Why has the Nasdaq Index been rising continuously?

Even if you look only at Chinese companies, you can probably sense why the Nasdaq and Hong Kong stock markets’ rallies could persist over the long term. ICBC, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank: epitomes of low-volatility, high-dividend stocks—winners of debt-driven expansion. China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom: licensed monopolies that brazenly resist regulation; expanding operations in developing countries while maintaining tariff levels comparable to those of their peers in developed nations. PetroChina, Sinopec: licensed monopolies that brazenly resist regulation; raising prices when global oil prices rise—and also raising prices when global oil prices fall. China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone: an extraordinary enterprise—details too sensitive to elaborate. Vanke: struggling. Conch Cement: a blood bag for the Luhe Railway project. Yihai International (Jinlongyu): leader in the edible oil and grain sector—foreign investors may list but are not allowed to profit. Shein: an Eastern miracle—Chinese firms may profit freely but are barred from listing; go wherever you please. NARI Technology (State Grid Electric Power Research Institute): a subsidiary of the State Grid—profitable and publicly listed. BAIC BluePark: perpetually unprofitable yet publicly listed; every share issuance deepens its losses. 'Far Ahead': So far ahead that it doesn’t even need to raise capital via listing. ByteDance: When will it finally go public? Ant Group: fails to meet the main board’s requirements regarding stability of actual controllers. miHoYo: a niche, aesthetically refined company—excessively concentrated ownership disqualifies it from listing. 600519 (Kweichow Moutai): a traditional-sector industry leader with extremely high concentration—‘the first stock’.

Why have U.S. equities surged again to record highs?

This is my view: Since last November, major institutional investors had already learned—through insider channels—that Trump was planning to take action against Iran. Immediately afterward, they launched unlimited suppression of the Nasdaq, spinning cautionary tales—first targeting Oracle’s earnings report, then Broadcom’s, and when the broader tech sector proved resilient, they turned to software firms and the Magnificent Seven (M7), executing ‘halo trades’. If this were indeed the driving factor, the Nasdaq could deliver outsized catch-up gains in 2026 (having underperformed emerging markets and closely tracked the S&P 500 over the prior two years). But if such a sharp rally is merely intended to squeeze short sellers ahead of an impending crisis, then all bets are off.

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