Topic: How To Invest

Q: Pat: I bought the ADRs of Pinduoduo on your Power Growth Investor recommendation and have done very well. Thanks! However, I just read an article that Chinese ADRs may be delisted from U.S. exchanges sometime soon, possibly. With our Pinduoduo ADRs, for example, should we be concerned?

Article Excerpt

A: Pinduoduo (ADR), $187.20, symbol PDD on New York (ADRs outstanding: 679.0 million; Market cap: $204.5 billion; www.pinduoduo.com), offers a Chinese shopping app that brings groups of buyers together to win deeper discounts. The shares are now up a spectacular 454.8% for our subscribers since we first recommended the stock in our November 2019 issue at $33.74 a share. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires that all listed companies be registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which must verify the accuracy of company audits. But the Chinese government doesn’t allow foreign oversight of audit documentation without its permission, and the U.S.-listed Chinese companies haven’t adhered to this standard. As a result, on December 19, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. The law is aimed at removing Chinese companies from American stock exchanges if they fail to comply with U.S. auditing oversight rules. The law was first passed by the…