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

In our March Strategy we provide a top down analysis of U.S. equity market drivers, and highlight opportunities within the following Sectors:• Technology: Overweight.  Technology remains a leadership Sector as uptrends and significant bases remain intact. The recent pullback has resulted in a number of groups breaking to new highs especially in the Software related groups. Historically investors will move to software related names to reduce risk as these companies often have a source of reoccurring revenue. Large- and Mid-cap semiconductors have also been quite resilient, whereas small- and micro-cap semis are seeing breakdowns in price and RS.• Financials: Overweight. Financials continue to plod up and to the right. Banks and thrifts, exchanges, investing banking and brokerage, pawn shops and Latin/South American banks look attractive.

In our March Strategy we provide a top down analysis of U.S. equity market drivers, and highlight opportunities within the following Sectors:• Technology: Overweight.  Technology remains a leadership Sector as uptrends and significant bases remain intact. The recent pullback has resulted in a number of groups breaking to new highs especially in the Software related groups. Historically investors will move to software related names to reduce risk as these companies often have a source of reoccurring revenue. Large- and Mid-cap semiconductors have also been quite resilient, whereas small- and micro-cap semis are seeing breakdowns in price and RS.• Financials: Overweight. Financials continue to plod up and to the right. Banks and thrifts, exchanges, investing banking and brokerage, pawn shops and Latin/South American banks look attractive.

U.S. Equity Strategy: Cyclicals Are Leadership, Small-Caps Are Closing the Gap.

Japan TMT Analyst

Pelham Smithers

Market Intel on Asian Tech with a Japan focus

Pelham Smithers Associates

Founded in 2009, Pelham Smithers Associates (PSA) provides market intelligence on Asian technology, focusing in particular on Japan. The industries covered by our team of specialists are: consumer electronics, telecomms, pharmaceuticals, internet, electronic parts and materials, automotive technology, retail and capital goods. 

Research is provided by the following:
Pelham Smithers: Macro, consumer electronics, telecoms & pharma
Joel Scheiman: Electronics materials / components
Julie Boote: Autos
Will Nestuk: Capital goods, machinery & transportation equipment parts
Thao Nguyen: eCommerce, internet content, marketing & advertising

Equity Bottom-Up

Up until now, we have viewed the key opportunity set for SBI Ripple Asia, the 60% owned subsidiary of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/10928" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10928:1">SBI Holdings (8473 JP)</a>, as the credit card foreign exchange market, where execution / settlement costs in Japan can hit 60bp (according to sources at <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/13631" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13631:1">GMO Internet (9449 JP)</a>. However, a suite of products announced for the banking industry shows that this industry’s forex business is also in SBI Ripple Asia’s sights. Last week SBI Ripple Asia introduced two new Ripple initiatives, xRapid and xVia…

Up until now, we have viewed the key opportunity set for SBI Ripple Asia, the 60% owned subsidiary of SBI Holdings (8473 JP), as the credit card foreign exchange market, where execution / settlement costs in Japan can hit 60bp (according to sources at GMO Internet (9449 JP). However, a suite of products announced for the banking industry shows that this industry’s forex business is also in SBI Ripple Asia’s sights. Last week SBI Ripple Asia introduced two new Ripple initiatives, xRapid and xVia…

Blockchain in Japan Moves Further Forward

Equity markets have remained volatile, consolidating between the recent high in late January and the low on February 9th. While the market has yet to retest either the highs or the lows, we still see both as critical levels. With support levels holding, we retain our long-term bullish stance despite the expectation of continued volatility and consolidation. In today’s report we highlight attractive and actionable groups within Technology and Financials. Within Tech we focus on TE-01 and TE-02, our Large- and Mid-Cap Semiconductor Groups (respectively), and within Financials we highlight FN-34, our Electronic Exchanges/Markets Group.

Equity markets have remained volatile, consolidating between the recent high in late January and the low on February 9th. While the market has yet to retest either the highs or the lows, we still see both as critical levels. With support levels holding, we retain our long-term bullish stance despite the expectation of continued volatility and consolidation. In today’s report we highlight attractive and actionable groups within Technology and Financials. Within Tech we focus on TE-01 and TE-02, our Large- and Mid-Cap Semiconductor Groups (respectively), and within Financials we highlight FN-34, our Electronic Exchanges/Markets Group.

U.S. Equity Strategy: Heightened Volatility; Further Consolidation; Bullish Outlook Intact.

MSCI Emerging Markets Index / Technical Analysis

Highlighted themes and actionable charts: Reiterating BRIC overweight. This country grouping continues to outperform broad EM, and we believe BRIC will be a primary source of outperformance relative to the MSCI EM Index moving forward.  Today’s report includes a wide variety of bottom-up recommendations, spanning most sectors and all market capitalizations within EM.

Highlighted themes and actionable charts: Reiterating BRIC overweight. This country grouping continues to outperform broad EM, and we believe BRIC will be a primary source of outperformance relative to the MSCI EM Index moving forward.  Today’s report includes a wide variety of bottom-up recommendations, spanning most sectors and all market capitalizations within EM.

EM Equity Strategy: Indonesia Perking Up; Overweight BRIC, Tech, and Health Care

Overwhelmingly, and to take a line from our U.S. Compass report, recent declines have corrected the excess. Where many charts appeared stretched and even parabolic in some cases, recent downward pressure on global equities has allowed many stocks to return to solid entry points near various areas of support. In today’s report we review every global sector, highlighting actionable stocks within each.

Overwhelmingly, and to take a line from our U.S. Compass report, recent declines have corrected the excess. Where many charts appeared stretched and even parabolic in some cases, recent downward pressure on global equities has allowed many stocks to return to solid entry points near various areas of support. In today’s report we review every global sector, highlighting actionable stocks within each.

Taiwan

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. manufactures and markets integrated circuits. The Company provides the following services: wafer manufacturing, wafer probing, assembly and testing, mask production, and design services. TSMC's ICs are used in computer, communication, consumer electronics, automotive, and industrial equipment industries.

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Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) (2330 TT)

U.S. Equity Strategy: Cyclicals Are Leadership, Small-Caps Are Closing the Gap.

In our March Strategy we provide a top down analysis of U.S. equity market drivers, and highlight opportunities within the following Sectors:•...

Vermilion Research

Blockchain in Japan Moves Further Forward

Up until now, we have viewed the key opportunity set for SBI Ripple Asia, the 60% owned subsidiary of SBI Holdings (8473 JP), as the credit card...

Pelham Smithers Associates

U.S. Equity Strategy: Heightened Volatility; Further Consolidation; Bullish Outlook Intact.

Equity markets have remained volatile, consolidating between the recent high in late January and the low on February 9th. While the market has yet...

Vermilion Research

EM Equity Strategy: Indonesia Perking Up; Overweight BRIC, Tech, and Health Care

Highlighted themes and actionable charts: Reiterating BRIC overweight. This country grouping continues to outperform broad EM, and we believe BRIC...

Vermilion Research

Global Equity Strategy

Overwhelmingly, and to take a line from our U.S. Compass report, recent declines have corrected the excess. Where many charts appeared stretched...

Vermilion Research

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