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The largest Chinese commercial bank announced a soft decrease of its operating and net profit in the first quarter of 2024. Despite such a development its stocks have gained almost 35 percent since the beginning of this year. The outlook for the rest of 2024 seems to be stable as the ICBC believes to achieve the objectives and tasks of the 14th five-year plan.

The leading distiller of Chinese baijiu liquor Kweichow Moutai reported solid first-half results that have sent its stocks higher for a while. On the other hand, Kweichow Moutai is facing the general concerns about the development of the entire Chinese economy. Is it an opportunity to buy, or are we witnessing the decline of the Chinese liquor producer titan?

The largest South Korean company submitted impressive results in the first three months of 2024. Samsung Electronics´ net profit increased by more than 300 percent, operating profit even skyrocketed by 930 percent in comparison to the previous year. But company´s stocks, according to Alpho analysis, do not respond to such a development although results have beaten the market expectations.

Some things need no introduction, and among the companies deeply embedded within the cultures of developed and non-developed nations would be the trusty Toyota. Founded in Japan in 1937, Toyota evolved to become one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers, and the largest by sales. In fact, it’s only surpassed by the trendy Tesla in market capitalization.

The giant that is Alibaba is far more superior than most of us realize. At some point, Alibaba was the world’s 5th largest company after Google, Amazon, Apple & Microsoft. 2020 was the golden year, when its market capitalization hovered near $835 billion. That story is over, as Alpho broker summarizes in its analysis.

A toxic recession impeded global economic growth in 2022, as disadvantageous COVID-19 pandemic effects and the muddle of limited energy supplies were magnified by macropolitical uncertainty and red-hot inflation.

Just as Asian economies were beginning to recover from the two-year-long coronavirus crisis, they have to worry about another rather large blow: the effects of Russian war against Ukraine. Although it is a local conflict, it has global implications. According to the analysis by Alpho, for Asian economic growth, the biggest risk of the war in Ukraine lies in the rise in prices of energy commodities such as oil, natural gas or coal, with the exception of Middle East.

Have you ever been in a debate over the most popular alcoholic brand? You would probably lose if you’re in a room with a spirit fanatic. The 22-year-old Kweichow Moutai, China’s go-to alcoholic brand, is valued more than Heineken, Budweiser, Carlsberg and the maker of Smirnoff, Captain Morgan, Black Label and Guinness combined.