{"id":103,"date":"2010-12-03T15:15:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T15:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/views\/?p=103"},"modified":"2010-12-07T05:35:11","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T05:35:11","slug":"weakness-now-an-opportunity-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/views\/business\/weakness-now-an-opportunity-to-buy","title":{"rendered":"Weakness now is an opportunity to buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_112\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/views\/files\/2010\/12\/meltdown.150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112\" title=\"meltdown.150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/views\/files\/2010\/12\/meltdown.150.jpg\" alt=\"Global Crisis\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Global Crisis<\/p><\/div>\n<p>continued from &gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/views\/still-too-dependent-on-exports-and-investment\">Still too dependent on exports and investment<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How ironic that the near-death experience of the world economy in 2008 originated in the US, the country that promoted aggressively the merits of private enterprise, free trade and using market forces to discipline behaviour, yet has now responded with the opposite policies of huge public subsidies, regulation and near-total state provision of mortgage finance!<\/p>\n<p>While America looks increasingly like socialist, sclerotic Europe, China becomes more like the US in its 19<sup>th<\/sup> century capitalist heyday. It is, Bolton says, \u201cthe investment opportunity of the next decade.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Investment bank JP Morgan recently predicted that China \u201cwill engineer a soft landing\u201d with economic growth expected to bottom out in the first quarter of next year at 8 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>It seems to me the very recent weakening in Chinese stock markets is more likely to be an opportunity to buy than a warning of an incipient ending of the bull trend.<\/p>\n<p>CLSA Asia-Pacific\u2019s strategist Christopher Wood recommends that investors use the current correction in Chinese markets to buy the shares of banks and insurance companies, which should benefit from higher interest rates. \u201cChinese banks remain one of the few \u2018cheap\u2019 areas left in blue chip Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He reminds us that the last time inflation and interest rates rose in China, in 2007, shares rose as investors interpreted the situation as positive for future economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>Here are my own suggestions for a portfolio of China stocks \u2013 all are available to foreign investors through listings in bourses outside the country, nearly always in Hong Kong, often also in London, New York or Frankfurt\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>MY CHINA SHARE SELECTIONS &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/h3>\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">Div.<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"78\" valign=\"top\">12 mo.<\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">Ticker<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">DY<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">PE<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">cover<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">price<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">chg %<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">Anta Sports Products<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">2020:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">2.25<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">22<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">2.0<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">32<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Retailing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">Asian Citrus<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">ACHL:LSE<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">1.17<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">7.4<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">88<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Agriculture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">Beijing Enterprises Holds.<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">392:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">1.36<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">19<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">3.8<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Infrastructure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">China Nat. Building Mat.<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">3323:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">0.47<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">14<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">14.8<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Construction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">China Oilfield Services<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">2883:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">1.16<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">13<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">7.9<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Energy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">China Overseas Land<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">688:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">1.50<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">13<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">5.0<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">-9<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Real estate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">China Shineway Pharma<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">2877:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">1.04<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">20<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">4.8<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">130<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Healthcare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">China Yurin Food<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">1068:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">1.82<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">17<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">3.1<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">51<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Food<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">Haier Electronics<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">1169:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">0.00<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">28<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">n\/a<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">113<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Housewares<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">Hengan International<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">1044:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">1.75<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">36<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">1.6<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">25<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Consumables<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">Huabao International<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">336:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">1.04<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">29<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">3.3<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">49<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Chemicals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">Ind&amp;CommBank<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">1398:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">3.36<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">11<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">2.7<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">-14<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Banking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">Lianhua Supermarket H<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">980:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">0.91<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">31<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">3.5<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">89<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Retailing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">Link REIT<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">823:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">4.08<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">4.9<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">23<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Real estate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">Luk Fook Holdings<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">590:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">1.67<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">24<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">2.5<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">440<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Jewellery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">Mindray Medical<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">MR:NYQ<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">0.74<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">20<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">6.9<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">-7<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Healthcare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">Shandong Weigao<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">1066:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">2.42<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">31<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">1.3<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Healthcare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">Want Want China<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">151:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">2.72<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">0.0<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">24<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Food<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">Wumart Stores<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">8277:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">0.81<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">41<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">3.0<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">46<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Retailing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"209\" valign=\"top\">ZTE Corp.<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" valign=\"top\">763:HKG<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">0.58<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\" valign=\"top\">33<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\" valign=\"top\">4.5<\/td>\n<td width=\"62\" valign=\"top\">-2<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\" valign=\"top\">Telecoms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Anta Sports Products<\/strong> designs,  manufactures and sells sporting goods, including footwear, apparel\u00a0 and accessories, throughout China. It is  rated by <em>Forbes <\/em>as one of Asia\u2019s best  companies with revenues below $1 billion. It has an excellent earnings growth  record and a respectable, well-covered dividend<\/p>\n<p>Asian Citrus is China\u2019s biggest producer and distributor of oranges, and has recently bought the top supplier of tropical fruit juices. Listed in London as well as Hong Kong, it has good growth prospects and the shares are reasonably priced. But wait for a correction.<br \/>\nBeijing Enterprises Holdings is a large conglomerate whose main focus is infrastructural services \u2013natural\u00a0 gas (it\u2019s China\u2019s biggest distributor) , highways, sewage and water, with 38,000 employees. It\u2019s been showing respectable earnings growth and has a well-covered dividend.<br \/>\nChina National Building Material supplies the construction industry with lightweight building materials and cement, as well as engineering services. Recently its earnings have been growing very strongly, but the share isn\u2019t particularly expensive.<br \/>\nChina Oilfield Services provides drilling, logging and well services, as well as marine support and transportation services for offshore facilities. It has been showing respectable earnings growth and its shares are inexpensive.<br \/>\nChina Overseas Land &amp; Investment is a long-established property developer and manager with interests in Hong Kong, Macau and many parts of China. One to buy when Beijing eases up its squeeze on the real-estate sector.<br \/>\nChina Shineway Pharmaceutical is a focused play on the growth of medical services in China as it manufactures and supplies injectables and similar hospital consumables. It\u2019s stock has been hot this past year. The company has been showing good earnings growth and has a well-covered dividend.<br \/>\nChina Yurin Food is a focused play on rising living standards in China as it is a major meat processor and distributor. Investment bank J P Morgan recently made the stock one of its five top picks among midsized listed companies, estimating its annual sales growth for the first half of the year at an amazing 40 per cent. Earnings have been growing strongly in line.<br \/>\nHaier Electronics is another focused play on the burgeoning middle class, as it is the dominant supplier of washing machines and water heaters. Although it pay no dividend, its earnings have been growing strongly and the share price has rocketed this year.<br \/>\nHengan International is a specialist supplier to the female market of personal hygiene and skin care products. As it\u2019s a favourite of small-cap investment advisers, its shares are a bit pricey, but earnings growth has been strong.<br \/>\nHuabao International is a specialist producer of flavours and fragrances. Although a bit pricey, the share has enjoyed reliable long-term earnings growth and the dividend is well covered.<br \/>\nIndustrial &amp; Commercial Bank of China is the world\u2019s largest. It is safe (largely owned by the Chinese state), has an excellent earnings growth record, yet is still relatively cheap, with a well-covered dividend yield of well above 3 per cent.<br \/>\nLianhua Supermarket operates thousands of hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores across 22 municipalities and cities. It is the largest listed food retailer and is, says GTI\u2019s Bruce Albrecht, \u201can awesome cash generator.\u201d The share\u2019s a bit pricey, but earnings have been growing strongly.<br \/>\nLink REIT is one of Asia\u2019s largest investment trusts, with a huge and growing income from rental of its commercial and residential assets in Hong Kong.\u00a0 It offers a dividend yield of more than 4 per cent, almost five times covered.<br \/>\nLuk Fook has over two decades built a large and highly profitable business in the design, manufacture and marketing of jewellery, mainly of gold, with almost 600 retail outlets in China, Hong Kong, Macau, the US and Canada. The share has soared this year \u2013 so wait for a major correction before buying.<br \/>\nMindray Medical is a specialist developer and manufacturer of medical devices for diagnosis, patient monitoring and life support. It services hospitals in China, the US, the UK, France and Germany. It has a very good earnings growth record and is listed in New York.<br \/>\nShandong Weigao is a focused play on the growth of China\u2019s healthcare sector as supplier of single-use medical products such as syringes, blood bags and stents. Its customer base embraces more than 5,000 hospitals, blood stations and clinics. Earnings growth has been outstanding, but the share valuation is high.<br \/>\nWant Want China is a giant of the snack food industry, supplying crackers, beverages and a wide range of similar products to China and other Asian markets. Its share has a strong, stable growth pattern, which accounts for its high valuation.<br \/>\nWumart Stores is the Chinese retail chain sometimes compared to America\u2019s Wal-Mart, with more than 400 owned and franchised convenience shops and hypermarkets, primarily in Beijing and the north. Growth has been good, but the share is pricey.<br \/>\nZTE Corp. is one of China\u2019s largest manufacturers of telecom equipment, with plants in the US, Brazil and Sweden as well as China. Recent earnings growth has been strong.<\/p>\n<p>source and CopyRight OnTarget Newsletter by Martin Spring<\/p>\n<p>A series of articles relating to &gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/views\/case-for-investing-in-china-now\">The Case for Investing in China Now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>continued from &gt; Still too dependent on exports and investment How ironic that the near-death experience of the world economy in 2008 originated in the US, the country that promoted aggressively the merits of private enterprise, free trade and using market forces to discipline behaviour, yet has now responded with the opposite policies of huge public subsidies, regulation and near-total state provision of mortgage finance! While America looks increasingly like socialist, sclerotic Europe, China becomes more like the US in its 19th century capitalist heyday. 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