Chinese equities were muted over the past week. While rising Middle East tensions and higher oil prices supported the energy and clean technology sectors, the broader tech landscape faced selling pressure in recent days. The primary headwind was the March 24th release of Google’s TurboQuant, a revolutionary AI memory compression algorithm. By drastically reducing key-value cache requirements, the tech lowers the hardware barrier for AI, causing a sharp sell-off across Chinese semiconductor fabricators as the market repriced the future demand for traditional memory hardware (source: chinalastnight.com). Still, international equities sit in first place in the DALI asset classes rankings. This week, we highlight:

The KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A 50 Connect Index ETF (KBA) sits on three consecutive buy signals, with its latest buy signal occurring in early January. KBA has pulled back recently and now trades at its initial support at $29.50. Although the fund is down slightly year-to-date, it still maintains a strong fund score of 4.28, well into what we consider as “technically acceptable.” Additionally, KBA offers a yield of 1.57%. Long exposure can be considered on the pullback. Initial support can be seen at $29.50, with additional support at $28.50. Initial resistance can be seen at $31.50.

The table below is a review of important technical data on a select group of KraneShares ETFs. Significant changes within the past week are highlighted in Green if positive or Red if negative. This portfolio is designed to be used as a "radar" screen to bring your attention to potentially important technical changes that may require your attention and potential action. When evaluating the Fund Score, the strongest issues have scores of 4 or higher while those ETFs with scores below a 3 are no longer considered solid citizens.

The distribution curve places each ETF on a bell curve according to their respective degrees of overbought or oversold status using a 10-week distribution. ETFs that are statistically oversold will appear on the left-hand side of the bell curve, while those that have become statistically overbought will appear on the right-hand side of the bell curve. Perhaps the most useful attribute of this feature is that it displays the entire universe on the curve at one time to give us a general picture of whether the KraneShares ETF universe is generally overbought on a near-term basis, or generally oversold. Our best opportunities are to buy strong relative strength ETFs that have regressed back toward mean conditions based on market weakness, or have become oversold based upon extreme market weakness. Weekly Distribution is a short-term gauge that is most helpful in timing entry and exit points, while the longer-term information of trend and relative strength is a more controlling factor in the decision of whether to buy or sell.

Legend:

• UPPERCASE indicates that the RS chart is on a buy signal.
• lowercase indicates that the RS chart is in a sell signal.
• GREEN lettering indicates the ETFs trend chart is on a buy signal.
• RED lettering indicates the ETF is on a sell signal.
• Box Color indicates the Sector Status Rating. Green = Favored, Yellow = Average, and Red = Unfavored.

The KraneShares Dynamic China Rotation Model is designed to identify major themes in the Chinese marketplace through the use of the Point & Figure relative strength tools. For more information on the portfolio construction and back testing, see the model info file on the models page.  (Note: The KraneShares ETF Models will be updated Tuesday mornings by 9:30 am EST) 

Weekly Changes: 

* - Dates prior to 10/15/2019, which is when the KraneShares Dynamic China Rotation Model became available on the NDW Research Platform, are representative of when the position was added to the backtested model.