‘Trump wins big’ meme stock surges in China
Wisesoft Co., a software maker whose Chinese name “Chuan Da Zhi Sheng” implies victory for Donald Trump in Mandarin, rose by the maximum 10% daily limit in Shenzhen. The gains came as the dollar rose and Treasury futures fell as traders took stock of the likelihood of Trump winning in November after the shooting incident over the weekend.
The stock also went limit up late last month when President Joe Biden appeared to falter in his exchanges with Trump in their first TV debate.
Individual investors, who remain the dominant force in China’s local stock market, are known for speculative trading based on such homophones. Wisesoft first made its name with outsized gains after Trump won the 2016 election, while fellow Chinese firm Yunnan Xiyi Industrial Co., or “Aunt Hillary,” tumbled 10%. Aucma Co., whose Mandarin name of “Ao Ke Ma” is similar to that of Barack Obama, also surged in 2008 after Obama’s victory.
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