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Gavekal Research
Arthur Kroeber, Andrew Batson, Dan Wang, Wei He, Thomas Gatley
Nov 13th 2020
Webinar: China After The Recovery
Having gone into lockdown first, China was also the first economy to emerge, and has since enjoyed a rapid rebound in industrial production and exports, reflected in financial markets. But now that the economy is back to “normal”, policymakers have returned to a conservative stance which focuses on financial stability.
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Gavekal Dragonomics
Andrew Batson, Dan Wang, Ernan Cui
Nov 12th 2020
The Internet Is No Longer Exempt
Recent major regulatory actions have sent a strong message to Chinese internet companies: you’re not special anymore. In this report, Andrew, Dan and Ernan explain why anti-competitive practices, prudential risk and the pandemic are now prompting policymakers to regulate online firms on the same basis as their offline counterparts.
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Gavekal Research
Louis Gave
Nov 11th 2020
China’s Departure From Past Standard Operating Procedures
China is emerging from the pandemic stronger than its big economic rivals in the West. It is an irony that the US and Europe are applying expansive Keynesian-type solutions of the type China has deployed in recent crises, but now seems to be rejecting. The result, Louis argues, may be that China starts to enjoy a "triple merit" scenario.
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Gavekal Dragonomics
Dan Wang
Nov 11th 2020
The Race To Decouple
Both the US and China now seem eager to reduce their mutual economic dependencies. However, such a process is different for either country: Dan explains that China’s reliance on the US is narrow and technical in scope while American dependence on China is more wide-ranging. The US therefore faces more complex challenges in the “race” to decouple.
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Gavekal Dragonomics
Rosealea Yao
Nov 10th 2020
Housing & Construction Review 2020
China’s property sector led the rebound from Covid-19 lockdown, but how long can the new boom last? In her annual chartbook, Rosealea explains the outlook for 2021 after a very volatile 2020. Housing policy has turned tighter after signs of overheating, which points to sales flattening and construction activity declining next year.
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Gavekal Dragonomics
Arthur Kroeber
Nov 09th 2020
Fine-Tuning The US-China Rivalry
In almost no area of the US-China relationship can President-elect Biden fully reverse the combative approach President Trump has put in place. Instead, writes Arthur, the Biden administration will likely fine-tune regulations to balance US economic and security interests, all while working closer with US allies—none of which will be easy.
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Gavekal Research
Gilliam Collinsworth Hamilton
Nov 05th 2020
Video: China's Grand Plan For The Next Two Decades
While the US has been busy tying itself in knots over the 2020 presidential election, the Chinese government, with no electoral calendar to worry about, has quietly been setting out its grand strategy for the country’s development over the next two decades. In this video, Gilliam cuts through the impenetrable ideological jargon to identify the key themes running through Beijing’s long term policy pronouncements.
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Gavekal Research
Charles Gave, Cedric Gemehl, Louis Gave, Didier Darcet
Nov 05th 2020
Webinar: US Election & Global Investment Roundtable (in French)
Charles Gave, Louis-Vincent Gave, Didier Darcet and Cedric Gemehl delved into the results of the US election, and discussed the latest impact of Covid-19 on the global economy and markets. Additionally, they presented Gavekal’s latest research on portfolio construction.
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Gavekal Research
Andrew Batson
Nov 04th 2020
Ant Stomped
Ant Group’s US$35bn IPO was set to be the ultimate market validation of the new world of fintech and financial innovation. But by suspending Ant’s IPO at the last minute China’s financial regulators have demonstrated there is still a force more powerful than the coming wave of financial innovation: the state. It’s a lesson that big tech giants outside China may also need to take to heart, as they face increasing regulatory scrutiny from US and...
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Gavekal Research
Louis Gave
Nov 03rd 2020
The New Geostrategic Pressure Point
Investors today are overwhelmingly focused on the economic impact of the Covid pandemic and the possible effects of the US presidential election. Yet something happened over the summer that although not at all traumatic by comparison, may end up having much more far-reaching consequences for world geopolitics.
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Gavekal Dragonomics
Thomas Gatley
Nov 03rd 2020
A Surge In Earnings
Net profits of China’s listed non-financial firms surged in Q3, reflecting the fundamental improvement in the Chinese economy. In this Quick Take, Thomas explains why business conditions, although improved, are not as good as the net profit figures might suggest—and why Q4 will likely represent the peak of China’s corporate profit cycle.
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Gavekal Research
Thomas Gatley, Wei He
Nov 02nd 2020
Strategy Monthly: Chinese Assets After The Recovery
China was the first economy into lockdown, and the first to emerge, enjoying a rapid rebound in industrial production and exports. Uniquely among major economies, China has already regained and exceeded pre-Covid levels of output. The speed and strength of this early recovery was reflected in financial markets, with equities rallying hard, bonds selling off, and the renminbi appreciating on heightened capital inflows.
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Gavekal Research
Vincent Tsui
Oct 30th 2020
Video: Hong Kong's Resilience
Massive inflows of capital into Hong Kong’s financial system ahead of this week’s record-breaking US$34bn IPO for Chinese fintech giant Ant Group represent a major vote of investor confidence in Hong Kong’s future as a financial center, just months after many international commentators were writing the city’s obituary following Beijing’s imposition of a sweeping national security law. Vincent explores the underpinnings of this confidence.
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Gavekal Research
Andrew Batson
Oct 30th 2020
The Competition For 2035 Begins
While much of the world struggles to make it through 2020, the Chinese Communist Party is setting its sights on 2035: its annual plenum closed with a decision on its broad goals for the next 15 years. In this piece, Andrew explains how China is adapting its priorities to a less favorable international political and economic context.
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Gavekal Dragonomics
Gilliam Collinsworth Hamilton
Oct 28th 2020
Themes For The Coming Plan
Party officials are gathering this week to discuss China’s 14th Five-Year Plan, a document intended to guide the country’s development from 2021 to 2025. In this report, Gilliam outlines the plan’s likely major themes and why it represents the first step in Xi Jinping’s ambitions of transforming China into a “modern socialist country” by 2049.
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Gavekal Research
Matthew Forney, Laila Khawaja
Oct 28th 2020
Webinar: China's Fintech Showdown
China’s financial technology industry has been chaotic for two decades, with Ant Group launching pioneering new products while regulators and competitors play catch-up. With Ant Group ready for its IPO, the push-and-pull between the firm and regulators is grabbing institutional investors’ attention. Matthew Forney and Laila Khawaja of Gavekal Fathom China addressed this tension and also the broader impact of regulation on the country's...
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Gavekal Research
Louis Gave
Oct 27th 2020
The Three Key Prices: 10-Year Treasury Yields
A core thesis for Louis is that in financial markets three prices matter above all others: the price of oil, the price of US dollars and the yield on 10-year US treasuries. In this second part of a three-part series, he addresses the bond market question. US treasuries are currently pricing in a highly deflationary future on both a cyclical and structural basis. Such an outcome would defy recent experience in the US bond market.
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Gavekal Dragonomics
Andrew Batson
Oct 26th 2020
Macro Update: Back In Business
China is transitioning from an imbalanced, supply-side recovery to a more broad-based upswing as consumption and private-sector investment finally join the party. But policy is also normalizing quickly, creating challenges for property and equity markets. In this regular chartbook, the Dragonomics team explains the outlook heading into 2021.
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Gavekal Dragonomics
Xiaoxi Zhang
Oct 22nd 2020
Banks Will Digest The Hit To Earnings
The pandemic economy has not been very good for China’s banks, with net profits plunging an unprecedented 24% in Q2 as the government pressured them to sacrifice profits. In this piece, Xiaoxi explains why things are not actually so bad: bank profits have been hurt mainly by aggressive provisioning requirements, which are likely to ease in 2021.
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Gavekal Dragonomics
Dan Wang
Oct 20th 2020
The World’s Best Manufacturer
The strong performance of China’s manufacturing sector reflects both the country’s success in getting the virus under control as well as its long-established manufacturing strengths. In this report, Dan explains why multinationals are reluctant to leave a country they’ve built up to be the world’s best manufacturer.
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