Reading Time: < 1 minute (Update: 10pm Nov. 1 CDT) The Crocs board approved up to 1 million shares buy back immediately. See this news from Reuters. Crocs has about 80m shares outstanding as of now. (Original 5pm Nov. 1 CDT) From yesterday closing price of $74.75, to today’s closing price of $47.74. It’s a $27.01 hair cut, or 36.13%

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November 1, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Crocs (Nasdaq:CROX) reported a solid quarter yesterday. It also raised its own year 2007 guidance, but the number is not enough to exceed the street’s “sky high” expectation. The stock already got crushed in the after hour and pre-market trading. It’s likely it will suffer for a while. But I think the fundamental of the

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November 1, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes Before leaving I stayed at the Jinjiang Inn ι”¦ζ±ŸδΉ‹ζ˜Ÿ near Zhongshan park, so I had an oppertunity to check out the current status of Jinjiang Inn. I stayed in Jinjiang Inn two years ago near Century park at Pudong. Overall I liked the setting, the furniture. It appears to me Jinjiang Inn is more luxurious

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October 31, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute This morning when two stocks are traded at about same price, I sold remaining Starbucks (SBUX) , and got some more Longtop Financial (LFT). I still like the long term prospect of Starbucks, especially its international expansion. But at this time SBUX is still a slow growth US company, and it will remain so for

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October 30, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes Stocks Vanke (00002.SZ) expects a 100% to 150% profit growth in 2007 (vs. 2006). That translated to a 67% to 100% increase of earning per share. Chairman Wang Shi is saying the China real estate industry is still fragmented: Vanke has 1.25% of market share. Longtop Financial (LFT), the new IPO, is under pressure today.

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October 29, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute The AA 0288 flight from PVG to ORD yesterday was very much full. The airline offered $600 coupon if someone is willing to give up his/her seat, because the plane is overbooked. As usual I saw more American than Chinese, besides business people and college students, we saw a little girl played ballet in Shanghai,

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October 28, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute This time I am not travelling alone πŸ™‚ I spent past 3 months here in Shanghai, plus a few months I spent early this year, this year marks the longest time I stayed in China since 1997. I enjoyed my time (for the most part) here. At the same time I learned a lot things:

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October 26, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute He came to say a big “thank you” to PetroChina, because he made lots of money from its stock. Also he came to Dalian, to celebrate the opening of his first company in China (a metalworking tool plant). The plant is a part of IMG group, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathway. I would think IMG

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October 25, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Last night (Oct 24 10 PM, Shanghai time) I bought some Longtop (NYSE:LFT) shares at its IPO debut. I think this is more like “gold rush”, not something a rational investor would usually do. After I bought it at opening ($27), the stock gapped down as low as $23.25 (see the pattern here?). But it

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October 24, 2007

Reading Time: 3 minutes I didn’t pay much attention to Chinese IPOs listed in US lately. This spring (March) I got into XFML, which is a big mess. Recently I traded WX (Wuxi Pharma Tech), which I think is the best Chinese IPO this year so far. But I am not a biotech/pharma guy, and I felt WX valuation

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October 23, 2007
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