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BCA: No fundamental recovery in emerging markets or China has taken place

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Mark Melin
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There is a mainstream narrative and there is a reality. Professional investors are best served when they understand both. From the perspective of BCA | Edge, the independent research provider puts on display its edge by comparing the sheep narrative with the reality of real emerging markets demand forces and China.

Their conclusion is that a reality check is required and the performance drivers attributed to the current emerging market rally "are either incorrect or have nothing to do with EM fundamentals," the research provider wrote in an August 17 piece titled "Narratives Versus Reality."

Also see China's $34 Trillion Experiment Is Blowing Up - Kyle Bass

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.