China is now a hold

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ISHARES CHINA LARGE-CAP ETF, $41.36, is now a hold for safety-conscious investors. The ETF (New York symbol FXI; buy or sell through brokers) tracks the 50 largest, most-liquid Chinese stocks. Investors pay a high 0.74% MER. The units yield 2.0%. Top holdings for the $4.5 billion fund are Alibaba (e-commerce), 9.2%; Tencent (Internet), 9.2%; Meituan Dianping (group buying/food delivery), 8.6%; China Construction Bank, 5.4%; and Wuxi Biologics, 4.6%. Chinese stocks are down lately as the government has introduced strict new regulations around fintech stocks, data sharing among tech firms and online platforms and, most recently, online learning firms. These surprise regulations directed at private Chinese companies are aimed at promoting social policies and imposing more government control over various sectors. But they are also creating a lot of near-term uncertainty for Chinese stocks. IShares China Large-cap now a hold. hold…