There has been some buzz over a post at Global Macro Monitor about the divergence between the Shanghai Composite and other global equity indices.
Both Abnormal Returns and Josh Brown have picked up on this and there seems to be some hang wringing over this apparent negative divergence.
The answer is simple - China's current policy of growth at any price that results in profitless growth (see my previous post Crouching tiger, hidden profits).
Divergence explained.
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