Alibaba caught a bid friday as China tech and EV sentiment warmed up, HSI up over 1% into today. the whole China complex feels like it's turning after a long stretch of nobody caring. i took a starter position last month and it's finally green. adding slowly on the way up, but China taught me to keep it small.
[Mou Zhou's Notes] Cheapness is not the reason for you to buy in (Week 31 of 2026 | Issue No. 281)
In 1992, the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges listed a strange type of stock: B-shares. The same company, with identical equity and dividends, had two different prices. A-shares were denominated in RMB and sold only to domestic investors; B-shares were priced in US dollars or HKD and sold exclusively to foreign investors. Two groups of buyers, separated by a wall of foreign exchange controls, bought independently. The result was: same shares, same rights, but B-shares traded at a long-term discount of 30% to 50% compared to A-shares. This wasn't because the companies were worse; it was simply because the pool of money able to buy B-shares did not interoperate with the pool able to buy A-shares. This discount persisted for nearly ten years...


















