The TAIEX is likely to hover between 13,000 and 15,000 points in the first and second quarters of next year as it enters consolidation mode, before rallying in the third quarter and climbing to 16,800 points in the fourth quarter, Capital Investment Management Corp (群益證投顧) said yesterday.
The TAIEX yesterday closed up 1.06 percent at 14,483.07 points, a record high, Taiwan Stock Exchange data showed.
The index is expected to face correction pressure in the first quarter of next year, which is usually a low season for the local technology sector, Capital Investment chairman Andrew Tsai (蔡明彥) said in a media briefing in Taipei.
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The correction is expected to last into the second quarter, Tsai said, adding that investors tend to sell stocks with low-yield dividends before May, the beginning of the tax season, so they could pay less tax.
“While investors usually hold stocks with yields of at least 4 percent during the tax season, as the high yields would offset higher tax payments, there would be fewer stocks with high yields next year as most companies would remain cautious,” he said.
The TAIEX is projected to move to a range of 14,000 to 15,500 points in the third quarter, as the local technology sector would benefit from more orders in the peak season, Tsai said.
“Experts have predicted that herd immunity [for COVID-19] would be achieved in the third quarter, which would have a mixed effect on the market. Investors would feel relieved and be more optimistic, but governments might consider ending their quantitative easing programs,” he said.
Another risk the local stock market would face is volatility in the US stock market, which would be affected by US president-elect Joe Biden’s policies, Washington’s tax increases on the rich, tighter regulations on Facebook Inc, Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Netflix Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google, and an overheating of the initial public offering market, Tsai said.
If the US stock market does not crash and governments extend their quantitative easing programs, it is possible that the TAIEX would advance to 16,800 points at most in the fourth quarter, he said.
Capital Investment has an upbeat outlook for local biotech companies, due to rising demand for COVID-19 test reagents and vaccines. It is optimistic about the marine shipping sector on the back of robust demand, as well as sports and leisure equipment companies thanks to higher demand for fitness products, it said.
It also has an upbeat outlook for airlines, as border controls are expected to relax next year, and people might opt to travel on regional routes, such as from Taiwan to Southeast Asia, it said.
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