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 Chinese financial services company Noah Holdings (Nasdaq: NOAH) look like premium papers today, rising as much as 10.9% on spiky, moderately heavy trading volume.

So what: The only news of note about Noah today is a blog post calling it a fast-growing Chinese small-cap stock. But even that event is a stretch, as Noah is simply listed alongside well-known analyst estimates and no analysis whatsoever.

Now what: Noah could also be on the positive end of some spontaneous trading today, taking the edge off a terrible month: As of Friday night, the stock had fallen by 39% in 30 days. It's still no value stock, mind you, commanding a hefty price-to-sales ratio north of 12,  about 10 times what you'll see in American versions of the same wealth management model.

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