Global Equities, Multi-Asset PM, Dantes Outlook

Damanick Dantes, CMT

Damanick Dantes, CMT® is an investment professional specializing in global asset allocation and ETF portfolio construction. He is the founder of Dantes Outlook LLC, where he leads portfolio strategy and oversees a quantitative research team. The firm advises clients using a suite of global multi-asset model portfolios. We customize these models using a combination of ETFs and model-driven stock selection. Regional factors are created based on fundamental and technical criteria, which often serves as the core for clients located in concentrated markets like Asia, Middle East, and Europe. These factors are then scaled into our global multi-asset portfolios to achieve long-term diversification. Damanick has a decade of investment and leadership experience including roles at firms such as Fidelity Investments.

Global Equities, Multi-Asset PM

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Dantes Outlook

We invest over a full market cycle, using multi-asset portfolios tailored to each global client, from individuals to family offices.

Built to Endure

Cross Asset Strategy

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Offshore relative value: We tested 12-month relative returns across onshore vs. offshore, and both vs. EM. Offshore China is the oversold leg, driven by its own weakness rather than onshore strength. </li>
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AI rotation: The performance gap reflects capital favoring the onshore industrial upgrades vs. offshore consumption. Re-rating requires offshore earnings pickup regardless of how cheap the multiple looks.</li>
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Stock selection:<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/msci-china-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22895:1" rel="noopener">MSCI China Index (MXCN INDEX)</a> is dominated by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba (9988 HK)</a> while dispersion across the index is wide. We built an investable bucket.
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Offshore relative value: We tested 12-month relative returns across onshore vs. offshore, and both vs. EM. Offshore China is the oversold leg, driven by its own weakness rather than onshore strength. 

AI rotation: The performance gap reflects capital favoring the onshore industrial upgrades vs. offshore consumption. Re-rating requires offshore earnings pickup regardless of how cheap the multiple looks.

Stock selection:MSCI China Index (MXCN INDEX) is dominated by Tencent (700 HK) and Alibaba (9988 HK) while dispersion across the index is wide. We built an investable bucket.



Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 Index (SHSZ300 INDEX EQUITY)

China Gold International Resources (2099 HK)

China Equities: Relative Upside in Offshore Vs. Onshore Stocks