The iShares FTSE China 25 (NYSEArca: FXI) is down 12% from its 2013 high even as the Dow Jones Industrial Average sets new records, illustrating the divergence between emerging and developed markets do far this year.
Now, JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) has downgraded China to underweight and recommended bearish bets against the country’s largest banks.
“Growth momentum is now slowing with policy response constrained; a nasty combination,” Adrian Mowat, JP Morgan’s chief Asia and emerging-market strategist, wrote in a note Monday, Bloomberg News reports.
FXI, the Chinese ETF, has dropped below its 200-day exponential moving average. [S&P 500 Record, Dow Streak Overshadow China ETF Decline]
Earlier this month, the government unveiled new measures designed to cool property prices. [China ETFs Tumble on Home-Price Curbs]