Any other ways to invest in China besides Schiff's ephasiafund?

[Glelas]

Just curious if there are other decent options? I am a virtual noob to investing overseas, epsecially China.

 

[tmosley]

There are a large number of Chinese stocks that are traded on US exchanges. You should be careful to pick those that don't have much exposure to the US.

You can also invest in Chinese money markets via the ETF CYB. This provides a small but steady income while the Yuan is pegged to the dollar (~1-2%--better than treasuries). Should the Chinese depeg their currency, however, you will realize any gain in the currency. It's sort of like a free lottery ticket, only everyone that has one wins at the same time. The likelihood of a Yuan devaluation (relative to dollars) is almost non-existent.

I'm sure there are other ways to get exposure to China.

 

[Glelas]

Thanks again, I'll check it out.

 

[Jordan]

There's tons of ways, start here:

iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund (FXI)
iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund (EWH)
Claymore China Technology ETF (CQQQ)
Claymore/AlphaShares China All-Cap ETF (YAO)
Claymore/AlphaShares China Real Estate ETF (TAO)
Claymore/AlphaShares China Small Cap Index ETF (HAO)
Direxion China Bear 3X - Triple-Leveraged ETF (CZI)
Direxion China Bull 3X - Triple-Leveraged ETF (CZM)
Global X China Consumer ETF (CHIQ)
Global X China Energy ETF (CHIE)
Global X China Financials ETF (CHIX)
Global X China Industrials ETF (CHII)
Global X China Materials ETF (CHIM)
Global X China Technology ETF (CHIB)
iShares FTSE Hong Kong Listed China Index Fund (FCHI)
Powershares Golden Dragon Halter USX China Portfolio Fund (PGJ)
ProShares Ultra FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund (XPP)
ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Fund (FXP)
SPDR S&P China ETF (GXC)