“You are taking on other forms of risk within that fund. You have a higher exposure to commodities-based companies, primarily oil and energy companies, and then a little more in the materials sector as well. While it’s good that you are dialing back on China, you are taking on some other risks there as well,” according to Morningstar.
How to Reduce Exposure to Chinese Stocks
The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility ETF (Cboe: EEMV) is another solid option for reducing exposure to Chinese stocks.
EEMV is a low-vol variant on the widely observed MSCI Emerging Market Index, is a solid option for investors looking for a volatility-reducing strategy that provides exposure to resurgent developing world stocks. The $4.49 billion EEMV has a 27% weight to China compared to 32% in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
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EEMV is “looking for less sensitive companies. you are a little overweight in the consumer staples and the utilities sectors as you would expect. That fund at the end of the day washes out, you are about 25% in China with that fund. A little bit better compared to like a cap-weighted index. But the bigger thing is, is you are taking on a lot less market risk with that as well. We’ve got that at Silver for that reason. The expense ratio is also pretty good at 25 basis points,” notes Morningstar.
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