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Water Tower Research

Research from Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

Equity Research Firm

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>The WTR Sustainable Index was up by 0.9% W/W versus the S&amp;P 500 Index (up 0.8%), the Russell 2000 Index (up 3.1%), and the Nasdaq Index (up 0.1%).</li><li>Energy Technology (13.7% of the index) was up by 11.3%, while Industrial Climate and Ag Technology (49.8% of the index) was up 1.7%, ClimateTech Mining was down 2.7%, and Advanced Transportation Solutions was down 4.2%.</li><li>Top 10 Performers<span style="font-size: var(--content-font-size);">: HTOO, FLNC, HLGN, PLUG, REX, OPTT, STEM, RUN, MVST, AMRS</span></li></ul>

The WTR Sustainable Index was up by 0.9% W/W versus the S&amp;P 500 Index (up 0.8%), the Russell 2000 Index (up 3.1%), and the Nasdaq Index (up 0.1%).Energy Technology (13.7% of the index) was up by 11.3%, while Industrial Climate and Ag Technology (49.8% of the index) was up 1.7%, ClimateTech Mining was down 2.7%, and Advanced Transportation Solutions was down 4.2%.Top 10 Performers: HTOO, FLNC, HLGN, PLUG, REX, OPTT, STEM, RUN, MVST, AMRS

Industry Report - Climatetech & Sustainable Investing

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

VanEck Gold Miners ETF/USA / Technical Analysis

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<li>Discussed risk/reward favored buyers in late-October as supports were being tested (October 24 and 31), then we outlined on 11/7/23 our belief that a significant year-end rally was likely underway.</li>
<li>New market-generated information has continued to be risk-on, which has only reinforced our bullish outlook on the broad equity market.  We continue to expect a rally into year-end and beyond</li>
<li>Gold and silver are bullishly inflecting, and we are buying GLD, SLV, and the miners (GDX, GDXJ)</li>
</ul>


Discussed risk/reward favored buyers in late-October as supports were being tested (October 24 and 31), then we outlined on 11/7/23 our belief that a significant year-end rally was likely underway.
New market-generated information has continued to be risk-on, which has only reinforced our bullish outlook on the broad equity market.  We continue to expect a rally into year-end and beyond
Gold and silver are bullishly inflecting, and we are buying GLD, SLV, and the miners (GDX, GDXJ)


Continue to Ride the Trend Higher; Buying Gold, Silver, Miners $GDX $GDXJ $GLD $SLV

<ul><li>The WTR Sustainable Index was up by 0.5% W/W versus the S&amp;P 500 Index (up 1.0%), the Russell 2000 Index (up 0.5%), and the Nasdaq Index (up 0.9%).</li><li>Energy Technology (12.4% of the index) was down by 1.8%, while Industrial Climate and Ag Technology (49.4% of the index) was up 0.5%, ClimateTech Mining was down 1.9%, andAdvanced Transportation Solutions was up 1.3%.</li><li>Top 10 Performers: CLIR, NVLH, NXH, EFOI, IRBT, TMC, GCEI, PEV, PNPN, FTCI</li></ul>

The WTR Sustainable Index was up by 0.5% W/W versus the S&amp;P 500 Index (up 1.0%), the Russell 2000 Index (up 0.5%), and the Nasdaq Index (up 0.9%).Energy Technology (12.4% of the index) was down by 1.8%, while Industrial Climate and Ag Technology (49.4% of the index) was up 0.5%, ClimateTech Mining was down 1.9%, andAdvanced Transportation Solutions was up 1.3%.Top 10 Performers: CLIR, NVLH, NXH, EFOI, IRBT, TMC, GCEI, PEV, PNPN, FTCI

Weekly Sustainable Investing Surveyor - Week Ended November 24, 2023

Head of Research and Global Chief Strategist, Steno Research

Andreas Steno

Head of Research and Global Chief Strategist

Macro and Geopolitical Research House

Steno Research

Steno Research is a new macro and geopolitical research house. We are based out of Copenhagen, Denmark, but have an international team and a strong network of sources and partners around the world. The team is lead by Andreas Steno, previous global head of strategy at Nordea Bank, and Mikkel Rosenvold, former chief consultant in the Danish Ministry of Finance.

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul><li>Hello everyone, and welcome back to our weekly positioning watch where we run through interesting observations found in positioning data for the latest week (now back on schedule).</li><li>Recent trading days have been all about lower bond yields, a weaker USD and rising equity prices, as risk asset prices are at the moment all about discount rates and swap-pricing of the future of central bank policy.</li><li>As we have addressed, conditions are slowly but surely starting to decrease the risk/reward of going long-risk assets at current junctures.</li></ul>

Hello everyone, and welcome back to our weekly positioning watch where we run through interesting observations found in positioning data for the latest week (now back on schedule).Recent trading days have been all about lower bond yields, a weaker USD and rising equity prices, as risk asset prices are at the moment all about discount rates and swap-pricing of the future of central bank policy.As we have addressed, conditions are slowly but surely starting to decrease the risk/reward of going long-risk assets at current junctures.

Positioning Watch – Positioning for Lower Yields and Weaker USD

Global Multi-Asset Investment Strategist, True Insights

Jeroen Blokland

Global Multi-Asset Investment Strategist

Build Well-Diversified Multi-Asset Portfolios

True Insights

Our research helps investors build well-diversified multi-asset portfolios and profit from market developments. In addition, our unique and proven Macro – Sentiment – Valuation (MSV) investment framework ensures a consistent flow of new investment opportunities. Together with our market views, these opportunities will be reflected in our live ETF-based Global Multi-Asset Portfolios.

Macroeconomics

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<li>Our Fear &amp; Frenzy Sentiment Index has hit ‘FRENZY,’ sending a short-term SELL signal! </li>
<li>The Fed is likely done, especially with inflation expectations falling, keeping real yields high. Unfortunately, some macro indicators hint at deflation, which is the ugly side of disinflation.</li>
<li>China, new week, same story. China’s property sector is going absolutely nowhere. In fact, things are worsening with the decline in house prices the steepest nine(!) years.</li>
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Our Fear &amp; Frenzy Sentiment Index has hit ‘FRENZY,’ sending a short-term SELL signal! 
The Fed is likely done, especially with inflation expectations falling, keeping real yields high. Unfortunately, some macro indicators hint at deflation, which is the ugly side of disinflation.
China, new week, same story. China’s property sector is going absolutely nowhere. In fact, things are worsening with the decline in house prices the steepest nine(!) years.


The Weekly Market Monitor – On Deflation, Spot Bitcoin ETFs, Rising Delinquencies, & Faltering China

United States

The Russell 2000 Index is comprised of the smallest 2000 companies in the Russell 3000 Index, representing approximately 8% of the Russell 3000 total market capitalization. The index was developed with a base value of 135.00 as of December 31, 1986.

Russell 2000 Index (RTY INDEX)

Industry Report - Climatetech & Sustainable Investing

The WTR Sustainable Index was up by 0.9% W/W versus the S&P 500 Index (up 0.8%), the Russell 2000 Index (up 3.1%), and the Nasdaq Index (up 0.1%).

Water Tower Research

Continue to Ride the Trend Higher; Buying Gold, Silver, Miners $GDX $GDXJ $GLD $SLV

New market-generated information continues to be risk-on, which has only reinforced our bullish outlook on the broad equity market. We still expect...

Vermilion Research

Weekly Sustainable Investing Surveyor - Week Ended November 24, 2023

The WTR Sustainable Index was up by 0.5% W/W versus the S&P 500 Index (up 1.0%), the Russell 2000 Index (up 0.5%), and the Nasdaq Index (up 0.9%).

Water Tower Research

Positioning Watch – Positioning for Lower Yields and Weaker USD

Recent trading days have been all about lower bond yields, a weaker USD and rising equity prices, as risk asset prices are at the moment all about...

Steno Research

The Weekly Market Monitor – On Deflation, Spot Bitcoin ETFs, Rising Delinquencies, & Faltering China

Equity markets are at risk if declining price pressures must be attributed to slowing growth. China's Real Estate is still a mess, while small caps...

Jeroen Blokland