External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Mirae Asset Securities

Mirae Asset Securities

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Mirae Asset Securities Co.,Ltd. provides comprehensive wealth management services. The Company offers fixed income securities brokerage, securities dealing, equity underwriting, and other services. Mirae Asset Securities also deals with mergers and acquisitions, foreign currency, and financial derivatives

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>For 2025, big tech companies’ capex is estimated at around US$460bn (+72% YoY).</li><li>Despite a high base, capex is projected to continue rising in 2026, reaching around US$600bn (+33% YoY).</li><li>Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta are each expected to increase capex by around 40% YoY.</li></ul>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.

For 2025, big tech companies’ capex is estimated at around US$460bn (+72% YoY).Despite a high base, capex is projected to continue rising in 2026, reaching around US$600bn (+33% YoY).Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta are each expected to increase capex by around 40% YoY.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.

[2026 Outlook] Semiconductors Robust Earnings Cycle Ahead

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

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.

<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>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.

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

<ul><li>We remain structurally bullish on AI infrastructure investment supported by sustained momentum in compute-intensive investments.</li><li>Major hyperscalers’ capex continue to grow, at 43% YoY for overseas Big Four (MSFT/AMZN/GOOG/META) and 44% YoY for domestic Big Three (Alibaba/Tencent/Baidu) in 2025, per Bloomberg consensus estimates.</li><li>Recent earnings results across the supply chain confirms AI-related spend. TSMC’s (TSMC US, NR) 1H25 revenue was NT$ 1,773bn, up 40% YoY. </li></ul>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.

We remain structurally bullish on AI infrastructure investment supported by sustained momentum in compute-intensive investments.Major hyperscalers’ capex continue to grow, at 43% YoY for overseas Big Four (MSFT/AMZN/GOOG/META) and 44% YoY for domestic Big Three (Alibaba/Tencent/Baidu) in 2025, per Bloomberg consensus estimates.Recent earnings results across the supply chain confirms AI-related spend. TSMC’s (TSMC US, NR) 1H25 revenue was NT$ 1,773bn, up 40% YoY. 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.

Semiconductors - Thematic Investing and Megatrends: 1H25 AI Demand Check

Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

A full service Thai brokerage

Krungthai XSpring

Krungthai XSpring is a full service broker. The company provides a wide range of investment services such as Securities Brokerage, Derivative Agent Business, Securities Borrowing and Lending, Securities Trading, Underwriting, Financial Advisory, Wealth Advisory, Private Fund Management and International Markets Securities Trading. 

In terms of credibility, Fitch Ratings has assigned Krunghtai XSpring a long-term rating of AA- and a national short-term rating of F1+ with stable outlook.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>We recommend taking profit on WUXI06 after its holding-period return reached 20.0%.</li><li>We also recommend opening positions in MICRON80, a memory-chip leader; ZAI23, a Chinese Al model developer, as the market rotates back into technology stocks; and GRAB80, a major Southeast Asian delivery platform.</li><li>Our KTX Tactical DR Port rose 1.62%, driven by gains in technology and Al stocks following META's development of the MUSE model.</li></ul>

We recommend taking profit on WUXI06 after its holding-period return reached 20.0%.We also recommend opening positions in MICRON80, a memory-chip leader; ZAI23, a Chinese Al model developer, as the market rotates back into technology stocks; and GRAB80, a major Southeast Asian delivery platform.Our KTX Tactical DR Port rose 1.62%, driven by gains in technology and Al stocks following META's development of the MUSE model.

<ul><li>Overseas hyperscalers (Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, covered by our internet team) have all released their CY1Q25 earnings.</li><li>During the quarter, the aggregated capex of the Big Four held strong at US$73bn, up 63% YoY and flattish QoQ, after hitting a record of US$72.8bn in CY4Q24 (up 68% YoY / 22% QoQ).</li><li>The outlook for the rest of 2025 remains optimistic. Amazon, Google and Microsoft doubled down on their spending plans, while Meta revised up its capex target by 7%-11% from its previous plan. </li></ul>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.

Overseas hyperscalers (Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, covered by our internet team) have all released their CY1Q25 earnings.During the quarter, the aggregated capex of the Big Four held strong at US$73bn, up 63% YoY and flattish QoQ, after hitting a record of US$72.8bn in CY4Q24 (up 68% YoY / 22% QoQ).The outlook for the rest of 2025 remains optimistic. Amazon, Google and Microsoft doubled down on their spending plans, while Meta revised up its capex target by 7%-11% from its previous plan. 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.

Semiconductors - Thematic Investing and Megatrends: Resilient 1Q25 Capex Among Hyperscalers

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Meta Platforms Inc. operates as a social technology company. The Company builds applications and technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. meta Platform is also involved in advertisements, augmented and virtual reality.

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Meta (META US)

[2026 Outlook] Semiconductors Robust Earnings Cycle Ahead

For 2025, big tech companies’ capex is estimated at around US$460bn (+72% YoY).Despite a high base, capex is projected to continue rising in 2026,...

Mirae Asset Securities

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...

CMB International

Semiconductors - Thematic Investing and Megatrends: 1H25 AI Demand Check

We remain structurally bullish on AI infrastructure investment supported by sustained momentum in compute-intensive investments.

CMB International

Tactical Holdings

We recommend taking profit on WUXI06 after its holding-period return reached 20.0%. We also recommend opening positions in MICRON80, a memory-chip...

Krungthai XSpring

Semiconductors - Thematic Investing and Megatrends: Resilient 1Q25 Capex Among Hyperscalers

Bloomberg consensus projects the Big Four’s capex to increase by 48% YoY / 8% QoQ to ~US$78.6bn in CY2Q25E, and full-year capex to top US$319bn...

CMB International

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