Stock price when the opinion was issued
(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.
(A Top Pick July 22/16. Up 1.25%.) Probably his most controversial pick and relates to perceptions of the marketplace that China is about to embark on an economic crash and are going to devalue their currency. His view is that the slowdown was coordinated by policymakers. China is on a longer running slow down, and he can see it going down to 3% GDP in the next few years. The market has really punished the stocks there, particularly the Chinese banking sector. This is a multiyear hold.