Alibaba (BABA)/ 9988 HK; Jack Ma 01 (May 08 - Apr 16)

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"Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine."

— Jack Ma

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Alibaba's Ma, Tsai Bolster Buyback With $500 Million Purchase

by Lulu Yilun Chen

Chairman, vice chairman using own money to fund the deal

The pair are joining an existing $4 billion buyback program

Source: Bloomberg

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/ ... o.headline

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BABA Stock Set to Soar on This $4 Billion Catalyst in 2016

By DIANE ALTER

Source: Money Morning

http://moneymorning.com/2016/02/26/baba ... t-in-2016/

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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd: Why BABA Stock Looks Like a Long-Term Bargain

Short-term decline in BABA stock is scary, but future looks very bright

By Chris Fraley

Source: Investor Place

http://investorplace.com/2016/03/alibab ... taw5Zx96M8

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Alibaba: Delivery Affiliate Cainiao Valued At $7.7 Billion, Barron’s Take On Ant Financial’s Valuation

By Shuli Ren

Source: Barron's Asia

http://blogs.barrons.com/asiastocks/201 ... on-caixin/

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Why the Alibaba Stock Price's 12% Rally This Month Is Just the Start

By DIANE ALTER

Source: Money Morning

http://moneymorning.com/2016/03/18/why- ... the-start/

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Alibaba’s annual transaction volume surges past 3 trillion yuan

Chinese e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba Group has sold 3 trillion yuan (HK$3.59 trillion) of goods through its online shopping platforms ahead of the fiscal year ending March, as the company wooed rural consumers and stepped up efforts to bring in foreign brands, according to a senior executive.

Source: SCMP

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Alibaba annual transaction volumes cross 3 trillion yuan, but growth slows

Source: Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-aliba ... nologyNews

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Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) Stock Is a Buy, With or Without VR

Again, a cool technology does not inherently translate into a profitable venture

By James Brumley

Source: Investor Place

http://investorplace.com/2016/03/baba-s ... vHTF_l96M8

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Alibaba: 3 Trillion Yuan GMV Doesn’t Lift Margins, Deutsche Slashes Target

By Shuli Ren

Alibaba is expanding into low margin businesses such as UCweb and AliCloud, and is expanding into digital entertainment.

Alibaba is also expanding into online-to-offline, or O2O, through its food delivery service Koubei. “We have not yet observed a clear monetization model for Koubei at this early stage,” noted Deutsche.

Source: Barron's Asia

http://blogs.barrons.com/asiastocks/201 ... es-target/