A-shares opened slightly lower: the Shanghai Composite Index fell by 0.09%, and sectors such as communications, media and entertainment, and brokerages were among the top losers.

The three major A-share stock indexes opened slightly lower, with the Shanghai Composite Index down 0.09%, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Index down 0.10% and the Growth Enterprise Market Index down 0.07%. The media, entertainment, communications, Internet, real estate, semiconductors, brokerages, IT equipment and other sectors were among the top losers, while the tourism, automobile, coal and medicine sectors rose slightly.

FTSE China A50 index futures opened lower on the basis of closing up 0.01% in the previous trading day and night, and are now down 0.06%.

The Nikkei 225 index opened up 0.3%. The Seoul Composite Index opened 0.21% higher.

Institutional strategy:

Huatai securities strategy research report believes that the all-A risk premium falls back to the rolling one-year average and then rises again. Structurally, the theme, bonus and boom sectors that took turns during the year were all under pressure, while the sectors such as travel chain and real estate chain, which had little marginal change in fundamentals but were fully adjusted in the early stage, quietly strengthened, or reflected two potential changes: First, under the pressure of fund ranking at the end of the year, the chips were switched between high and low, and the rotation was fast. Under the stock characteristics, the market at the end of the year may have a reversal effect. It is suggested to avoid the "depression" where the increase was too high during the year and the chips/valuation/momentum was low in stages. Second, the shell KMI index fell back to 31.7, and the real estate policies in first-tier cities continued to increase. Before the Central Economic Work Conference, the policies in the real estate/chemical bonds/capital markets were expected to heat up. Considering the above two directions, it is suggested to pay attention to travel chain/real estate chain/medicine, medicine and beauty/agriculture in the short term.

According to the latest report released by the strategy team of Industrial Securities, with the improvement of the external environment and the repair of overseas pessimism about the domestic economy, the RMB has appreciated significantly recently, and the pressure of foreign capital outflow has been eased marginally. Looking back, considering that the end of the year and the beginning of the year are also the traditional time window for foreign institutions to increase their positions in A shares, the return of foreign capital is expected to become an important driver of the market. Structurally, focusing on the value growth leader and high-quality assets such as Hong Kong stock Hang Seng Technology, driven by the recovery of foreign capital, the improvement of domestic funds, and the expectation of important conference policies at the end of the year, is expected to drive the market as a whole to usher in a wave of repair.

CICC’s latest strategy report pointed out that the market rebound since the end of October benefited from the stabilization of valuation in the context of improving investors’ risk appetite. It is suggested to pay attention to the following changes: 1) The countercyclical adjustment policy is still in the process of overweight; 2) The impact of the previous US dollar index and US bond interest rate on the A-share market has eased; 3) The valuation of A shares is still at an extreme level in history, and there is much room for repair in the future. Looking forward to the market outlook, although the A-share market has fluctuated in the short term after a sustained rebound in the previous period, the current asset price still implies investors’ more cautious expectations, so there is no need to be pessimistic about the subsequent market performance.

In terms of configuration, the recovery of risk appetite is expected to drive the small-cap style of A-shares to continue to dominate, but we need to pay attention to the degree of valuation differentiation of large and small-cap styles. Historical experience shows that large valuation differentiation may also bring short-term style rebalancing. At the industry level, it is suggested to pay attention to the investment opportunities in the semiconductor industry chain and the smart car industry chain, as well as innovative drugs that benefit from enterprises going out to sea and easing the interest rate environment.

FIFA: Saudi Arabia is the only bid for the 2034 Football World Cup.

Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, October 31 (Reporter Shan Lei) On October 31, FIFA announced that Saudi Arabian Football Association was the only football association to submit an application for hosting the 2034 Football World Cup before the deadline.

FIFA confirmed that it has received an application from Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 World Cup, and Saudi Arabia is the only country that has expressed its interest in hosting the 2034 World Cup.

Previously, FIFA had announced that the only application for hosting the 2030 World Cup was jointly submitted by the Football Associations of Morocco, Portugal and Spain. At present, these three countries have confirmed their willingness to bid. As the centenary celebration of the World Cup will be held in 2030, FIFA plans to hold a World Cup in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay, and these three countries have also confirmed their willingness to host the World Cup.

Like Morocco, Portugal and Spain, Saudi Arabia still needs to pass the FIFA audit. If these bidding countries can meet the requirements of FIFA and go through the whole bidding process, then FIFA will determine its right to host at the FIFA General Assembly at the end of 2024.

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British media talk about the reasons for the decline of football in China: they only care about the present and don’t care about the future at all.

  Recently, according to the domestic media "Netease Sports" quoted the British media "The Sun" as a report, "The Sun" specially sent a long article to analyze the collapse of Super League football, pointing out the chaos behind China football. Although all views may not be correct, the attitude of onlookers is also worth learning and reflecting.

  The British media wrote: From a seemingly rising football power to a complete failure, the prosperity and collapse of football in China are so rapid and violent. At one time, China, like Saudi Arabia now, was the focus of football all over the world. In the 2016-17 season, the Super League began to burn unparalleled money. At that time, they were the most expensive leagues in the world. Super League teams use astronomical wages to attract top players to join, so as to become a football superpower and attract the attention of the world. Their expenses amounted to 320 million pounds, including signing an Oscar from Chelsea for 60 million pounds.

  When talking about football in China, Charles Cardoso, president of a club in Sao Paulo, Brazil, said that everyone believed that China people would do something important in football. China’s transfer market is absolutely crazy. Everyone wants to send their players there because there is plenty of money there. China people think that you can play football if you have money, but money is not the whole of football. You must have correct management and planning. They only care about the present and don’t care about the future at all.

  "The Super League just threw the money out, but it didn’t have any practical effect. For more than ten years, China football has been in ruins, and many football fields have been abandoned. Guangzhou Evergrande, the most successful team in the history of Super League, has a debt of up to 240 billion pounds. Many players didn’t get paid and sued FIFA. Suning Club directly closed down. " The article also mentioned. "In fact, the top-level idea of China managers is good, and the problem lies in the following planners and executors. These people don’t know what it means to host the World Cup, let alone win it. " Dr Rob Wilson, an expert on football finance in sheffield hallam university, believes that China people are trying to buy the gap in football development in the previous 150 years with money and want to win the World Cup. Facts have proved that this is impossible.

  In addition, the report also mentioned that in April 2020, Evergrande started construction of a stadium with a capacity of 100,000 people at a cost of 1.4 billion pounds in Guangzhou. Investor Xu Jiayin said that this stadium will become a world-class landmark building like Sydney Opera House and Burj Khalifa in Dubai. However, after half of the construction, the stadium was confiscated by the government and auctioned.

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Manchester United won 2 Premier League awards! Tenghage’s best coach, Rachford: the best player is 3 consecutive teams.

Recently, the Premier League officially announced the best coach and player awards in February, and Manchester United won two best: Tenhage was elected as the best coach in February, and English international Rachford was elected as the best player in February! Among them, Tenghage was elected as the coach of the month for the second time this season, and Rachford was elected as the player of the month for the third time this season!

In February, Tenghage led Manchester United to a 3-line victory: in February, Manchester United played 4 Premier League games and scored 3 wins and 1 draw respectively! They beat Crystal Palace 2-1, played against Leeds United twice, drew 2-2 at home, won 2-0 away, and beat leicester city 3-0! In addition, Manchester United played two Carling Cup matches in February, beating Nottingham Forest 2-0, and beating Newcastle 2-0 in the final to help Manchester United win the Cup! In the Europa League play-off, Manchester United eliminated Barcelona 3-2!

This is the second time that Tenghage has won the coach of the month since he coached Manchester United. He also won the award in September last year. In that month, Manchester United played two Premier League games, beating leicester city 1-0 and beating the leader Arsenal 3-1 respectively!

Now the schedule has reached the second half. Although the last round lost to Liverpool by a big score, it still ranks third in the Premier League with a score of four points ahead of Tottenham Hotspur, and the Europa League and FA Cup are also good. We have reason to believe that Manchester United is still on the right path!

Rachford won the player of the month for the third time this season! In February, he played eight games for Manchester United, including seven games in which he scored five goals in four Premier League games, two Carling Cup games, two assists against Nottingham Forest, one goal against Newcastle in the final, a visit to Camp Nou in the Europa League, and Rachford also scored goals!

It is worth mentioning that this is the third consecutive month that Rachford won the player of the month! This season, Rachford represents Manchester United, and has scored 26 goals and 7 assists in various competitions. The number of goals has been the sum of the past two seasons (21 goals in 2020-21 season and 5 goals in 2021-22 season). There are still more than two months before the end of the league, and Rachford, who is in a state of bursting, is setting a new record for his career with every step!

Real Madrid is very worried about the findings of the procuratorate, and the emergency meeting will allow the club to appear in court.

[Real Madrid is very worried about the investigation results of the procuratorate, and the emergency meeting will allow the club to appear in court] real madrid cf recently issued a statement, saying that it will hold an emergency general meeting at noon on March 12, local time, regarding the fact that Barcelona Football Club was prosecuted by the local procuratorate in Barcelona for bribing referees for corruption.

According to AS reporter, former Real Madrid press officer Joaquín Maroto confirmed from Real Madrid sources that this general meeting will vote to approve Real Madrid to testify in this case. Real Madrid told AS that "there has been no action before because they are waiting for the judicial department to complete their work. Now that the procuratorate has submitted their appeal, it is time for Real Madrid to appear in court.

Real Madrid announced the announcement just 24 hours after the procuratorate filed an appeal, just when the Spanish Central Procuratorate accepted the prosecution of the Barcelona Procuratorate. Prior to this, Real Madrid had been patiently waiting for the judicial department to complete their work. At present, Real Madrid is very worried about the conclusion reached by the procuratorate on this matter.