ASHR is a valid play on the Chinese consumer, one of the country’s more alluring investment themes. Consumer discretionary and staples names combine for over 18% of the new ETF’s weight. [A-Shares ETFs Could Capture Investors’ Attention]
China’s efforts to milk higher payouts out of its state-owned enterprises is an ongoing process, but at the end of the second quarter, China was the largest emerging markets dividend payer in dollar terms.
Should China keep moving forward on the dividend front ETFs that stand to benefit include ASHR, the iShares China Large-Cap ETF (NYSEArca: FXI) and the iShares MSCI China ETF (NYSEArca: MCHI) as well as the multi-country WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (NYSEArca: DEM), which has an 18% weight to China.[Dividends and No Deficits on the Cheap With This ETF]
iShares MSCI China ETF
