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China’s onshore equity market, while both vast and liquid, is relatively untapped by foreign investors. Jeff Shen looks beyond the trade war to explore the makings of a unique investment opportunity. Most of what investors hear about China today centers on the trade conflict and t...
China's Economic Figures Show a Slowing Economy That some 20% of humanity inhabit an economy that seems to be slowing in its growth rate isn't good news on the general level. That some 20% or so of the global economy is slowing in its growth is bad news for us more directly - growth elsewher...
By Iris Pang, Economist, Greater China China's credit growth, including loan growth, was softer than expected. Shadow banking activities shrank, which implies funding for infrastructure projects mainly came through local government special bonds - likely to limit the overall activity g...
By Ansh Chaudhary For the month of May, the ETF Deathwatch increased in size. Twenty-nine exchange-traded products ("ETPs") were added to the list, and 19 funds were removed, making May a busier month in terms of additions. Of the removals, 16 were removed due to increased health and three...
In recent weeks, it has become abundantly clear that the path of the global economy will depend on the outcome of the ongoing trade standoff between China and the United States. Investors are finally starting to grasp the implications of a full-blown trade war, an event previously considered a...
Background - Why monitor these statistics? We all know that the big economic numbers move markets. If GDP comes in - or employment, inflation, any of the big numbers - wildly different from forecast or expected then prices in equity markets will change significantly. Sadly it's rather diff...
By Daniel Shvartsman In the pre-internet, pre-Twitter ( TWTR ) days, international negotiations were no doubt volatile, but they tended to be hidden from public view until the end result came out. Leaks would happen, rumors would float, but there was something about operating in a closed r...
The Caixin PMI surveys showed the Chinese economy retaining solid business activity growth at the start of the second quarter, supported by another strong expansion in the service sector. Growth in the coming months is likely to be sustained at this steady pace according to forward-looking ind...
Imagine your financial adviser selling you a bond fund that you thought was invested in low risk index or municipal securities only to find out that much of your holdings are in high-risk Chinese or Puerto Rico bonds. Unfortunately, that is the situation facing investors who may have unwitti...
China's industrial firms posted their worst slump in profits since late 2011 in the first two months of this year, which slumped 14% Y/Y to 708B yuan ($106B), according to the National Bureau of Statistics. More news on: iShares China Large-Cap ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, De...