Continuing our week-long focus on China, today we will take a look at the growing middle class in China. This huge mass of people that are entering a new level of prosperity has the eyes of companies all over the world. What companies are poised to benefit from this new enormous group of consumers? How can investors target these companies and earn a higher than average return by investing in them? Let’s take a look.

Yesterday, I decided to build a position in SKF – the UltraShort Financial ETF because I think the financial sector has more to drop.
I have been reading credible arguments which explain that more bank failures are on the way including probably one or more major bank names such as Bear Stearns. Meanwhile, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae continue to get hammered. With the ETF price hovering around $130 right now, I am hoping for the price to get back up towards the $200 level that it was at …

In continuing our week of looking at investing in China, today we will look at the China’s currency, the yuan. With the dollar extremely weak against other currencies these days, it may be wise for investors to look for alternate currencies to both maintain purchasing power and to earn a nice return. Let’s see if the Chinese Yuan is a good option for investors.

This week at 20s Money, we are analyzing China and ways to make money by investing in China. Each day we will look at a different aspect of investing in China. Today, we will look at the overall Chinese stock market.

As you enjoy your weekend, just wanted to give you a heads up on next week here at 20s Money.  Next week is China week!  With the Olympics going on, China is all the rage, and when it comes to investing and making money, there is lots to discuss regarding China.
Next week, we’ll take a look at the Chinese currency and ways to make money in China including individual stocks I’m looking at.  It is extremely important to have China on your radar.  They are too big and too important …

Well, it’s been a crazy week. Too little sleep due to working hard all day and night then staying up and watching the olympics. I’ve had an incredibly productive week with both my day job and my blogs. I have a couple deals pending with my blog that will help me ramp up the monetization which of course is the end goal. Other than that here are some random thoughts and interesting links that I found this week.

One blogging strategy that I have really been researching and busy implementing is leveraging an email subscription list. Most blogs will use an email list to simply send the regular blog content to subscribers. This is not what I am promoting here. I believe that a blog should use an email list for a specific purpose different than a regular blog visitor. Let the subscriber continue to visit the website for the typical blog content, you should email them highly specific, highly targeted material to both …

As my readers know, I am heavily invested in natural gas, namely with the company, Chesapeake Energy (CHK). Since the peak in oil and natural gas prices, the stock has been hammered hard. Thankfully, as I reported through this blog, I continually sold my CHK position as it went up and up eventually peaking at $74 a share. I have been buying up shares now as the stock is way off its highs.
Many people are calling the energy story, especially oil, over. Some of the experts …