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

iShares Russell 2000 ETF / Technical Analysis

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<li>Since early-October we have discussed our expectation for a bear rally, targeting the 200-day MAs on the $IWM and $SPX; targets were hit (within 0.5% of hitting on SPX).</li>
<li>We are now seeing short-term uptrend breaks on the IWM and the DJIA; this is a good time to get defensive and/or take profits, as the 1.5-month rally appears over.</li>
<li>We expect more weakness in the weeks ahead, and we cannot rule out another test of the 2022 lows.</li>
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Since early-October we have discussed our expectation for a bear rally, targeting the 200-day MAs on the $IWM and $SPX; targets were hit (within 0.5% of hitting on SPX).
We are now seeing short-term uptrend breaks on the IWM and the DJIA; this is a good time to get defensive and/or take profits, as the 1.5-month rally appears over.
We expect more weakness in the weeks ahead, and we cannot rule out another test of the 2022 lows.


Time to Get Defensive After 1.5-Month Uptrend Breaks; High Yield Spreads Widening Much Like Mid-Aug.

Equity Long-Short Analyst

Pyari Menon

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>We compare how a portfolio composed of our top five picks in each of our thematic reports based on datamining technical publications would have performed versus Indices</li>
<li>The size of outperformance for various periods suggests that incorporating innovation quality index that we use to rank companies can be a solid tool to generate alpha.   </li>
<li>We understand that much of the outperformance is generated by positive skew but even backing out the largest two contributors we see solid outperformance.</li>
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We compare how a portfolio composed of our top five picks in each of our thematic reports based on datamining technical publications would have performed versus Indices
The size of outperformance for various periods suggests that incorporating innovation quality index that we use to rank companies can be a solid tool to generate alpha.   
We understand that much of the outperformance is generated by positive skew but even backing out the largest two contributors we see solid outperformance.


A Look at How a Portfolio Composed of Our Top Five Innovators in Each Report Would Have Performed

Alpha-Centric ESG Research

Kyle Rudden

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<li>A recently-published Insight discussed new supply-chain deforestation regulations and related  risks from the perspective of commodity-related companies (e.g., producers, manufacturers).</li>
<li>Whilst that report mentioned recent developments regarding EU legislation (e.g., the addition of rubber to its forest-risk commodities), one major developement deserves more attention.</li>
<li>Hence, this follow-up Insight about the EU's addition of financial institutions (banks, investors, and insurance) to the purview of its pending forest-risk regulations, and associated risks.</li>
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A recently-published Insight discussed new supply-chain deforestation regulations and related  risks from the perspective of commodity-related companies (e.g., producers, manufacturers).
Whilst that report mentioned recent developments regarding EU legislation (e.g., the addition of rubber to its forest-risk commodities), one major developement deserves more attention.
Hence, this follow-up Insight about the EU's addition of financial institutions (banks, investors, and insurance) to the purview of its pending forest-risk regulations, and associated risks.


Financial Sector Now Under Purview of EU's Pending Forest-Risk Commodity Laws

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<li>Higher ag prices should leave farmers with more cash and a higher propensity to spend. Companies making Tech heavy farm machinery and modified seeds with positive traits should benefit. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/deere-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12207:1" rel="noopener">Deere &amp; Co (DE US)</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cnh-global-nv" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28200:1" rel="noopener">CNH Global NV (CNH US)</a> dominate innovations in machinery followed by Agco Corp (AGCO US). Dawn Equipment is a small but interesting private player.</li>
<li>In seeds and tissue genetic engineering Corteva Inc (CTVA US) is best positioned and has been out innovating its only real competitor Bayer AG (BAYN GY) significantly in recent years.</li>
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Higher ag prices should leave farmers with more cash and a higher propensity to spend. Companies making Tech heavy farm machinery and modified seeds with positive traits should benefit. 

Deere &amp; Co (DE US) &amp; CNH Global NV (CNH US) dominate innovations in machinery followed by Agco Corp (AGCO US). Dawn Equipment is a small but interesting private player.
In seeds and tissue genetic engineering Corteva Inc (CTVA US) is best positioned and has been out innovating its only real competitor Bayer AG (BAYN GY) significantly in recent years.


Rising Agri Prices Might Benefit Machinery and Seed Ecosystem. We Highlight the Dominant Innovators

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Among active Global investors, EMEA Industrials are the 6th largest regional sector allocation and the largest in the EMEA region, with a 4.80% holding weight on average.  This allocation places EMEA Industrials as the largest regional sector overweight at +2.05% above benchmark (vs MSCI ACWI) with 72.9% of funds holding more than the benchmark weight.Over the last 6-months, cash flows have been among the highest across all Regional Sector groups, with $1bn in net inflows, more buyers than sellers and a marginal uptick in absolute and relative weights.Over the last 6-months, German Industrials stand out as the key recipient of increased levels of positioning, with 4.2% of funds moving to overweight and 3.4% of funds buying in to the sector.Ownership in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/deutsche-post-ag" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21608:1" rel="noopener">Deutsche Post AG (DPW GR)</a> more than doubled from 9.2% in July 2020 to 20.8% today, with every month in between seeing new funds enter the name.  Key holders are RBC, Artemis and Nuveen, all of whom hold north of a 3% allocation.  Over the last 6-months, no closures were registered and instead 2.9% of funds opened positions, led by Cambriar's Global Equity Fund (1.88%) and John Hancock's Global Equity Fund (1.81%).The analysis looks at the positioning of 380 active Global investors with combined AUM of $1.1tr.

Among active Global investors, EMEA Industrials are the 6th largest regional sector allocation and the largest in the EMEA region, with a 4.80% holding weight on average.  This allocation places EMEA Industrials as the largest regional sector overweight at +2.05% above benchmark (vs MSCI ACWI) with 72.9% of funds holding more than the benchmark weight.Over the last 6-months, cash flows have been among the highest across all Regional Sector groups, with $1bn in net inflows, more buyers than sellers and a marginal uptick in absolute and relative weights.Over the last 6-months, German Industrials stand out as the key recipient of increased levels of positioning, with 4.2% of funds moving to overweight and 3.4% of funds buying in to the sector.Ownership in Deutsche Post AG (DPW GR) more than doubled from 9.2% in July 2020 to 20.8% today, with every month in between seeing new funds enter the name.  Key holders are RBC, Artemis and Nuveen, all of whom hold north of a 3% allocation.  Over the last 6-months, no closures were registered and instead 2.9% of funds opened positions, led by Cambriar's Global Equity Fund (1.88%) and John Hancock's Global Equity Fund (1.81%).The analysis looks at the positioning of 380 active Global investors with combined AUM of $1.1tr.

EMEA Industrials: Global Consensus Overweight

United Kingdom

CNH Industrial N.V. operates as an equipment and services company. The Company manufactures and sells specialized machines and services for the farming and construction industries, as well as supplies replacement parts and accessories. CNH Industrial also offers retail note and lease financing to end-use customers for the purchase of new and used agricultural and construction equipment.

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CNH Industrial NV (CNHI IM)

Time to Get Defensive After 1.5-Month Uptrend Breaks; High Yield Spreads Widening Much Like Mid-Aug.

Our targets for this bear rally have been hit, which were the 200-day MAs on $IWM and $SPX (within 0.5%). Now seeing short-term uptrend breaks on...

Vermilion Research

A Look at How a Portfolio Composed of Our Top Five Innovators in Each Report Would Have Performed

Our datamining reports ranks companies within thematic based on innovation quality. We see strong outperformance in a portfolio built using the top...

Pyari Menon

Financial Sector Now Under Purview of EU's Pending Forest-Risk Commodity Laws

The EU just put the entire financial services sector under the purview of its pending forest-risk commodity laws. Details still to-be-determined,...

Kyle Rudden

Rising Agri Prices Might Benefit Machinery and Seed Ecosystem. We Highlight the Dominant Innovators

AgTech innovations will be needed to alleviate the pressures in food system. We identify the leaders in Farm Machinery and Seed Genetics Technologies

Pyari Menon

EMEA Industrials: Global Consensus Overweight

Over the last 6-months, cash flows into EMEA Industrials have been among the highest across all sectors, with inflows of $1bn, more buyers than...

Steven Holden

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