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Chinese Stocks: Investors Can Expect More Gains Ahead

The Chinese market is now in positive territory for the year in spite of the COVID-19 crisis. The major rally we just saw doesn’t signal that China’s market is peaking. Instead, investors can expect more gains ahead.

By Chris Igou, analyst, True Wealth

You wouldn’t know it from watching the mainstream media… but Chinese stocks are taking off.

China’s market went from slowly grinding higher to breaking out earlier this month. And it hit a new 52-week high in the process.

The Chinese market is now in positive territory for the year in spite of the COVID-19 crisis. Again, this isn’t something you’d see in the mainstream media. But it’s what’s happening right now.

We don’t see that as a bad sign, either. The major rally we just saw doesn’t signal that China’s market is peaking. Instead, investors can expect more gains ahead.

Let me explain…

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Today’s topic is a tricky one for most investors. It goes against what might be the most well-known adage of investing… buy low and sell high.

Instead, I’m telling you to buy high… after a major breakout, with the expectation that you’ll be able to sell even higher in the future.

I might sound like a fool for saying that. But what I’m really saying is this…

The trend is your friend. And right now, in Chinese stocks, the trend is UP.

History shows that following the trend is a winning idea. I’ve crunched the numbers time after time – including today. And history shows that buying assets that are going up is a smart bet.

Today’s situation is another example of just how powerful the trend really is. Again, China’s market recently hit a new 52-week high. We can see it in the chart below…

After grinding higher from March through late June, Chinese stocks broke out heading into July. They hit a new high as a result. And while they’ve fallen a bit since then, this idea is still fully in force.

You see, since 2000, similar 52-week high extremes have only meant one thing… outperformance in the coming months. Take a look at the table below…

Chinese stocks haven’t been a home-run performer over the past 20 years. They’ve returned just 2% over a typical six-month period. But that doesn’t mean you should ignore this market altogether…

Buying after a breakout like today’s has often been a smart move. Similar instances have led to 4% gains in one month, 5% gains in three months, and a solid 10% gain over a typical six-month period. That crushes investors who simply bought and held over that period.

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Chinese stocks are near new highs today. But don’t let that scare you. It’s a fantastic sign for investors going forward.

We’ve only seen breakouts like this a handful of times since 2000. And history tells us this market’s rally can continue to even higher highs.

How to Find Stocks That Go Up?

Over a few months or a year, luck matters more than anything when investing in stocks. Even if you’re right, it can take much longer than you expect for a stock to head higher. That’s the game most investors play. You need to find stocks that go up. And that’s hard. But I don’t want you to be stuck playing that game. I’ve found a better one…

By Dr. David Eifrig, editor, Retirement Trader

Look, after my decades in the investing game, I know the stock market is tough. You can get everything right… and still be wrong.

You can investigate every aspect of a business, study its financial accounts, interview customers, speak with management, model its valuation, and know every single detail about it… And yet, when you buy the stock, it goes down.

Or maybe more likely, its share price just floats around… never gaining any real traction.

Over a few months or a year, luck matters more than anything when investing in stocks. Even if you’re right, it can take much longer than you expect for a stock to head higher.

That’s the game most investors play. You need to find stocks that go up. And that’s hard.

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You see, rather than ramping up risk, we can generate income from stocks with a unique strategy – selling options.

By selling an option, we collect money up front at the start of our trade. That means we don’t need to pick stocks that go up to make money. We can make profits on stocks that rise, stay flat, or even those that fall a little bit.

In short, our entire investment strategy changes from searching for stocks that will go up… to searching for stocks that won’t go down. If you have more ways to win, your chances of success rise.

But this isn’t just a safety net that helps you out when stocks don’t rise. It opens up an entirely new world…

Everyone is out there chasing the same hustle. They want growth. They want booming industries. They want earnings per share to shoot up. They want a frenzy of investors who will follow them into a stock and push the price up. That’s what everyone looks for.

Everyone is competing at the same game. And of course, the more competition… the more difficult the game gets.

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But let’s say I suggested you invest in Oracle (ORCL). It’s an “old school” tech company. And sure, it has some good things going for it…

It has a lot of free cash flow… It pays a dividend… And plenty of customers keep using its products to run their businesses.

But there’s no way you would consider Oracle to have the same growth prospects as Alphabet (GOOGL), Facebook (FB), or some smaller, younger tech companies.

If you buy the stock of a mature, profitable company like Oracle today, you could expect to earn about 7% per year over the long term (but with a lot of month-to-month noise). And you wouldn’t expect the stock to soar, since its high-growth days appear to be behind it.

When presented with such an opportunity, most investors simply pass. Sure, it’s a safe stock that you can likely hold for the long term… but so is cash.

With options, we can look at Oracle differently. We figure it’s a sturdy business… And its shares are cheap today. It trades for about 18 times earnings and 16 times free cash flow.

Even though Oracle’s stock could rise, it likely won’t rocket higher from here. And more important, we don’t think it will fall too far from its current price.

Now, we can take our options strategy and use this “stock that won’t go down” to earn better profits. In my Retirement Trader advisory, we did just that last fall…

We sold an option on Oracle and collected $1.32 per share instantly (when the stock traded at $53.81 per share). And since each option deals with 100 shares, that means we pocketed $132. Our trade only took two months to play out. That means we could use the capital six times over the course of a year and earn about 15% on that capital at risk.

A stock that goes nowhere for everyone else can earn us about 15% in annualized gains.

We can do this over and over with boring, forgotten, safe stocks…

If you’ve never seen opportunity in stocks like Walmart (WMT), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Coca-Cola (KO), MetLife (MET), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), CVS Health (CVS), and other stalwarts… it’s just because you haven’t looked at them the right way.

In the past, I’ve taught family members, coworkers, and thousands of readers just like you exactly how to make these trades. Last winter, I even traveled to upstate New York to teach a retired police chief with almost no financial experience how to complete an options trade. Anyone can do it.

So please don’t tell me it’s not for you. Give options a chance before you dismiss them. I promise, you’ll be glad you left the crowd behind… and started playing an entirely different game.

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Is this Bull Market In Technology-related Stocks Unstoppable?

Tech stocks are doing extremely well for a good reason…The coronavirus pandemic either shut down or severely impaired most of the economy. The only thing keeping the gears turning – and consumers spending – has been technology.

By Brian Tycangco, analyst, True Wealth Opportunities: China

Few saw it coming. But many folks have made money from it anyway…

I’m talking about the recent – and seemingly unstoppable – bull market in technology-related stocks.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index is up 27% over the past year. That compares with a 2% drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and a paltry 7% gain in the S&P 500 Index.

Tech stocks are doing extremely well for a good reason…

The coronavirus pandemic either shut down or severely impaired most of the economy. The only thing keeping the gears turning – and consumers spending – has been technology.

People avoid brick-and-mortar stores, but they still make purchases online. Working from home is no longer the exception to the rule – and it’s only possible through technology. Even video games are experiencing an unprecedented surge in demand, as tens of millions of kids – and adults – stay home.

As a result, even as “old economy” companies struggle, growth is taking place elsewhere. And U.S. investors have been able to capitalize on this growing trend in use of technology.

But the U.S. isn’t the only country where the use of technology is growing by leaps and bounds. China’s use of technology is growing exponentially, too.

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China’s rate of technology adoption, in many aspects, surpasses that of any other country in the world.

Already, 20.7% of Chinese retail sales took place online before the pandemic struck. That’s roughly double the level in the U.S.

Most of the Chinese living in cities no longer carry wallets. Instead, they use their smartphones to pay for everything via their WeChat or Alipay mobile apps. They can even buy cars – and have them delivered – through their smartphones!

Whether that’s a good or bad thing, it’s eons ahead of the way most Americans pay for things on a day-to-day basis.

China is also leading the world in things like online health care, robot deliveries, cashier-less supermarkets, and self-driving cars.

Still, when it comes to the stock market, Chinese tech stocks are far behind the U.S. This part of the market has yet to fully reflect these eye-opening realities.

But that’s about to change…

About a year ago, China launched the STAR Market, an exchange patterned after the Nasdaq. (In fact, my colleague Steve Sjuggerud dubbed it the “New Nasdaq” for just this reason.)

It was designed to give China’s most innovative and promising technology companies a place to list their shares and raise capital for expansion.

The STAR Market started with just 25 companies making initial public offerings (“IPOs”), with a combined market capitalization of less than $100 billion.

The first day the exchange opened for business, the average IPO gained 140%.

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Today, almost a year later, nearly 120 companies are listed on the STAR Market. Their combined market cap exceeds $300 billion.

And there are over 300 more companies on the launching pad, waiting to get listed.

But aside from how new it is, there’s one big difference between the STAR Market and the Nasdaq stock exchange… Until now, the STAR Market has no equivalent to the Nasdaq Composite Index. It has no index tracking its performance.

That means there’s no index for investors to see exactly how well – or poorly – the biggest companies listed on the STAR Market are doing. And, by default, it also means there’s no index that could be used to create an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) around.

For instance, consider the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ). It tracks the 100 largest stocks on the Nasdaq. And like the Nasdaq, this ETF is up double digits – roughly 35% over the past year.

Right now, investors who want to invest in the biggest STAR Market names would have to buy shares in each one of them separately. That’s both costly and time-consuming.

As a result, the STAR Market is potentially leaving billions – if not tens of billions – of dollars on the table… money that could be pouring into its biggest companies.

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But on July 22, the first anniversary of the STAR Market, China will officially launch the STAR 50 Index.

The three biggest stocks on this soon-to-be-launched index have already gained about 209%, 232%, and 56% over the past year. Yet, their combined market capitalization is barely 1/25th that of Apple (AAPL).

If an ETF designed to track the STAR 50 Index took in even one-tenth of the amount invested in QQQ, we could see a huge rally in Chinese technology stocks.

This means that while there appears to be a raging bull market in U.S. technology stocks, there’s an even bigger bull market in China’s “New Nasdaq,” just waiting to be unleashed.

This is another reason to keep your eye on China’s STAR Market. The floodgates are about to open.

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Learn more about a unique income strategy that can help you to collect thousands of extra dollars every month…. While some people use this strategy to make risky trades on volatile stocks, it was intended to help you reduce your risk.

By Dr. David Eifrig, editor, Retirement Trader

The origin of one of my favorite investing strategies traces back to the 16th century… when a French botanist introduced an exotic Turkish flower to Europe.

As the tulip made its way from Austria to Germany, Holland, and England, it created a sensation.

The flower soon became the focus of one of the earliest recorded financial manias. As growers cultivated more and more varieties of colors, demand exploded, and almost everyone wanted the newest-colored bulb.

The tulip mania led to increases in prices that make the U.S. housing boom of the 2000s look tiny by comparison. At the height of the 17th-century boom, a single black bulb fetched 17 times the annual wages of a skilled laborer… and totaled more than $50,000 in today’s dollars.

Believe it or not, this mania helped create a unique income strategy that we can use today. While some people use this tool to make risky trades on volatile stocks, it was intended to help you reduce your risk.

And we can even use it to collect thousands of extra dollars every month…

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A mania over tulips is hard to picture today. But it happened – and it caused some truly wild behavior.

Again, one of the most prized flowers was the black tulip. Rumor has it that the first person to own a black flowering tulip sought out other black bulbs, bought them, and smashed them. That way, he remained the sole seller of black buds from his one and only black tulip plant.

By the mid-1600s, tulips were traded in designated places all over Holland. Trading invited speculation, which stoked the mania.

To bring order to the market and reduce their risk, florists in 1636 started demanding money upfront for protection against the possibility that their buyers would renege on their deals nine months later when the bulbs were brought out of the cellars…

If you owned bulbs, you could collect money up front in exchange for agreeing to sell bulbs in the future.

And voila… Dutch florists and the Dutch national parliament had created one of my favorite modern moneymaking tools. They were selling options.

When the bubble burst in the spring of 1637, those who sold the options had partially protected themselves by collecting money earlier. But those who were the buyers lost everything.

Today, people often think of this way of trading as risky. But its real role – dating back to its innovation – is to reduce investor risk.

The truth is, this strategy is one of the most misunderstood and misused financial vehicles on Earth. The popular press – and even your broker – will tell you it’s guaranteed to lead to financial ruin. But that’s just not true… if you understand how to trade them.

The way most people use this strategy increases the risk to their capital. Most options advocates like to tout buying options, rather than selling options. When that’s the focus of your trading, it’s a lot easier to pile up frequent losses and fewer gains.

But my technique is meant to decrease the risk to our capital.

Done safely, selling something called a “put” option is a fantastic way to earn income. This technique is slightly different from what the tulip sellers did. But it draws on the same basic idea…

When you sell a put option, you’re agreeing to buy a stock below the market price within a set time. You get paid for making that agreement. If the stock never drops below that price, you get to keep the cash – free and clear. And if the stock does drop below that price, the cash ensures you get a discount to that price. It’s like getting paid to buy stocks at a discount.

Here’s the real beauty of this strategy: When you sell options, you don’t have to be exactly right about how or when a stock will move up in price. Many factors work in your favor. So even if the shares stagnate, you still profit.

For years, I’ve shown readers how to dramatically alter their retirements for the better…

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This Bear Market Indicator Is Giving The Stock Market a Green Light

What is this bear market indicator? It’s a little-known measure called the advance/decline line. This tells us how many stocks are moving higher versus the number of stocks moving lower.

By Dr. Steve Sjuggerud

Are you worried about stocks?

Let me be more specific… Are you worried about another crash? Are you worried about whether it’s safe to get back in?

If that sounds like you, I have good news, my friend. History is giving us a clear sign on this right now.

It comes from one of the most powerful bear market indicators we have… And this indicator is giving the stock market a green light.

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So what is this bear market indicator?

It’s a little-known measure called the advance/decline line. This tells us how many stocks are moving higher versus the number of stocks moving lower.

The technical term for this kind of indicator is “market breadth.” It tells us if, overall, most stocks are moving in the same direction or not.

A healthy market is one with lots of stocks moving higher. We want to see all sectors and company sizes booming… not just the biggest and most important companies in the major indexes.

That’s exactly what the advance/decline line does. While it might sound fancy, it’s a simple indicator.

Each day, you take the number of stocks that went up, then subtract the number of stocks that went down that day. Easy. You then add that number to the previous day’s value for a running total.

That makes the advance/decline line a cumulative history of stocks going up or down. And it means that in a healthy market, this line will hit new highs alongside – or even before – the major indexes.

Again, by that measure, this bear market indicator is giving us the green light today. Take a look…

The S&P 500 Index hasn’t quite hit new all-time highs. But the advance/decline line – which covers more stocks than the S&P 500 – hit a new high on June 5.

That was even ahead of the Nasdaq, which first hit a new all-time high on June 8.

This is exactly what we want to see. When the advance/decline line is hitting new highs ahead of the market, it means the rally is broad and healthy. It tells us that a bust isn’t likely.

Now, it’s worth noting that this indicator didn’t flash a warning ahead of the COVID-19 crash. But that was a true black swan event. It wasn’t caused by a crack in the underlying economy or the health of the market.

When those underlying issues are present, the advance/decline line is a perfect and simple way to see the problems with the bull market’s health. It gave plenty of warning ahead of the dot-com bust and the Great Recession crash, for example.

The chart below shows the advance/decline line during the late 1990s. In that case, it peaked years ahead of the overall market. Take a look…

During the craziest part of the dot-com boom, very few stocks were driving the rally higher.

The advance/decline line peaked in early 1998. And by the time the stock market peaked in 2000, it had fallen to multiyear lows. Again, most stocks were falling… but the biggest and most important stocks were pushing the index higher.

That’s the definition of an unhealthy market. And when you see it in real time, it means a bust is a near certainty.

Not surprisingly, the same thing happened during the housing bust. This indicator peaked in mid-2007. And when the market made its final peak a few months later in October, the advance/decline didn’t follow suit.

Simply put, this is an incredibly powerful bear market indicator with an impressive track record. And despite how scary things might seem out there today… it’s giving this new bull market a green light.

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I know what you’re thinking, though… “What if we see a repeat of the ‘black swan’ crash of February and March?”

It’s true – it could happen. But the first crash happened because the virus took the market by surprise. Now, the market is looking forward. It has digested the fears.

All kinds of stocks are moving higher. The rally is broad and healthy. And that means it can continue higher. Stay long.