China could move deeper in portfolios

For all its economic power and investment interest, China has remained closed to smaller U.S. investors. One can buy stocks of American companies doing a lot of business in China (think Yum Brands and its KFC business), or buy shares of Chinese companies trading on U.S. stock exchanges (and thus, subject to American securities laws and regulations). But getting inside China has been difficult for American retail investors.

That may change in the week ahead.

On Tuesday, MSCI, the company behind the leading stock market index for emerging markets, will announce whether it will include China A-shares in its index. China A-shares are stocks that trade on mainland China stock exchanges.

They trade in Chinese currency.

More than $ 1.5 trillion in investor assets are benchmarked to MSCI’s Emerging Markets Index. It is the leading index to gain exposure to potentially fast- growing companies in volatile economies such as Brazil, India, Turkey and China. Trillions more of investor dollars are tied to additional MSCI global indexes.

There are two answers, depending on whether you want to change the modem’s access settings (administrator name and password), or its Wi-Fi settings (network name, also called SSID, and password.)

To do either, go to the modem’s web address by typing 192.168.0.1 in a browser (this works for certain brands, including yours). Close any error message. Type the “administrator username” and “administrator password” printed on the bottom label of the modem. Click “login.”

To change the modem’s access settings, choose the heading called “advanced setup.” In the resulting list, look under the “security” heading and click “administrator password.”

Under the heading “set the administrator username and password state” check “enable.” Then enter the new “administrator username” and “administrator password” that you want to use.

Write down the new username and password and save them, because without them you can’t change anything on the modem later. (You can choose whether to check “hide password,” which will make your password appear as a collection of dots when you type it in.) Click “apply” to save your changes.

To change the Wi-Fi