AsiaInfo-Linkage's Shares Jumped: What You Need to Know (ASIA, DANG, YOKU)

AsiaInfo-Linkage's Shares Jumped: What You Need to Know

Watch stocks you care about

The single, easiest way to keep track of all the stocks that matter...

Your own personalized stock watchlist!

It's a 100% FREE Motley Fool service...

Click Here Now

Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.

What: Shares of telecom software and services specialist AsiaInfo-Linkage (Nasdaq: ASIA ) gained as much as 11.5% on mild trading volume on Monday.

So what: This stock has a history of making large moves on very little news. Today's action falls in that general category, though fellow Chinese networking plays including E-Commerce China Dangdang (NYSE: DANG ) and Youku (NYSE: YOKU ) also notched nearly double-digit gains today on news that China might adjust the value of the yuan.

Now what: That volatility is both the thrill and the downside to investing in AsiaInfo-Linkage or many of its peers. You just never know what you're gonna get. Here's what I'd suggest if you're really interested in Chinese technology stocks: Learn all you can about one sector, identify the absolute top dog in that market, and make sure that the balance sheet will keep it alive for at least a couple of years. Then add that stock to your Foolish watchlist -- and wait for the next massive drop so you can open a low-risk position.

Interested in more information about AsiaInfo-Linkage? Add it to My Watchlist.

The Steve Jobs Betrayal
You may already know that in the final year of his life, Jobs revealed a stunning betrayal — and told his biographer, "I will spend my last dying breath... and every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank to right this wrong." What was it that made Jobs so irate — and why could it make a few in-the-know investors some major profits over the coming months and years?

Enter your email address below to find out what made Jobs so enraged!

Fool contributor Anders Bylund holds no position in any of the companies discussed here. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. You can check out Anders' holdings and a short bio, follow him on Twitter or Google+, or peruse our Foolish disclosure policy.

Comments from our Foolish Readers

Help us keep this a respectfully Foolish area! This is a place for our readers to discuss, debate, and learn more about the Foolish investing topic you read about above. Help us keep it clean and safe. If you believe a comment is abusive or otherwise violates our Fool's Rules, please report it via the Report this Comment icon found on every comment.