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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.

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<ul><li>Looking ahead to 2026, we believe competition in the large language model (LLM) industry will further intensify, while monetization of AI applications in niche segments should see continued momentum.</li><li>We are optimistic about the further monetization potential driven by improved AI agent capabilities, as well as increased paid user penetration and monetization from advanced image editing and video generation LLMs.</li><li>We currently do not anticipate overinvestment risks among cloud service providers, and expect 2026 earnings growth of US-listed leaders to support their valuations. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Looking ahead to 2026, we believe competition in the large language model (LLM) industry will further intensify, while monetization of AI applications in niche segments should see continued momentum.We are optimistic about the further monetization potential driven by improved AI agent capabilities, as well as increased paid user penetration and monetization from advanced image editing and video generation LLMs.We currently do not anticipate overinvestment risks among cloud service providers, and expect 2026 earnings growth of US-listed leaders to support their valuations. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

US Internet & Software - 2026 outlook: AI applications to ramp up; eyes on AI investment return

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<ul><li>Technically, the SET Index is expected to move sideways up, with the resistance at 1,296 and 1,304 points and the support at 1,281/1,274 points.</li><li>If there are signals supporting rate cuts in the September FOMC meeting, it will be positive for the market.</li><li>This increase may raise market concerns about the risk of a recession in the US once again.</li></ul>

Technically, the SET Index is expected to move sideways up, with the resistance at 1,296 and 1,304 points and the support at 1,281/1,274 points.If there are signals supporting rate cuts in the September FOMC meeting, it will be positive for the market.This increase may raise market concerns about the risk of a recession in the US once again.

Keep a Close Watch on US Employment Figures

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<ul><li>Tech Heavyweights Shouldering the Load- Caution Flags Waving Since the end of 2022, few and fewer big cap tech names are now carrying the overall S&amp;P 500 index performance.</li><li>As of last Friday’s close, the S&amp;P 500 is up about 2% YTD. However, without the contribution of chip maker Nvidia (NVDA) it would be flat YTD.</li><li>Since the end of 2022, few and fewer big cap tech names are now carrying the overall S&amp;P 500 index performance.</li></ul>

Tech Heavyweights Shouldering the Load- Caution Flags Waving Since the end of 2022, few and fewer big cap tech names are now carrying the overall S&amp;P 500 index performance.As of last Friday’s close, the S&amp;P 500 is up about 2% YTD. However, without the contribution of chip maker Nvidia (NVDA) it would be flat YTD.Since the end of 2022, few and fewer big cap tech names are now carrying the overall S&amp;P 500 index performance.

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Short interest moved sharply across both directions this week.</li><li>FERG and FTV led a burst of new bearish positioning in industrials, while CRWV and PPLC saw heavy short covering.</li><li>Earnings season drove most of the action, with borrow costs and availability swinging hard around report dates.</li></ul>

Short interest moved sharply across both directions this week.FERG and FTV led a burst of new bearish positioning in industrials, while CRWV and PPLC saw heavy short covering.Earnings season drove most of the action, with borrow costs and availability swinging hard around report dates.

Short Sellers Charge Into Industrials, Exit Tech

<ul><li>We recommend cutting loss on DDOG19 at a holding-period return of -15.2% and initiating a position in SHOP06, a DR linked to a leading e-commerce platform that provides website-building and online store management solutions.</li><li>Our KTX Tactical DR Portfolio delivered an average total return of -1.55%, weighed down by the decline in DDOG19 after its earnings came in below market expectations.</li><li>According to our KTX Baht Tracker, the Thai baht has begun to rebound from previously oversold levels.</li></ul>

We recommend cutting loss on DDOG19 at a holding-period return of -15.2% and initiating a position in SHOP06, a DR linked to a leading e-commerce platform that provides website-building and online store management solutions.Our KTX Tactical DR Portfolio delivered an average total return of -1.55%, weighed down by the decline in DDOG19 after its earnings came in below market expectations.According to our KTX Baht Tracker, the Thai baht has begun to rebound from previously oversold levels.

KTX Tactical DR Picks - August 7, 2026 (Eng.)

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Datadog, Inc. provides software solutions. The Company offers cloud-based monitoring and analytics platform which integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, and log management for real-time observability of customers. Datadog operates worldwide.

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US Internet & Software - 2026 outlook: AI applications to ramp up; eyes on AI investment return

Looking ahead to 2026, we believe competition in the large language model (LLM) industry will further intensify, while monetization of AI...

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Keep a Close Watch on US Employment Figures

Technically, the SET Index is expected to move sideways up, with the resistance at 1,296 and 1,304 points and the support at 1,281/1,274...

Krungthai XSpring

Weekly Stock Bullfinder - Week of 3/27

Tech Heavyweights Shouldering the Load- Caution Flags Waving Since the end of 2022, few and fewer big cap tech names are now carrying the overall...

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Short Sellers Charge Into Industrials, Exit Tech

Short interest moved sharply across both directions this week. FERG and FTV led a burst of new bearish positioning in industrials, while CRWV and...

ORTEX Market Intel

KTX Tactical DR Picks - August 7, 2026 (Eng.)

We recommend cutting loss on DDOG19 at a holding-period return of -15.2% and initiating a position in SHOP06, a DR linked to a leading e-commerce...

Krungthai XSpring

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