Skip the late nights and anxiety; simply review the market before bed to prepare for tomorrow. This article provides five key news items to help you stay informed.

Late-Night News Highlights

1. The pharmaceutical sector led gains across the markets, while semiconductor stocks showed significant divergence.

2. Changxin Technology's strategic investor lineup for its STAR Market IPO has been announced, with the fundraising amount exceeding expectations.

3. Global asset management giant BlackRock reached a record high in assets under management for Q2.

4. Legendary investor Howard Marks shared his core investment philosophy in a recent interview.

5. A quantitative perspective reveals the true state of current trading.

Focus on Hot Topics

The pharmaceutical sector has performed exceptionally well recently, with stocks related to innovative drugs and weight-loss drugs broadly advancing. Leading company Hengrui Pharmaceuticals saw a single-day increase of nearly 5%, with trading volume exceeding 100 billion yuan. In contrast, the semiconductor sector displayed notable divergence, with packaging and testing leader Changdian Technology falling nearly 10% in a day amid significant capital outflows. This sectoral divergence is a normal phenomenon of capital reallocation, indicating funds are concentrating on sectors with more certain prospects. It's advisable to focus on policy-supported sectors with improving fundamentals to better align with market rhythms.

The STAR Market heavyweight Changxin Technology is set to list, with an issue price set at 8.66 yuan per share. Its post-listing estimated market capitalization is approximately 5800 billion yuan, with a maximum fundraising amount potentially reaching 66.6 billion yuan, far exceeding expectations from its previous prospectus. The strategic investor lineup is particularly impressive, featuring not only national long-term funds like the Social Security Fund and State-owned Enterprise Adjustment Fund but also leading companies from the semiconductor industry's upstream and downstream. Cross-industry giants such as Alibaba, Tencent, Xiaomi, and NIO have also secured allocations. This sufficiently demonstrates the market's long-term optimism regarding the development of China's memory chip sector, with the trend towards self-sufficiency and controllability being very clear.

The world's largest asset manager, BlackRock, reported its Q2 financial results, with assets under management reaching $15.3 trillion (approximately 104 trillion yuan), a 22% year-on-year increase setting a new historical record. The primary driver of this capital inflow was ETF products, with net inflows into ETFs alone amounting to $177.9 billion in Q2. Actively managed products also attracted $53 billion in net inflows. This indicates that global investors are increasingly inclined to access markets through professional institutions, particularly via transparent and flexible index products, whose user base continues to expand.

Legendary investor Howard Marks shared substantial insights in a recently published interview. He mentioned updating his assessment of AI, noting that AI's autonomy and unpredictability are characteristics absent from all previous technologies. However, AI is not omnipotent; for unique scenarios without historical precedent, investors must still rely on their experience and judgment. He particularly emphasized that investors should not wait for all risks to disappear before acting, as opportunities would have passed by then. One must always remain humble and acknowledge the possibility of being wrong. This mindset is highly instructive for ordinary investors as well.

Quantitative Techniques

Information creates value; quantitative analysis reveals the truth. If you find stock trading difficult, it's likely because you haven't identified the core approach. It doesn't need to be overly complicated; just grasp the core logic: discern major trends through key news and understand the real state behind trades through quantitative data (as shown in the chart below). After years of trading, I have consistently relied on quantitative data to assist my judgment, which complements news analysis perfectly. Having found it practical, I am sharing it with you.

1. The most common concern currently is that held stocks are frequently volatile. Holding them risks further declines, while selling them risks missing out on potential rallies, leading to a rollercoaster ride that easily frays one's nerves.

2. The core reason for this problem is that most people only see the surface-level price movements and cannot perceive the participation status of different types of capital behind them, making them easily swayed by short-term fluctuations.

3. Among the quantitative data I commonly use, there are indicators specifically designed to identify capital participation activity. Orange bars represent the participation activity of institutional funds, while blue bars represent the activity of hot money. When both appear simultaneously, they are displayed in purple. Referring to Chart 1, when purple bars appear, it indicates both types of capital are actively participating. At such times, stock price volatility is essentially normal contention between different capital forces.

4. There are also indicators specifically designed to identify trading behavior. Blue bars represent the state where previously sold capital is re-entering the market. Referring to Chart 2, if such blue bars appear alongside orange institutional activity data, it suggests the current action is merely normal capital churn, not a genuine loss of confidence in the asset. Understanding this prevents you from being easily shaken out of your position.

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