Tech Megatrend Monthly Report | February

18 February 2022

 Equally Weighted ETF Monthly Report: Key Takeaways

  • Despite market volatility – Tech bellweathers delivered impressive earnings, surprising analysts. [1]
  • Microsoft’s $70bn acquisition of Gamer, Activision Blizzard - boosted Digital Entertainment stocks. [2]
  • ITEK’s 110 Equal Weightings limited the fallout from Blockchain and other Tech areas. [3]
  • All subthemes suffered - Blockchain down 27.5%, Genomics 15.0% and Cybersecurity 14.7%. [3]
  • Social Media down 5.9% and Cloud off 8.6% were relatively better performers in January. [4]
  • Top contributors this month - represent mostly Digital Entertainment, Cloud and Social Media. [4]
  • Activision gained 18.9%, Kuaishou Tech 22.1%, Weibo 11.9%, Baidu 7.4%, Alibaba  5.9%, Bristol-Myers 5.0% and Nintendo up 4.6% - led returns. [3]
  • ITEK’s global mix boosting gains - US weighting at 56.6%, China 14.7%, Canada 5.2%, Japan 6.2%, Germany 4.9%. [3]
  • Top 5 holdings equal just 8%, and Top 10 only 14% of the portfolio. [3]
  • Unlike Nasdaq and most Tech indices which are overweight Big Tech; ITEK’s FAANG weight is under 6% - versus 40%+ in the Nasdaq 100. [3]

Please note that all performance figures are showing net data. Past performance is not an indicator for future results and should not be the sole factor of consideration when selecting a product.

 

Macro Outlook

Apple posted record 4th qtr results - sales up 11%. Supply chain issues improving. All Apple’s product lines grew YoY, except iPads. [5]  

Microsoft's Cloud-infrastructure service, Azure, grew by 46% YoY. [6]

China EV sales more than double in 2021 – up 154%. [7]

Big Tech deals continue in Healthcare – Oracle agreed $30bn deal for Cerner  [8]

Cloud computing set to double revenues by 2028 – boosted by WFH & Cybersecurity. [9]

 

Year to Date (31.01.2022)

Subtheme Contribution

Total Return (%)

% Average Weight

% Approx. Performance of Theme

Blockchain

-2.82

10.24

-27.54

Robotics & AI

-2.29

17.43

-13.14

Genomics

-1.93

12.84

-15.03

Cybersecurity

-1.89

12.85

-14.71

Future Cars

-1.84

14.27

-12.89

Digital Entertainment

-1.67

12.59

-13.26

Cloud Computing

-1.17

13.64

-8.58

Social Media

-0.34

5.75

-5.91

Source: Solactive (31.01.2022) For illustrative purposes only. Please note that all performance figures are showing net data.

 

Equally Weighted ETF and Index Performance (As of 31.01.2022)

 

1M

3M

6M

YTD

1Y

2Y

3Y

SI

HAN-GINS Tech Megatrend UCITS ETF

-14.00%

-20.96%

-16.46%

-14.00%

-10.36%

47.74%

76.33%

73.44%

Solactive Innovative Technologies Index (NTR)

-13.97% 

-20.88%

-16.28%

-13.97%

-10.04%

48.93%

79.29%

75.93%

Past performance for the index is in USD. Past performance is not an indicator for future results and should not be the sole factor of consideration when selecting a product. Investors should read the prospectus of the Issuer (“Prospectus”) before investing and should refer to the section of the Prospectus entitled ‘Risk Factors’ for further details of risks associated with an investment in this product. Source: Bloomberg / HANetf. Data as of 31/01/2022. Please note that all performance figures are showing net data.

 

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