Chinese Rocket Stocks

It's exciting for me to see stocks move like Research In Motion(RIMM) did on Friday, climbing 17%, and Baidu(BIDU), which was up $18, or 11%, on Monday.

RIM soared Friday, and added another $14-plus yesterday, because the company blew away earnings, right in the face of all the short-sellers who anticipated its premature death in the wake of the release of Apple's(AAPL) iPhone.

Baidu's ascent came when Chinese gaming company Shanda Interactive(SNDA) released a new online game. Does it make sense? Not necessarily. Baidu is hard to value at 60 times earnings but does have year-over-year growth of more than 100%.

However, investors are nervous about putting money in the online China stocks. They are worried about bubbles. They are worried about the Chinese government. They are worried about corruption. In other words, these companies that are spinning off a ton of cash, have excellent balance sheets, and great growth prospects have a solid of wall of worry built in, too.

That's why, in an effort to to find the next Baidu, I set up the Chinese Rocket Stocks portfolio on Stockpickr.

I focused on stocks that have great balance sheets (I want to see a lot of cash and no debt); good growth prospects (ideally 50% anticipated growth or more); potential for a short squeeze (when the short-sellers run for cover, good things can happen); and a good multiple over cash flows, relative to growth.

	Do you have ideas of other Chinese stocks that could replicate BIDU's run? Answer Here