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🗓️ 7 October 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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On this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan and Corey welcome Brendan Ahern to the
show. Brendan is the chief investment officer at asset manager KraneShares. The company
provides investors access to Chinese companies, climate investments, and uncorrelated
assets through exchange-traded funds.
Brendan kicks off the show by describing the basics of KraneShares and its involvement in Chinese markets. He discusses the recent surge in Chinese stocks and gives context for what's driving it. As Brendan explains, the country is focused on stabilizing real estate prices and stimulating the broader economy. By lowering interest rates and announcing loads of subsidies that will benefit its citizens, the government can increase domestic consumption at a crucial time. (0:43)
Next, Brendan talks about China's negative reputation due to Western disinformation and
political rhetoric. As almost all U.S. investors are implicitly involved with China, and as the
majority of Western companies outsource to China, our economy depends on the foreign
nation. Brendan also discusses the influence U.S. investors have had on Chinese companies
in regard to corporate governance... billionaire hedge-fund manager David Tepper going all-in on China... and why he believes China won't invade Taiwan. (18:11)
Finally, Brendan breaks down the growth prospects for China today and shares his thoughts on the U.S. moving to produce more semiconductors domestically. After, he discusses today's data-driven world and the new ways this data is collected by research firms. KraneShares is able to leverage this data in turn and be selective about which Chinese companies it gets involved with. As Brendan explains, cooperation with China is both important for investors' portfolio diversification and for a harmonious future. (37:12)
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0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Stansberry Investor Hour. I'm Dan Ferris. I'm the editor of Extreme Value and the Ferris Report, both published by Stansberry Research. |
0:09.4 | And I'm Corey McLaughlin, editor of the Stansberry Daily Digest. Today we talk with Crane Shares chief investment officer, Brendan Ahern. |
0:16.7 | Brendan is actually an old friend of the firm. Steve Sugar, we met him many years ago. |
0:22.2 | They went to China. |
0:23.4 | Steve learned all about the firm. |
0:25.2 | He liked what he saw. |
0:27.0 | And it's no wonder that he liked what he saw |
0:29.5 | because you're about to find out that Brendan is a great guy, |
0:32.2 | very knowledgeable about China and investing in general. |
0:36.5 | And so let's do it. |
0:37.5 | Let's talk with Brendan Ahern. |
0:39.0 | Let's do it right now. |
0:44.0 | Brendan, welcome to the show. |
0:45.5 | It's good to have you here. |
0:47.0 | And many thanks for the opportunity, Dan and Corey. |
0:50.0 | Yeah. |
0:50.9 | So I'm intrigued by you just because I don't know what the chief investment officer of a company like Crane. And when I look at, you know, crane shares like to me, the crane shares is like the China ETF company, right? So what does the see, what does, what does, what does someone in your position at such a |
1:15.6 | company do? |
1:16.3 | I just, I honestly don't know. |
1:18.6 | It's a great question, actually. |
1:20.2 | You know, I think, I think ultimately, yes, we are an asset manager focused on investing |
1:27.2 | in growth equities within China and broader emerging |
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