HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

With more than half of the double festival holidays of China have now passed, we took an on-the-ground check for the business in the Golden Week. A walk along the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Walk in Shanghai with visits to various retail stores showed that consumption has witnessed a good, but not yet full, recovery.
We stopped by mobile phone, sportswear, jewellery and high-end luxury stores, and saw that mobile phone stores are witnessing the best customer patronage. Based on our visits, we observed that: 1.) Apple store (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/apple-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:666:1" rel="noopener">Apple Inc (AAPL US)</a>) is doing better than Huawei, 2.) Nike and Adidas (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/topsports-international" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28153:1" rel="noopener">Topsports International (6110 HK)</a>) &gt; FILA (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anta-sports-products-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10261:1" rel="noopener">Anta Sports Products (2020 HK)</a>) and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/li-ning-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6047:1" rel="noopener">Li Ning Co Ltd (2331 HK)</a>, 3.) <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chow-tai-fook-jewellery-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:549:1" rel="noopener">Chow Tai Fook Jewellery (1929 HK)</a> &gt; Lao Miao (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fosun-international-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:433:1" rel="noopener">Fosun International (656 HK)</a>) and 4.) high-end luxury goods are in good demand, and this is positive to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-lung-properties-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:49:1" rel="noopener">Hang Lung Properties (101 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-tourism-group-duty-free-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12278:1" rel="noopener">China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp Ltd (601888 CH)</a>. Read on for pictures and more details.

With more than half of the double festival holidays of China have now passed, we took an on-the-ground check for the business in the Golden Week. A walk along the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Walk in Shanghai with visits to various retail stores showed that consumption has witnessed a good, but not yet full, recovery.
We stopped by mobile phone, sportswear, jewellery and high-end luxury stores, and saw that mobile phone stores are witnessing the best customer patronage. Based on our visits, we observed that: 1.) Apple store (Apple Inc (AAPL US)) is doing better than Huawei, 2.) Nike and Adidas (Topsports International (6110 HK)) &gt; FILA (Anta Sports Products (2020 HK)) and Li Ning Co Ltd (2331 HK), 3.) Chow Tai Fook Jewellery (1929 HK) &gt; Lao Miao (Fosun International (656 HK)) and 4.) high-end luxury goods are in good demand, and this is positive to Hang Lung Properties (101 HK) and China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp Ltd (601888 CH). Read on for pictures and more details.

China on the Ground: Hey, How's Your Golden Week?

Quality-first, Business-perspective, Long-term, Urbem (HK) Limited

Urbem Capital

Quality-first, Business-perspective, Long-term

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<li>The consumer sector in China has been a complex and dynamic one, with both consumption upgrade and downgrade going on across different categories and segments;</li>
<li>In the meantime, we see the consumer space as being a decent source for high-quality, relatively predictable Chinese companies;</li>
<li>To enjoy the long-term tailwind of consumption upgrade, investors may need to look for superior returns on capital, signs of an economic moat, stable market-share leaders/gainers, and solid structural trends.</li>
<li>We list our quick picks (three domestic and three overseas) that are hopeful of keeping delighting Chinese consumers in the long run.</li>
</ul>


The consumer sector in China has been a complex and dynamic one, with both consumption upgrade and downgrade going on across different categories and segments;
In the meantime, we see the consumer space as being a decent source for high-quality, relatively predictable Chinese companies;
To enjoy the long-term tailwind of consumption upgrade, investors may need to look for superior returns on capital, signs of an economic moat, stable market-share leaders/gainers, and solid structural trends.
We list our quick picks (three domestic and three overseas) that are hopeful of keeping delighting Chinese consumers in the long run.


Quick Picks that Are Hopeful of Keeping Delighting Chinese Consumers

Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Derivatives

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HKEX Expands Weekly Options: 17 new single-stock weekly expiries are launched in the next two weeks, doubling the offering of Hong Kong’s fast-growing short-dated options market.</li>
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Why It Matters: Weekly expiries let traders and investors hedge or speculate around key events with precision. They offer lower premiums and higher gamma than longer-dated contracts.</li>
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Momentum: Trading volumes in existing weeklies continues to rise, underscoring rising investor adoption and liquidity.</li>
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HKEX Expands Weekly Options: 17 new single-stock weekly expiries are launched in the next two weeks, doubling the offering of Hong Kong’s fast-growing short-dated options market.

Why It Matters: Weekly expiries let traders and investors hedge or speculate around key events with precision. They offer lower premiums and higher gamma than longer-dated contracts.

Momentum: Trading volumes in existing weeklies continues to rise, underscoring rising investor adoption and liquidity.


Pop Mart, Trip.com, Geely Auto, and More: Weekly Options Start Trading on 15 June

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

MSCI Emerging Markets Index / Technical Analysis

Global equities continue to trend higher following breakouts that have occurred during the past two weeks. Over this timeframe we have been recommending adding exposure to cyclical Sectors and, despite them getting near-term extended, we believe these upside moves are likely just getting going. Additionally, the US dollar is breaking below support and EM equities are breaking above resistance, only adding to our bullish outlook on global equities. We highlight actionable set-ups within the Consumer Discretionary, Global Real Estate and Utilities Sectors.

Global equities continue to trend higher following breakouts that have occurred during the past two weeks. Over this timeframe we have been recommending adding exposure to cyclical Sectors and, despite them getting near-term extended, we believe these upside moves are likely just getting going. Additionally, the US dollar is breaking below support and EM equities are breaking above resistance, only adding to our bullish outlook on global equities. We highlight actionable set-ups within the Consumer Discretionary, Global Real Estate and Utilities Sectors.

Global Equity Strategy: Still Bullish, But Extended Near-Term

Alpha-Centric ESG Research

Kyle Rudden

"Social" has been a third-wheel ESG pillar for a long time. Not that it matters any less, and there is plenty of evidence that strong Social-pillar ESG performance can do a lot of  good for a stock price. Rather, it's that the Social pillar stuff is more ethereal, harder to wrap one's head around. And, let's face it, the Social ESG pillar is a little more rosewater than crude oil.It is amazing how a global pandemic changes things. Whether it is ESG's social or Corporate Social Responsibility's (CSR) "social," socially-responsibility – as well as social irresponsibility or inaction – by corporations are front-and-center. In prior reports I assessed corporate coronavirus responses from an ESG perspective. In doing so, I something became increasingly (and painfully) obvious:Company responses are very diverse (as they should be), making comparative analysis difficult.For society, comparisons aren't necessarily relevant. A patient receiving better medical care due to a generous contribution from Company A probably doesn't care that Company B – same sector but the other side of the world – gave a larger contribution to its local hospital. For investors, however, comparisons kind of matter. After all, what's the value of a stand-alone P/E multiple?Rather than go insane trying to standardise and normalise everything – e.g., the economic value of donated masks or cost of retrofitting manufacturing lines to produce ventilators – I decided to look at coronavirus-related corporate philanthropy as a comparative metric. It is universal, quantifiable, and decidedly much easier to measure and value than, say, vats of hand sanitiser.This takes a data-driven look at coronavirus-related corporate social responsibility and specifically  philanthropy by listed companies in Asia Pacific countries. APAC first because Asian companies are doing a lot of giving, and nearly all of that inspirational cross-border humanitarian aid – including to the U.S., despite a certain orange-haired xenophobe in a white house.

"Social" has been a third-wheel ESG pillar for a long time. Not that it matters any less, and there is plenty of evidence that strong Social-pillar ESG performance can do a lot of  good for a stock price. Rather, it's that the Social pillar stuff is more ethereal, harder to wrap one's head around. And, let's face it, the Social ESG pillar is a little more rosewater than crude oil.It is amazing how a global pandemic changes things. Whether it is ESG's social or Corporate Social Responsibility's (CSR) "social," socially-responsibility – as well as social irresponsibility or inaction – by corporations are front-and-center. In prior reports I assessed corporate coronavirus responses from an ESG perspective. In doing so, I something became increasingly (and painfully) obvious:Company responses are very diverse (as they should be), making comparative analysis difficult.For society, comparisons aren't necessarily relevant. A patient receiving better medical care due to a generous contribution from Company A probably doesn't care that Company B – same sector but the other side of the world – gave a larger contribution to its local hospital. For investors, however, comparisons kind of matter. After all, what's the value of a stand-alone P/E multiple?Rather than go insane trying to standardise and normalise everything – e.g., the economic value of donated masks or cost of retrofitting manufacturing lines to produce ventilators – I decided to look at coronavirus-related corporate philanthropy as a comparative metric. It is universal, quantifiable, and decidedly much easier to measure and value than, say, vats of hand sanitiser.This takes a data-driven look at coronavirus-related corporate social responsibility and specifically  philanthropy by listed companies in Asia Pacific countries. APAC first because Asian companies are doing a lot of giving, and nearly all of that inspirational cross-border humanitarian aid – including to the U.S., despite a certain orange-haired xenophobe in a white house.

COVID-19 and ESG: Tencent, Alibaba Lead in Coronavirus Aid for Asia Pacific Region

China

ANTA Sports designs, develops, manufactures, and markets professional sports products, including footwear, apparel, and accessories. The company operates a multi-brand portfolio that includes ANTA, FILA (in China), DESCENTE, KOLON SPORT, and JACK WOLFSKIN, and is the largest shareholder of Amer Sports. It was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Jinjiang, Fujian, China.

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China on the Ground: Hey, How's Your Golden Week?

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Osbert Tang, CFA

Quick Picks that Are Hopeful of Keeping Delighting Chinese Consumers

The consumer sector in China has been a complex and dynamic one in recent years, with two totally opposing trends (of both consumption upgrade and...

Urbem Capital

Pop Mart, Trip.com, Geely Auto, and More: Weekly Options Start Trading on 15 June

Today, HKEX launches weekly trading in options on Geely (175 HK), Li Auto (2015 HK), XPeng (9868 HK), NetEase (9999 HK), Sun Hung Kai Properties...

Gaudenz Schneider

Global Equity Strategy: Still Bullish, But Extended Near-Term

Global equities continue to trend higher following breakouts that have occurred during the past two weeks. Over this timeframe we have been...

Vermilion Research

COVID-19 and ESG: Tencent, Alibaba Lead in Coronavirus Aid for Asia Pacific Region

"Social" has been a third-wheel ESG pillar for a long time. Not that it matters any less, and there is plenty of evidence that strong Social-pillar...

Kyle Rudden

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