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

Nasdaq-100 Stock Index / Technical Analysis

The tech and biotech-heavy Nasdaq continues to lead the market higher. Remain overweight. On the back of rising interest rates and a recently steepening yield curve, the XLF is on the cusp of a breakout from a descending triangle/falling wedge pattern. Given this move has been accompanied by improving relative strength, we view it as a bullish sign for both Financials and the broad market.  In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within the Consumer Discretionary, Transportation, and Manufacturing sectos.

 The tech and biotech-heavy Nasdaq continues to lead the market higher. Remain overweight. On the back of rising interest rates and a recently steepening yield curve, the XLF is on the cusp of a breakout from a descending triangle/falling wedge pattern. Given this move has been accompanied by improving relative strength, we view it as a bullish sign for both Financials and the broad market.  In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within the Consumer Discretionary, Transportation, and Manufacturing sectos.

Remain Overweight Tech; Large-Cap Financials on the Cusp of a Breakout

Asia Ex-J Consumer/ Transport analyst

Valerie Law, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

China Distance Education Holdings Ltd (ADR) / Equity Bottom-Up

China Distance Education Holdings Ltd (ADR)

As part of the Edtech series introduced earlier, I will be featuring educational companies focused on mobile learning and virtual classrooms, or technology firms investing in the education sector. The first is <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/9679" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9679:1">China Distance Education Hldgs Ltd (Adr) (DL US)</a> , a company that has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since August 2008. Long established as an online education provider that helps professionals obtain and maintain professional licenses, it is now evolving into a lifelong learning platform.  In this piece, I attempt to answer the following questions:(1) China's online education market is forecast to grow at 38% CAGR, so why is CDE trading at 'low' valuations of ~ 12X FY17 PE? (2) What are my views on issues affecting the company (ie regulatory changes and competition)? (3) How is its valuation compared to peers?

As part of the Edtech series introduced earlier, I will be featuring educational companies focused on mobile learning and virtual classrooms, or technology firms investing in the education sector. The first is China Distance Education Hldgs Ltd (Adr) (DL US) , a company that has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since August 2008. Long established as an online education provider that helps professionals obtain and maintain professional licenses, it is now evolving into a lifelong learning platform.  In this piece, I attempt to answer the following questions:(1) China's online education market is forecast to grow at 38% CAGR, so why is CDE trading at 'low' valuations of ~ 12X FY17 PE? (2) What are my views on issues affecting the company (ie regulatory changes and competition)? (3) How is its valuation compared to peers?

An Online Education Company Whose Negatives Are Priced-In, but Growth Is Not

United States

Capella Education Company is an online post-secondary education services company. The Company offers doctoral, master's and bachelor's programs through their subsidiary.

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Capella Education Co (CPLA US)

Remain Overweight Tech; Large-Cap Financials on the Cusp of a Breakout

The tech and biotech-heavy Nasdaq continues to lead the market higher. Remain overweight. On the back of rising interest rates and a recently...

Vermilion Research

An Online Education Company Whose Negatives Are Priced-In, but Growth Is Not

As part of the Edtech series introduced earlier, I will be featuring educational companies focused on mobile learning and virtual classrooms,...

Valerie Law, CFA

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