A. Unlike the US stock market, the Chinese stock market is still emerging and developing, and more importantly, heavily influenced by the government's policies. To minimize the risks, you can invest through the funds that cover a group of Chinese companies.
Below is an incomplete list of funds that US investors can use to profit from the Chinese stock market's ups and downs:
Chinese A-share Market
Long the Market
- AFTY: CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF - invest in the largest 50 A-share stocks (super blue chips)
- ASHR:Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 CHN A - top 300 A-share stocks (blue chips)
- HAO: Guggenheim China Small Cap ETF
- ASHS:Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 - 500 smallest (small caps)
- CNXT: Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF - top 100 stocks in SME board
- CAF:Morgan Stanley China A-share closed end fund
- CHAU: 2X Shanghai/Shenzhen 300 Index
- XPP: 2X ProShares Ultra FTSE China 50
- FXI: iShares China Large-Cap (super blue chips)
- GXC: SPDR S&P China ETF
- CHIQ: Global X China Consumer ETF (invest in consumer sector stocks)
- YINN: Direxion Daily FTSE China Bull 3X ETF
- EWH: iShares MSCI Hong Kong H-share market
Short the Market
- CHAD: Direxion -1X Daily CSI 300 China A Share ETF
- YXI: ProShares -1X Short FTSE China 50