Independent Investment Research, The IDEA!

The IDEA!

Independent Investment Research

The Idea-Driven Equities Analyses company (the IDEA!) is an employee-owned boutique providing independent investment research and financial consultancy services with a clear focus on the Benelux countries. The company was founded in the summer of 2007 by Henk Slotboom and Maarten Verbeek, both with more than 35 years of professional experience in the financial sector. The IDEA! differentiates itself by focusing on adding value through self-initiated in-depth, idea-driven investment research, as well as by bespoke research assignments for institutional investors, hedge funds and private equity. In addition, we provide market intelligence, strategic research and – together with our business partners – consultancy services to businesses. In case you are interested in receiving more information, a sample of our products or an introductory meeting, please send a message to info@theidea.nl.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>In today's edition: • KPN | fiber revenues continue to grow, partly at the cost of cable and copper • PostNL / IDS | UK government approves IDS takeover by Křetínský • Sif Holding | production not in danger despite Moselle blockage</li></ul>

In today's edition: • KPN | fiber revenues continue to grow, partly at the cost of cable and copper • PostNL / IDS | UK government approves IDS takeover by Křetínský • Sif Holding | production not in danger despite Moselle blockage

What's News in Amsterdam - 16 December (KPN | PostNL / IDS | Sif Holding)

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<li>Unilever | does not intend to sell its food division but streamline it instead</li>
<li>In an interview with Financial Times newspaper, Unilever’s CEO Mr Hein Schumacher said that he has no intentions to sell his company’s food division but instead streamline the portfolio, focusing on core brands.</li>
<li>He also said that Unilever will proceed with the IPO of its ice-cream unit, which includes brands like Ben &amp; Jerry’s, amidst a legal dispute with the brand.</li>
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Unilever | does not intend to sell its food division but streamline it instead
In an interview with Financial Times newspaper, Unilever’s CEO Mr Hein Schumacher said that he has no intentions to sell his company’s food division but instead streamline the portfolio, focusing on core brands.
He also said that Unilever will proceed with the IPO of its ice-cream unit, which includes brands like Ben &amp; Jerry’s, amidst a legal dispute with the brand.


Koninklijke KPN NV - What's News in Amsterdam - 25 November (Unilever | Odido)

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<li>In today's edition: • dsm-firmenich | sold its remainder ~1% stake in Robertet</li>
<li>KPN | Delta announced tariff increases as per 1 January 2025</li>
<li>Unilever | puts its efforts to sell its ice cream business to private equity on ice </li>
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In today's edition: • dsm-firmenich | sold its remainder ~1% stake in Robertet
KPN | Delta announced tariff increases as per 1 January 2025
Unilever | puts its efforts to sell its ice cream business to private equity on ice 


What's News in Amsterdam - 21 November (Dsm-Firmenich | KPN | Unilever | ForFarmers | PostNL)

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>Our bullish outlook (since early-November 2023) remains intact. We continue to recommend buying dips as long as MSCI $ACWI and $EEM remain above important supports at $110 and $41-$42, respectively.</li>
<li>We are reiterating Japan as an Overweight -- Add Exposure; Nikkei 225, TOPIX, TOPIX Small All Breaking Out. And 2+ year RS uptrends remain intact on TOPIX and Nikkei 225</li>
<li>We take a break from recommending Technology (though we are still bullish) and highlight buys within global Energy, Health Care, Telecommunications, and Utilities</li>
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Our bullish outlook (since early-November 2023) remains intact. We continue to recommend buying dips as long as MSCI $ACWI and $EEM remain above important supports at $110 and $41-$42, respectively.
We are reiterating Japan as an Overweight -- Add Exposure; Nikkei 225, TOPIX, TOPIX Small All Breaking Out. And 2+ year RS uptrends remain intact on TOPIX and Nikkei 225
We take a break from recommending Technology (though we are still bullish) and highlight buys within global Energy, Health Care, Telecommunications, and Utilities


Reiterating Japan Overweight -- Add Exposure; Nikkei 225, TOPIX, TOPIX Small All Breaking Out

Netherlands

Koninklijke KPN NV provides telecommunications services throughout the Netherlands.  The Company provides local, long distance, international, and mobile telecommunications services, voice-mail, call forwarding, ISDN Internet lines, faxing, and communications services for businesses and individuals.  KPN offers mobile telecommunications through E-Plus in Germany and BASE in Belgium.

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Koninklijke KPN (KPN NA)

What's News in Amsterdam - 16 December (KPN | PostNL / IDS | Sif Holding)

In today's edition: • KPN | fiber revenues continue to grow, partly at the cost of cable and copper • PostNL / IDS | UK government approves IDS...

The IDEA!

Koninklijke KPN NV - What's News in Amsterdam - 25 November (Unilever | Odido)

In this edition: • Unilever | does not intend to sell its food division but streamline it instead. In an interview with Financial Times newspaper

The IDEA!

What's News in Amsterdam - 21 November (Dsm-Firmenich | KPN | Unilever | ForFarmers | PostNL)

In today's edition: • dsm-firmenich | sold its remainder ~1% stake in Robertet • KPN | Delta announced tariff increases as per 1 January...

The IDEA!

Reiterating Japan Overweight -- Add Exposure; Nikkei 225, TOPIX, TOPIX Small All Breaking Out

Reiterating Japan Overweight; $Nikkei 225, $TOPIX, TOPIX Small, $DXJ All Breaking Out with 2+ year RS uptrends intact on Nikkei and TOPIX. Still...

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