Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Said to Shut Hong Kong Branch by June 2026
The Hong Kong branch — which currently handles general corporate lending, as well as shipping finance and aviation finance — faced growing competition from overseas banks in recent years, making the business environment increasingly challenging, said the people, who did not want to be named.
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That is much closer to my FCF-based target price of $838.37 shown above. It's also higher than the prior average of $681.45. The bottom line is that sell-side analysts agree that META stock still looks significantly undervalued. The only problem is that the stock is near its peak. It could falter after earnings come out, as many stocks do on a 'sell-on-the-news' type reaction. Therefore, one way for new investors in META stock to play this is to set a lower potential buy-in price. This can be done by selling short out-of-the-money (OTM) put options. For example, look at the August 1, 2025, expiration period, 29 days from now, and after Meta's upcoming July 30, 2025, Q2 earnings release date. It shows that a 6% lower put option strike price at $675.00 has a midpoint premium of $13.55 per put contract. That means that an investor who enters an order to 'Sell to Open' this put contract, makes an immediate 2.0% yield (i.e., $13.55/$675.00 = 0.020). That means the investor's secured cash investment of $67,500 per put contract sold short makes immediate income of $1,355. So, $1,355/$67,500 = 2.0% yield over the next 29 days. So, there is room here for META stock to fall, and the investor can still make a profit. For example, the breakeven point is 8% lower than today's price: $675-$13.55 = $661.45 breakeven point $661.45 / $719.01 price July 3 -1 = -.08 = 8% downside protection Moreover, note that the delta ratio for the strike price (as seen in the table above) is just -26%. That means that there is only a 26% chance that META stock will fall to this strike price in the next month. That is based on prior trading volatility patterns. This means that existing investors can short these puts and generate extra income without much concern that their account will be assigned to buy more shares at $675.00. That could lead to an expected return of 6% in the next 3 months, if the investor can repeat this trade every month. 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