Financial Engineering - As of February 28, 2026, there are 13,817 existing funds in the market, an increase of 95 funds compared to the previous month. The total net asset value of funds is 37.23 trillion yuan, which is an increase of 9.7 billion yuan, indicating a slight growth in the fund market size [2] - In February 2026, the returns of value, balanced, and growth fund indices were 1.00%, 1.40%, and 0.72% respectively, with balanced funds outperforming growth funds, showing a certain degree of performance divergence among different styles of funds [2] ETF Market Tracking - As of February 28, 2026, there are 1,446 ETFs in the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets, an increase of 16 from the previous period. The total asset management scale is 5.39 trillion yuan, a decrease of 73.79 billion yuan, while the total shares amount to 33.4 trillion, an increase of 60.17 billion shares [3] - In February, the median return of stock ETFs was 0.70%, while cross-border ETFs had the lowest median return of -3.30%. Bond ETFs had a median return of 0.21%, outperforming commodity ETFs [3] - Cross-border ETFs exhibited the highest internal deviation in February, while stock and commodity ETFs had internal deviations of 3.18% and 0.89% respectively. Bond ETFs had the lowest internal deviation at 0.11% [3] ETF Strategy Tracking - The industry ETF rotation strategy focused on steel, coal, and non-ferrous metals in February 2026, achieving a cumulative return of 6.17%, significantly outperforming the cumulative return of the CSI 300 index at 0.09%, resulting in an excess return of 6.08%. Year-to-date, the strategy's cumulative return is 71.82%, compared to the CSI 300's 21.67%, yielding an excess return of 50.15% [4] - The PB-ROE framework's industry ETF rotation strategy focused on non-ferrous metals, transportation, and utilities in February 2026, with a cumulative return of 4.25%, again outperforming the CSI 300 index's 0.09% return, leading to an excess return of 4.16%. Year-to-date, this strategy's cumulative return is 34.51%, compared to the CSI 300's 21.67%, resulting in an excess return of 12.84% [4] Investment Recommendations - For March 2026, there is a positive outlook on the non-ferrous metals, steel, and coal industries, with corresponding ETFs recommended for these sectors. Additionally, based on the PB-ROE situation and supplementary indicators, the ETF rotation strategy suggests focusing on the communication, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and coal industries, with corresponding ETFs recommended for these sectors as well [5]