Chart of the Day: Chinese stocks in steep downtrend & CBOE VIX AT NEW LOWS

As stock markets around the world continue to edge upwards, the Chinese Equity Markets and the CBOE VIX have both been trending downwards.

Chart of the Day - Chinese stocks in steep downtrend

Equity valuations continue to be driven by hopes of QE3 and Bailouts/handouts by Central Bankers rather than fundamentals, which at this stage are still looking rather weak.

As the VIX trends to new lows, it's important to take profits in stock portfolios and rebalance them towards more stable large cap companies that preferably have less leverage than their mid-cap counterparts.