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In the field of investing, business cycles have always served as an important reference. Whether it's fluctuations in the macroeconomy or the ups and downs of corporate earnings, these cycles play a crucial role. Charles Brandes, a distinguished disciple of Benjamin Graham, founded Brandes Investment Partners in 1974 and has since grown its assets under management from $130 million to over $75 billion. The firm’s Brandes Global Equity Fund achieved an impressive 20-year annualized return of 17.91%, significantly outperforming the MSCI World Index, and has received Morningstar's five-star rating along with numerous international awards. Another flagship product, the AGF International Value Fund, has also demonstrated outstanding long-term performance. Brandes himself has been repeatedly ranked among the world’s top fund managers.

In Part 1, we discussed the policy background driving the development of China’s IC design industry, including a comparison of the current status and trend analysis of selected IC firms in both Taiwan and China. In this section, we will further explore the development of the IC design industry from several perspectives, including a comparison of revenue trends between Taiwan and China. Additionally, we will examine the top 10 Taiwanese IC design companies with the highest and lowest R&D investments during the first three quarters of 2024, analyzing the differences in their R&D resource allocation. With the latest and most insightful analysis of the IC industry, you will not miss the hottest trends covered here.

In the field of investment, the "business cycle" has always been an important reference point. Fluctuations in the overall economy, corporate earnings, and market sentiment all show distinct characteristics during different stages of the cycle. Therefore, being able to grasp the movements of the business cycle can help investors more accurately adjust their asset allocations and gain a relative advantage in the market.

With the development of AI applications in recent years, many industries have benefited from it, and Taiwan's semiconductor industry is no exception. However, as the Chinese government continues to follow up and use policies to support local industries, the pressure on Taiwan's IC design companies is increasing day by day. How will Taiwanese manufacturers deal with the threat posed by the rapid rise of Chinese companies? This article is divided into two parts. The first part covers the policy background of China's IC design industry development, and includes a comparison of the current status and trend analysis of selected IC firms in Taiwan and China.

The Zipline engine, integrated within TQuant Lab, offers a high-quality and realistic backtesting framework. It leverages four core functions—initialize、handle_data、analyze、run_algorithm——to construct a comprehensive simulation environment. These components enable trading strategies to dynamically adjust to market conditions, incorporating elements such as slippage and transaction costs to ensure that backtest results closely reflect real-world performance. This article begins with a brief overview of the four key components and their applications. It then focuses in detail on the initialize function, exploring its specific configurations and role within the backtesting process.

Preface In financial investment, mastering accurate and comprehensive data is an indispensable skill, and effectively managing stock pools and acquiring stock price data is the key to unlocking this skill. With the tools and APIs provided by TQuant Lab, we can easily define screening criteria, quickly establish stock pools that meet specific requirements, and retrieve […]

Since the launch of ChatGPT, the world has begun to witness the transformative power of AI. While much of the spotlight remains on ChatGPT, a Chinese AI model has quietly emerged on the global stage—DeepSeek. It boasts a training cost of  just 1/20 of OpenAI’s and 1/10 of Meta’s. Recently, DeepSeek has even received recognition from tech giants including Apple’s Tim Cook, NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Amazon’s Andy Jassy, Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg. This article will explore the impact of "DeepSeek" on Taiwan's electronics industry.

Taiwan’s stock market is a shallow dish market. A shallow dish means it has no depth and is susceptible to external shocks. In contrast, the stock market is easily disturbed by external forces. It has significant ups and downs, such as being influenced by news or large purchases of a single stock by large investors, which can significantly affect stock price performance. This article uses several chip data to explore the impact on stock prices when chips are concentrated in stock and presents them in an interactive chart.

Traditional Ichimoku strategies rely on fixed parameters (9-26-52) and visual interpretation, making them inflexible in adapting to different market conditions. XGBoost learns complex high-dimensional relationships between different data points and enhances the filtering and decision-making process of trading signals. This article use XGBoost to enhance investment performance of Ichimoku Cloud.