'Quantamental' Japan Specialist, LightStream Research

Campbell Gunn

'Quantamental' Japan Specialist

ja research

ja research is an independent research platform focused exclusively on Japanese equities. Leveraging data and graphic analysis provided by Japan Analytics, we provide insights on small and medium-sized companies that have been ignored by the sell-side as well as challenging conventional wisdom on larger companies. We also offer analyst and corporate access, the latter with translation if required. 

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

CYCLICAL SECTORS RALLY WITH THE MARKET - Japanese equities have rallied 3.6% over the last two weeks, and the market composite is now flat since the end of April. Mean reversion was widespread and the range from worst to best three-month change narrowed from 22.5% to 18.1%. Banks, Energy, Chemicals, and Metals led, while REITs, Media,Telcom and Retail lagged. Domestic growth sectors (Internet, Commercial Services, Information Technology and Healthcare) are still well ahead over three months…

CYCLICAL SECTORS RALLY WITH THE MARKET - Japanese equities have rallied 3.6% over the last two weeks, and the market composite is now flat since the end of April. Mean reversion was widespread and the range from worst to best three-month change narrowed from 22.5% to 18.1%. Banks, Energy, Chemicals, and Metals led, while REITs, Media,Telcom and Retail lagged. Domestic growth sectors (Internet, Commercial Services, Information Technology and Healthcare) are still well ahead over three months…

Japan Fortnightly Update: Banks to Neutral/Utilities to Negative - Results Momentum Still Slowing

Expert on Japan Retail and Consumer Markets, JapanConsuming

Michael Causton

Expert on Japan Retail and Consumer Markets

Real Insight on Japanese Consumer Markets

JapanConsuming

JapanConsuming is a specialist research firm producing intelligence on Japanese retail and consumer markets. Founded in 2000, JapanConsuming has become the leading provider of insights on Japanese retailers and consumer trends to retailers, brands, government agencies and investors. As well as a highly regarded monthly report on the market, JapanConsuming produces in-depth reports on retail sectors, seminars on key trends and telephone consulting to investors on trends and retailers.

JapanConsuming was founded by Michael Causton and Roy Larke. 

<div class="content-highlight">The Ministry of Economy, Trade &amp; Industry (METI)’s annual e-commerce survey confirms strong growth in 2017, up 9.5% on the previous year. Apparel remains the largest sector, while the highest growth was in furniture and interiors. Retail sales of merchandise accounted for more than half the total, and e-commerce penetration is still on course to break 10% of total retail sales in the next decade.</div>METI’s latest annual survey for e-commerce for 2017 was released in May. According to the report…

The Ministry of Economy, Trade &amp; Industry (METI)’s annual e-commerce survey confirms strong growth in 2017, up 9.5% on the previous year. Apparel remains the largest sector, while the highest growth was in furniture and interiors. Retail sales of merchandise accounted for more than half the total, and e-commerce penetration is still on course to break 10% of total retail sales in the next decade.METI’s latest annual survey for e-commerce for 2017 was released in May. According to the report…

Japanese E-Commerce Breaks ¥16.5 Trillion in FY2017

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

MSCI Emerging Markets Index / Technical Analysis

Global markets have deteriorated considerably over the past couple weeks. The MSCI EM index has decisively broken down below the 60,000 major support level we identified as support, and the MSCI ACWI ETF has broken below its 200-day MA, leading us to believe additional consolidation is likely.

Global markets have deteriorated considerably over the past couple weeks. The MSCI EM index has decisively broken down below the 60,000 major support level we identified as support, and the MSCI ACWI ETF has broken below its 200-day MA, leading us to believe additional consolidation is likely. 

EM and ACWI Showing Decisive Breakdowns - Metals & Miners Still Attractive

Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

<h2>Mercari: future growth path and potential M&amp;A targets</h2><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/713" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="accounts:713">Mio Kato, CFA</a> discusses what Mercari founder Shintarou Yamada highlighted in the recent press interviews. The main focus of these interviews with founder Shintarou Yamada has been on the additional growth areas Mercari could venture into including smartphone payments, AI usage for improving customer convenience/experience, and the potential global market scale which could be about 10 times that of the domestic market. But Mio says he is more…

Mercari: future growth path and potential M&amp;A targetsMio Kato, CFA discusses what Mercari founder Shintarou Yamada highlighted in the recent press interviews. The main focus of these interviews with founder Shintarou Yamada has been on the additional growth areas Mercari could venture into including smartphone payments, AI usage for improving customer convenience/experience, and the potential global market scale which could be about 10 times that of the domestic market. But Mio says he is more…

Japan & Korea @Smartkarma: Mercari, Kim/Trump, AirBnB in Japan, Toshiba & MCorset IPO

<div class="content-highlight">Fashion retailers may want to preserve footfall in their physical stores, but most are also trying harder to increase e-commerce sales, especially at their own online stores. With as much as 60% of online sales initiated by blog posts by shop staff, they are optimistic about omnichannel retailing and the benefits that store infrastructure brings to their direct online sales at the expense of third-party malls. The biggest losers from this trend will be the main online fashion malls, notably …</div>

Fashion retailers may want to preserve footfall in their physical stores, but most are also trying harder to increase e-commerce sales, especially at their own online stores. With as much as 60% of online sales initiated by blog posts by shop staff, they are optimistic about omnichannel retailing and the benefits that store infrastructure brings to their direct online sales at the expense of third-party malls. The biggest losers from this trend will be the main online fashion malls, notably …

Fashion Retailers Fight Back Against the Dominance of Zozotown

Japan

ZOZO Inc operates internet shopping sites for apparel.  The Company also provides communication services relating to apparel such as blogs by fashion moguls and internet chat room for users.

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ZOZO Inc (3092 JP)

Japan Fortnightly Update: Banks to Neutral/Utilities to Negative - Results Momentum Still Slowing

CYCLICAL SECTORS RALLY WITH THE MARKET - Japanese equities have rallied 3.6% over the last two weeks, and the market composite is now flat since...

Campbell Gunn

Japanese E-Commerce Breaks ¥16.5 Trillion in FY2017

The Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI)’s annual e-commerce survey confirms strong growth in 2017, up 9.5% on the previous year....

Michael Causton

EM and ACWI Showing Decisive Breakdowns - Metals & Miners Still Attractive

Global markets have deteriorated considerably over the past couple weeks. The MSCI EM index has decisively broken down below the 60,000 major...

Vermilion Research

Japan & Korea @Smartkarma: Mercari, Kim/Trump, AirBnB in Japan, Toshiba & MCorset IPO

Mercari: future growth path and potential M&A targetsMio Kato, CFA discusses what Mercari founder Shintarou Yamada highlighted in the recent...

Sanghyun Park

Fashion Retailers Fight Back Against the Dominance of Zozotown

Fashion retailers may want to preserve footfall in their physical stores, but most are also trying harder to increase e-commerce sales, especially...

Michael Causton

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