Core Viewpoint - The report highlights the performance of various market factors and investment strategies, indicating positive returns in several areas while noting the mixed performance of different factors across industries [4][5][6]. Group 1: Market Factor Performance - The momentum factor achieved a positive return of 0.70%, indicating a momentum effect in the market; profitability and Beta factors also showed positive returns of 0.34% and 0.28% respectively, while the market capitalization factor had a negative return of -0.58%, reflecting a small-cap style [4]. - In the CSI 300 stock pool, the best-performing factors included quarterly operating profit growth rate (1.25%), quarterly ROE (1.07%), and early session return factor (0.95%), while the worst performers were the standard deviation of 6-day trading volume (-0.91%), standardized unexpected income (-0.89%), and quarterly EPS (-0.83%) [5]. - In the CSI 500 stock pool, the top factors were post-early session return factor (1.24%), standard deviation of 5-day trading volume (1.05%), and standard deviation of 6-day trading volume (0.82%), with the weakest factors being ROE stability (-0.96%), 5-minute return skewness (-0.84%), and ROA stability (-0.83%) [5]. Group 2: Industry Factor Performance - Fundamental factors showed varied performance across industries, with net asset growth rate, net profit growth rate, earnings per share, and TTM operating profit factors yielding consistent positive returns in the utilities and leisure services sectors [6]. - Valuation factors, particularly the BP factor, demonstrated significant positive returns in the construction materials, banking, and media sectors, while the EP factor showed notable positive returns in the coal industry [6]. - Residual volatility and liquidity factors yielded consistent positive returns in the defense, oil and petrochemical, and automotive industries, with a significant large-cap style observed in the coal and banking sectors [6]. Group 3: Investment Strategy Performance - The PB-ROE-50 combination achieved positive excess returns in the overall market stock pool, with a negative excess return of -0.40% in the CSI 500 stock pool and a positive excess return of 0.44% in the CSI 800 stock pool [7]. - Public fund research stock selection strategy and private fund research tracking strategy both achieved positive excess returns, with the public fund strategy outperforming the CSI 800 by 3.21% and the private fund strategy by 0.16% [8]. - The block trading combination achieved a positive excess return of 3.61% relative to the CSI All Index [9]. - The targeted issuance combination also achieved a positive excess return of 0.77% relative to the CSI All Index [10].

Core Insights - The report from Founder Securities indicates that after a continuous rise in stock prices, the valuation levels of small and micro-cap stocks have significantly increased, yet both absolute and relative valuation levels remain considerably below historical extremes [1][3] Valuation Analysis - Small-cap companies are expected to yield significant excess returns by 2025, with the CSI 2000 index showing a year-to-date increase of 25.3%, outperforming other major indices [2] - The Wande Micro-cap Index has surged over 50%, reaching historical highs, while the overall P/E ratio of the CSI 2000 index is currently at 146 times, and the P/B ratio is 2.75, both being the highest since the index was launched in 2023 [2] - The overall valuation of small-cap stocks is heavily influenced by a few loss-making companies, with the CSI 2000 index reporting a total net profit of 77.5 billion, contrasted by losses totaling 121.1 billion from loss-making firms [2] Relative Valuation Comparison - A comparison of the smallest 20% of A-share companies against the largest 20% shows a median P/E ratio of 1.17 times and a median P/B ratio of 1.09 times, indicating that relative valuation levels are consistent with those of the CSI 2000 constituents and even lower [3] - Despite the increase in stock prices, the valuation levels of small and micro-cap stocks have risen but still have a significant distance to historical peaks, suggesting that the small-cap style may reflect the innovative exploration characteristics during the economic transformation and upgrading period [3]

Group 1 - The fund aims to select undervalued quality listed companies through in-depth analysis of the fundamentals of companies and industries, with a focus on achieving investment returns that exceed the performance benchmark while strictly controlling risks [2][4] - The fund's investment strategy allows for a stock investment ratio of 60%-95% of the total assets, with a performance benchmark of 60% of the CSI 800 Index return, 15% of the Hong Kong Hang Seng Composite Index return, and 25% of the CSI All Bond Index return [2][4] - The fund is classified as a mixed fund, with expected returns and risk levels higher than money market and bond funds, but lower than equity funds [2][4] Group 2 - As of the end of the reporting period, the total number of fund shares was 2,024,294,612.47 [2] - The fund's A class share net value growth rate for the reporting period was 4.95%, while the C class share net value growth rate was 4.81%, compared to a benchmark return of 1.90% [11] - The fund's performance over the past year showed a net value growth rate of 20.39% and a performance benchmark return of 16.25% [6][11] Group 3 - The fund's total assets included 91.65% in common stocks and 0.30% in bonds, with a significant portion of equity investments made through the Hong Kong Stock Connect mechanism [12][13] - The fund's investment portfolio was diversified across various sectors, with notable allocations in transportation, manufacturing, and energy [12][13] - The fund management adhered to strict internal controls and fair trading principles, ensuring compliance with regulations and protecting the interests of fund holders [9][10]

Market Overview - Global markets are dominated by geopolitical conflicts, particularly the Israel-Iran situation, leading to a surge in safe-haven assets like oil and gold, with Brent crude rising by 9% to $75.18 per barrel and gold surpassing $3,452 per ounce[4] - The VIX index has rebounded, indicating increased market volatility, while A-shares have shown a decline in price but an increase in trading volume, with small-cap growth stocks outperforming[4] Asset Allocation Recommendations - Bonds: Maintain a focus on leverage and duration strategies supported by loose monetary policy, while closely monitoring central bank liquidity operations and U.S. CPI data[5] - Overseas equities: Overweight non-U.S. market assets, such as Hong Kong and South Korean stocks, to capitalize on a weaker dollar and resilient fundamentals[5] - Commodities: Overall underweight due to weak supply and demand dynamics, with a focus on specific commodities like oil that may experience price fluctuations due to geopolitical tensions[7] Risk Factors - Key risks include policy adjustments, market volatility, geopolitical shocks, economic data validation risks, and liquidity transmission risks[6] Economic Indicators - The Chinese Business Conditions Index (BCI) recorded a slight increase to 50.30, indicating a marginal improvement but a significant drop from the March peak of 54.75, suggesting ongoing economic expansion challenges[40] - The Producer Price Index (PPI) expectations have reached new lows, indicating persistent price pressures at the production level, compounded by two consecutive months of negative CPI growth, reflecting weak consumer demand[49] Market Sentiment - The average daily trading volume in the A-share market increased by 13.1% to 1.341 trillion yuan, indicating heightened investor participation and a favorable liquidity environment for market valuation recovery[59] - The current valuation of A-shares is near historical averages, with the CSI 800's price-to-earnings ratio at the 48th percentile and price-to-book ratio at the 61st percentile, reflecting cautious optimism in economic fundamentals[64]

Group 1 - The core viewpoint of the article highlights the performance of various market factors, indicating a mixed performance across different stock pools with specific factors yielding positive or negative returns [2][3][5]. Group 2 - In the overall market, the profitability factor achieved a positive return of 0.54%, while the residual volatility and beta factors gained 0.28% and 0.23% respectively, indicating a small-cap style market performance [2]. - In the CSI 300 stock pool, the best-performing factors included the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio (2.85%) and the TTM inverse P/E ratio (2.32%), while the worst performers were the 5-minute return skew (-1.53%) and gross profit margin TTM (-1.03%) [3]. - The CSI 500 stock pool saw the ROIC enhancement factor perform well with a return of 1.46%, while the worst performers included the 5-day reversal (-1.25%) [3]. - The liquidity 1500 stock pool had the TTM inverse P/E ratio as the best performer (1.30%), while early morning return factors showed negative performance [3]. Group 3 - The fundamental factors showed varied performance across industries, with net asset growth rate and net profit growth rate factors performing consistently well in the telecommunications, beauty care, and commercial trade sectors [5]. - Valuation factors, particularly the earnings yield (EP) factor, performed well in the telecommunications, oil and petrochemical, and steel industries [5]. - The small-cap style was notably significant in the beauty care, media, and computer industries this week [5]. Group 4 - The PB-ROE-50 combination achieved positive excess returns across stock pools, with the CSI 500 pool gaining 1.34% and the CSI 800 pool gaining 1.37% [6]. - The public fund research selection strategy and private fund research tracking strategy both recorded negative excess returns relative to the CSI 800, with losses of -1.58% and -1.45% respectively [7]. - The block trading combination underperformed relative to the CSI All Index, with an excess return of -0.62% [8]. - The targeted issuance combination achieved positive excess returns relative to the CSI All Index, with a gain of 1.17% [9].

Core Insights - The report explores the construction and application of a style factor system for A-shares, focusing on four dimensions: market capitalization, valuation, profitability, and momentum [2][9][12] - A-shares have exhibited different dominant factors over various periods, with profitability leading from 2013 to 2014, small-cap factors from 2015 to 2016, valuation from 2016 to 2018, and a return to profitability dominance from 2019 to early 2021 [2][24][27] - The report predicts a resurgence of high valuation factors starting in 2025, driven by expectations of weak profit recovery and strong policy support [2][27] Style Factor Construction and Performance - The style factor system is constructed using a bottom-up approach, assigning style labels to each stock based on their factor indicators [9][12] - The performance of the style factors shows that small-cap stocks have generally outperformed large-cap stocks since 2010, with a notable fivefold return from small-cap strategies [12][17] - Valuation factors indicate that low valuation styles have been particularly strong, especially during specific periods such as 2017-2018 and 2022-2024 [14][15] Influencing Factors of Style Factors - Profitability factors are highly correlated with economic cycles, showing better performance during economic upturns [45][46] - Valuation factors are closely linked to market sentiment, with high valuation stocks performing better during periods of positive sentiment [49][50] - Market capitalization factors are significantly influenced by remaining liquidity, with small-cap factors performing strongly in liquidity-rich environments [53][54] Application of Style Factor System - The report establishes an A-share style investment system based on the identified style factors, suggesting that the current dominant styles are high profitability, high valuation, and small-cap [2][27] - The analysis indicates that the A-share market has not fully priced in the expected profit recovery, suggesting potential upside for high profitability and high valuation factors [2][27] - Different asset types exhibit varying dominant style factors, with emerging growth assets showing significant small-cap advantages and dividend assets reflecting low valuation strengths [29][33]

- The report discusses the performance of major market indices in China over the past week, highlighting that the SSE 50, CSI 300, CSI 500, and CSI 1000 indices all experienced gains, with respective increases of 1.93%, 2%, 1.6%, and 2.22%[2][12] - The report mentions the release of April inflation data in China, noting that the PPI was -0.27% year-on-year, down 0.2% from the previous month, and the CPI was -0.1% year-on-year, unchanged from the previous month[3][20] - The People's Bank of China announced ten specific measures, including a 0.5% reserve requirement ratio cut and a 0.1% interest rate cut, which positively impacted the banking sector[3][20] - The report highlights the implementation of the "Action Plan to Promote High-Quality Development of Public Funds" by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, which aims to ensure that fund managers' performance compensation is significantly reduced if their products underperform the benchmark by more than 10% over three years[3][20] - The report suggests that fund managers will focus more on closely tracking performance benchmarks and allocating funds to large-cap stocks to reduce market volatility and avoid significant style deviations[3][20] - The report recommends maintaining core positions in large-cap value stocks and tactically switching to financial and domestic consumption sectors for the upcoming week[4][21] - The report discusses the micro-cap stock index timing and rotation indicators, noting that the micro-cap stock index relative net value crossed above the annual line on October 14, 2024, and the trend has continued since then[5][30] - The micro-cap timing model uses two mid-term risk warning indicators: the ten-year government bond yield year-on-year indicator and the volatility congestion degree year-on-year indicator. As of October 15, 2024, the volatility congestion degree indicator fell below the threshold, and the ten-year government bond yield indicator was -20.45%, not triggering the risk control threshold of 0.3[5][30] - The report tracks the performance of eight major stock selection factors across different stock pools (all A-shares, CSI 300, CSI 500, and CSI 1000). The market capitalization factor performed best in the CSI 300 stock pool, while the reversal factor performed well in the CSI 500 and CSI 1000 stock pools[39][40] - The report notes that due to continued market volatility, volume-price factors maintained good performance, and small-cap stocks performed well, driving the market capitalization factor upward. The value factor also performed well due to the positive impact of the reserve requirement ratio cut on low-valuation sectors like banking[40] - The report provides the IC mean and long-short returns for the major factors, showing that the volatility factor achieved positive returns in the all A-shares stock pool, indicating some stability[41] - The report discusses the construction of quantitative bond selection factors for convertible bonds, tracking the performance of five bond selection factors. The equity growth factor achieved positive long-short returns last week[45][46] - The report includes detailed definitions and classifications of major factors, such as market capitalization, value, growth, quality, consensus expectations, technical, volatility, and reversal factors[51]

Core Viewpoint - The article emphasizes the importance of investment factors in selecting stocks and constructing investment strategies, highlighting that understanding these factors can lead to better investment decisions and potential returns [2][20]. Investment Factors Overview - The article introduces eight commonly used investment factors, each with distinct principles, applicable market conditions, and associated risks, which can help investors optimize their investment strategies [4][16]. Factor Summaries 1. Market Capitalization Factor - Focuses on the impact of stock size on returns, with large-cap stocks generally being more stable but less elastic, while small-cap stocks offer higher growth potential but come with increased risk [5][6]. 2. Value Factor - Concentrates on the discrepancy between a company's intrinsic value and market price, aiming to identify undervalued stocks for potential gains when market sentiment improves [8]. 3. Growth Factor - Evaluates a company's earnings growth and future potential, typically performing well in favorable economic conditions but facing higher risks during downturns [9]. 4. Low Volatility Factor - Selects stocks with stable prices and low volatility, providing better risk-adjusted returns, especially during market downturns [11]. 5. Dividend Factor - Targets stocks with stable dividends and high yield, offering defensive characteristics in volatile markets but may lag in strong bull markets [12]. 6. Quality Factor - Based on financial and operational metrics to identify high-quality companies, which may face valuation risks during periods of high market risk appetite [13]. 7. Momentum Factor - Utilizes the trend-following theory, capitalizing on stocks that have shown strong past performance, though it may struggle in volatile markets [14]. 8. Reversal Factor - Exploits price reversal opportunities, performing well in choppy or bearish markets but underperforming in strong trends [15]. Factor Usage Considerations - Investors should choose factors that align with their risk tolerance and investment goals, combining multiple factors to enhance returns while being mindful of market conditions [17][18][19].