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Daily Brief Macro: Overview #31 – China Breaks Out and the USD Has Its Moment and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Overview #31 – China Breaks Out and the USD Has Its Moment
  • Top 10 Korean Stock Picks and Key Catalysts Bi-Weekly (1 to 15 August 2025)


Overview #31 – China Breaks Out and the USD Has Its Moment

By Rikki Malik

  • A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook
  • What the dollar bear market rally means for our themes
  • The domestic Chinese market starts to rally, outperforming in Asia

Top 10 Korean Stock Picks and Key Catalysts Bi-Weekly (1 to 15 August 2025)

By Douglas Kim

  • In this insight, we provide the top 10 stock picks and key catalysts in the Korean stock market for the two weeks ( to 1 August 2025).
  • Hanwha Ocean (042660 KS) is up 46% in the past two weeks. It is the top performing stock in KOSPI in this period, as one of the top Korean shipbuilders. 
  • Top 10 picks in this bi-weekly include Kangwon Land, Hanil Cement, LG Uplus, Hyundai Elevator, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Rotem, KT&G, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, SM Entertainment, and LG Energy Solution. 

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