On the morning of October 23 (26/10/23), major A-share indices continued their volatile adjustment pattern, with market sentiment still in a low-level repair phase.
Alongside the earlier correction, the dividend yield of the CSI 300 Index has been climbing steadily since August this year. As of October 22, the index's trailing twelve-month dividend yield returned to 3%, reaching 3.02%, a new high since July 17, 2025. Meanwhile, with the 10-year government bond yield continuing to decline, the spread between the CSI 300 Index dividend yield and that yield exceeded 94.62% of the time over the past decade (16/10/22-26/10/22), suggesting that its allocation value may be significant amid the volatile market. (Data source: Wind, data as of 26/10/22. The risk characteristics of investing in government bonds and stocks differ; investors should fully consider investment risks when making investments.)
Looking back at this round of adjustment, the market's downward pressure and panic sentiment among funds may mainly stem from overseas macroeconomic uncertainties and volatility in overseas technology sectors. Guosen Securities noted that the market is currently digesting pessimistic expectations such as slowing growth in AI capital expenditure, and three catalysts could be watched for a subsequent recovery: first, improvement in external disruptions, such as easing overseas inflation pressure, reduced expectations of liquidity tightening, and weakened risk appetite suppression; second, alleviation of crowded technology positioning, with long-term foreign capital and private fund holdings having clearly retreated, while short-term foreign capital and leveraged funds still need further clearing; third, a combination of improved stock market liquidity and eased fundamental concerns, such as market stabilization forces entering the market alongside positive fundamental expectations, boosting market confidence. (Information source: Guosen Securities, "Market Stabilization Requires Three Catalysts," published on 26/10/17.)
While waiting for these factors to gradually become clearer, core broad-based indices with relatively reasonable valuations, diversified holdings, and balanced coverage of domestic blue-chip assets may become one of the important vehicles for absorbing market volatility and helping funds with base position allocation. From recent fund flow trends, Wind data shows that since September 22, broad-based ETFs in the A-share market have attracted over RMB 246.983 billion in net inflows over 17 consecutive trading days (26/9/22-10/22) against the trend, of which ETFs tracking the CSI 300 Index collectively attracted RMB 91.165 billion, accounting for nearly 40% (36.91%). (Data source: Wind, data as of 26/10/22.)
As a popular ETF product tracking the CSI 300 Index, the market's first CSI 300 ETF — Huatai-PineBridge CSI 300 ETF (510300) — has also gained favor from funds amid the wave of intensive inflows into broad-based ETFs. Wind data shows that after the product's single-day turnover hit a new high since late July on October 16, it saw another surge in volume on October 22, with single-day turnover reaching RMB 14.627 billion, an increase of over 146% compared to the previous trading day, reflecting the willingness of medium- and long-term funds to position in A-share core assets amid the volatile environment. (Data source: Wind, as of 26/10/22; the product's single-day turnover on 26/10/21 was RMB 5.943 billion. Huatai-PineBridge CSI 300 ETF was established on 12/5/4.)
In addition, the current investment value of the CSI 300 Index is also strongly supported by fundamentals and policy. On one hand, the third-quarter earnings disclosure window has opened. According to listed company announcements, as of October 21, 172 A-share companies had disclosed third-quarter earnings forecasts, with 109 companies forecasting profit growth, accounting for approximately 63.4%. Among them, 25 constituent stocks of the CSI 300 Index had disclosed earnings forecasts, with a profit-growth forecast ratio as high as 88%, highlighting the earnings resilience of leading enterprises. On the other hand, from October 19 to 22, the 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting was held in Beijing. This year's forum made systematic arrangements around market stabilization mechanisms, medium- and long-term capital entering the market, and inclusive reforms, and proposed numerous heavyweight measures including promoting the further improvement of long-cycle assessment mechanisms adapted to long-term investment. This means that the behavior of medium- and long-term funds such as insurance capital and pension funds allocating to core broad-based indices is expected to shift from short-term support to normalization, and the CSI 300 Index, as one of the concentrated vehicles for A-share core assets, may continue to benefit from this institutional change. (Data source: Listed company announcements, Wind.)
It is understood that Huatai-PineBridge CSI 300 ETF (510300) is among the first batch of cross-market ETFs in China, serving as the designated spot underlying for the Shanghai Stock Exchange CSI 300 ETF options contracts and as a margin trading and securities lending target. Its average daily turnover year-to-date reached RMB 5.915 billion, demonstrating notable liquidity advantages. In addition, according to the 2026 semi-annual fund report, Huatai-PineBridge CSI 300 ETF (510300) recorded a profit of RMB 19.043 billion in the first half of 2026, with the number of unitholders reaching 511,900 as of June 30, indicating strong investor favor. (Huatai-PineBridge CSI 300 ETF was established on 12/5/4. Unitholder data source: fund periodic reports; profit data source: fund periodic reports — current period profit, as of 26/6/30; turnover data source: Wind, period 26/1/1-26/10/22.)
Regarding product fee rates, Huatai-PineBridge CSI 300 ETF (510300) has a management fee rate and custodian fee rate of 0.15% per year and 0.05% per year, respectively, both at the lowest tier of fee structures among equity index products in the current A-share market, providing a powerful tool for investors to allocate to the A-share market at low cost and achieve long-term investment. (Data source: product legal documents, as of 26/10/19.)
The manager of Huatai-PineBridge CSI 300 ETF (510300), Huatai-PineBridge Fund, is among the first batch of ETF managers in China, having deeply cultivated the index investment field for nearly 20 years and committed to building ETF products with transparent investment targets, convenient trading, and rich strategy types. As of the end of June 2026, the company's ETFs had cumulatively generated over RMB 180.6 billion in profits for unitholders over the past two years, and its ETFs had cumulatively distributed RMB 32.057 billion in dividends since inception. MACD golden cross signals have formed; these stocks are performing well!
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