Baidu: Buy China-Induced Weakness
Baidu continues to slump to multi-year lows. The Chinese company has growth opportunities outside internet search in voice assistants and self-driving cars, among others. The stock remains exceptionally cheap in the large-cap technology sector as margins rebound with the exit of transaction-related businesses. The general weakness in Chinese tech stocks provides a substantial opportunity for a stock like Baidu ( BIDU ). The internet search leader in China has in-roads to new technologies and the Chinese economy is still transitioning online while the economy is growing at one of the fastest rates in the world. My investment research continues to support buying weakness in the stock, especially on irrational fears related to Google ( GOOG , GOOGL ) entering the Chinese internet search market. Read the full article on Seeking Alpha.