Blue Lotus China New Economy Research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Eric Wen

Blue Lotus China New Economy Research

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/xpeng-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29217:1" rel="noopener"> BABA/PDD/JD/ZTO/1519.HK/: Express parcel volume grew +20% YoY during first week of 11.11 Shopping (+) </a></li>
<li>BEKE: Property Update - Mild recovery for existing home sales in October and 1st week of November</li>
<li>XPEV: Xpeng, Huawei dispute over Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) (-)</li>
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 BABA/PDD/JD/ZTO/1519.HK/: Express parcel volume grew +20% YoY during first week of 11.11 Shopping (+) 
BEKE: Property Update - Mild recovery for existing home sales in October and 1st week of November
XPEV: Xpeng, Huawei dispute over Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) (-)


[Blue Lotus Daily]BABA/PDD/JD/ZTO/BEKE/XPEV/NIO/LI/BGNE

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<li>The rapid ascending Huawei EV ecosystem is threatening everyone except BYD and Tesla. XPEV is the next in line after NIO;</li>
<li>We do view Xiaomi as offering an alternative to Huawei to present a unified IOT user experience. But now is too early to judge Xiaomi’s success and XPEV’s role;</li>
<li>We cut the TP from US$24.3 to US$18 and maintain BUY.</li>
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The rapid ascending Huawei EV ecosystem is threatening everyone except BYD and Tesla. XPEV is the next in line after NIO;
We do view Xiaomi as offering an alternative to Huawei to present a unified IOT user experience. But now is too early to judge Xiaomi’s success and XPEV’s role;
We cut the TP from US$24.3 to US$18 and maintain BUY.


[XPeng Inc. (XPEV US, BUY, TP US$18) Target Price Change]: Does Xiaopeng Need Xiaomi to Survive?

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>After a spike higher in fund ownership in 2021, active Asia Ex-Japan funds are beginning to close out positions.</li>
<li>Funds including T.Rowe Price, LO Funds and Nikko AM have closed out exposure this year.</li>
<li>JD.com remains a very well owned stock among institutional investors, at a time when performance is anything but stellar so far this year.</li>
</ul>


After a spike higher in fund ownership in 2021, active Asia Ex-Japan funds are beginning to close out positions.
Funds including T.Rowe Price, LO Funds and Nikko AM have closed out exposure this year.
JD.com remains a very well owned stock among institutional investors, at a time when performance is anything but stellar so far this year.


China/Asia TMT

Shawn Yang

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<li>PDD/BABA/4385JP：TikTok Shop US opened up, initial target categories in Mercari, ETSY and eBay（/）</li>
<li>BABA ：rumor says Taobao/Tmall looking to shuffle CEO（ / ）</li>
<li>LI/NIO/XPEV: AITO’s sales performance during the National Day holiday see good performance（-）</li>
</ul>


PDD/BABA/4385JP：TikTok Shop US opened up, initial target categories in Mercari, ETSY and eBay（/）
BABA ：rumor says Taobao/Tmall looking to shuffle CEO（ / ）
LI/NIO/XPEV: AITO’s sales performance during the National Day holiday see good performance（-）


China TMT Update Oct.12-Pdd/Baba/4385jp/BABA/LI/NIO/XPEV-TikTok Shop US/Taobao Management Change

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<li>BABA：SME merchants benefited from new Taobao rules ( + )</li>
<li>LI/NIO/XPEV: The cumulative large deposit order volume of Wenjie’s new M7 has exceeded 50,000 units(-)</li>
<li>Gaming Industry: August Market Sustains Ongoing Recovery with Impressive 46% YoY Growth in Domestic Market(+)</li>
</ul>


BABA：SME merchants benefited from new Taobao rules ( + )
LI/NIO/XPEV: The cumulative large deposit order volume of Wenjie’s new M7 has exceeded 50,000 units(-)
Gaming Industry: August Market Sustains Ongoing Recovery with Impressive 46% YoY Growth in Domestic Market(+)


China TMT Update-Oct.10-Baba/LI/NIO/XPEV/Tencent/NetEase-Huawei Wenjie's New M7/New Taobao Rules

China

Li Auto Inc. manufactures automobiles. The Company designs, develops, and sells smart new energy electric sport utility vehicles. Li Auto conducts businesses in China.

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[Blue Lotus Daily]BABA/PDD/JD/ZTO/BEKE/XPEV/NIO/LI/BGNE

Daily news including JD.com, Alibaba, PDD Holdings, ZTO Express Cayman, J&T Global Express, KE Holdings, XPeng, and Li Auto.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[XPeng Inc. (XPEV US, BUY, TP US$18) Target Price Change]: Does Xiaopeng Need Xiaomi to Survive?

Huawei's EV ecosystem poses a threat to many, except BYD and Tesla. XPEV follows NIO, while Xiaomi's success and XPEV's role are yet to be...

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JD.Com: Losing Its Appeal?

JD.com remains a very well owned stock among institutional investors, at a time when performance is anything but stellar so far this year.

Steven Holden

China TMT Update Oct.12-Pdd/Baba/4385jp/BABA/LI/NIO/XPEV-TikTok Shop US/Taobao Management Change

TikTok Shop US opened up; rumor says Taobao/Tmall looking to shuffle CEO; AITO’s sales performance during the National Day holiday see good...

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China TMT Update-Oct.10-Baba/LI/NIO/XPEV/Tencent/NetEase-Huawei Wenjie's New M7/New Taobao Rules

SME merchants benefited from new Taobao rules/The cumulative large deposit order volume of Wenjie’s new M7 has exceeded 50,000 units(-)/ August...

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