The world's strongest market gets a little crazy... April 21, 2015 Archives | Unsubscribe Chinese Stocks Crater... Here's What You Should Do Now The world's strongest market gets a little crazy When to run--and when to buy Plus: The word of the day is... Greg Guenthner coming to you from Baltimore, MD... The streets of Shanghai are running red with blood... The big Chinese ETFs cratered about 5% Friday, setting off alarm bells and sending traders running for the exits. So you're probably wondering, are we hanging onto our China trade? Even our behind-the-scenes Rude editor, Brian Maher, taunted me with an email in the midst of the chaos, asking me how that "trade of the year" was looking now. He even had the audacity to include a link to a flimsy Zero Hedge blog post. For shame! So are we sticking around? I have the answer for you. But first, I have to tell you about a promise I keep every single day: I will never tell you to hang on to a losing trade just to save face or prove I'm "right". That's not why I show up to work every morning. I couldn't care less about bragging rights or proving folks wrong. Seriously. The only thing that motivates me is helping you make consistent trading gains, you knucklehead. If that means I have to swallow an occasional serving of crow, so be it. Just as long as I have a good beer to wash it down. So, should you sell your China trade? No. You should NOT sell China right now. Not because it's one of our four "trades of the year". And not because I've been uber-bullish on the China breakout since last year. No. You shouldn't give up on China because there's plenty more to make off this trend-- simple as that. But it ain't always gonna be smooth or painless... Powerful rallies like this don't move straight up. They're occasionally going to shake the tree. And one of those big shakes occurred late last week. Our iShares China Large-Cap ETF (NYSE:FXI) trade is up more than 21% so far in 2015 alone. But that doesn't change the fact that Chinese stocks have been the most hated, under-owned, and economically disastrous plays in the world for the past 7 years. Remember, China never recovered after it topped out in 2007. Chinese stocks went precisely nowhere for 7 years. But now the floodgates are wide open. All that money is now flooding into Chinese stocks. And we're seeing all of the bull market madness that goes along with it. Yes, there's crazy speculation happening right now in mainland China. Yes, people who don't know a stock from a bond are buying shares like lottery tickets. Hell, they're selling hot stock tip sheets on the streets in Shanghai. The government is trying to reel in the mania a bit right now. In fact, China just tightened its margin rules last week. And that's why we saw such a big drop on Friday. But it's not the end of the world. You have to zoom out and take in the bigger picture. And when you do you realize that Friday's drop is just that--a drop in the bucket: Look, Chinese stocks won't rocket straight up forever. Nothing does. But just look the left side of this chart during the "BRIC" bull of 2005-2007. We're not even close to that type of euphoria right now. Not by a long shot. So here's the deal... China is a buy on the dips market until the dips don't pop or we get the fireworks of a blow-off top. I'm not trying to oversimplify things--but buying the dips is the best way to handle a manic market like this one. Think of it this way: tech stocks plummeted after Greenspan's famous irrational exuberance speech back in 1996. If you sold your stocks at that point you would have missed four years of mind-blowing gains. Don't count out Chinese stocks early. They'll get off the mat to fight another day. This will blow your mind [LEAKED VIDEO] This video will go offline Tuesday night at midnight If you are looking for a way to collect real income from your investments... Then you need to check out this "leaked" video. By the way, some people are making over $10,000 per month using this... but... the weird part is it's a safe and conservative strategy. It's so safe, in fact, even the federal government says you can use it in your IRA! ==> This will blow your mind [LEAKED VIDEO] Rude Numbers When to Buy... When to Sell 208 points were added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average Monday. That almost makes up for Friday's big move lower... 66% of all stocks trading on U.S. exchanges remain above their respective 50-day moving averages... $57.69 buys a barrel of oil today. Crude continues to look strong as it creeps toward $60 for the first time this year... $1,197 is where you'll find gold futures this morning. The yellow metal remains stuck in neutral just south of $1,200... 2,098 marks the spot for S&P futures just before the morning bell. Stocks look ready to rip higher to start the day... Rude Trends When to Buy... When to Sell "Don't look now, but your usage of 'founder' is actually usable in the context you had it, despite what the reader that wanted to substitute in 'flounder'," a reader says regarding yesterday's commentary on Rude typos. "Out on the water, 'founder' means to slip below the water, as in 'the ship foundered and sank.' I guess my vocabulary's bigger than both of yours." See? What did I tell you? I wake up to a virtual flood of emails this morning discussing founder vs. flounder. In fact, this topic easily outnumbered questions and comments about trades by about 5 to 1. Let's just ditch the trading talk altogether. I could publish a crossword or jumble instead. Or maybe I'll save those for a bear market... [Ed. 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