Every year, friends of mine head up to Hong Kong to go shopping.  Not at the swanky boutiques in Central or the funky shops in Causeway Bay. Nope, they go to the warehouse outlets on the other side of Hong Kong Island.  Why?    Read More

These are scary times for banking regulators around the world.  Bank runs, bankruptcies, a crisis of confidence etc.   These are not factors leading up to the Great Depression, but rather, ripped from today's headlines.  Things that would probably keep even Alan Greenspan awake at night!  Ben and Hank have definitely lost sleep this past month ...   Read More

Alright, be honest. When you hear the words "sovereign wealth funds", don't you also hear, ever so faintly in the background ... that evil empire theme from Star Wars?    Read More

Harish Manwani either has a dream job or a nightmare position.  You decide.    Read More

Every year, friends of mine head up to Hong Kong to go shopping.  Not at the swanky boutiques in Central or the funky shops in Causeway Bay. Nope, they go to the warehouse outlets on the other side of Hong Kong Island.  Why?    Read More

Short trading the market makes it go down, right? Absolutely not! This line of thought reveals a startling degree of illiteracy about financial markets. Let's debunk the myth that short selling causes the destruction of asset value, pushing the market lower. We turn to the charts to prove our point.    Read More

People aren't exactly trading rationally right now -- evident in the large session to session index swings. Fear and uncertainty are driving the markets. So, are charts reliable in these volatile times? The answer to this is very simply, yes.   Read More

I got a chance to play a game with Jon Niermann, while filming Managing Asia and I was hooked right from the start except that I kept crashing out. But Niermann was nice enough to try and save me every time.   Read More

This week has been one for the record books. But while investors were left scrambling in the wake of the Lehman, BoFA/Merrill and AIG dramas, oil prices quietly slipped below $100 a barrel. And no one said anything about it, so Charting Asia will!   Read More

When S. Gopalakrishnan walked into the interview room, there was no fuss and fanfare. You can't help but think what a nice and humble man he is. But don't underestimate the soft-spoken CEO who co-founded Infosys 27 years ago.   Read More