Group 1: Costco (COST.O) Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call - Key focus on membership growth and renewal rates, same-store sales performance, e-commerce growth, and the resilience of affluent customer spending in an inflationary environment [2] - Management's outlook on supply chain stability and store expansion strategy is also noteworthy [2] Group 2: Broadcom (AVGO.O) Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call - Attention on management's specific guidance for the upcoming year, particularly regarding the revenue explosion from Google TPU chips and when new customer orders (e.g., OpenAI) will contribute to substantial performance [5] - Inquiry into whether the high growth of AI business can be sustained and dominate the company's future [5] Group 3: Electric New Energy Industry Investment Strategy - Focus on high growth and anti-involution strategies for the electric new energy sector in 2026, utilizing energy and power system analysis methods [8] - Comprehensive discussion on investment opportunities, timing, and risks in sub-sectors such as AI power, energy storage, hydrogen ammonia, lithium batteries, wind power, and photovoltaics [8] Group 4: A-Share Market Outlook for 2026 - The beginning of the "14th Five-Year Plan" is expected to strengthen reform policy expectations, with the RMB exchange rate steadily rising, supporting liquidity [10] - Future earnings are anticipated to take over valuation as the key focus of the market, with policy dividends and industrial opportunities expected to deeply integrate [10] Group 5: Financial Institutions' Asset Management Behavior Outlook for 2026 - The "Big Central Bank" era is reshaping the financial market landscape for 2026, with central banks enhancing curve control through interest rate guidance [14] - The improvement in liability costs for state-owned banks is expected to boost trading functions, while smaller banks face constraints from fund redemptions and liability pressures [14] - Reasonable liquidity and steadily declining financing costs are expected to solidify the foundation for a slow bull market in equities, with the "deposit migration" trend likely to inject incremental funds into the market [14]

Investment Rating - The report maintains an "Outperform" rating for the industry [2] Core Insights - The current financial system in China is significantly exhibiting characteristics of a "Big Central Bank," with the People's Bank of China reshaping the asset management industry's ecology and operational logic through various monetary tools and macro-prudential management frameworks [4] - By 2026, the bond market is expected to see a structural shift where large commercial banks will enhance their market pricing influence due to closer liquidity ties with the central bank, while public funds and smaller banks will face constraints in bond investment, particularly in long-term securities [4] - The equity market is anticipated to maintain a slow bull trend, supported by a continued trend of "deposit migration" among residents, potentially bringing in an incremental capital of 4-5 trillion yuan into asset management products and direct market investments [4] Summary by Sections Central Bank and Banking - The central bank is narrowing the interest rate corridor by introducing the 7-day reverse repurchase rate as the main policy rate, which allows for more flexible monetary control [8][12] - The central bank's operations, including the buying and selling of government bonds, are aimed at stabilizing long-term bond rates and managing market expectations [13][14] Banking Wealth Management - The trend of "deposit migration" is expected to benefit the growth of wealth management scale, as traditional savings rates decline and residents seek higher returns [66] - The scale of bank wealth management products is projected to continue growing, with the current estimated size around 33 trillion yuan [70] - Despite a downward trend in performance benchmarks for newly issued wealth management products, they are still expected to remain above deposit rates, driving banks to enhance their middle-income business [75] Insurance Asset Management - The report highlights the potential for "low guaranteed + high floating" products, particularly dividend insurance, to thrive in a low-interest-rate environment, as they help insurers manage liability costs effectively [108] - By 2025, insurance capital is expected to increase its allocation to equity assets, with a focus on high-dividend investment opportunities and long-term bonds to mitigate asset-liability duration mismatch risks [123][124]