Wall Street Bets on Mainland China's Stock Calls, UBS Bullish on Chinese Equities Outlook
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December 6, 2024
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On December 5, UBS said in its The Red Thread report that the successful economic transformation, policies that restore market confidence, China's outperforming dollar-denominated high-yield credits, and many high-quality listed companies made China's stock markets a top investment choice in global equity markets. UBS is optimistic about investing in Chinese companies with growing market share abroad.
Even better, Wall Street is bullish on mainland China stock market. According to Options Marketplace, Wall Street bought over 200,000 Direxion Daily CSI 300 China A Share Bull 2X Shares (CHAU) call options on Dec. 2. Option holders can purchase 20 million shares of their ETF at $15 each before mid-May 2025. On the same day, 38,000 call options of Direxion Daily FTSE China Bull 3x Shares (YINN.US) due on January 2026 were traded following over 98,000 turnovers last Friday.
Analysts pointed out that the sudden surge in call options on China's equity ETFs following November's slump in overseas funds withdrawal from China signals a renewed shift in foreign sentiment toward China's assets, suggesting paying attention to Chinese assets.
In addition, CICC believed that in December, the window for policy introduction opportunities, the mainland China stock market might receive positive factors such as economic stimulus policies, driving its shares to surge.
Other Chinese investment banks had the same view. They called on investors to pay attention to the policy tone for 2025 at China's Central Economic Work Conference in December and US-China trade policies after Trump takes office in 2025. China's year-end and early-year insurance and other medium-to-long-term capital inflows are favored.
Other than mainland china stock market, Hong Kong's stock market also gets bullish. Galaxy Securities believed that the valuation of Hong Kong stocks is relatively low, compared with their resilient earnings. Hong Kong stocks' high medium-to-long-term allocation value remains high.
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