公司
    • 深圳市汉氏医疗器械有限公司
    • 北京瀚洋汇和医疗废物治理投资有限公司
    • 天津瀚洋汇和环保科技有限公司
    • 汉唐证券有限责任公司
    • 南新能源股份有限公司
    • 恒大地产股份有限公司
    • 天津圣孚科技发展有限公司
    • 绿景地产,上市代码:000502
    • 深圳京山工贸实业公司
    • 西部水务(贵州)有限公司
    • 温家宝夫妇唯一的儿子曾将自己开创的一家科技公司以1千万美元(约合6千3百万元人民币)的价格卖给香港首富李嘉诚(Li Ka-shing)家族,并利用另一个投资平台成立了新天域资本公司(New Horizon Capital)。相关记录与对银行业人士的采访显示,目前,该公司是中国最大的私募股权公司之一, 其投资合伙人包括了新加坡政府。
    Reference
    1. DAVID BARBOZA, "总理家人隐秘的财富", New York Times, Oct 26 2012
    2. 温氏家族洗钱实录 

    Wednesday, November 07, 2012

    Mr. Romney missed the opportunity to lead country in a different direction

    Mr. Romney said, "I so wish, I so wish, that I had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction, but the nation chose another leader,"

    Sunday, November 04, 2012

    Peter Schiff: Romney is the less of two evils

    Obama has a wrong plan, esp. his health care plan. He can't implement his promises.
    Romney has too many properties. How to make sure he will put this country's benefit before his own? If not, he will the second W.

    Saturday, November 03, 2012

    Obama's broken promise 1: cut the deficit we inherited by half by the end of my first term in office

    Obama’s Debt-Reduction Promises Continue to Expire:

    Congressional Budget Office offers one more indicator of how far Obama has missed his bold promises on reducing the debt, projecting “a $1.1 trillion federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2012 if current laws remain unchanged."

    Fiscal 2009 budget deficit (technically the last year under Bush): $1.41 trillion.
    2010 budget deficit: $1.3 trillion.
    2011 budget deficit: $1.3 trillion.
    2012 budget deficit projection: $1.1 trillion.

    How Romney made Massachusetts out of debt

    The swearing in of Romney as the 70th governor of Massachusetts took place on January 2, 2003. He faced a Massachusetts state legislature with large Democratic majorities in both houses, and had picked his cabinet and advisors based more on managerial abilities than partisan affiliation. He declined a governor's salary of $135,000 during his term.[186] Upon entering office in the middle of a fiscal year, he faced an immediate $650 million shortfall and a projected $3 billion deficit for the next year. Unexpected revenue of $1.0–1.3 billion from a previously enacted capital gains tax increase and $500 million in new federal grants decreased the deficit to $1.2–1.5 billion. Through a combination of spending cuts, increased fees, and removal of corporate tax loopholes, the state achieved surpluses of around $600–700 million during Romney's last two full fiscal years in office, although it began running deficits again after that.
    • Romney supported raising various fees, including those for drivers' licenses and gun licenses, to raise more than $300 million.
    • He increased a special gasoline retailer fee by two cents per gallon, generating about $60 million per year in additional revenue.
    • Romney also closed tax loopholes that brought in another $181 million from businesses over the next two years and over $300 million for his term.
    • The state legislature, with the governor's support, cut spending by $1.6 billion, including $700 million in reductions in state aid to cities and towns. The cuts also included a $140 million reduction in state funding for higher education, which led state-run colleges and universities to increase fees by 63 percent over four years.Romney sought additional cuts in his last year as governor by vetoing nearly 250 items in the state budget; a heavily Democratic legislature overrode all the vetoes. The cuts in state spending put added pressure on localities to reduce services or raise property taxes, and the share of town and city revenues coming from property taxes rose from 49 to 53 percent.
    • Romney sought to bring near-universal health insurance coverage to the state. Romney decided that because people without insurance still received expensive health care, the money spent by the state for such care could be better used to subsidize insurance for the poor.
    • On April 12, 2006, the governor signed the resulting Massachusetts health reform law, commonly called "Romneycare", which requires nearly all Massachusetts residents to buy health insurance coverage or face escalating tax penalties, such as the loss of their personal income tax exemption.
    Reference
    1. Mitt Romey wiki