ETF Spotlight on Claymore/AlphaShares China Small-Cap (NYSEArca: HAO), part of a weekly series.
Assets: $343.7 million
Objective: Tracks the AlphaShares China Small-Cap Index, which holds companies with a market cap between $200 million up to a maximum of $1.5 billion.
Holdings: 156 securities are held in the fund; top names include Air China (2.1%), China Everbright (1.6%), and Tsingtao Brewery (1.4%)
What You Should Know
- HAO primarily holds small-caps, which have 96.6% of the total weighting, but mid-caps get a small nod, too, with 3.4% of the weighting.
- Industrials are the largest weighting, with 28.9%; consumer discretionary, 14.2%; materials, 13.8%; information technology, 12.3%.
- HAO is one of the top-performing unleveraged China ETFs in the last three months, up 15.7%.
- In terms of the 0.70% expense ratio, HAO is right in the middle on cost (the most expensive China ETF costs 0.90%; the least expensive is 0.60%).
The Latest News
- In the near-term, China’s small-cap companies are expected to outperform large-caps, reports Bloomberg. Liquidity and economic fundamentals may continue to dog bigger companies, while smaller ones are more flexible and have more room for growth. [Two Economies, One ETF.]
- On the other hand, Chinese restrictions on the sale of equities are about to expire, sparking concerns that there’s about to be a supply glut and send share prices down. [Why Small-Caps Are Lagging.]
- Small-cap stocks have outperformed in the last year in China, thanks to the government’s push for clean energy and satellite navigation systems. The focus has lured money to start-ups, says Bloomberg. [China’s Shift to Domestic Consumption.]
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