Christopher Hancock

Christopher Hancock lives and breathes emerging markets. He travels extensively and utilizes his contacts across the globe to recommend the best international investments in the world. After working with Citigroup in Hong Kong on the challenges and opportunities associated with the forthcoming RBM flotation reform, Christopher left many of his friends behind and decided to return to the States to pursue a career in equity research. Special Report: Imagine Getting Rich as Ignored Stocks Soar- How you could turn $200 into $1.2 million!

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Alan Greenspan’s Legacy

Oct 5th, 2007 | By Christopher Hancock | Category: Macroeconomics

Alan Greenspan’s recent comments to 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl got us thinking. Greenspan said that over the long run, the biggest problem facing the U.S. economy is "the re-emergence of inflation" and rising interest rates. Hmm… Oil and food prices continue to surge… M3, the fullest measure of U.S. money supply, keeps ...read more

Tags: alan greenspan legacy, greenspan and inflation, re-emergence of inflation
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Investing in the Banking Industry

Sep 28th, 2007 | By Christopher Hancock | Category: Investing Strategies

Our hero reluctantly crosses the marble threshold. Silence hypnotically reverberates between the lobby walls. No one dares make a peep. The room engenders a hush any Sunday church service would envy. He slows his gait, with little improvement. His stillness stems from fear, not reverence. He stands between those velvet ropes ...read more

Tags: banking industry, banking investments, SWF investments
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Small-Cap Internet Stocks

Sep 21st, 2007 | By Christopher Hancock | Category: Investing Strategies

A wise man once said, “Obvious prospects for physical growth in a business do not translate into obvious profits for investors.” The author of this quote is Benjamin Graham, mentor to Warren Buffett. Graham understood investing. He stressed knowing a company’s intrinsic value. He focused on the business, not the stock. Graham often ...read more

Tags: Benjamin Graham, growth of a business, profits for investors
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Past Generations’ Investing Strategies

Sep 14th, 2007 | By Christopher Hancock | Category: Investing Strategies

Sixty some odd years ago, keeping your head above water meant saving a dollar. In the 1940s, when my grandfather bought shares of companies such as General Electric and Alcoa Aluminum, his main goal never involved generating a fortune overnight — only to make sure he had enough income for tomorrow. You see, ...read more

Tags: heavy consumption, insufficient retirement savings, national debt is up
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Small-Cap Contrarian Investing

Sep 7th, 2007 | By Christopher Hancock | Category: Macroeconomics

“The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up.” —G. K. Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904) Every morning around 8:00am, ...read more

Tags: diminishing marginal utility, intrinsic value, marginal utility
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The Cons of Investing in China

Aug 31st, 2007 | By Christopher Hancock | Category: International, Investing Strategies

The costs of growth are often ignored in financial forums. That’s why we’re dedicating this week’s article to the environmental impact China’s massive industrialization places on both their own country as well as the greater global community. We hope this week’s report shows a side of China often neglected in the ...read more

Tags: china low standards, cons of china
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Investing in China

Aug 24th, 2007 | By Christopher Hancock | Category: International

On Monday, Beijing announced that it would permit mainland Chinese citizens to invest in the Hong Kong stock market. The proposal allows Chinese citizens to open accounts at the Tianjin branch of the Bank of China, and then sell renminbi (RMB) and buy Hong Kong dollars without limit for the ...read more

Tags: chinese investments, liquidity in china
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The Cons of Investing in Gold

Aug 17th, 2007 | By Christopher Hancock | Category: Investing Strategies

“Even traditional havens such as gold are deemed too risky in this climate.” — Martin Slaney, GFT Global Markets The Old Testament recounts how, in 600 B.C. Babylon, one ounce of gold bought 350 loaves of bread. As of today, one ounce will still buy 350 loaves of bread in the United ...read more

Tags: bonds vs. gold, gold investments, gold is money
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Investing in the Banking Industry

Aug 10th, 2007 | By Christopher Hancock | Category: Investing Strategies

Wall Street took it on the chin again this week. Yesterday, in the wake of the Bear Stearns meltdown, French banking giant BNP Paribas announced it was suspending three of its asset-backed securities funds, saying it could no longer value them accurately because of problems in the U.S. subprime mortgage market. The ...read more

Tags: growing banks, invest in banks
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Investing in China

Aug 3rd, 2007 | By Christopher Hancock | Category: International

Last week, we reported the inconvenient truth that M3 is increasing at 12% a year. M3 is the fullest measure of the U.S. money supply… and it is going up three to four times faster than the GDP itself. The Fed’s irresistible desire to print more fiat dollars helps explain why the ...read more

Tags: chinese investments, chinese reserves, foreign exchange reserves
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