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5⃣"While such buybacks at cheap valuations theoretically benefit all shareholders, the shares bought back are not cancelled. They remain available – if necessary – to be on-sold by directors to friendly parties if control ever needs to be more fully secured."

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3⃣ "Low dividends keep cash receipts and stock prices down – just the way many controlling shareholders like it."

4⃣ "The creative methods some controlling shareholders use to extract cash": related party transactions (e.g. selling property to the company they control at eye-popping valuation, royalty payments).

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2⃣ "The outsized political power of a tiny number of powerful families that control companies. These families benefit from unusual laws that serve their interests, and disregard the interests of other investors."

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An interesting piece on the reasons for huge valuation discounts of Korean companies (by Federated Hermes):

1⃣ "The high effective inheritance tax that applies in South Korea to large estates, which (after surcharges) can be as high as 60%." This forces controlling shareholders to extract value from companies in other ways.

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$BABA cutting cloud prices by 20%. This is the second cut in a year (the first one was 50%). I guess we can forget about Cloud profitability for a while now.

Apparently, Alibaba is still the market leader in China cloud, followed by Huawei and Tencent.
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The arrival of Bitcoin ETFs on Wall Street shakes up the crypto market, possibly reshaping digital asset investment strategies. #BitcoinETF
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India greenlights $15 billion investment for semiconductor manufacturing, marking a significant tech industry milestone. #Semiconductor
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Webull announces its entry into the public market with a massive $7.3 billion SPAC deal, signaling growth in the online trading sector. #Webull
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