China Faces IPO Glut
The Chinese stock market, and its underlying economy, has been sizzling the last couple of years, but there are some signs this has reached a peak, at least for awhile. The Shanghai Stock Exchange (A Shares) Index, which reached a high this year of 6,124.24, recently closed at 4,192.53. Its year low has been 2,723.06, but the Shanghai Index was only trading in the 1,500 range as recently as two years ago. With a steaming economy, still growing at an annual 8% rate (down from 11% recent annual growth rate), China’s growth prospects obviously remain good. But has it been…