CHIX News and Press, Global X MSCI China Financials From 09/27/22

Summary Following a decade of turbocharged outperformance in the early 2000s, emerging-market stocks have been mired in a protracted losing streak versus their developed-market peers. Both developed and developing equity markets have been grappling with the extreme economic disloc...

Summary Among other central banks, China’s has a relatively high degree of freedom. Like China’s economy, the PBoC’s monetary policy principle has evolved to be part market-driven, part discretionary-policy-driven. With the Fed raising rates, China’...

Summary On 16 August 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the IRA. The COVID-19-related global supply chain disruptions, extreme weather events, rising inflation, and the Russia-Ukraine crisis have pushed the cost of capital to record highs. Meanwhile, in China, surging c...

Summary A global recession is likely, with at least slower economic growth virtually certain. The tightening is not a mistake, but in most cases it’s coming too late, which means more economic damage than it had begun earlier. Businesses selling to China can expect lowe...

Summary Recognizing that high inflation will not quietly go away, the world's major central banks are toughening their policies. Gradualism has given way to super-sized interest rate increases and a clearer resolve to restrain actual and expected inflation, despite adverse economi...

Summary The effects of volatility in 2022 have been felt by investors globally — however, there may be opportunities to be selective within emerging markets. Accessing less-volatile stocks in emerging markets through minimum volatility ETFs may be attractive as a way to mai...

Summary As the ”invoicing” currency of the world, when the U.S. dollar appreciates, other currencies essentially depreciate. Rising commodity prices can be a boon for emerging economies – including oil exporters Brazil, Mexico and Russia – that rely on ...

Summary Hotter-than-expected August CPI and quarterly options/derivatives expiration made for a toxic mix. “Core” CPI was reported up 0.6% for the month (7% annualized!), double estimates. Two-year Treasury yields surged 17 bps on CPI Tuesday – and rose 31 bps...

Summary The slew of data for August released by China got off to a bad start with a 0.29% MoM decline in new home prices. There were some encouraging signs elsewhere, suggesting that the lockdowns in August did not have such a big impact on activity, maybe helped through shorter, ...

Summary China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are huge CO2 emitters. China’s government has put environmental issues high on the national agenda. SOEs are an integral part of its carbon-neutrality equation. SOEs account for about a third of listed Chinese sh...