Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Equity Bottom-Up

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Samsung announced that it would reduce memory chip production in light of crashing profits, this is after the company had previously said it would not reduce production. Memory names rallied.</li>
<li>Hon Hai announced a $820m investment plan for EV manufacturing in southern Taiwan.</li>
<li>Japan's semiconductor manufacturing equipment export restrictions targeting China will take effect starting in July.</li>
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Samsung announced that it would reduce memory chip production in light of crashing profits, this is after the company had previously said it would not reduce production. Memory names rallied.
Hon Hai announced a $820m investment plan for EV manufacturing in southern Taiwan.
Japan's semiconductor manufacturing equipment export restrictions targeting China will take effect starting in July.


Taiwan Tech Weekly: Samsung Finally Announces Chip Production Cuts; Hon Hai's New EV Factory

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

MSCI Emerging Markets Index / Technical Analysis

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<li>In our February 6, 2023 EM Strategy, we discussed that we were buyers of the MSCI EM (EEM-US) on a pullback to the 50-day MA. </li>
<li>The pullback went a bit deeper but managed to hold at our $37.50 line-in-the-sand which we discussed in our recent ETF Pathfinder reports (Mar. 6 and Mar. 20, 2023).</li>
<li>The EEM-US displays a bullish 2-month downtrend reversal- add exposure. Signs continue to point to a topping DXY, and a declining DXY has historically resulted in EM outperformance (vs. EAFE).</li>
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In our February 6, 2023 EM Strategy, we discussed that we were buyers of the MSCI EM (EEM-US) on a pullback to the 50-day MA. 
The pullback went a bit deeper but managed to hold at our $37.50 line-in-the-sand which we discussed in our recent ETF Pathfinder reports (Mar. 6 and Mar. 20, 2023).
The EEM-US displays a bullish 2-month downtrend reversal- add exposure. Signs continue to point to a topping DXY, and a declining DXY has historically resulted in EM outperformance (vs. EAFE).


MSCI EM $EEM 2-Month Downtrend Reversal at Support -- Add Exposure. Upgrading Taiwan to Overweight

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Quantitative Analysis

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Mar 17th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD11.9bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Evergreen Marine, Alchip Tech, Global Unichip, Asia Vital, Htc, Chung-Hsin.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Mar 17th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD11.9bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Evergreen Marine, Alchip Tech, Global Unichip, Asia Vital, Htc, Chung-Hsin.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Mar 17th): Evergreen Marine, Alchip Tech, Global Unichip, Asia Vital

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jan 20th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.1bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>Short interest decreased by 0.4% last week. We highlight short interest changes in Alexander Marine.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jan 20th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.1bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
Short interest decreased by 0.4% last week. We highlight short interest changes in Alexander Marine.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jan 20th): Alexander Marine

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<li>UMC vs. TSMC results review comparison: Vastly different tones of results shows the large gap in industry performance for the most advanced chips products vs. the lesser advanced.</li>
<li>Japan gives mixed signals about rapidly joining U.S. chip restrictions vs. China.</li>
<li>TSMC and UMC were some of the most net-bought stocks in Taiwan by foreigners last week.</li>
</ul>


UMC vs. TSMC results review comparison: Vastly different tones of results shows the large gap in industry performance for the most advanced chips products vs. the lesser advanced.
Japan gives mixed signals about rapidly joining U.S. chip restrictions vs. China.
TSMC and UMC were some of the most net-bought stocks in Taiwan by foreigners last week.


Taiwan Tech Weekly: UMC Vs. TSMC Results' Vastly Different Performance, Japan Cautious on China Bans

Taiwan

Largan Precision Company Limited manufactures and markets optical lens modules and optoelectronic components. The Company offers lenses for liquid crystal display (LCD) projectors, scanners, optical mice, digital still cameras (DSCs), digital versatile discs (DVDs), light emitting diodes (LEDs), and photography mobile phones.

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Taiwan Tech Weekly: Samsung Finally Announces Chip Production Cuts; Hon Hai's New EV Factory

Samsung reversed its production capacity strategy after suffering losses. Also, Japan's semiconductor manufacturing equipment export restrictions...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

MSCI EM $EEM 2-Month Downtrend Reversal at Support -- Add Exposure. Upgrading Taiwan to Overweight

Signs continue to point to a topping $DXY, and a declining DXY has historically resulted in EM outperformance (vs. $EAFE). Many ideas in China/Hong...

Vermilion Research

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Mar 17th): Evergreen Marine, Alchip Tech, Global Unichip, Asia Vital

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Evergreen Marine, Alchip Tech, Global Unichip,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jan 20th): Alexander Marine

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week ended on Jan 20th and highlight short interest changes in Alexander Marine.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Taiwan Tech Weekly: UMC Vs. TSMC Results' Vastly Different Performance, Japan Cautious on China Bans

UMC vs. TSMC results review comparison: Vastly different tones of results shows the large gap in industry performance for the most advanced chips...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

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