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(A Top Pick Sept 20/16. Up 19%.) In the last 5 years, China has been everybody’s favourite whipping boy. His view has been completely different. 40% of the holdings are Chinese banks. China is making some good progress towards economic rebalancing. The rise of the Asian consumer is the biggest macro story of the next decade. He just sold this today as it had become very overbought.
There is a lot of misinformation on China. Everyone is trying to interpret the Chinese economy through a Western prism. If you are going to understand the Chinese economy, you have to look at the directives of the government. There was a big bull market from 2002 to 2011 that was driven by exports. Now the government is wanting to rebalance to stimulate the middle class. 40% of this is banks, which are trading at very, very cheap valuations. The worst crash possible is already priced in.