07/04/2025 09:37

iShares Large-Cap China ETF (IZZ) $55.26

As touched on in recent reports, we can see China as the big winner from Trump's tariffs; this is our favourite regional exposure over the coming months, helped by the “Beijing Put.”

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04/04/2025 09:23

iShares Large-Cap China ETF (IZZ) $55.54

We can see China being a winner from Trump's tariffs; this is our favourite regional exposure over the coming months as the US causes jitters across the globe.

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27/02/2025 09:23

iShares Large-Cap China ETF (IZZ)

Chinese equities continue outperforming their US peers, with the ASX-traded Large-Cap China ETF (IZZ) making new 3-year highs on Wednesday.

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17/02/2025 09:19

China CSI 300 Index

Hedge funds have been piling into Chinese equities at the fastest pace in months as bullishness on the DeepSeek-driven technology rally adds to hopes for more economic stimulus.

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10/02/2025 09:25

Shawn’s Trading Ideas

We are bullish on Chinese equities, especially from a relative valuation perspective. After consolidating their stellar gains when the significant stimulus was unleashed on the Chinese economy and equity market in September, we believe they have commenced another leg higher.

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10/02/2025 09:24

China’s Shenzhen CSI 300 Index

Chinese consumers shattered records for travel and movie attendance during the Lunar New Year holiday, a splurge that has yet to translate into a turnaround for the consumer economy.

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18/06/2024 09:22

Is China’s economy in worse shape than we thought?

China's housing crisis deteriorated in May, triggering further calls for Beijing to support the important economic area. Yesterday's data was the worst since 2011. The property market has weighed on China's economic growth for years, and yesterday saw declines in real estate investment and home prices gather pace. Also, industrial production missed expectations for May, rising 5.6% from a year earlier but slowing from April. The only encouraging light on Monday was Retail Sales improving faster than expected, but the net result is China is still experiencing a weak economic recovery, with Beijing needing to step up if it's going to achieve its 5% growth target.

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12/06/2024 09:16

Global Markets

US equities closed at all-time highs last night, taking no notice of the negative leads from Europe and China, although a more than 7% pop by Apple Inc (AAPL US) certainly helped the bulls. The S&P500 and NASDAQ both trading at highs is a positive backdrop considering the overall market has prepared itself for a little bit of a hawkish message from the Fed — not necessarily that they’re going to raise rates, but just that it’ll take longer to bring rates down, i.e. back to higher for longer.

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20/05/2024 09:10

First Up

China has pulled more stimulus levers over the last few days, and although they are targeted, as was previously flagged by Beijing, it does feel like Xi Jinping has drawn a line in the sand after recent economic data signalled the need for urgent action. The property sector, once an integral driver of economic growth, is still struggling with prices for new homes across 70 cities having declined for the last ten consecutive months after falling 0.6% in April, with property investment down a whopping -9.8% in the 1st four months of 2024 compared to last year. April's fall represents the fastest month-on-month rate of decline in more than nine years, although interestingly, real estate stocks are starting to bounce.

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13/05/2024 09:17

Equity Indices

The ASX200 rallied +1.6% last week, even after a sharp drop on Thursday when the retail and banking sectors came under pressure. By Friday's close, 10 out of 11 sectors on the main board had closed higher, although 27% of ASX200 stocks closed lower over the five days. This illustrates that we are in a “stock pickers” market after the market's +15% rally from its November low. We anticipate ongoing volatility through 2024, primarily on sentiment ebbs and flows around interest rates.

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