Ukraine war: Risk of sanctions puts China stocks in valuation, geopolitical traps as companies face Russia dilemma


Chinese stocks are on “cheap sale” after a US$2.4 trillion sell-off in both onshore and offshore markets since Russia invaded Ukraine. What investors cannot price, however, is the risk of sanctions on China’s biggest companies.

As a result, investors should favour markets that are least exposed to the secular US geopolitical conflict with Russia and China, according to strategists at BCA Research. The risk premium-compression trade, touted by strategists at Goldman Sachs, can possibly wait.

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