Japanese Equity Specialist, Ortus Advisors

Andrew Jackson

Japanese Equity Specialist

Ortus Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Yields soared after the poor set of jobs data causing home builders to jump. Watch Sumitomo Forestry and Shin Etsu for upside.</li>
<li>TEL's poor look for WFE sends semi cap tumbling, although Lam Research up as it likely takes market share.</li>
<li>Eastman -19% on poor numbers reflecting DOW's woes the week before as tariffs pose significant headwinds for the chemicals industry.</li>
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Yields soared after the poor set of jobs data causing home builders to jump. Watch Sumitomo Forestry and Shin Etsu for upside.
TEL's poor look for WFE sends semi cap tumbling, although Lam Research up as it likely takes market share.
Eastman -19% on poor numbers reflecting DOW's woes the week before as tariffs pose significant headwinds for the chemicals industry.


Japan Morning Connection: US Lower After Trump Temper Tantrum over Jobs and Increased Tariffs

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist, Ingenuity

William Keating

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist

Ingenuity

Our focus is exclusively on in-depth research & consulting in the broader semiconductor industry. We focus on the key players, namely Intel, Micron, Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung, NVIDIA, AMD, TSMC & Global Foundries - as well as some of the lesser known, but nonetheless critical, companies such as ASML (for EUV), Mellanox, Cavium, Xilinx etc. We specialise in their products, roadmaps, process technologies, competitive advantages & threats etc. We also help our clients understand the implications of new and emerging technologies, e.g. 3D X-Point, 3D NAND, Carbon Nanotubes, Autonomous Driving, Graphene, Silicon Photonics, Wafer-Level Optics, Artificial Intelligence, FPGA, GPU, ASIC etc. 

Semiconductor Analysis & Research

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>LRCX reported FY 25Q4 revenues of $5.17 billion, + 10% QoQ, + 33% YoY and up $170 million from the guided midpoint.  </li>
<li>For FY 2025 as a whole, revenue amounted to $18.44 billion, up 23% YoY and their highest ever annual revenue, exceeding the previous record by roughly $1 billion.</li>
<li>China revenues are climbing once again and now represent 35% of sales and are on track to go even higher in the current quarter. That's a concern..</li>
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LRCX reported FY 25Q4 revenues of $5.17 billion, + 10% QoQ, + 33% YoY and up $170 million from the guided midpoint.  
For FY 2025 as a whole, revenue amounted to $18.44 billion, up 23% YoY and their highest ever annual revenue, exceeding the previous record by roughly $1 billion.
China revenues are climbing once again and now represent 35% of sales and are on track to go even higher in the current quarter. That's a concern..


LRCX FY 25Q4. Record Quarter, Record Year But Beware Tariff Threats & China Exposure

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<li>Will be a soft day for pharma after Trump insists drug makers cut costs.</li>
<li>Applied Digital +31% with an additional 150MW order on the table from Correweave.</li>
<li>Expect a U-turn for SPE after yesterdays strength despite the positive longer term outlook.</li>
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Will be a soft day for pharma after Trump insists drug makers cut costs.
Applied Digital +31% with an additional 150MW order on the table from Correweave.
Expect a U-turn for SPE after yesterdays strength despite the positive longer term outlook.


Japan Morning Connection: TEL Numbers Miss Weighs on US Semi-Caps Despite MSFT and META Capex Plans

Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Event-Driven

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<li>Ahead of the Bank of Japan’s <strong>31 July 2025</strong> policy meeting, markets broadly expect rates to remain on hold at 0.5%.</li>
<li>The new US–Japan trade deal may influence the tone of the upcoming quarterly outlook—if not the rate decision itself.</li>
<li>With limited precedent for rate changes but a high rate of surprises when they do occur, this Insight combines historical data with option-implied volatility to help investors assess tail risks.</li>
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Ahead of the Bank of Japan’s 31 July 2025 policy meeting, markets broadly expect rates to remain on hold at 0.5%.
The new US–Japan trade deal may influence the tone of the upcoming quarterly outlook—if not the rate decision itself.
With limited precedent for rate changes but a high rate of surprises when they do occur, this Insight combines historical data with option-implied volatility to help investors assess tail risks.


Bank of Japan’s Rate Decision on 31 July: Market Calm, Watch for Tail Risk

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 25th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD15,503m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fast Retailing, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Toyota Motor, Lasertec, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Marui, Sanrio, Disco, Kawasaki Heavy Industries.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 25th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD15,503m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fast Retailing, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Toyota Motor, Lasertec, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Marui, Sanrio, Disco, Kawasaki Heavy Industries.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 25th): Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fast Retailing

Japan

Tokyo Electron Limited manufactures and sells industrial electronics products, such as semiconductor manufacturing machines, computer system, and electronic components.  The Company products are sold in US, Taiwan, and others as well as in Japan.

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Tokyo Electron (8035 JP)

Japan Morning Connection: US Lower After Trump Temper Tantrum over Jobs and Increased Tariffs

Home builders pushed higher by treasuries and yields, poor numbers from TEL send SPE down, numbers from Eastman send chemical related lower.

Andrew Jackson

LRCX FY 25Q4. Record Quarter, Record Year But Beware Tariff Threats & China Exposure

China revenues are climbing once again and now represent 35% of sales and are on track to go even higher in the current quarter. That's a concern..

William Keating

Japan Morning Connection: TEL Numbers Miss Weighs on US Semi-Caps Despite MSFT and META Capex Plans

Pharma industry faces pressure to cut costs as Trump demands, Applied Digital jumped after numbers beat and announcement on increased AI computing...

Andrew Jackson

Bank of Japan’s Rate Decision on 31 July: Market Calm, Watch for Tail Risk

Reminder: The Bank of Japan’s policy decision is due today around noon (31 July). Markets remain calm, with the Nikkei 225 and implied volatility...

Gaudenz Schneider

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 25th): Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fast Retailing

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7011 JP), Fast Retailing (9983 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Japan Morning Connection: US Lower After Trump Temper Tantrum over Jobs and Increased Tariffs

Home builders pushed higher by treasuries and yields, poor numbers from TEL send SPE down, numbers from Eastman send chemical related lower.

Andrew Jackson

LRCX FY 25Q4. Record Quarter, Record Year But Beware Tariff Threats & China Exposure

China revenues are climbing once again and now represent 35% of sales and are on track to go even higher in the current quarter. That's a concern..

William Keating

Japan Morning Connection: TEL Numbers Miss Weighs on US Semi-Caps Despite MSFT and META Capex Plans

​Pharma industry faces pressure to cut costs as Trump demands, Applied Digital jumped after numbers beat and announcement on increased AI computing...

Andrew Jackson

Bank of Japan’s Rate Decision on 31 July: Market Calm, Watch for Tail Risk

Reminder: The Bank of Japan’s policy decision is due today around noon (31 July). Markets remain calm, with the Nikkei 225 and implied volatility...

Gaudenz Schneider

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 25th): Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fast Retailing

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7011 JP), Fast Retailing (9983 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Pharma industry faces pressure to cut costs as Trump demands, Applied Digital jumped after numbers beat and announcement on increased AI computing...