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China’s Inscrutable Currency Strategy
Purpose: Expose China Opportunities for Smart InvestorsThe move by China's central bank to drop the yuan's rigid peg to the dollar last week on the day of my return after a three-week trip to Asia left a host of questions unanswered. The basket of currencies that will allegedly determine the value of the yuan going forward was not disclosed. What sort of band the will be allowed to fluctuate within is not at all clear. The 2% revaluation in the on Thursday followed by a slight strengthening on Friday week may actually encourage further short-term speculation since most economists believe the yuan is undervalued by roughly 10% to 20%. With $1 trillion of trade transactions each year and hot money capital inflows equivalent to 5% of its GDP, the uncertainty concerning the Chinese is high.Not In the MainlandIn the near term, this uncertainty gives investors an opportunity to benefit not just from the expected strengthening of the Chinese but the overall rise of Asian currencies against the dollar. In early 2005, I advised clients that the Euro's rise against the dollar was over and that Asian currencies would be the next area to appreciate versus the dollar. It may turn out that many of your best China investment options don't involve investing in mainland Chinese companies at all. Direct ApproachThe cleanest direct play on the expected rise in the yuan (also referred to as the renminbi) is to open
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a renminbi account at Everbank. A leading online bank ranked "Best of the Web" by Forbes, Everbank offers a variety of world accounts as well as FDIC backed three and six month CD's which offer attractive rates. Direct iShare ApproachAnother direct equity China play is through the China iShare (FXI) that tracks the FTSE/Xianhua China 25 index that is comprised of 25 of the largest and most liquid China names. FTSE is a UK based index company and Xianhua is a China based media company.All of the 25 stocks included in the China iShare are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Some of them are incorporated in mainland China (H shares) and some of them are incorporated in Hong Kong (red chips). The total market capitalization of the index is $170 billion. The broadest Xinhua China index includes 1,355 listed companies with a total market cap of $550 billion.To put this in perspective, the average market capitalization for a company in the S. Carl Delfeld is head of the global advisory firm Chartwell Partners and is editor of the “Chartwell Advisor” and the “Asia Investor Intelligence” newsletters. He served on the Executive Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank in Manila and is the author of The New Global Investor. For more information go to http://www.ChartwellAdvisor.com. cdelfeld@adelphia.net
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