**Key Takeaways** Global equities, including A-shares, faced significant declines this week as expectations for a Fed rate cut this year diminished.
Looking ahead, with major indices just breaching their trendlines and global market volatility persisting, we anticipate short-term adjustments and gradual stabilization. Notably, after Q4's market "rebalancing," some broad-based indices have seen sufficient corrections, making blind stop-loss unnecessary at current levels. Over the longer term, we maintain that the systemic "slow bull" market remains intact, poised to enter a "second phase" post-adjustment.
**Investment Strategy** Given our outlook—short-term adjustments ongoing, certain indices nearing support, and the slow bull market enduring—we advise: - **Timing**: Avoid herd-driven panic selling. Hold positions and await stabilization, using the brokerage sector (now rebounding above annual support with high elasticity) as a signal for re-entry. - **Sector/Stock Allocation**: Differentiate holdings. Exit recently broken high-position stocks but retain undervalued sectors (e.g., brokerages, consumer, property, state-owned infrastructure) and lagging stocks above annual support.
**Weekly Market Recap (2025-11-17 to 2025-11-21)** 1. **Indices**: A-shares fell amid global volatility. 2. **Sectors**: Broad-based declines; banking and F&B showed resilience. 3. **Sentiment**: Lower Shanghai-Shenzhen turnover; futures discounts widened. 4. **Flows**: Margin balances dipped slightly; healthcare ETFs led inflows. 5. **Quantitative Metrics**: Valuations retreated.
**Catalysts** 1. China suspended Japanese seafood imports. 2. Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met U.S. Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns. 3. LPR rates held steady for the sixth consecutive month.
**Outlook** With the SSE Index breaking its uptrend, A-shares have shifted from a "dual-track" pattern (weighted gains vs. STAR/ChiNext volatility) to synchronized adjustments across indices. While near-term consolidation is likely, prolonged corrections in indices like the Hang Seng Tech (-55% from peaks, nearing annual support) and STAR 50 (-40% from highs) suggest limited downside. The slow bull market, supported by macro, policy, liquidity, and valuation factors, is expected to resume post-consolidation.
**Risks** - Slower-than-expected domestic recovery. - Geopolitical uncertainties.
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