Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>OVERSEAS: SPX +1.3% SOX +1.3%; Optimism on soft inflation print drives stocks; Consumer+Tech lead; Apple to introduce touch screens for Mac; Off-Shore Wind Giant Vesta leads in Europe</li>
<li>JAPAN: NKY Futs +0.3% vs Cash; USDJPY steady at ¥132.45; Biz lobby urgest firms to lift wages above inflatio;  Buy U/G in Lastertec, TEL,  Nexon and D/G to Nintendo </li>
<li>DAILY NUGGETS:  Fast Retailing has raised the bar for corporate Japan with with their wage hikes. </li>
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OVERSEAS: SPX +1.3% SOX +1.3%; Optimism on soft inflation print drives stocks; Consumer+Tech lead; Apple to introduce touch screens for Mac; Off-Shore Wind Giant Vesta leads in Europe
JAPAN: NKY Futs +0.3% vs Cash; USDJPY steady at ¥132.45; Biz lobby urgest firms to lift wages above inflatio;  Buy U/G in Lastertec, TEL,  Nexon and D/G to Nintendo 
DAILY NUGGETS:  Fast Retailing has raised the bar for corporate Japan with with their wage hikes. 


Good Morning Japan |Beta Rally Continues as Optimism Reigns Ahead of CPI Print

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kawasaki-kisen-kaisha-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3548:1" rel="noopener">Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107 JP)</a> had a shareholder return program in place in May. Earnings forecasts on 3 Nov were slightly disappointing so the stock sold off but...</li>
<li>The large buyback allowed investors to try to game the situation. Some may have, but this morning on the execution, VERY few Real World Float holders sold. </li>
<li>That leaves the stock squeezy going into a buyback to repurchase 20% of the Max Real World Float (including short-created longs). </li>
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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107 JP) had a shareholder return program in place in May. Earnings forecasts on 3 Nov were slightly disappointing so the stock sold off but...
The large buyback allowed investors to try to game the situation. Some may have, but this morning on the execution, VERY few Real World Float holders sold. 
That leaves the stock squeezy going into a buyback to repurchase 20% of the Max Real World Float (including short-created longs). 


KLine (9107) Buyback Redux-Squared - Post-Buyback Could Get Squeezy

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<li>On Thursday, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kawasaki-kisen-kaisha-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3548:1" rel="noopener">Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107 JP)</a> announced earnings, lower-than-consensus guidance and a ¥100bn buyback via ToSTNeT-3 this week, and on market if not filled via ToSTNeT-3.</li>
<li>The stock fell 5+%. I wrote I thought it was a buy and that the buyback was "game-able." It rose 10+% from then til now. </li>
<li>That was the fun. Now we get the games. Positioning strategy matters. </li>
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On Thursday, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107 JP) announced earnings, lower-than-consensus guidance and a ¥100bn buyback via ToSTNeT-3 this week, and on market if not filled via ToSTNeT-3.
The stock fell 5+%. I wrote I thought it was a buy and that the buyback was "game-able." It rose 10+% from then til now. 
That was the fun. Now we get the games. Positioning strategy matters. 


KLine (Kawasaki Kisen (9107)) - ToSTNeT-3 For All The Marbles

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 equity indexes have staged impressive rallies from oversold levels, and certain hard-hit areas in Europe (STOXX600 Technology, Industrial Goods &amp; Services, and Chemicals Sectors) display bullish short-term price reversals.</li>
<li>We view this as a <em>potential</em> signal that the lows may have been established for this correction, but we need to see more upside follow-through.</li>
<li>Regardless, we want to stick with Sectors and stocks that have remained technically attractive throughout this pullback, <em>not</em> on areas that are just now spiking from oversold levels within downtrends.</li>
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Global equity indexes have staged impressive rallies from oversold levels, and certain hard-hit areas in Europe (STOXX600 Technology, Industrial Goods &amp; Services, and Chemicals Sectors) display bullish short-term price reversals.
We view this as a potential signal that the lows may have been established for this correction, but we need to see more upside follow-through.
Regardless, we want to stick with Sectors and stocks that have remained technically attractive throughout this pullback, not on areas that are just now spiking from oversold levels within downtrends.


Value Remains Leadership; Actionable Ideas: Energy, Financials, Industrials, and Materials

<ul>
<li>The Nikkei Index team announced changes to the Nikkei 225 Average today after the close. </li>
<li>Shinsei Bank (8303) is OUT and ORIX (8591) is IN based on the new rule changes effective with the new market structure in place at the TSE on 4 April. </li>
<li>There is a special sit on Shinsei, and ORIX has several days to buy. It could be interesting.</li>
</ul>


The Nikkei Index team announced changes to the Nikkei 225 Average today after the close. 
Shinsei Bank (8303) is OUT and ORIX (8591) is IN based on the new rule changes effective with the new market structure in place at the TSE on 4 April. 
There is a special sit on Shinsei, and ORIX has several days to buy. It could be interesting.


Nikkei 225 Change - Shinsei (8303) OUT, ORIX (8591) IN

Japan

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. provides marine transportation, warehousing, and cargo handling services.  The Company operates container ship, specialized carrier, oil tankers, and ferry.  Items transported include coal, iron ore, grain, logs, aluminum, cement, industrial salt, copper ore, wood chips, paper products, chemical products, gasoline and other petroleum products, LPG, and other cargoes.

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Good Morning Japan |Beta Rally Continues as Optimism Reigns Ahead of CPI Print

OVERSEAS. Optimism on soft inflation drives stocks. JAPAN: Biz lobby urgest firms to lift wages above inflation; Buy U/G in Lastertec, TEL, Nexon....

Mark Chadwick

KLine (9107) Buyback Redux-Squared - Post-Buyback Could Get Squeezy

The buyback was large, but only Effissimo, and Mizuho, and 2mm shares more sold into it. That leaves ~19mm shares to buy in 16wks. That is 20-35%...

Travis Lundy

KLine (Kawasaki Kisen (9107)) - ToSTNeT-3 For All The Marbles

The KLine (9107) buyback is here. We've seen +11% in a day and a half since the knee-jerk response to results. Now we have a buyback of up to 35...

Travis Lundy

Value Remains Leadership; Actionable Ideas: Energy, Financials, Industrials, and Materials

We are sticking with Sectors and stocks that have remained technically sound throughout this correction, not on areas that are just now spiking...

Vermilion Research

Nikkei 225 Change - Shinsei (8303) OUT, ORIX (8591) IN

The Nikkei 225 Change on 4 April 2022 is because there is a change in the rules with the adven of the new TSE market structure. This was known and...

Travis Lundy

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