Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist, Objective Analysis

Jim Handy

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist

Objective Analysis

Objective Analysis offers third-party independent market research and data for the semiconductor industry and investors in the semiconductor industry.

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Micron recently announced a record-breaking quarter but guided lower for the current quarter</li>
<li>Consumer demand is slackening although other sectors remain strong for now</li>
<li>Macronix provides a little more insight, as the company reports monthly revenues</li>
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Micron recently announced a record-breaking quarter but guided lower for the current quarter
Consumer demand is slackening although other sectors remain strong for now
Macronix provides a little more insight, as the company reports monthly revenues


Does Micron's Lower Guidance Mean Doom for Tech?

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>In this insight, we discuss the recent buying and selling by the Korea National Pension Service (NPS) of Korean stocks.</li>
<li>Of the 176 Korean stocks in which NPS reported changes in ownerships in 2Q 2022, NPS increased its stakes in 115 companies and reduced stakes in 61 companies.</li>
<li>NPS mostly increased stakes in aerospace, defense, construction equipment, and energy sectors while reducing stakes in telecom and tourism related stocks.</li>
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In this insight, we discuss the recent buying and selling by the Korea National Pension Service (NPS) of Korean stocks.
Of the 176 Korean stocks in which NPS reported changes in ownerships in 2Q 2022, NPS increased its stakes in 115 companies and reduced stakes in 61 companies.
NPS mostly increased stakes in aerospace, defense, construction equipment, and energy sectors while reducing stakes in telecom and tourism related stocks.


NPS Sells SK Bioscience, Naver, & LG Electronics and Buys Kakao Bank, Lotte Corp, & Samyang Foods

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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.

Equity Capital Markets

SK IE Technology   / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>SK IE Technology’s (SKIE) shareholder aims to raise around US$228m via selling their remaining shareholding.</li>
<li>The same shareholder had sold some of their stake earlier in Nov 21. That deal didn’t end up doing well.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and  run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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SK IE Technology’s (SKIE) shareholder aims to raise around US$228m via selling their remaining shareholding.
The same shareholder had sold some of their stake earlier in Nov 21. That deal didn’t end up doing well.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and  run the deal through our ECM framework.


SK IE Technology Placement - Last Deal Didn’t Do Well, More Discount and Cleanup Should Help

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Amid the global markets chaos, there has been a huge truckers strike in South Korea, causing havoc across many industries.</li>
<li>On 14 June, the Post Office Courier Labor Union (POCLU) also warned that it will strike soon.</li>
<li>The labor union strikes by major industry groups in Korea could pose another big headache on the Korean equity markets in 2022. </li>
</ul>


Amid the global markets chaos, there has been a huge truckers strike in South Korea, causing havoc across many industries.
On 14 June, the Post Office Courier Labor Union (POCLU) also warned that it will strike soon.
The labor union strikes by major industry groups in Korea could pose another big headache on the Korean equity markets in 2022. 


Cargo Truckers Strike, Post Office Couriers Strike, & More Strikes Likely in Korea in 2022

Independent Research, Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down

Independent Research

Writing short articles about mis-priced boring stocks around the world.

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. / Equity Bottom-Up

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Say that we have an industry selling a commodity and we want to figure out how above average returns can be generated.Our starting point is almost perfect competition. We cannot create a brand, a differentiated product/service, a monopoly, a cartel or cheat.

South Korea

SK Hynix Inc. provides products and services for the electronic components industry. The Company manufactures semiconductors, such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM), NAND flash memory, and static random access memory (SRAM) chips.

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SK Hynix (000660 KS)

Does Micron's Lower Guidance Mean Doom for Tech?

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Jim Handy

NPS Sells SK Bioscience, Naver, & LG Electronics and Buys Kakao Bank, Lotte Corp, & Samyang Foods

NPS moves the Korean stock market more than any other investor. In this insight, we discuss the recent buying and selling by the Korea National...

Douglas Kim

SK IE Technology Placement - Last Deal Didn’t Do Well, More Discount and Cleanup Should Help

SK IE Technology’s (SKIE) shareholder aims to raise around US$228m via selling their remaining shareholding. The last deal didn't do well.

Sumeet Singh

Cargo Truckers Strike, Post Office Couriers Strike, & More Strikes Likely in Korea in 2022

Amid the global markets chaos, there has been a huge truckers strike in South Korea, causing havoc across many industries.

Douglas Kim

Earning excess returns in commodities

Say that we have an industry selling a commodity and we want to figure out how above average returns can be generated. Our starting point is almost...

Turtles all the way down

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