Money and Markets Examines Six Websites That Could Help Investors Understand Asian Economies

Jupiter, Fla. (PRWEB) May 8, 2008 -- Tony Sagami takes a closer look at six websites that could help investors understand Asian economies. Mr. Sagami discusses how each website can assist those who want to invest in the Asian markets.

Researching Asian economies and individual companies can be difficult. The language barriers and lack of media coverage in the U.S. can easily lead investors to believe the task is intimidating. But Sagami believes it's a lot easier than is expected. There are six free English-language websites that he recommends for information on the Asian stock markets.

1.    International Herald Tribune's business section offers serious coverage for Asian stock markets and individual Asian companies from Japan, Taiwan, India, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and China.

http://www.iht.com/pages/asia/index.php

2.    Caijing is China's most influential business and economic magazine. It's full of in-depth, economic stories about the Chinese economy. Cajing posts one or two new stories each day and investors that read these articles regularly will soon know much more about the Chinese economy.

http://www.caijing.com.cn/English/

3.    The Standard is the main business newspaper for Hong Kong. Its business section has the very best coverage of earnings news for both Hong Kong and mainland China companies.

http://www.thestandard.com/

4.    Shanghai Eastday News. Shanghai's history as the trading hub of China has transformed it into the economic center of mainland China. This newspaper gives investors the Chinese perspective on Chinese news.

http://english.eastday.com/

5.    Singapore's The Straits Times. Investors in Asia place a lot of their money in Singapore because of low taxation and secrecy laws. Singapore is the third most popular place for Chinese companies to list their stocks after Hong Kong and the U.S.

http://www.straitstimes.com/Home.html

6.    Finance Asia is more of an institutional level news website but its best feature is the early notification of upcoming Asian initial public offerings (IPOs). Finance Asia is where IPOs are heard about first.

http://www.financeasia.com

"That may sound like a lot of reading and it is if you read every article on those sites. But what I suggest is that you stop by each of those sites once or twice a week, browse the headlines, and only read the articles that sound like they contain information that may help you make money," Sagami advises.

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About TONY SAGAMI & MONEY AND MARKETS     

Tony Sagami, a veteran investment advisor and a leading expert on Asian markets, is the owner and founder of Harvest Advisors, an investment research and money management company. Mr. Sagami has been managing money for more than 20 years and is one of the early pioneers in the application of technical and quantitative analysis to mutual funds and stocks. He is a featured contributor to Weiss Research's daily e-letter, Money and Markets and monthly Safe Money Report as well as the editor of Asia Stock Alert.

Prior to establishing his own firm, Mr. Sagami was managing director at W.E. Donoghue & Co, serving additionally as the director of investment. During his successful career, he also held the position of account executive at Merrill Lynch.

Mr. Sagami's views on Asian markets, specifically Chinese investments, have been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Kiplinger's, Smart Money, Business Week, New York Times, Washington Post, Investors Business Daily, Bloomberg, Financial Planning Times, Mutual FundsMagazine, Chicago Tribune, and the LA Times, as well as on CNBC and CNBC Asia.

Mr. Sagami holds a degree in economics from the University of Washington.

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