𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐯𝐬. 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐤𝐨? Trade-off between ambitious tech companies and a strong-regulatory government? The Chinese government is banning an entire industry from making money, and for investors, the question is what next? China is known for its tough education system and sense of duty, which makes education and thus e-learning a high priority in the Chinese market. According to iiMediaResearch and iResearch, e-learning revenue exceeded $60 billion in 2020, and the Corona crisis has pushed the e-learning market up to a 100 billion valuation. 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐥ä𝐬𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐣𝐞𝐭𝐳𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐤𝐚𝐮𝐦 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐧, as over the weekend the Chinese government reformed or away-regulated and announced to take away the business basis of e-learning platforms. According to this, companies that teach school curriculum programs are no longer allowed to make profits or go public. Furthermore, children under the age of 6 may no longer be taught at all and the programs must be discontinued.
News regarding economic intervention must always lead to a re-evaluation of one's portfolio. In the short term, many investors remain in the dark and the confidence to make money with China stocks, especially in the tech sector, has definitely disappeared. We do not like the interventions at all, of course, nevertheless, the strong correction can be used at the moment for optimistic investors and enter the Chinese market countercyclically. 𝐖𝐢𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐡𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐭? 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐡𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐧 𝐣𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐡𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐚ß𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧?
A small video recommendation can be found here from CNBC, who conducted an interview with John Rutledge (Safanad Chief Investment Strategist):