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Tonghuashun 7/24

In July, the deadweight tonnage of cargo ships departing from China’s major ports increased 56.4% year-on-year

2026/8/8 09:31:39

In July, the deadweight tonnage of cargo ships departing from China’s major ports rose 56.4% year-on-year, a sharp increase of 38.9 percentage points from the growth rate in June. As a “barometer” of foreign trade performance, the sharp growth of port freight indicators reflects the remarkable effectiveness of the country’s policies to “stabilize scale and optimize structure” for foreign trade this year, and the continuous enhancement of China’s foreign trade resilience.

UBS: Gold’s rally has solid support, prices are expected to approach $5,000 next year

2026/8/8 09:27:26

The team of Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi, Chief Investment Officer of UBS, recently released an analysis stating that the current gold rally is supported by fundamentals, and gold prices are expected to approach $5,000 per ounce in the first half of 2027. The team predicts that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged this year and restart rate cuts in 2027, which will push down real yields and weigh on the US dollar, benefiting investment demand for gold.

Shanghai Export Container Composite Freight Index stood at 3276.14 points on August 7, up 2.2% from the previous period

2026/8/8 08:52:33

On August 7, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange (in preparation) released the latest Shanghai Export Container Composite Freight Index at 3276.14 points, up 2.2% from the previous period. Combined with data released by the General Administration of Customs, China’s US dollar-denominated exports rose 23.9% year-on-year in July, maintaining a high growth rate. The strong export performance will provide long-term support for the stable development of China’s export container shipping market.

Yesterday saw an overall net capital outflow of 26.595 billion yuan from ETFs

2026/8/8 08:43:15

According to Tonghuashun iFinD data, ETFs saw an overall net outflow of 26.595 billion yuan on August 7, 2026, of which equity ETFs recorded a net outflow of 27.872 billion yuan, with broad-base ETFs being the main source of outflows at 22.811 billion yuan. The top three ETFs by net outflow on the day were China Southern CSI 1000 ETF (512100), Huatai-PineBridge CSI 300 ETF (510300), and China AMC CSI 1000 ETF (159845), with net outflows of 4.923 billion yuan, 2.736 billion yuan, and 2.309 billion yuan respectively.

Trump announces $3 billion investment in critical minerals

2026/8/8 08:05:38

On August 7 local time, US President Donald Trump announced that the federal government will invest $3 billion in multiple critical mineral and battery-related projects. This investment aims to increase US domestic production capacity in related fields, will directly support the US national security strategy and industrial policy layout going forward, and provide support for the development of the domestic critical mineral supply chain and battery industry. (Source: CCTV International News)

Offline consumption in China continued to heat up in July, with consumer payment amount rising 2.2% year-on-year

2026/8/8 07:53:51

[Short Summary] July leading indicators released by the National Information Center of the National Development and Reform Commission (source: CCTV News) show that domestic offline consumption continued to heat up that month, with consumer payment amount increasing 2.2% year-on-year, 0.8 percentage points faster than the previous month, driving coordinated improvement in goods and services consumption. The operating vitality of small and medium-sized merchants has increased steadily: the physical business vitality index rose 3.1% month-on-month, and both the physical merchant operating health index and offline consumer vitality index increased month-on-month.

Eastmoney 7/24

Tencent heavily pushes WorkBuddy as a core strategic product

2026/8/8 09:42:00

According to information obtained by Jiemian News from relevant personnel at Tencent CSIG, Tencent’s AI application WorkBuddy has now been listed as one of the products with the highest internal strategic priority, and it is internally circulated as the third strategic-level product after QQ and WeChat. Pony Ma personally participates in product meetings for this project, and most resource requests for computing power, technology, marketing, etc. can be approved quickly, with extremely high internal resource allocation tilting towards the project.

Investigation | Behind the booming Unitree IPO, the $10 billion “robot dressing” track is yet to reach mass production

2026/8/8 09:41:03

Recently, Unitree Technology launched its IPO at an issue price of 150.8 yuan, boosting investment enthusiasm in the robotics track. The industry generally recognizes the trillion-level application space of the robotics track, and the entire upstream and downstream industrial chain has been mobilized. Among them, the “robot dressing” segment that customizes exterior outfits for robots has quietly emerged. Elon Musk estimates its potential scale to be tens of billions of dollars, and while the track is yet to achieve mass production, all parties have accelerated their layout.

Jinan issues another 50 million yuan in new car purchase subsidies, applications open August 20

2026/8/8 09:31:01

According to an announcement by the Jinan Municipal Bureau of Commerce on August 7, the local government will officially launch the application process for the 2026 “Full Power · Quancheng Purchase” new car purchase subsidy at 10:00 on August 20. The total scale of this subsidy is 50 million yuan, targeting eligible individuals and entities that purchase new non-operating passenger vehicles from participating car companies in Jinan. There are no restrictions on household registration or license plate registration region, and subsidies will be suspended once the allocated funds are exhausted.

Wuhan will add a new high-speed railway station

2026/8/8 09:29:22

[Short Summary] The project involves the construction of the station building of Wuhan Yangtze New Area Station on the new Hefei-Wuhan high-speed railway and related works in the Tianhe Station area. A pre-qualification announcement for the project was recently released, confirming that Yangtze New Area Station will start construction in September 2026 and be completed in June 2028, with a construction period of 668 days. The station is located in north-central Wuhan, 22.86 km west of Tianhe Station and about 24.7 km east of Hong’an Station, and will optimize the layout of the regional high-speed rail network. (Full text 119 words)

NVIDIA to invest up to $3 billion in Lancium

2026/8/8 09:27:01

[Financial Short Summary] Entities involved: Global semiconductor leader NVIDIA, Lancium, an AI computing infrastructure service provider powered by renewable energy. Core event: NVIDIA announced it will make a strategic investment of up to $3 billion in Lancium. This investment is expected to improve NVIDIA’s green AI computing layout and reduce long-term operating costs, while providing funding and ecosystem resource support for Lancium’s computing infrastructure expansion.

In July, the deadweight tonnage of cargo ships departing from China’s major ports increased 56.4% year-on-year

2026/8/8 09:26:15

In July, the deadweight tonnage of cargo ships departing from China’s major ports rose 56.4% year-on-year, a sharp increase of 38.9 percentage points from the growth rate in June. Among them, the deadweight tonnage of ro-ro cargo ships increased 87.1% year-on-year, confirming that automobile exports maintain a high growth trend. As a barometer of foreign trade, this data highlights the effectiveness of foreign trade stabilization policies that focus on stabilizing scale and optimizing structure, and further demonstrates the advantages of China’s foreign trade resilience, complete industrial system, and diversified market layout.

Yahoo Finance

Veteran manager buys 2 ETFs as market shifts

2026/8/7 10:03:00

A senior overseas asset manager with years of investment experience purchased two ETFs as the market recently entered a style shift window. The specific underlying indices tracked by the two ETFs have not yet been disclosed. This move is seen by the market as a bullish signal from professional investors for the post-shift market trend, and can serve as a reference for ordinary investors to track institutional allocation logic.

Jim Cramer on Microsoft (MSFT): “Glad We Held On to It Because They Did a Great Job”

2026/8/7 02:51:15

[Financial Short Summary] Entity involved: 美股 tech giant Microsoft (ticker MSFT). Event: Well-known financial commentator Jim Cramer recently stated publicly that his team is glad they did not reduce their Microsoft holdings earlier, recognizing Microsoft’s business operation results in recent years. Cramer’s views have certain influence among US retail investors, and this statement may slightly boost the holding confidence of some individual investors in Microsoft. Currently, Microsoft’s AI commercialization and cloud business growth are its core fundamental supports.

Datadog Plunges On Revenue Outlook. Is OpenAI Behind Guidance?

2026/8/7 02:59:59

Entity involved: 美股-listed cloud observability service provider Datadog. The company recently released revenue guidance for the next fiscal period that was significantly lower than the market consensus, and its stock price plummeted immediately after the announcement. The market currently widely speculates that the weak performance guidance may be related to OpenAI reducing its procurement of related services from Datadog, and this rumor has not been publicly confirmed by either party.