Asia Presents Unique Long-Term Investment Opportunities: HSBC

Despite near-term obstacles, Asia offers some very good and unique long-term investment opportunities that should not be ignored, argues HSBC. Herald van der Linde and Devendra Joshi of HSBC note in their July 29 research report titled: “The Flying Dutchman” that China’s continued reliance on debt and slower reform momentum continue to cloud equity markets. Asia faces near-term obstacles Linde and his colleague point out that there are quite a few factors hindering the near-term performance of equities across Asia. Some obstacles include: the gyrations in Chinese equities, the upcoming Fed rate hike, falling commodity prices, recent USD strength, and slowing…