Nomura Securities: The core contradiction in the global storage industry remains a severe supply shortage, while AI-driven structural demand growth has not yet peaked.
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Greenwoods Asset Management: The core allocation strategy remains semiconductors and AI infrastructure, with a focus on global advanced foundries and AI infrastructure.
According to Mars Finance, Gao Yuncheng, Partner and CEO of Jinglin Asset Management, systematically elaborated on his latest assessments of AI industry trends, global supply chain restructuring, and current portfolio allocation in his "Letter to Investors in Mid-2026." Regarding portfolio allocation, Gao Yuncheng revealed that the portfolio structure has not fundamentally changed in the past six months, still revolving around long-term industry trends. The core allocation direction remains semiconductors and AI infrastructure, focusing on global advanced foundry and AI infrastructure. In addition, the company continues to be optimistic about globally competitive Chinese advanced manufacturing and technology service companies, and has retained some gold and resource allocations to hedge against uncertainties brought about by global supply chain restructuring, geopolitical changes, and currency system fluctuations. Gao Yuncheng believes that in the next few years, the most important global investment opportunities will likely revolve around AI infrastructure, semiconductors, intelligent manufacturing, energy, AI applications, and global supply chain restructuring. Although short-term market volatility may persist, many directions are becoming increasingly clear from an industry trend perspective. (Shanghai Securities News)
Nomura Securities: Market concerns about "overcapacity" may be excessive; South Korean chip investment is unlikely to quickly translate into production capacity.
According to Mars Finance, Nomura Securities analysts stated in a recent report that market concerns about "computing power oversupply" may be excessive, and the memory chip industry still has a long way to go before entering a downward cycle. The market is currently facing a severe shortage driven by artificial intelligence demand, with major chip manufacturers prioritizing the production of more profitable high-bandwidth memory (HBM), leading to limited supply of ordinary DRAM and NAND. Nomura analysts emphasized that in this context, concerns about oversupply are excessive. Because the semiconductor industry's construction and development cycles are often very long, projects announced by South Korean chip giants are unlikely to have a substantial impact on supply for several years. (Cailian Press)
Huatai Securities: South Korea's high export growth indicates that global AI supply chain trade is still on an upward trend, and the Asian AI supply chain is expected to continue to benefit.
Mars Finance reported on July 6th that a research report from Huatai Securities pointed out that the continued strong performance of AI chain exports drove South Korea's June exports to significantly exceed expectations, with the trade surplus reaching a new historical high. Looking ahead, leading indicators show that AI chain trade will maintain high growth, and South Korean exports are expected to continue their strong performance, potentially driving South Korea's nominal GDP to maintain a relatively high growth rate. In the short term, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, which leads South Korean semiconductor exports by about four months, remains high year-on-year, indicating that the strong performance of South Korean semiconductor exports is likely to continue; at the same time, against the backdrop of strong AI demand, memory prices are still rising, and prices will continue to support nominal exports. The high growth of South Korean exports indicates that global AI chain trade is still on an upward trend, and the AI supply chain in Asia, including South Korea and China, is expected to continue to benefit. (Wide Angle Observation)
The "Beijing Digital Economy Development Report (2025-2026)" was released, predicting that the core artificial intelligence industry will reach approximately 450 billion yuan in scale by 2025.
According to Mars Finance, at the 2026 Global Digital Economy Conference results release conference yesterday, Lu Ya, Vice President of the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, released the "Beijing Digital Economy Development Report (2025-2026)" blue book. The report shows that in 2025, Beijing's digital economy added value exceeded 2.4 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.7%, accounting for 46.4% of GDP. It ranked second in the global digital economy benchmark city index evaluation, with a development index value of 0.770, firmly maintaining its position as a "global leading city." Lu Ya introduced that Beijing's status as the "No. 1 city for artificial intelligence" continues to be consolidated. In 2025, the core artificial intelligence industry scale was approximately 450 billion yuan, attracting over 2,500 related enterprises. As of April 2026, 225 large-scale models had been registered. Innovation and industry application of large-scale models are accelerating in both directions, rapidly empowering industrial upgrading, technological innovation, and public services. The market-oriented reform of data elements is being deepened, and breakthroughs have been achieved in the construction of "one zone and three centers." The trading volume of the Beijing International Big Data Exchange increased by 150% year-on-year, and the circulation of trusted data space is deepening around key areas such as healthcare and audiovisual media. (Cailian Press)
The positive earnings forecast in the interim report signals a profit inflection point, and the humanoid robot sector is ushering in a new era of industry synergy.
On July 7th, the A-share humanoid robot sector experienced a correction after a rapid rise, with the Wind Humanoid Robot Concept Index falling 2.93% that day. Currently, the industry fundamentals are undergoing profound changes: multiple companies in the industrial chain have released preliminary earnings announcements for the first half of the year, showing improved profitability trends from core components to complete machine integration; simultaneously, leading global companies are accelerating mass production, with capacity construction and order verification entering a critical window period. Analysts believe that the humanoid robot industry is gradually shifting from the initial concept-driven phase to a new stage of capacity implementation and performance realization. Coupled with multiple factors such as the IPOs of leading companies and the accelerated commercialization of leading domestic and international manufacturers, the medium- to long-term investment logic of the sector is receiving strong support from fundamentals. The short-term correction may be a normal digestion of the previous gains by the market. With the profit inflection point approaching in each link of the industrial chain, the humanoid robot sector is expected to usher in a new development stage of resonance both domestically and internationally. (China Securities Journal)
CITIC Securities: Significant fluctuations will not alter the AI supercycle; emphasize the importance of domestic computing power as a "Plan B".
According to Mars Finance, CITIC Securities points out that news of Meta's plan to lease out some of its computing power has once again triggered market concerns about computing power oversupply. This, coupled with concerns about cloud vendors' cash flow pressures, the continued rise in upstream prices, the slowdown in Capex growth, and overcrowding in AI transactions in recent months, is the main reason for the significant volatility in tech stocks. In the short term, Meta's move is primarily aimed at revitalizing its existing, outdated computing power assets. Considering its continued development of advanced models and investment in next-generation computing hardware, leasing out computing power is not contradictory to further increasing its investment in computing power. Furthermore, since computing power rental fees have continued to rise recently, concerns about computing power oversupply are unfounded. This round of tech stock adjustments is more of a deleveraging and rebalancing process in the recent global liquidity tightening environment, rather than a reversal of the AI industry trend. For the medium to long term, it is crucial to pay close attention to whether the next few months will see a similar breakthrough in AI capabilities as seen with OpenClaw and Coding Agent at the beginning of the year. In addition, it has been observed that after overseas AI assets entered a phase of high crowding, high correlation, and high volatility, international funds are beginning to seek differentiated sources of return. Domestic computing power with differentiated value, dubbed "Plan B," remains resilient and is expected to attract foreign investment. With the earnings season approaching, we recommend focusing on sub-sectors with high earnings certainty and reasonable valuations: In terms of growth prospects, we recommend domestic FAB (Featured Adhesives and Materials) and equipment sectors with positive narratives, as well as the optical communication sector with relatively low valuations; in the price increase chain, segments with high AI exposure and those that have already experienced price increases have a higher probability of realizing their earnings gains, such as memory and upstream PCB industries. (Cailian Press)