China Will Be The Next One To Crash

I've been pretty consistent for a while now about my bearish outlook for emerging markets. I don't like the stock market in general; I still think there are better places to be like commodities and bonds. But the worst place to be positioned these days has been in emerging market equities. Russia is literally crashing right now, and I think China could be next.

First let's put things in perspective. Look at this chart of China vs the US. We're using the $FXI which represents the large cap stocks over there that international investors are allowed to trade. For the US we'll use the S&P500. Here is China hitting 8-year lows today relative to the United States:

The next one is a weekly candlestick chart of China well on its way to retest this key support level for the 4th time. The more times that a level is tested, the higher the likelihood that it breaks. And it looks like a break is coming very soon:

And finally here is the daily chart. Look how nice that false breakout was last November. The island reversal and failed breakout is what led to a break in the uptrend line from last summer and fresh 8-month lows in price today:

This is a big problem. It looks like a retest of these 31.50 lows is coming very soon and I'm not sure how long it will hold. China is already down 17% since those December highs and it looks like much more downside is coming.

I always try to come up with a scenario that would change my mind. Sometimes that's easier than others. In this case, I actually don't know what could possibly change my bearish stance. I have been and continue to be an aggressive seller of any and all strength in China. Some sideways consolidation around here creating a nice healthy base is probably the only thing that would change my mind.

Stay tuned and look out below!

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Tags: $FXI $SSEC $SPY $RSX $EEM