China Macroeconomics & Academia

Christopher Balding

Macroeconomics

Despite all the focus on Chinese financial markets and the accompanying imbalances, there are questions about how exactly to trade China right now.  Many have used the China blowing up thesis trying to replicate the Big Short.  This seems like a risky trade with a potentially very lengthy wait. There are other obvious trades in the interim that seem to have significantly positive risk adjusted return potential.  The trade today builds on one of the most widely recognized imbalances but creates…

Despite all the focus on Chinese financial markets and the accompanying imbalances, there are questions about how exactly to trade China right now.  Many have used the China blowing up thesis trying to replicate the Big Short.  This seems like a risky trade with a potentially very lengthy wait. There are other obvious trades in the interim that seem to have significantly positive risk adjusted return potential.  The trade today builds on one of the most widely recognized imbalances but creates…

Co-founder & Managing Director, Marketnomix 

Rajan Govil

Co-founder & Managing Director

Marketnomix 

Progressively weaker data from China is likely to increase expectations of further depreciation of the RMB, while a continued decline in FX reserves and resulting lower liquidity in the system will add to further stress in the economy.China’s data releases of late have broadly continued to trend lower, with slower growth not just seen in industrial production, but also in loan growth as well as fixed asset investment. It is the renewed slowdown in these two data releases after a period of…

Progressively weaker data from China is likely to increase expectations of further depreciation of the RMB, while a continued decline in FX reserves and resulting lower liquidity in the system will add to further stress in the economy.China’s data releases of late have broadly continued to trend lower, with slower growth not just seen in industrial production, but also in loan growth as well as fixed asset investment. It is the renewed slowdown in these two data releases after a period of…

China: Renewed Concerns About Extent of Slowdown

Equity Research Analyst, Maritime sector, Drewry Maritime Financial Research

Ankush Kathuria CFA, FRM

Equity Research Analyst, Maritime sector

Maritime Sector, Equity & Credit Research

Drewry Maritime Financial Research

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Mixed monetary stance adopted by the central banks; dry bulk shipping stage a comeback• China’s thrust is on credit expansion, but growth remains sluggish• Investors’ interest reignited in dry bulk stocks amid the rally in Baltic indices• Gas shipping stocks getting back on investors’ radar; Gaslog emerges as the top performer• Amid container industry realignment, price performance a mixed bag• Correction in tanker stock valuations inevitable as freight rates to soften further • Well-ingrained dampeners surprise with growth for ports

Mixed monetary stance adopted by the central banks; dry bulk shipping stage a comeback• China’s thrust is on credit expansion, but growth remains sluggish• Investors’ interest reignited in dry bulk stocks amid the rally in Baltic indices• Gas shipping stocks getting back on investors’ radar; Gaslog emerges as the top performer• Amid container industry realignment, price performance a mixed bag• Correction in tanker stock valuations inevitable as freight rates to soften further • Well-ingrained dampeners surprise with growth for ports

Lots of ink or ones and zeros in today’s world about the explosion of credit propping up the Chinese economy.  So much so that I really will not rehash this plot of land.  I think what is interesting, and really most worrying, is how little impact the credit explosion has had on real economic activity.The current credit explosion we are witnessing in China is bigger in absolute term than some of the post-GFC pops in credit and by some relative measures even bigger in relative terms.  Only the…

Lots of ink or ones and zeros in today’s world about the explosion of credit propping up the Chinese economy.  So much so that I really will not rehash this plot of land.  I think what is interesting, and really most worrying, is how little impact the credit explosion has had on real economic activity.The current credit explosion we are witnessing in China is bigger in absolute term than some of the post-GFC pops in credit and by some relative measures even bigger in relative terms.  Only the…

What Is Really Worrying About the Chinese Credit Bubble

Industrial output data implies a continued further increase in the Chinese PMI number due May 1.  Steel output has made small gains in April over March in advance of the upcoming building season. PTA output has increased significantly in April over March while glass has inched up incrementally.  Coal output and inventories have trended downwards given the increasingly mild weather in spring between winter and summer peak load times.  We are anticipating an uptick in the official PMI given the…

Industrial output data implies a continued further increase in the Chinese PMI number due May 1.  Steel output has made small gains in April over March in advance of the upcoming building season. PTA output has increased significantly in April over March while glass has inched up incrementally.  Coal output and inventories have trended downwards given the increasingly mild weather in spring between winter and summer peak load times.  We are anticipating an uptick in the official PMI given the…

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Trading China: The Little Short

Despite all the focus on Chinese financial markets and the accompanying imbalances, there are questions about how exactly to trade China right...

Christopher Balding

China: Renewed Concerns About Extent of Slowdown

Progressively weaker data from China is likely to increase expectations of further depreciation of the RMB, while a continued decline in FX...

Rajan Govil

DMER Equity Insights - May 2016

Mixed monetary stance adopted by the central banks; dry bulk shipping stage a comeback• China’s thrust is on credit expansion, but growth remains...

Drewry Maritime Financial Research

What Is Really Worrying About the Chinese Credit Bubble

Lots of ink or ones and zeros in today’s world about the explosion of credit propping up the Chinese economy. So much so that I really will not...

Christopher Balding

Chinese Industrial Data on PMI Release

Industrial output data implies a continued further increase in the Chinese PMI number due May 1. Steel output has made small gains in April over...

Christopher Balding

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