Bill Gates Buys China: CEF Yields 8.4%, Trades At 11% Discount To NAV, Priced For Significant Upside

Co-produced with Julian Lin of High Dividend Opportunities.
Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF) is a closed-end fund from Franklin Templeton Investments which seeks to invest in attractively valued equities in “Greater China” stocks, which in addition to China also includes Hong Kong and Taiwan. TDF issues 1099 tax forms (no K1s). TDF is run by a management team which has proven itself to be extremely aligned with shareholders. Furthermore, we are not the only ones who believe China is cheap as Bill Gates recently disclosed a 5% position in TDF. TDF is a strong buy and offers a high yield way to play the recovery in the Chinese stock market.
Why China, And Why Now Investors have a history of overreacting and allowing emotions to influence their investment decisions. This sometimes manifests in “over-bought” fervor, as seen in the historic stock run of the 2000s dot-com bubble:

This also is seen when “over-sold” pessimism leads to seemingly-uncontrolled selloffs, as seen in the gruesome aftermath of the “popping” of the aforementioned dot-com bubble:

When the dust settles, investors have a choice to make. Do they continue to sell in fear or do they take a courageous stand and buy what they know to be cheap? Warren Buffett has a famous quote which applies well in this context, “be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.”
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