The New Revolution

Every time that I turn around, another stock with the word China in its title is going nuts. It is hard to go a single day without seeing a different stock go up double digits percentage wise. This sort of reminds me of '97 or '98 when anything tech would seem to jump like nuts. However, this new wave of stock mayhem stems from a billion people strong country that is unleashing companies out of communism. This could easily be the basis of major economic growth across the globe for years to come. Here are just a few examples of recent movers:

• China Mobile Limited [CHL] has moved from 51 to 87 in the past 2 months
• China Life Insurance [LFC] is up from 52 to 98 since August
• China Petroleum & Chemical [SNP] is up from 90 to 146 since August
• China Telecom Corporation [CHA] is up from 46 to 84 since August
• Aluminum Corp. of China [ACH] is up from 37 to 77 since August

That is an average return of 82% over the past 2 months. All that I would have had to pretty much do is pick a random stock with the word China in it, and I would be set. And too bad that I didn't. Now the current question is whether this has true merit or is just a bubble of hype. For that, we will have to wait and see.