Core Insights - The report highlights the strong performance of the CSI 1000 index, which achieved a return of 1.18% during the week of October 27-31, 2025, making it one of the top-performing indices [3][7]. - For the year, the CSI 1000 index has shown a return of 29.99%, outperforming the benchmark index by 3.99% [4][15]. Market Performance - In the week of October 27-31, 2025, the CSI 1000 and CSI 500 indices led in returns, with gains of 1.18% and 1.00%, respectively, while the STAR 50 and SSE 50 indices lagged with returns of -3.19% and -1.12% [3][7]. - Year-to-date, the Micro Index and ChiNext Index have performed exceptionally well, with returns of 67.31% and 48.84%, while the CSI Dividend and SSE 50 indices have underperformed, returning 0.83% and 12.17% [8]. Strategy Performance - The CSI 1000 index enhancement strategy yielded a return of 1.03% for the week, slightly underperforming the index return of 1.18%, resulting in an excess return of -0.15% [4][12]. - In October, the strategy achieved a return of 0.27%, outperforming the index, which had a return of -0.90%, leading to an excess return of 1.17% [14]. - For the year, the strategy's return stands at 29.99%, compared to the index's 26.00%, resulting in an excess return of 3.99% [15]. Investment Recommendations - The CSI 1000 index is noted for its strong performance in 2025, attributed to its strategic focus on sectors such as new energy, semiconductors, and medical devices, which are considered frontier industries [5][18]. - The index is characterized by significant valuation elasticity and policy expectations, making it a high-risk, high-volatility investment option as market risk appetite is expected to tighten towards year-end [5][18].

Group 1 - The report emphasizes the transition from dividend growth to future high dividends, highlighting the need to anchor indices and reduce tracking errors due to new regulatory environments [7][8]. - The original dividend growth portfolio lacked bank stocks, which affected its capacity and dividend yield, making it less conventional for institutions that typically rely on banks for dividend allocation [7][8]. - The advantages of the dividend growth portfolio lie in its ability to predict future dividend increases while excluding stocks with declining future dividends, essentially seeking companies with future high dividends [10][11]. Group 2 - The future high dividend portfolio is expected to yield significant excess returns compared to the historical high dividend portfolio, with a backtest showing that selecting the top 100 stocks based on future dividend rates leads to better performance [11][13]. - Historical dividend yield is identified as a significant predictor of future dividend rates, with other factors like valuation, profitability, and growth also showing predictive capabilities, albeit weaker [14][16]. - A multi-factor approach is suggested for predicting future dividend rates, where historical dividend yield is prioritized, followed by growth factors to enhance the selection process [20][25]. Group 3 - The report proposes a combined strategy of high dividend and dividend growth by first constructing a stock pool based on predicted dividend growth and then filtering for high dividend yield stocks [29][39]. - The stock pool is derived from two dimensions: stable dividend ratios with growth expectations and consecutive years of increasing dividends, which helps filter out companies likely to reduce dividends in the future [34][39]. - A multi-factor scoring method is recommended for stock selection, focusing on dividend yield, valuation, and profitability, with the aim of constructing a robust dividend growth portfolio [40][43]. Group 4 - The Hong Kong stock market's dividend growth strategy is explored, showing that approximately 60% of stocks with dividends increased their payouts year-over-year [67][68]. - A backtest from December 2014 to April 2025 indicates that the known dividend growth portfolio outperformed the benchmark with an annualized return of 14.21% compared to 8.28% for the benchmark [68][70]. - The report concludes that a simple momentum-based dividend growth strategy in the Hong Kong market has not proven effective, as the performance of the constructed portfolio did not yield significant excess returns [71].

Quantitative Factors and Construction Methods Factor Name: BP (Book-to-Price Ratio) - **Construction Idea**: Measures the valuation of a stock by comparing its book value to its market value [13] - **Construction Process**: - Formula: $ BP = \frac{\text{Current Book Value}}{\text{Current Market Value}} $ [13] Factor Name: BP Three-Year Percentile - **Construction Idea**: Evaluates the relative valuation of a stock over the past three years [13] - **Construction Process**: - Formula: BP Three-Year Percentile = Percentile rank of the current BP within the last three years [13] Factor Name: Quarterly EP (Earnings-to-Price Ratio) - **Construction Idea**: Measures the profitability of a stock relative to its market price [13] - **Construction Process**: - Formula: $ \text{Quarterly EP} = \frac{\text{Quarterly Net Profit}}{\text{Net Assets}} $ [13] Factor Name: Quarterly EP One-Year Percentile - **Construction Idea**: Tracks the relative profitability of a stock over the past year [13] - **Construction Process**: - Formula: Quarterly EP One-Year Percentile = Percentile rank of the current Quarterly EP within the last year [13] Factor Name: Quarterly SP (Sales-to-Price Ratio) - **Construction Idea**: Measures the revenue generation capability of a stock relative to its market price [13] - **Construction Process**: - Formula: $ \text{Quarterly SP} = \frac{\text{Quarterly Revenue}}{\text{Net Assets}} $ [13] Factor Name: Quarterly SP One-Year Percentile - **Construction Idea**: Tracks the relative revenue generation capability of a stock over the past year [13] - **Construction Process**: - Formula: Quarterly SP One-Year Percentile = Percentile rank of the current Quarterly SP within the last year [13] Factor Name: Small Market Cap - **Construction Idea**: Captures the size effect by focusing on smaller companies [13] - **Construction Process**: - Formula: $ \text{Small Market Cap} = \log(\text{Market Capitalization}) $ [13] Factor Name: 1-Month Reversal - **Construction Idea**: Captures the short-term reversal effect in stock prices [13] - **Construction Process**: - Formula: $ \text{1-Month Reversal} = \text{Cumulative Return over the Last 20 Trading Days} $ [13] Factor Name: Fama-French Three-Factor 1-Month Residual Volatility - **Construction Idea**: Measures the idiosyncratic risk of a stock based on the Fama-French three-factor model [13] - **Construction Process**: - Formula: $ \text{Residual Volatility} = \text{Standard Deviation of Residuals from Fama-French Three-Factor Regression over the Last 20 Trading Days} $ [13] --- Factor Backtesting Results IC Performance - **BP**: Weekly IC = -4.17%, Monthly IC = 0.88%, Yearly IC = 1.86%, Historical IC = 2.19% [9] - **BP Three-Year Percentile**: Weekly IC = -1.08%, Monthly IC = -0.99%, Yearly IC = 2.58%, Historical IC = 1.58% [9] - **Quarterly EP**: Weekly IC = 2.10%, Monthly IC = -0.48%, Yearly IC = -0.46%, Historical IC = 1.18% [9] - **Quarterly EP One-Year Percentile**: Weekly IC = 4.23%, Monthly IC = 3.81%, Yearly IC = 0.98%, Historical IC = 1.73% [9] - **Quarterly SP**: Weekly IC = 0.79%, Monthly IC = 0.93%, Yearly IC = 0.53%, Historical IC = 0.74% [9] - **Quarterly SP One-Year Percentile**: Weekly IC = 4.80%, Monthly IC = 2.82%, Yearly IC = 2.87%, Historical IC = 1.83% [9] - **Small Market Cap**: Weekly IC = 10.49%, Monthly IC = 8.17%, Yearly IC = 3.61%, Historical IC = 2.05% [9] - **1-Month Reversal**: Weekly IC = 7.22%, Monthly IC = 1.22%, Yearly IC = 3.40%, Historical IC = 2.22% [9] - **Fama-French Three-Factor 1-Month Residual Volatility**: Weekly IC = 3.60%, Monthly IC = 1.11%, Yearly IC = 3.49%, Historical IC = 2.48% [9] Excess Return Performance (Long-Only Portfolio) - **BP**: Weekly Excess Return = -0.83%, Monthly Excess Return = -1.04%, Yearly Excess Return = 3.02%, Historical Cumulative Excess Return = 28.90% [11] - **BP Three-Year Percentile**: Weekly Excess Return = -0.58%, Monthly Excess Return = -1.51%, Yearly Excess Return = 0.97%, Historical Cumulative Excess Return = -3.21% [11] - **Quarterly EP**: Weekly Excess Return = 0.57%, Monthly Excess Return = 1.10%, Yearly Excess Return = 1.44%, Historical Cumulative Excess Return = 30.83% [11] - **Quarterly EP One-Year Percentile**: Weekly Excess Return = -0.01%, Monthly Excess Return = 0.51%, Yearly Excess Return = 3.23%, Historical Cumulative Excess Return = 34.69% [11] - **Quarterly SP**: Weekly Excess Return = -0.01%, Monthly Excess Return = 0.49%, Yearly Excess Return = 0.70%, Historical Cumulative Excess Return = -2.69% [11] - **Quarterly SP One-Year Percentile**: Weekly Excess Return = 0.09%, Monthly Excess Return = 1.25%, Yearly Excess Return = 7.91%, Historical Cumulative Excess Return = 2.23% [11] - **Small Market Cap**: Weekly Excess Return = 0.96%, Monthly Excess Return = 2.76%, Yearly Excess Return = 18.31%, Historical Cumulative Excess Return = 62.57% [11] - **1-Month Reversal**: Weekly Excess Return = 0.83%, Monthly Excess Return = 0.76%, Yearly Excess Return = 3.54%, Historical Cumulative Excess Return = 1.57% [11] - **Fama-French Three-Factor 1-Month Residual Volatility**: Weekly Excess Return = 0.28%, Monthly Excess Return = 0.75%, Yearly Excess Return = 8.69%, Historical Cumulative Excess Return = 18.67% [11]