1. Just not long ago$TENCENT(00700)$ Tencent announced it was divesting JD and it caused JD share price to tank. Yesterday, Tencent sold $3b worth of$Sea Ltd(SE)$ Sea shares at $208 each. Sea share price dropped 11.4% to $197.84.2. Tencent's stake in Sea has declined from 21.3% to 18.7% after the sale. Tencent will be restricted to sell Sea shares during the next six months. But I believe the divestment will continue thereafter, adding more selling pressure Sea shares.3. This means that Tencent can raise another US$20.52 billion if it eventually divest everything at today Sea's market cap.4. With the current $3b sale in Sea and $16.4b sale in JD.com, Tencent is sitting o
$1. High growth tech stocks have taken a beating like never before. Compared to the last correction in Feb-Mar 2021, this correction that started in Nov 2021 is deeper than that. Momentum has suggested these trends have been broken and momentum is now on the other direction. $ARK Innovation ETF(ARKK)$ ARK Innovation ETF, as a representative of high growth tech stocks, is down 16% in the last one month while Energy Select SPDR ETF gained 6% in the same period.2. This is likely due to the interest rate increment that is looming and growth stocks' reliance on future value will be worth much less today. On the other hand traditional sectors such as energy, industrials and materials are coming up as they benefit from rising prices.3.