The post-COVID reopening has disappointed, but has that disappointment and the prospect of new policy stimulus created a relative value opportunity?
The lifting of China’s last COVID-19 restrictions at the start of the year enabled me to take a long-delayed trip to Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai earlier this month.
It was great to catch up in person with our colleagues and clients in China, but I found that many were cautious on the economy and the market.
The contrast with sentiment at the start of the year is quite stark, so it is worth taking a closer look at what has been happening. Are China’s long-term growth prospects still exciting? Are U.S.-China relations going to drag down both countries’ growth rates? Might global allocators of capital benefit from rebalancing back into China, given current relative valuations?
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