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CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta, collectively known as Hyperscaler 3 &amp; Meta, have recently announced their CY4Q23 results, unanimously claiming to increase investments in AI-related infrastructure from the current levels.</li>
<li>Per Bloomberg consensus, the capex of Hyperscaler 3 &amp; Meta will grow 22.6% in 2024, higher than prior forecasts of 16.6%.</li>
<li>This capex boost further confirms our perspective on the ongoing AI momentum into 2024, driven by strong demand for building computing capacity.</li>
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Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta, collectively known as Hyperscaler 3 &amp; Meta, have recently announced their CY4Q23 results, unanimously claiming to increase investments in AI-related infrastructure from the current levels.
Per Bloomberg consensus, the capex of Hyperscaler 3 &amp; Meta will grow 22.6% in 2024, higher than prior forecasts of 16.6%.
This capex boost further confirms our perspective on the ongoing AI momentum into 2024, driven by strong demand for building computing capacity.


Semi - Hyperscalers’ FY23 Results Review

Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

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Krungthai XSpring

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>We recommend cutting loss on ANET80 with a holding-period return of -6.3%, while opening a position in PLTRO6, a DR linked to a leading US enterprise software and big data analytics company.</li>
<li>Our KTX Tactical DR Port's average return fell 0.77%, underperforming global equity markets, which advanced on positive sentiment following an increase in the US government's bond buyback program.</li>
<li>Most of the gains were concentrated in software stocks, to which the portfolio has relatively limited exposure.</li>
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We recommend cutting loss on ANET80 with a holding-period return of -6.3%, while opening a position in PLTRO6, a DR linked to a leading US enterprise software and big data analytics company.
Our KTX Tactical DR Port's average return fell 0.77%, underperforming global equity markets, which advanced on positive sentiment following an increase in the US government's bond buyback program.
Most of the gains were concentrated in software stocks, to which the portfolio has relatively limited exposure.


KTX Tactical DR Picks - August 20, 2026 (Eng.)

United States

Arista Networks Inc. provides cloud networking solutions for data-centers and computer environments. The Company offers ethernet switches, pass-through cards, transceivers, cards, and enhanced operating systems. Arista also provides host adapter solutions and networking services and markets its products globally.

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Arista Networks (ANET US)

Semi - Hyperscalers’ FY23 Results Review

This capex boost further confirms our perspective on the ongoing AI momentum into 2024, driven by strong demand for building computing capacity.

CMB International

KTX Tactical DR Picks - August 20, 2026 (Eng.)

We recommend cutting loss on ANET80 with a holding-period return of -6.3%, while opening a position in PLTRO6, a DR linked to a leading US...

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