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Daily Brief Thematic (Sector/Industry): Good Morning Japan |Recession Fears Dominate; NUGGET: Panasonic+Stellantis =Expanded Battery Profits and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Good Morning Japan |Recession Fears Dominate; NUGGET: Panasonic+Stellantis =Expanded Battery Profits
  • The Great Game – Who’s Calling the Shots at Opec?
  • Mining Monthly: March Edition
  • RISC-V. Two Blue-Chip Names Betting Big On A Bright Future For The Upstart ISA

Good Morning Japan |Recession Fears Dominate; NUGGET: Panasonic+Stellantis =Expanded Battery Profits

By Mark Chadwick

  • OVERSEAS. SPX -0.2% as Equities continued with Recession trade overnight with Defensive >Cyclicals;  Tech, Discretionary, Industrials stocks hit;  ADP Employment+Services PMI add fuel to Recession narrative; Next up: Non-Farm Payrolls
  • JAPAN. NKY Futs -0.4% vs Cash; USDJPY 131.4; As US recession narrative strenghtens, expect selling of US exposed Discretionary; China weighs export ban on Rare earths;Rakuen cuts Bank IPO price
  • NUGGET. Panasonic+Stellantis=Expansion of Battery Profits.  IF Panasonic and Stellantis can agree, it could mean significant share price upside.

The Great Game – Who’s Calling the Shots at Opec?

By Mikkel Rosenvold

  • OPEC’s sudden oil production cut stunned the world on Sunday
  • Who drove the decision and what does this tell us about OPEC’s future?
  • What is the dynamic and role between Xi Jinping and Mohamed bin Salman?

Mining Monthly: March Edition

By Atrium Research

  • The precious metals and mining market significantly outperformed broader indices in the month of March with the GDX rising 15% versus the TSX being down slightly 
  • Gold rallied heavily following the collapse of several major banks and the U.S. Fed guiding for a pause on rates in the near term
  • This month only strengthens our confidence that 2023 will be a standout year for both precious metals and base metals and encourage investors to position themselves accordingly Gold rose 7.2% in the month to $1,969.7/oz, silver rose 14.5% to $24.0/oz, and copper sat flat, down just 1.8% to $4.10/lb.

RISC-V. Two Blue-Chip Names Betting Big On A Bright Future For The Upstart ISA

By William Keating

  • The worlds #1 producer of automotive MCUs has already launched a series of RISC-V solutions which replace Arm as the core ISA 
  • A leading US semiconductor manufacturer has designed an FPGA based on RISC-V which has been chosen by NASA for use in the International Space Station
  • RISC-V has the potential to be seriously disruptive in the Automotive & FPGA segments, and that’s just for starters.

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