Three Recent Stock Picks

Here are three recent stocks that have been featured  on Markets Emerging. Here is the overview:

1. Groupon Inc.: Jana Partners owns more than 7% of Groupon. As Co-Executive Editor Kara Swisher said,  “It’s an important space, obviously, because everything is going to the mobile device,” she said. “That’s where people are going to get their discounts and awareness of when sales are happening. But as a pioneer, Groupon is a really important company,” she added. “I don’t know what is going to happen to it at all, but it’s trying to establish itself as the player in this space and helping … small businesses get discounts, and it is a really competitive market.”

2. China Finance Online Co.: This is China’s first independent web-based securities trading platform called “Zhengquantong.” As Markets Emerging said, “Securities Master is the product of a new strategic partnership China Finance Online has entered into with the largest brokerage firm in China, CITIC Securities Co., Ltd., to seamlessly integrate China Finance Online’s state-of-the-art, web-based architecture with CITIC’s robust trading and settlement system.”

3. National Bank of Greece: They have extended gains as The Athens stock exchange general index moved up for a sixth consecutive day.

 

How China Saved Apple this Year

As reported by Yahoo Finance, Apple shareholders should be very grateful that Apple struck a deal with China Mobile in January. The iPhone sales in China have allowed Apple to report results that are close to the desires on Wall Street – and it’s all because of their China connections.

iPhone sales jumped 48% in China for the three months ending June 30th. This is twice the growth of the overall market there. Apple’s total revenue in China rose 28%.

Learn about this investment and more about Apple’s role in the Chinese market here.