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Tech Stocks Continue To Crater Despite ‘V-Turn’ In Liquidity

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  • China tech stocks continue to test new lows in the current environment, mostly driven by the global risk-off sentiment and renewed fears of further crackdown.
  • The ‘V-turn’ in ‘liquidity (China TSF 12M Sum) combined with the easing announcements have not been enough to levitate domestic equities, which continue to trade at ‘depressed’ levels.
  • The chart below shows that China liquidity has been an important 'driver' of tech stocks in the past cycle; periods of rising liquidity have been associated with higher tech equities and vice versa.
  • Tech stocks (CQQQ ETF) are now down 50% since their peak reached in February 2021, which also corresponds to the peak in the Chinese economic activity.
  • CQQQ ETF broke back below its 58.63 support this month, which corresponds to the 76.4% Fibo retracement of the 43.19 – 108.61 range.
  • Key support to watch on the downside stands at 43.19, which was the low reached in March 2020 following the Covid shock.

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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