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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

Global Economist, DeSaque Macro Research

Said Desaque

Global Economist

Delivering Global Macro Investment Insights

DeSaque Macro Research

DeSaque Macro Research Limited was formed by Said DeSaque in April 2012 with the view to delivering global macro investment insights aimed at providing new ideas to clients.

Said DeSaque has over 26 years of experience working as a professional economist in financial services. Prior to establishing DeSaque Macro Research, Said held positions as Senior Economist at Robert W Baird and William Blair. He began his career as a graduate at PaineWebber in 1986, where he eventually became Head of the London Economics Department.

Said takes a very keen interest in international relations, along with their implications for economic development. His research interests include the economic transformation of China and its implications for global capital markets, particularly in the United States. He is a member of Chatham House in London.

The US economy and capital markets have historically been Said’s main focus of attention. He frequently presents his views to institutional investors in diverse geographic locations. In recent years, Said has also been carefully monitoring economic developments in Asia, particularly China and Japan.

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>The twin pillars that underpinned US monetary policy since the global financial crisis made policy normalisation difficult. Investors believe quantitative tightening (QT) ceases once the federal funds rate is lowered.</li>
<li>Contrary to the fears encountered during the taper tantrum in 2013, QT has not dramatically tightened US financial conditions since 2017, thereby raising questions about whether any cessation is required.</li>
<li>High levels of bank reserves do not guarantee financial stability, but elevated Treasury borrowing and lower repo market liquidity pose threats that could ultimately force the Fed to end QT.</li>
</ul>


The twin pillars that underpinned US monetary policy since the global financial crisis made policy normalisation difficult. Investors believe quantitative tightening (QT) ceases once the federal funds rate is lowered.
Contrary to the fears encountered during the taper tantrum in 2013, QT has not dramatically tightened US financial conditions since 2017, thereby raising questions about whether any cessation is required.
High levels of bank reserves do not guarantee financial stability, but elevated Treasury borrowing and lower repo market liquidity pose threats that could ultimately force the Fed to end QT.


The Fate of Quantitative Tightening: Not Solely in the Hands of the Fed

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>The announcement of the inclusion of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/uber-technologies-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:430:1" rel="noopener">Uber Technologies (UBER US)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-500-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22886:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500 INDEX</a> was a big one last week. There were announcements for some other indices too.</li>
<li>There are many indices in China that will be rebalanced at the close on Friday, the biggest being the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-shenzhen-csi-300-inde" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22906:1" rel="noopener">CSI 300</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/csi-smallcap-500-index-shang" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35347:1" rel="noopener">CSI 500</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sse-science-and-technology-innovation-board-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29279:1" rel="noopener">STAR50</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-stock-exchange-sse-50-a-share-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31073:1" rel="noopener">SSE50</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kraneshares-csi-china-internet-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28208:1" rel="noopener">KWEB US</a>.</li>
<li>Relatively quiet in ETF world with net inflows to China focused ETFs and net outflows for Japan.</li>
</ul>


The announcement of the inclusion of Uber Technologies (UBER US) in the S&amp;P 500 INDEX was a big one last week. There were announcements for some other indices too.
There are many indices in China that will be rebalanced at the close on Friday, the biggest being the CSI 300, CSI 500, STAR50, SSE50 and KWEB US.
Relatively quiet in ETF world with net inflows to China focused ETFs and net outflows for Japan.


Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: KWEB, CSI300/500, STAR50, SSE50, ChiNext, SET50, Chips, Denso, SPX

Senior Equity Derivatives Trader

Simon Harris

<ul>
<li>Weekly summary of vol changes and moves across Global Markets</li>
<li>Analysing ATM volatility and skew changes over the last 5 days</li>
<li>We suggest a few trades to take advantage of the implied vol surfaces</li>
</ul>


Weekly summary of vol changes and moves across Global Markets
Analysing ATM volatility and skew changes over the last 5 days
We suggest a few trades to take advantage of the implied vol surfaces


EQD | Volatility Update: Weekly Review of Vol Changes and Best Trades-Rate Cuts?

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.

<ul>
<li>Gold Has closed at its highest monthly close price ever! And further gains lie ahead in the coming years. Yet, most multi-asset investors still do not have any exposure to the yellow metal.</li>
<li>What if not the Fed but the ECB cuts rates first? Incoming inflation data suggests a 2024 combination of deflation and recession is increasingly likely, leaving the ECB little room but lower rates.</li>
<li>Oil fell as OPEC+ half-heartedly presented another one million barrels per day production cut, which has written ‘voluntary’ all over it.</li>
</ul>


Gold Has closed at its highest monthly close price ever! And further gains lie ahead in the coming years. Yet, most multi-asset investors still do not have any exposure to the yellow metal.
What if not the Fed but the ECB cuts rates first? Incoming inflation data suggests a 2024 combination of deflation and recession is increasingly likely, leaving the ECB little room but lower rates.
Oil fell as OPEC+ half-heartedly presented another one million barrels per day production cut, which has written ‘voluntary’ all over it.


The Weekly Market Monitor – Gold Shines, Oil Slumps, and Yields Should Reverse

United States

The S&P 500® is widely regarded as the best single gauge of large-cap U.S. equities and serves as the foundation for a wide range of investment products. The index includes 500 leading companies and captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization.

S&P 500 INDEX (SPX 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

The Fate of Quantitative Tightening: Not Solely in the Hands of the Fed

Investors believe the Fed will cease QT when the federal funds rate is reduced. QT has not produced tight financial conditions. High Treasury...