Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/core-lithium-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14712:1" rel="noopener">Core Lithium Ltd (CXO AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lake-resources-nl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14597:1" rel="noopener">Lake Resources Nl (LKE AU)</a> and Piedmont Lithium ADR have been added to the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/avz-minerals-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6148:1" rel="noopener">AVZ Minerals</a> has been deleted. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/core-lithium-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14712:1" rel="noopener">Core Lithium Ltd (CXO AU)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lake-resources-nl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14597:1" rel="noopener">Lake Resources Nl (LKE AU)</a> are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-asx-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22901:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P/ASX 200</a> additions that will be also implemented at the close of trading on 17 June.</li>
<li>With only 4 trading days to implementation (Monday is a holiday), the stocks with significant days of ADV to trade could out(under)perform their peers and the market.</li>
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Core Lithium Ltd (CXO AU), Lake Resources Nl (LKE AU) and Piedmont Lithium ADR have been added to the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index. AVZ Minerals has been deleted. 

Core Lithium Ltd (CXO AU) and Lake Resources Nl (LKE AU) are S&amp;P/ASX 200 additions that will be also implemented at the close of trading on 17 June.
With only 4 trading days to implementation (Monday is a holiday), the stocks with significant days of ADV to trade could out(under)perform their peers and the market.


MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: CXO & LKE Added; AVZ Out

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<li>Close to the 85% inclusion threshold, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/core-lithium-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14712:1" rel="noopener">Core Lithium Ltd</a> could be added to the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index in June. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lake-resources-nl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14597:1" rel="noopener">Lake Resources Nl (LKE AU)</a> is also close.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/australian-strategic-materials" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30815:1" rel="noopener">Australian Strategic Materials (ASM AU)</a> is very close to the 98% deletion threshold. Even if it is not deleted, there will be passive selling due to capping changes.</li>
<li>Yesterday was the cutoff date for the June review, so today's steep fall in prices will not affect the ranking of the potential changes.</li>
</ul>


Close to the 85% inclusion threshold, Core Lithium Ltd could be added to the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index in June. Lake Resources Nl (LKE AU) is also close.

Australian Strategic Materials (ASM AU) is very close to the 98% deletion threshold. Even if it is not deleted, there will be passive selling due to capping changes.
Yesterday was the cutoff date for the June review, so today's steep fall in prices will not affect the ranking of the potential changes.


MVIS Global Rare Earth/​​​Strategic Metals Index Rebalance Preview: Stocks Plunge as Cutoff Passes

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/core-lithium-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14712:1" rel="noopener">Core Lithium Ltd (CXO AU)</a> could be added to the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index in June. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lake-resources-nl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14597:1" rel="noopener">Lake Resources Nl (LKE AU)</a> is the next highest ranked non-index constituent.</li>
<li>Irrespective of whether there are inclusions, there will be passive selling on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ioneer-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10264:1" rel="noopener">ioneer Ltd (INR AU)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/australian-strategic-materials" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30815:1" rel="noopener">Australian Strategic Materials (ASM AU)</a> due to capping changes to the index constituents.</li>
<li>Inclusions to the index jump post announcement. The review cutoff date is 31 May, so weakness in the potential inclusions could be used to pre-position (if they outperform index constituents).</li>
</ul>



Core Lithium Ltd (CXO AU) could be added to the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index in June. Lake Resources Nl (LKE AU) is the next highest ranked non-index constituent.
Irrespective of whether there are inclusions, there will be passive selling on ioneer Ltd (INR AU) and Australian Strategic Materials (ASM AU) due to capping changes to the index constituents.
Inclusions to the index jump post announcement. The review cutoff date is 31 May, so weakness in the potential inclusions could be used to pre-position (if they outperform index constituents).


MVIS Global Rare Earth/​​Strategic Metals Index Rebalance Preview: Potential Adds & Capping Flows

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>Global rare earth/strategic metals stocks are breaking out of bases, giving us a high degree of confidence that price and RS appreciation is likely to continue.</li>
<li>Looking at the VanEck Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (REMX-US), it remains topside an 8-year base and displays a bullish inflection after consolidating for 8.5 months.</li>
<li>Buying: MP Materials (MP-US), Lithium Americas (LAC-US, LAC-CA), Livent (LTHM-US), AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group (AMG-NL), Pilbara Minerals (PLS-AU), Liontown Resources (LTR-AU), AVZ Minerals (AVZ-AU), and Standard Lithium (SLI-CA)</li>
</ul>


Global rare earth/strategic metals stocks are breaking out of bases, giving us a high degree of confidence that price and RS appreciation is likely to continue.
Looking at the VanEck Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (REMX-US), it remains topside an 8-year base and displays a bullish inflection after consolidating for 8.5 months.
Buying: MP Materials (MP-US), Lithium Americas (LAC-US, LAC-CA), Livent (LTHM-US), AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group (AMG-NL), Pilbara Minerals (PLS-AU), Liontown Resources (LTR-AU), AVZ Minerals (AVZ-AU), and Standard Lithium (SLI-CA)


Buying Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Stocks: MP, LAC, LTHM, AMG-NL, PLS-AU, LTR-AU, AVZ-AU, SLI-CA

<ul>
<li>We continue to see some encouraging signs that suggest that the lows may have been established for this correction.</li>
<li>We still believe a bottoming process would likely take weeks or potentially months and could come with more tests of the lows -- or even an undercut.</li>
<li>With that said, we continue to see attractive and actionable setups, primarily within cyclical value (Energy, Materials, Manufacturing, Transportation, and Financials).</li>
</ul>


We continue to see some encouraging signs that suggest that the lows may have been established for this correction.
We still believe a bottoming process would likely take weeks or potentially months and could come with more tests of the lows -- or even an undercut.
With that said, we continue to see attractive and actionable setups, primarily within cyclical value (Energy, Materials, Manufacturing, Transportation, and Financials).


Encouraging Signs, But Concerns Still Outweigh; Buying Materials, Energy, Industrials, Health Care

Australia

AVZ Minerals Limited operates as a mineral exploration company. The Company acquires, develops, mines, and produces lithium, tin, tantalum, and other base metals. AVZ Minerals serves customers globally.

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AVZ Minerals (AVZ AU)

MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: CXO & LKE Added; AVZ Out

CXO AU and LKE AU have been added to the REMX, while AVZ has been deleted. CXO and LKE are also adds to the ASX200 Index with both implementations...

Brian Freitas

MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance Preview: Stocks Plunge as Cutoff Passes

Core Lithium could be added to the REMX in June. Lake Resources could miss out on index inclusion. ASM will be sold due to funding flows but is...

Brian Freitas

MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance Preview: Potential Adds & Capping Flows

Core Lithium could be added to the REMX Index in June. Lake Resources is the next potential add. Both stocks are potential ASX200 adds in June....

Brian Freitas

Buying Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Stocks: MP, LAC, LTHM, AMG-NL, PLS-AU, LTR-AU, AVZ-AU, SLI-CA

Global rare earth/strategic metals stocks are breaking out of bases, and we expect price and RS appreciation to continue. This also provides us...

Vermilion Research

Encouraging Signs, But Concerns Still Outweigh; Buying Materials, Energy, Industrials, Health Care

We continue to see some encouraging signs that suggest that the lows may have been established for this correction. Still, cyclical value remains...

Vermilion Research

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MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: CXO & LKE Added; AVZ Out

CXO AU and LKE AU have been added to the REMX, while AVZ has been deleted. CXO and LKE are also adds to the ASX200 Index with both implementations...

Brian Freitas

MVIS Global Rare Earth/​​​Strategic Metals Index Rebalance Preview: Stocks Plunge as Cutoff Passes

Core Lithium could be added to the REMX in June. Lake Resources could miss out on index inclusion. ASM will be sold due to funding flows but is...

Brian Freitas

MVIS Global Rare Earth/​​Strategic Metals Index Rebalance Preview: Potential Adds & Capping Flows

Core Lithium could be added to the REMX Index in June. Lake Resources is the next potential add. Both stocks are potential ASX200 adds in June....

Brian Freitas

Buying Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Stocks: MP, LAC, LTHM, AMG-NL, PLS-AU, LTR-AU, AVZ-AU, SLI-CA

Global rare earth/strategic metals stocks are breaking out of bases, and we expect price and RS appreciation to continue. This also provides us...

Vermilion Research

Encouraging Signs, But Concerns Still Outweigh; Buying Materials, Energy, Industrials, Health Care

We continue to see some encouraging signs that suggest that the lows may have been established for this correction. Still, cyclical value remains...

Vermilion Research

MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance Preview: Stocks Plunge as Cutoff Passes

MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance Preview: Potential Adds & Capping Flows