Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

Deep Fundamental Analysis

[IO Technicals 2025/21] Bullish Momentum to Persist

[IO Fundamentals 2025/22] PMI Data Divergence and Declining IO Inventories

[IO Technicals 2025/23] Bearish Momentum Persists

[IO Fundamentals 2025/18] Policy Easing and Trade Diplomacy: China’s Coordinated Economic Push

[IO Technical 2025/20] Bullish Momentum Builds

[IO Technicals Weekly 2025/18]: Bearish Momentum Strengthens

Metals, Ores, and Mining Firms, Mint Finance

Pranay Yadav

Metals, Ores, and Mining Firms

Commodities

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<li>China’s industrial output grew 6.1% YoY in April 2025, surpassing expectations but slowing from March’s 7.7% surge, as the economy sustained steady growth amid complex domestic and external challenges. </li>
<li>Retail sales growth slowed to 5.1% in April, missing expectations despite government stimulus. Cautious consumer sentiment persists amid economic challenges, subdued income growth, and concerns over U.S. tariffs.</li>
<li>Easing U.S.-China tensions are boosting Chinese market confidence, driving up steel production and iron ore demand. With inventories thinning, spot buyers may bid aggressively, lifting prices in the near term.</li>
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China’s industrial output grew 6.1% YoY in April 2025, surpassing expectations but slowing from March’s 7.7% surge, as the economy sustained steady growth amid complex domestic and external challenges. 
Retail sales growth slowed to 5.1% in April, missing expectations despite government stimulus. Cautious consumer sentiment persists amid economic challenges, subdued income growth, and concerns over U.S. tariffs.
Easing U.S.-China tensions are boosting Chinese market confidence, driving up steel production and iron ore demand. With inventories thinning, spot buyers may bid aggressively, lifting prices in the near term.


[IO Fundamentals 2025/20] US Tariffs Weigh on China’s April Economic Performance

Iron Ore

[IO Fundamentals 2025/20] US Tariffs Weigh on China’s April Economic Performance