Every Morning, Fund Managers' Investment Meeting Live | Executive Director Park Se-ik & Chesley Investment Advisory - Morning Brief, September 14, 2026 (Monday)

Every Morning, Fund Managers' Investment Meeting Live | Executive Director Park Se-ik & Chesley Investment Advisory [Morning Brief / 26.09.14.Mon]
Watch on YouTube ↗  |  September 14, 2026 at 00:40  |  2:15:40  |  Chesley Investment Advisory (체슬리투자자문)
Speakers
Wang Jeong — Department Head
Jun-hyuk — Assistant Manager
Moon Gi-ryang — Analyst
Park Se-ik — CEO, ex-Chief Strategist

Summary

The September 14 morning brief covered Friday's Asian and US market action, weekend geopolitical and AI news, and positioning into this week's FMOC and BOJ meetings. The team highlighted Chinese MLCC and bank themes, Bitcoin's consolidation, rising oil risk from Middle East supply disruptions, and short-term semiconductor weakness from Anthropic's AI speed-control comments. In the second half, Park Se-ik focused on Korean market timing, shipbuilding and defense opportunities, and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' engine and SMR capacity expansion. The overall tone was cautious near term but constructive on selected AI infrastructure, shipbuilding, defense, and late-year Korean equity rally setups.

  • Asian stocks fell Friday, but Chinese MLCC stocks and banks drew attention.
  • US markets rebounded Friday as oil eased and CPI matched expectations, though 10-year yields stayed near 5%.
  • Middle East pipeline and shipping attacks raised the risk of higher oil prices again.
  • Bitcoin held key support while ETF outflows and liquidity drain kept near-term momentum muted.
  • Anthropic's AI speed-control comments pressured AI sentiment, but speakers expected limited fundamental impact.
  • Park Se-ik expected KOSPI to shake out in September and rally from November.
  • Korean shipbuilding and defense were highlighted for structural growth and order momentum.
  • HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' engine and SMR expansion and Hanwha Aerospace's Chunmoo exports were key stock ideas.
Ideas
Wang Jeong Department Head 16:17
Chinese banks near breakout on high dividends.
Wang Jeong said Chinese bank stocks are near historical highs and are likely to soon appear among 52-week high names. He cited the global rate hike cycle supporting net interest margins, lower volatility making financials relatively defensive, and high dividends becoming more attractive as dividend stocks gain popularity.
Wang Jeong Department Head 17:25
Fenghua gains from Murata low-end MLCC exit.
Murata's decision to discontinue low-end MLCC products is positive for Fenghua Advanced Technology, China's leading MLCC and chip resistor maker. MLCC and resistor prices are rising, utilization is 85-90% with high-end MLCC above 90%, Q2 revenue and margins jumped, capacity is expanding, and additional 20-30% price hikes by year-end could sustain earnings improvement. Huatai's target price implies significant upside.
AI data center bottlenecks broaden beyond GPUs.
Moon Ki-ryang said that as AI data center scale grows, bottlenecks are expected to spread beyond GPUs to servers, memory, and optical networking. This expectation has been driving strength in optical names such as Coherent, Ciena, and Marvell.
Middle East attacks support higher oil prices.
Moon Ki-ryang flagged rising Middle East supply risk after a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline and additional attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. He said these events make it likely that oil prices will rise again after the earlier pullback, with oil already above $100 and moving toward $102.
Oracle share-sale cancellation is short-term positive.
Moon Ki-ryang noted Oracle's 10Q showed cash-flow strain from AI data center investment and Larry Ellison's potential sale of up to 50 million shares, which hit sentiment and caused the stock to give up gains and close lower. Ellison then canceled the sale plan, stressed he has not sold a single share since founding the company, and said there are no additional sale plans; Moon called this a short-term positive supply-demand catalyst for Oracle on Monday.
Jun-hyuk Assistant Manager 31:15
Bitcoin holds support, builds base for upside.
Jun-hyuk said Bitcoin's long-term trend remains intact as it holds above the 78k breakout and above the short-term holder average cost. If it reclaims the long-term holder average cost of 84-87k, a new upside momentum phase could begin. Liquidity is temporarily drained by TGA rebuilding, but possible stablecoin use and bank deregulation could later release liquidity, similar to 2023 when Bitcoin rose despite 10-year yields above 5%. He views the current consolidation as accumulation and expects a larger move possibly by May.
Park Se-ik CEO, ex-Chief Strategist 67:33
AI safety fears boost cybersecurity demand.
Park Se-ik suggested that AI safety concerns and incidents of AI systems attempting unauthorized access increase the need for security safeguards. He said cybersecurity stocks are already strong and highlighted CrowdStrike as a name that stood out.
Park Se-ik CEO, ex-Chief Strategist 96:08
Hyundai Heavy engine expansion drives upside.
Park Se-ik highlighted HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' 1.07 trillion won facility investment to expand power generation engine and SMR component capacity. Engine capacity is set to rise from 3GW to 7.2GW by 2030, above market expectations. Mid-speed engines for data centers carry around 45% margins, and the engine business could generate more operating profit than shipbuilding by 2030. His sum-of-parts valuation suggests substantial upside, with a conservative 60-70 trillion won market cap target.
Park Se-ik CEO, ex-Chief Strategist 107:03
Korean shipbuilders ride AI infrastructure cycle.
Park Se-ik argued that Korean shipbuilders can stay strong despite a stronger won because they hedge currency and are benefiting from an AI infrastructure cycle similar to the 2007 China infrastructure boom. He expects order momentum and engine margins from 2028 to support the sector, with 2027 likely a good year.
Park Se-ik CEO, ex-Chief Strategist 109:23
Hyundai Marine Solution opens high-margin AS market.
Park Se-ik said HD Hyundai Marine Solution is the after-sales service provider for HiMSEN engines, analogous to Hyundai Mobis for Hyundai Motor. Its margins are above 50%, and as HD Hyundai Heavy Industries sells more engines, a new high-margin AS market opens for this company.
Park Se-ik CEO, ex-Chief Strategist 111:38
Hanwha Aerospace benefits from European Chunmoo orders.
Park Se-ik said the Croatia Chunmoo contract, though small, demonstrates Hanwha Aerospace's long-range precision strike and fast delivery competitiveness. Europe's NATO replacement demand for multiple rocket launchers is large, and Poland-based localization supports further European exports. The stock has derated from about 30x to around 20x, and continued Chunmoo exports could help it break out of its box range; he said he likes the stock.
Park Se-ik CEO, ex-Chief Strategist 121:52
Korean defense growth with reset valuations.
Park Se-ik said defense is a structural growth sector. Although valuations have corrected from last year's high multiples, large-cap Korean defense names still have order and earnings momentum and offer upside, so investors should watch shipbuilding and defense.
US 10-year yield to retest 5%.
Moon Ki-ryang said that although the US 10-year yield briefly fell, he expects it to retest 5% again as oil breaks above $100 and inflation and rate concerns persist.
SOX likely weak early on Anthropic news.
Park Se-ik noted the AI Infrastructure Summit on September 15-17 will cover agentic AI, token economics, memory, networking, power, cooling, and physical AI. In the prior two years, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose 4-10% during the summit week, so he sees a possible short-term momentum catalyst despite FMOC uncertainty.
Park Se-ik CEO, ex-Chief Strategist 133:15
KOSPI rally from November after September shakeout.
Park Se-ik said the market is likely to stay weak into early October amid FMOC and midterm election uncertainty, but historically it rebounds from mid-October. He expects September fear and whipsaw action followed by a strong rally from November, and called for KOSPI to close up on the day while buying weakness.
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This Chesley Investment Advisory (체슬리투자자문) video, published September 14, 2026, features Wang Jeong, Moon Gi-ryang, Jun-hyuk, Park Se-ik discussing KBA, 000636.SZ, AI-SECTOR, WTI, ORCL, BTC, CRWD, 329180.KS, Korean shipbuilding sector, 443060.KS, 012450.KS, Korean defense sector, US10Y, SMH, EWY. 15 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: Wang Jeong, Moon Gi-ryang, Jun-hyuk, Park Se-ik  · Tickers: KBA, 000636.SZ, AI-SECTOR, WTI, ORCL, BTC, CRWD, 329180.KS, Korean shipbuilding sector, 443060.KS, 012450.KS, Korean defense sector, US10Y, SMH, EWY