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Douglas O'Laughlin

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors

Fabricated Knowledge

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>This earnings season, Industrial semiconductor demand has been the biggest incremental softening in end market demand. That’s not surprising. </li><li>I have been talking about the FIFO (First-In, First-Out) cycle, and the only two remaining segments that have not had a meaningful correction are Industrial and Automotive.</li><li>We are now seeing the beginning of Industrial weakening.</li></ul>

This earnings season, Industrial semiconductor demand has been the biggest incremental softening in end market demand. That’s not surprising. I have been talking about the FIFO (First-In, First-Out) cycle, and the only two remaining segments that have not had a meaningful correction are Industrial and Automotive.We are now seeing the beginning of Industrial weakening.

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

<ul><li>On 10 Nov, AI Start up Humane, founded by ex-Apple engineers, has officially launched the AI Pin, an OpenAI-powered wearable.</li><li>We believe this is a promising catalyst for the imminent surge in AI-driven consumer products.</li><li>Tech giants are increasingly positioned to discover new revenue streams through integrating AI tech into consumer products, services, or in any financially sustainable manner. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

On 10 Nov, AI Start up Humane, founded by ex-Apple engineers, has officially launched the AI Pin, an OpenAI-powered wearable.We believe this is a promising catalyst for the imminent surge in AI-driven consumer products.Tech giants are increasingly positioned to discover new revenue streams through integrating AI tech into consumer products, services, or in any financially sustainable manner. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Will Humane’s AI-Powered Screenless Device Become the Successor to Smartphones?

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Qorvo Inc. delivered a strong result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter, with revenue, margin, and EPS surpassing the midpoint of the provided outlook.</li><li>With a strong presence in growth areas like sensors and ultra-wideband, Qorvo is poised to diversify its growth and expand margins.</li><li>In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.</li></ul>

Qorvo Inc. delivered a strong result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter, with revenue, margin, and EPS surpassing the midpoint of the provided outlook.With a strong presence in growth areas like sensors and ultra-wideband, Qorvo is poised to diversify its growth and expand margins.In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.

Qorvo Inc.: 4 Growth Drivers They're Betting On Amidst Declining Demand! - Financial Forecasts

<ul><li>Qorvo delivered a strong result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter.</li><li>Qorvo maintained factory production at unusually low quantities, which resulted in underutilization effects that adversely affected margins.</li><li>In the quarter, Qorvo expanded its design engagements with automotive Tier 1s for 5G network access devices.</li></ul>

Qorvo delivered a strong result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter.Qorvo maintained factory production at unusually low quantities, which resulted in underutilization effects that adversely affected margins.In the quarter, Qorvo expanded its design engagements with automotive Tier 1s for 5G network access devices.

Qorvo Inc.: A Striking Performance Amidst a Difficult Demand Environment – Key Drivers

Equity Long-Short Analyst

Pyari Menon

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<li>The three companies we write about this week are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/raytheon-technologies-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6453:1" rel="noopener">Raytheon Technologies (RTX US)</a><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beiersdorf-ag" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21588:1" rel="noopener">Beiersdorf AG (BEI GR)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/king-slide-works-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7130:1" rel="noopener">King Slide Works (2059 TT)</a> 
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<li>For the twenty-six weeks since inception ended 19 May the combined innovation portfolio was +2.5%, versus DJIA-0.9%, S&amp;P500+5.7%, Nasdaq+13.6%, Russell2000 -4.1%, MSCI-ACWI-ETF+6.9%, S&amp;P midcap 400 -2.2%, all in US$ terms</li>
<li>Small-Cap (+4.1%) versus Russell2000 (-4.1%) and midcap (+1.9%) versus S&amp;P400 (-2.2%) continues to outperform benchmarks, but the omission of mega-tech names has hurt large-cap portfolio (+2.6%) versus S&amp;P500 (+5.7%) . </li>
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The three companies we write about this week are Raytheon Technologies (RTX US)Beiersdorf AG (BEI GR) and King Slide Works (2059 TT) 

For the twenty-six weeks since inception ended 19 May the combined innovation portfolio was +2.5%, versus DJIA-0.9%, S&amp;P500+5.7%, Nasdaq+13.6%, Russell2000 -4.1%, MSCI-ACWI-ETF+6.9%, S&amp;P midcap 400 -2.2%, all in US$ terms
Small-Cap (+4.1%) versus Russell2000 (-4.1%) and midcap (+1.9%) versus S&amp;P400 (-2.2%) continues to outperform benchmarks, but the omission of mega-tech names has hurt large-cap portfolio (+2.6%) versus S&amp;P500 (+5.7%) . 


The Innovations Portfolios - Week Twenty Six

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Qorvo Inc, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets a variety of high performance analog and mixed signal integrated circuits for the communications markets. The Company's products are used for wireless communications applications such as cellular and PCS, cordless telephony, wireless LANs, industrial radios, wireless security and remote meter reading.

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Qorvo Inc (QRVO US)

Semiconductor Cycles: Industrial and EVs

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Fabricated Knowledge

Will Humane’s AI-Powered Screenless Device Become the Successor to Smartphones?

On 10 Nov, AI Start up Humane, founded by ex-Apple engineers, has officially launched the AI Pin, an OpenAI-powered wearable.

CMB International

Qorvo Inc.: 4 Growth Drivers They're Betting On Amidst Declining Demand! - Financial Forecasts

Qorvo Inc. delivered a strong result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter, with revenue, margin, and EPS surpassing the midpoint of...

Baptista Research

Qorvo Inc.: A Striking Performance Amidst a Difficult Demand Environment – Key Drivers

Qorvo delivered a strong result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter. Qorvo maintained factory production at unusually low...

Baptista Research

The Innovations Portfolios - Week Twenty Six

The small-Cap (+4.1%) and midcap (+1.9%) portfolios continues to outperform respective benchmarks, but the willful omission of mega-tech names has...

Pyari Menon

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