Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>OVERSEAS. US Rally Pauses as weak(er) Services ISM brings recession risk reminder; MS Big Bearish Call on SPX; Apple unveils Game Changing VR Headset ; Crypto Worries -Binance CEO Charged</li>
<li>JAPAN. NKY Futs -0.3% vs Cash; Expect a pull back today given US pause, overbought markets, and stronger yen;  MS Bullish Call on Japan; Panasonic expands Battery production for TESLA</li>
<li>NUGGET. Data Centers - Demand set to Explode with AI: Next Growth Driver for an Already undervalued Kansai Electric ?</li>
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OVERSEAS. US Rally Pauses as weak(er) Services ISM brings recession risk reminder; MS Big Bearish Call on SPX; Apple unveils Game Changing VR Headset ; Crypto Worries -Binance CEO Charged
JAPAN. NKY Futs -0.3% vs Cash; Expect a pull back today given US pause, overbought markets, and stronger yen;  MS Bullish Call on Japan; Panasonic expands Battery production for TESLA
NUGGET. Data Centers - Demand set to Explode with AI: Next Growth Driver for an Already undervalued Kansai Electric ?


Ohayo Japan|US Rally Pauses on Services ISM-Recession Fears?; NUGGET: KEPCO, AI, and Data Centers ?

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<li>OVERSEAS.  US Equities Soar on Debt Resolution and Payrolls; Markets continue to price in Fed Pause; Leaks about China Property stimulus support sentiment; Saudi Arabia slashes oil output.</li>
<li>JAPAN. NKY Futs +1.4% vs Cash;  JP bid to continue after US Rally; Inflation pushing households to stocks; Japan prioritizes hydrogen; Companies face a raft of proposals at June AGMs</li>
<li>NUGGET. Where Nvidia Goes, Advantest Follows; Advantest now simply just a proxy on Nvidia's share price</li>
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OVERSEAS.  US Equities Soar on Debt Resolution and Payrolls; Markets continue to price in Fed Pause; Leaks about China Property stimulus support sentiment; Saudi Arabia slashes oil output.
JAPAN. NKY Futs +1.4% vs Cash;  JP bid to continue after US Rally; Inflation pushing households to stocks; Japan prioritizes hydrogen; Companies face a raft of proposals at June AGMs
NUGGET. Where Nvidia Goes, Advantest Follows; Advantest now simply just a proxy on Nvidia's share price


Ohayo Japan |Stocks Soar on Debt Resolution/Jobs/China; NUGGET: Where Nvidia Goes, Advantest Follows

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

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF / Technical Analysis

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<li>There continues to be little traction above $93 on MSCI ACWI (ACWI-US), which remains the top-end of our anticipated 2023 trading range. Important downside targets are $86, $84, and $75-77.</li>
<li>Additionally, the EURO STOXX 50 remains below 2-year resistance at 4400-4415.</li>
<li>We remain overweight Europe, Japan, and India, and we prefer to only add exposure on a pullback -- especially in Japan where indexes are bullish yet extended.</li>
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There continues to be little traction above $93 on MSCI ACWI (ACWI-US), which remains the top-end of our anticipated 2023 trading range. Important downside targets are $86, $84, and $75-77.
Additionally, the EURO STOXX 50 remains below 2-year resistance at 4400-4415.
We remain overweight Europe, Japan, and India, and we prefer to only add exposure on a pullback -- especially in Japan where indexes are bullish yet extended.


No Traction Above $93 on ACWI-US or 4400-4415 on EURO STOXX 50. Buys in Defensives/Japan/EM

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<li>OVERSEAS. SPX -0.7%, down again on inability to get a debt deal; Yellen's warnings keep coming; Fed Minutes - Officials mixed on hikes/pause; NVIDIA-BLOW OUT AI DRIVEN GUIDANCE</li>
<li>JAPAN. NKY Futs -0.3% Discount to Cash; US debt limit weighs on Japans;  Fujitsu MTP - to return ¥600bn to shareholders over 3 yrs; Watch Advantest today on NVIDIA's guidance</li>
<li>NUGGET. Next Gen drinks development takes off as Sapporo Holdings(2501 JP) seeks competitive edge in drinks development by using AI</li>
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OVERSEAS. SPX -0.7%, down again on inability to get a debt deal; Yellen's warnings keep coming; Fed Minutes - Officials mixed on hikes/pause; NVIDIA-BLOW OUT AI DRIVEN GUIDANCE
JAPAN. NKY Futs -0.3% Discount to Cash; US debt limit weighs on Japans;  Fujitsu MTP - to return ¥600bn to shareholders over 3 yrs; Watch Advantest today on NVIDIA's guidance
NUGGET. Next Gen drinks development takes off as Sapporo Holdings(2501 JP) seeks competitive edge in drinks development by using AI


Ohayo Japan | US Stocks/Bond Sell Off (Again) On Debt Impass;NUGGET: Sapporo HD-Using AI to Get Edge

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.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten (4755 JP)</a> aims to raise up to US$2.4bn (JPY323bn) via a global offering.</li>
<li>We have covered various aspects of the deal in our earlier notes, see <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/rakuten-possible-us-2-2bn-placement-will-be-a-huge-deal-to-digest-but-it-s-not-all-bad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/rakuten-us-2-4bn-placement-larger-than-rumored-some-indications-of-finality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the updates since our last note, as well as the performance of some of the past large primary raises in Japan.</li>
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Rakuten (4755 JP) aims to raise up to US$2.4bn (JPY323bn) via a global offering.
We have covered various aspects of the deal in our earlier notes, see here and here.
In this note, we will talk about the updates since our last note, as well as the performance of some of the past large primary raises in Japan.


Rakuten US$2.4bn Placement - Recent Updates and Comparison to past Deals

Japan

Sony Group Corporation manufactures and distributes electronics products and provides related solutions. The Company produces televisions, cameras, mobiles, audio and video products. game equipment, and more. Sony Group also engages in game production,  movie production, music production, and other businesses.

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Ohayo Japan|US Rally Pauses on Services ISM-Recession Fears?; NUGGET: KEPCO, AI, and Data Centers ?

NKY Futs -0.3% vs Cash; Expect a pull back today given US pause, overbought markets, and stronger yen; MS Bullish Call on Japan; Panasonic expands...

Mark Chadwick

Ohayo Japan |Stocks Soar on Debt Resolution/Jobs/China; NUGGET: Where Nvidia Goes, Advantest Follows

US Equites well bid as SPX closes up +1.5% on Debt relief/Strong payrolls. NKY Futs +1.4% vs Cash; Inflation pushing households to stocks;...

Mark Chadwick

No Traction Above $93 on ACWI-US or 4400-4415 on EURO STOXX 50. Buys in Defensives/Japan/EM

No Traction Above $93 on MSCI $ACWI or 4400-4415 on EURO #STOXX 50. Continues to reinforce our view from early-January that $93 on ACWI caps upside...

Vermilion Research

Ohayo Japan | US Stocks/Bond Sell Off (Again) On Debt Impass;NUGGET: Sapporo HD-Using AI to Get Edge

Stocks and Bonds sell off in the US on ongoing debt limit impass; NKY Futs -0.3% Discount to Cash; Aggressive shareholder returns in Fujitsu's...

Mark Chadwick

Rakuten US$2.4bn Placement - Recent Updates and Comparison to past Deals

Rakuten (4755 JP) aims to raise up to US$2.4bn (JPY323bn) via a global offering. In this note, we talk about the updates since our last note. and...

Sumeet Singh

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