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Daily Brief Thematic (Sector/Industry): Ohayo Japan: SPX Rallies on Bullish ARM Debut; JAPAN X: Sparx Founder Retirement Trade – $2bn Fund and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Ohayo Japan: SPX Rallies on Bullish ARM Debut; JAPAN X: Sparx Founder Retirement Trade – $2bn Fund
  • [Blue Lotus Entertainment Sector Update]: Game Cannot Break the Tie of Hardware but AI Can
  • China Property Developers In Distress – Weekly News & Announcements Tracker | 8-14 September 2023
  • China TMT Update-BEKE/NIO/300750CH/2150HK-Zhengzhou Cancel Restrictions;Nio Cylindrical Battery
  • Commodity Analysis – Cotton Futures


Ohayo Japan: SPX Rallies on Bullish ARM Debut; JAPAN X: Sparx Founder Retirement Trade – $2bn Fund

By Mark Chadwick

  • OVERSEAS: SPX Rallies supported by Bullish ARM (+25%) trading;  Markets ignore implications Producer prices; Retail sales strong;   UAW Strike Looms – GM Sweetens offer; China cuts RRR.
  • JAPAN: NKY Futs 0.1% vs Cash; USDJPY 147.5; Japan Corp profits not trickling down; No boost for Kishida post reshuffle; More JP firms lifting shareholder returns; Bullish Aisin MTP
  • JAPAN X: Sparx Group’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Japan’s Future. CEO Abe goes all in with a view of catching the start of the wave of resurgence of Japanese equities.

[Blue Lotus Entertainment Sector Update]: Game Cannot Break the Tie of Hardware but AI Can

By Shawn Yang

  • A key feature of iPhone 15 is 3nm Bionic chipset with enhanced game supports. 
  • This, however, will not break the tie of Apple vs. Huawei;
  • We see game engine benefiting from upcoming competition between Apple, Qualcomm, MTK and Huawei, more so though AI.

China Property Developers In Distress – Weekly News & Announcements Tracker | 8-14 September 2023

By Robert Ciemniak

  • A weekly curated selection of Chinese news articles and company announcements focused on developers in distress
  • We look for their deals, updates, specific project progress news (‘local signals’), as well as relevant local research commentaries about the market
  • We do not verify the underlying data or provide any opinion, we only select and summarize the information; See direct links to sources

China TMT Update-BEKE/NIO/300750CH/2150HK-Zhengzhou Cancel Restrictions;Nio Cylindrical Battery

By Shawn Yang

  • Real Estate Industry Update: Zhengzhou fully cancel the home purchase and selling restrictions, an d lower the residential properties’ downpayment ratios(+)
  • NIO/ 300750CH: Nio Plans to Develop Cylindrical Battery with SVOLT (-)
  • 2150HK: Nayuki co-brand woth Mint App’s new product, tea and coffee houses are becoming new marketing channels(+)

Commodity Analysis – Cotton Futures

By VRS (Valuation & Research Specialists)

  • According to Graph 1, during the period May 26, 2023 – August 25, 2023, an overall bullish trend was reflected in the prices of Cotton, despite some notable fluctuations.
  • During the period under consideration, there was a significant price correction from June 8th until the end of the same month.
  • In contrast, from 10th until 26th of July an upward trend was observed. 

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