Japanese Equity Specialist, Ortus Advisors

Andrew Jackson

Japanese Equity Specialist

Ortus Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Lawmakers accuse semi-caps for helping make China make chips. What else would their equipment do?</li>
<li>HDD names swoon yet pure play Sandisk stays firm. Wafers down after small-cap Aehr somehow rattles markets.</li>
<li>Mixed tape for Homebuilders with James Hardie surging on numbers while rest of sector sags on a downgrade.</li>
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Lawmakers accuse semi-caps for helping make China make chips. What else would their equipment do?
HDD names swoon yet pure play Sandisk stays firm. Wafers down after small-cap Aehr somehow rattles markets.
Mixed tape for Homebuilders with James Hardie surging on numbers while rest of sector sags on a downgrade.


Japan Morning Connection: Semi's Correct Finally, but Already Seeing Dip Buying off Lows Overnight

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<li>Outperforming memory and NVDA takes a break while semi-cap and AMD related surge.</li>
<li>Wafer names continue to rise with Siltronic +9.2% taking gains to 85% since mid-Sep. Sumco, Shin Etsu and maybe even Tokuyama in focus.</li>
<li>EssilorLuxottica took its Nikon stake up to 10.8% yesterday, but now reports it has approval to take this to 20%. Can squeeze a lot more.</li>
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Outperforming memory and NVDA takes a break while semi-cap and AMD related surge.
Wafer names continue to rise with Siltronic +9.2% taking gains to 85% since mid-Sep. Sumco, Shin Etsu and maybe even Tokuyama in focus.
EssilorLuxottica took its Nikon stake up to 10.8% yesterday, but now reports it has approval to take this to 20%. Can squeeze a lot more.


Japan Morning Connection: AMD Deal News Sends AI Lurching Higher

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<li>Open AI at $500bn sends the whole AI edifice surging once again.</li>
<li>Siltronic's jumped 12% in EU and the outlook for the likes of Sumco and Shin Estu remains very positive.</li>
<li>Market see record deliveries for Tesla more as front-loading than an increase in overall demand, but robots likely to keep turning heads.</li>
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Open AI at $500bn sends the whole AI edifice surging once again.
Siltronic's jumped 12% in EU and the outlook for the likes of Sumco and Shin Estu remains very positive.
Market see record deliveries for Tesla more as front-loading than an increase in overall demand, but robots likely to keep turning heads.


Japan Morning Connection: AMAT Expecting Hit from China Export Restrictions May Take Shine off SPE

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<li>ADP jobs paints a rosy picture for rate cuts despite the lack of official data this Friday.</li>
<li>Memory melted higher again, while INTC lines up AMD as a potential Fab customer.</li>
<li>Softbank will jump after Qualcomm announced use of ARM v9 in its latest PC and smartphone chips.</li>
</ul>


ADP jobs paints a rosy picture for rate cuts despite the lack of official data this Friday.
Memory melted higher again, while INTC lines up AMD as a potential Fab customer.
Softbank will jump after Qualcomm announced use of ARM v9 in its latest PC and smartphone chips.


Japan Morning Connection: No Hoots Given as Market Beelines for Hyper Risk-On as Govt. Shuts Down

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Gaudenz Schneider

Event-Driven

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Exchange holidays: Early October holidays in China (Golden Week) and South Korea (Chuseok) may dampen market activity, while India’s Diwali on 21–22 October brings the traditional Muhurat trading session.</li>
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Earnings season begins in the final third of October across India, Japan, China/Hong Kong, and South Korea, alongside key central bank meetings and the TOPIX rebalance on 30 October.</li>
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Why Read: Plan ahead and take into account known market events when making investment and trading decision.</li>
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Exchange holidays: Early October holidays in China (Golden Week) and South Korea (Chuseok) may dampen market activity, while India’s Diwali on 21–22 October brings the traditional Muhurat trading session.

Earnings season begins in the final third of October across India, Japan, China/Hong Kong, and South Korea, alongside key central bank meetings and the TOPIX rebalance on 30 October.

Why Read: Plan ahead and take into account known market events when making investment and trading decision.


Earnings Kickoff Dominates October 2025 Key Events

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Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. produces and distributes synthetic resins and other chemical products such as fertilizers. The Company also manufactures electronic materials such as semiconductor silicon, synthetic, and rare earth quartz. Shin-Etsu Chemical operates in Japan and overseas.

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Shin Etsu Chemical (4063 JP)

Japan Morning Connection: Semi's Correct Finally, but Already Seeing Dip Buying off Lows Overnight

Advantest may emerge as an SPE sector relative short. May be a chance to double dip on wafer companies after a US wafer testing firm dropped 17.4%.

Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: AMD Deal News Sends AI Lurching Higher

AMD surging higher, keeping focus on AI related names. Continued strength for quantum computing names should push Japan's AI SPE names still higher.

Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: AMAT Expecting Hit from China Export Restrictions May Take Shine off SPE

AMAT expecting a $710m hit to its revenue from new US export restrictions which may dampen Japan SPE somewhat. Expect another jump higher for...

Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: No Hoots Given as Market Beelines for Hyper Risk-On as Govt. Shuts Down

Expect the squeeze for pharma to continue off the open. Dell's jump up may help the likes of Fujitsu and NEC. Lam Research sets a more positive...

Andrew Jackson

Earnings Kickoff Dominates October 2025 Key Events

October 2025 kicks off earnings season – reports from Fast Retailing (9983 JP), ICICI Bank (ICICIB IN) & more – alongside holidays and central bank...

Gaudenz Schneider

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