It’s been awfully lonely being a China bull over the past couple of months. All I keep hearing is how China is falling apart and slowing and all sorts of negative sentiment towards the country and its stock market. In the real world, however, where we are forced to live and where only price pays, we’ve seen emerging markets dominating for 2 months and I think the squeeze higher we’ve seen in China is just getting started.
First, here is a chart of the Shanghai Composite breaking below last August’s lows to start the new year. After a couple of months down there, we are now back above those former lows confirming a failed breakdown. I think this is the catalyst to continue to send Chinese stocks soaring: [Read more…]