Zhongtai Securities(SH:600918) ZHONGTAI SECURITIES·2025-09-22 09:46Report Information - Report Title: Credit Business Weekly: What's the Impact of the Fed's Interest Rate Cut on A-Shares? - Report Date: September 22, 2025 - Research Institute: Zhongtai Securities Research Institute - Analysts: Xu Chi, Zhang Wenyu [1] 1. Report Industry Investment Rating - No information provided in the report. 2. Report's Core View - The short - term A - share market is in a volatile adjustment phase, but the medium - term trend remains upward. The Fourth Plenary Session in October may clarify the strategic position of technological innovation and new - quality productivity, strengthening the market's fundamental repair expectations. The easing of Sino - US relations can repair market risk appetite, and the Fed's interest rate cut may boost the stock market in the medium term [6]. - The current market volatility is a short - term adjustment, and investors can take advantage of the adjustment to make structural allocations in the directions of technological innovation, domestic demand and the "anti - involution" theme, and sectors benefiting from the easing of Sino - US relations [8]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs Market Observation Impact of Sino - US Easing and Fed's Interest Rate Cut on A - Shares' Medium - Term Trend - Last week, the A - share market was volatile. The Fed's interest rate cut and the weak performance of the brokerage sector were the main influencing factors. The brokerage index fell 3.55% last week and has retraced 9.63% from its August 25 high [6]. - Despite short - term volatility, the medium - term trend of the A - share market remains positive. The upcoming Fourth Plenary Session in October may bring policy support, and the easing of Sino - US relations can improve market sentiment. The Fed's interest rate cut may have a positive impact on the stock market in the medium term [6]. View on the Recent Uptrend of A - Share Technology Sector - Last week, the capital situation remained loose. There was a "high - to - low" rotation of funds. The two - margin balance continued to grow, and the net reduction of shareholder holdings decreased, alleviating market supply pressure [7]. Investment Advice - Investors can make structural allocations during the market adjustment: focus on the technology innovation main line such as consumer electronics, robots, and games; pay attention to domestic demand and "anti - involution" themes including high - growth industries in the Growth Enterprise Market and sectors benefiting from infrastructure and manufacturing repair; consider sectors benefiting from the easing of Sino - US relations like Hang Seng Tech Index constituents, leading innovative drug companies, and the brokerage sector [8]. Market Review Market Performance - Most major market indices rose last week, with the ChiNext 50 having the largest increase of 2.84%. Among major industries, the optional consumption and information technology indices performed well, while the financial and daily consumption indices performed poorly. Among the 30 Shenwan primary industries, 13 industries rose, with coal, power equipment, and electronics having larger increases, and banking, non - ferrous metals, and non - bank finance having larger declines [9][17][19]. Trading Heat - The average daily trading volume of the Wind All - A Index last week was 25178.46 billion yuan, up from the previous value of 23264.15 billion yuan, at a very high historical level (96.70% of the three - year historical quantile) [22]. Valuation Tracking - As of September 19, 2025, the PE_TTM of the Wind All - A Index was 22.10, down 0.15 from last week, at the 89.70% quantile of the past five - year history. Thirteen out of 30 Shenwan primary industries saw valuation (PE_TTM) repairs [27]. Weekly Global Economic Calendar - Domestic economic data: On September 22, the People's Bank of China will release the 1 - year Loan Prime Rate (LPR). - Overseas economic data: On September 23, the US Markit Composite PMI will be released; on September 24, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will speak and the US M2 money supply data will be released; on September 26, Fed Vice Chairman for Supervision Michael Barr will speak and the Atlanta Fed will release its GDPNow economic growth forecast [29].