Jim Chanos on China, Hong Kong and Australia
Famous shortseller Jim Chanos was in Hong Kong and Australia and reported back on what he saw to Bloomberg Television. Copy provided below including a link to the video.
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Chanos and Gross versus Paulson and Bloomberg
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Jim Chanos: China has tons of contingent debt via state-owned enterprises
The overall gist of Jim Chanos' comments on Bloomberg yesterday were that China has off-balance sheet contingent liabilities due to its implicit commitment to state-owned enterprises which are kneee-deep in land and property speculation.…
Jim Chanos: Still short
Shortseller Jim Chanos was on CNBC talking about the markets and the economy. The gist of his comments was that there still isn't a lot he would go long on. He did say he is long casinos in China but in general he remains short.
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Jim Chanos makes the bearish case on China
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Xie: China’s housing market is “not crashing like I expected”
I don't know exactly what to make of Andy Xie's quote near the end of this first CNBC video below. He says "It's not crashing like I expected in 2012," referring to the Chinese housing market. Is Xie saying: A. The crash is not…
Jim Chanos: “We are really rewarding failed business decisions repeatedly”
Jim Chanos, the famous shortseller, was on CNBC talking about the auto bailouts. Chanos thinks the story the administration is telling us about the success of the bailouts is misleading. Note the figures that Chanos cites on the return on…
Chanos, Roach Discuss Outlook for China’s Economy
Another classic from Bloomberg News. It runs about 22 minutes. I love Roach's quip in jest to Chanos: "You ignorant slut." That quip in jest belies the congruence in Roach and Chanos' views. Roach does say: "I'm not denying…
Chanos: Where are the perp walks?
The New York Observer has a wonderful interview with Jim Chanos out today. In it, he talks about probable fraud and criminality at Lehman. I want to use his comments as a lead-in to a wider discussion about fraud and criminality in…
Wood: “The endgame will be a systemic government debt crisis in the western world”
Christopher Wood is bearish on Western stocks but still bullish on emerging Asia, especially India and China. He recommends an overweight Asia – Underweight West position for international investors in large part because he believes the…