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<ul><li class="p1">Our early read on the buying and selling activity of our top managers during the second quarter uncovered a few nuggets.</li><li class="p1">New-money purchases were somewhat anaemic. Not a single name that showed up as new-money purchases during the second quarter were bought by more than one of our top managers. </li><li class="p2">Conviction buying was not focused on any one sector. Although the purchases that took place during the period were fairly well spread out among the financial-services, healthcare, technology, and consumer cyclical sectors, most of the buying was focused on high-quality names with defendable economic moats—exemplified by a greater number of wide- and narrow-moat names.</li></ul>Analysts: Eric Compton &amp; Greggory Warren

Our early read on the buying and selling activity of our top managers during the second quarter uncovered a few nuggets.New-money purchases were somewhat anaemic. Not a single name that showed up as new-money purchases during the second quarter were bought by more than one of our top managers. Conviction buying was not focused on any one sector. Although the purchases that took place during the period were fairly well spread out among the financial-services, healthcare, technology, and consumer cyclical sectors, most of the buying was focused on high-quality names with defendable economic moats—exemplified by a greater number of wide- and narrow-moat names.Analysts: Eric Compton &amp; Greggory Warren

Our Ultimate Stock-Pickers Top 10 New-Money Purchases

Asia and Global Semiconductor and Tech Research

Andrew Lu

Post <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/21591" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21591:1">Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW GR)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/16764" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16764:1">Intel Corp (INTC US)</a> , and Mobileye announced new self-driving car to launch by 2021 together with multiple road tests of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/11369" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11369:1">Alphabet Inc Cl C (GOOG US)</a> self-driving car, we estimate semiconductor usage for automotive industry will grow substantially for next few years and outpace semiconductor usage growth for PC, notebook, tablet, and smartphone and outpace semiconductor market size for AR/VR, internet of Things, and robotics. Due to a paradigm shift of automotive industry from gasoline car to electronic car and self-driving car, we estimate semiconductor value per car will exceed US$500 by 2020-2025 (from US$315 in 2012 and US$385 in 2017) by accounting 20-30% of global logic semiconductor market. In net, we see three structural changes like automotive industry consolidation is coming on rising R&amp;D, new semiconductor vendors are emerging, and value per car rising at 5-6% CAGR for next 5-10 years in automotive industry.

Post Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW GR), Intel Corp (INTC US) , and Mobileye announced new self-driving car to launch by 2021 together with multiple road tests of Alphabet Inc Cl C (GOOG US) self-driving car, we estimate semiconductor usage for automotive industry will grow substantially for next few years and outpace semiconductor usage growth for PC, notebook, tablet, and smartphone and outpace semiconductor market size for AR/VR, internet of Things, and robotics. Due to a paradigm shift of automotive industry from gasoline car to electronic car and self-driving car, we estimate semiconductor value per car will exceed US$500 by 2020-2025 (from US$315 in 2012 and US$385 in 2017) by accounting 20-30% of global logic semiconductor market. In net, we see three structural changes like automotive industry consolidation is coming on rising R&amp;D, new semiconductor vendors are emerging, and value per car rising at 5-6% CAGR for next 5-10 years in automotive industry.

Andrew on Tech: Automotive Semis the Next Wave

Founder and CEO, Europacifica Consulting

Naomi Fink

Founder and CEO

Europacifica Consulting

Macroeconomics

The UK’s referendum to exit Europe and the ensuing gyrations in global markets warned us against complacency in the face of event risk. Vigilance for unexpected surges in risk-aversion is all the more merited given some signals that the flood of ever-greater liquidity from developed country central banks may soon be peaking.If unconventional policy bears diminishing returns, as cautioned recently in reports from the <a href="https://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2015/060815.pdf" target="_blank">IMF</a> (citing spillover risks) and <a href="http://www.bis.org/publ/work570.pdf" target="_blank">BIS</a>, it may be possible that either risks associated with over-accommodation or the more manageable risks of exit will inevitably drive volatility higher.  We take stock of some of the most obvious event risks, as well as risks not yet associated with a specific event or events that might also emerge as catalysts in latter 2016, and their potential impact on currency and asset markets.

The UK’s referendum to exit Europe and the ensuing gyrations in global markets warned us against complacency in the face of event risk. Vigilance for unexpected surges in risk-aversion is all the more merited given some signals that the flood of ever-greater liquidity from developed country central banks may soon be peaking.If unconventional policy bears diminishing returns, as cautioned recently in reports from the IMF (citing spillover risks) and BIS, it may be possible that either risks associated with over-accommodation or the more manageable risks of exit will inevitably drive volatility higher.  We take stock of some of the most obvious event risks, as well as risks not yet associated with a specific event or events that might also emerge as catalysts in latter 2016, and their potential impact on currency and asset markets.

Event Risks, Catalysts and Volatility in Latter 2016

Equity Research Analyst, Maritime sector, Drewry Maritime Financial Research

Ankush Kathuria CFA, FRM

Equity Research Analyst, Maritime sector

Maritime Sector, Equity & Credit Research

Drewry Maritime Financial Research

With no ties to other players in the shipping, finance or banking world, we provide a uniquely impartial view of the markets and companies we cover. Our parent organization, Drewry is a leading independent provider of research services to the maritime and shipping industry, employing over 100 professionals across an international network of offices in London, Delhi, Singapore and Shanghai. Combining our market-leading resources with seasoned sector expertise DFRS offers a highly differentiated and comprehensive range of investment and financial research services to lenders and prospective investors in publicly listed maritime and shipping companies. The full service of reports, supporting resources and sector orientated webinars provides our clients with the most complete picture of the organisations under coverage as is possible. We have been charting and analysing the world’s maritime markets for more than 40 years. This unrivalled intelligence and understanding provides the foundation of our research service. Our analysts have access to one of the most up-to-date, comprehensive and reliable sources of market insight and research data available today. We look at globally listed companies within the following sectors: Port Operators, Container Shipping, Container Manufacturing & Leasing, LNG Shipping, Dry Bulk Shipping and Tanker Shipping. Combine in-depth sector expertise with financial analysis focusing on over 50 stocks globally.

Pokémon GO and the world of container shipping as we knew it<blockquote> “Dad, have you heard of Pokémon Go, can kids play it, when can I download it”, “Dad, for this birthday can you download for me the Lego Marvel's Avengers game”, “ Mom, can you please download this character for me”. </blockquote>That is my 9-year-old son asking for his reward after he has done his homework. A portion of his pocket money is now spent on the iTunes app store, that is the share lost by traditional retailers. He does love Lego and buys…

Pokémon GO and the world of container shipping as we knew it “Dad, have you heard of Pokémon Go, can kids play it, when can I download it”, “Dad, for this birthday can you download for me the Lego Marvel's Avengers game”, “ Mom, can you please download this character for me”. That is my 9-year-old son asking for his reward after he has done his homework. A portion of his pocket money is now spent on the iTunes app store, that is the share lost by traditional retailers. He does love Lego and buys…

DMER Shorts: Pokémon GO and the World of Container Shipping as We Knew It

Independent TMT Analyst

Edison Lee, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>For 2Q16, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/11369" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11369:1">Alphabet Inc Cl C (GOOG US)</a>'s revenue and non-GAAP EPS beat consensus by 3.5% and 4.7%, respectively, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/179" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:179:1">Baidu Inc (ADR) (BIDU US)</a>'s results were in line with significantly reduced consensus.</li>
<li>Baidu's revenue guidance for 3Q16 was roughly 7% below consensus, and implies zero growth year over year. But more worrying is the significant rise in traffic acquisition cost, which lowered the gross margin on its online marketing revenue by more than 400 bps.</li>
<li>Alphabet's growth was strong across…</li>
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For 2Q16, Alphabet Inc Cl C (GOOG US)'s revenue and non-GAAP EPS beat consensus by 3.5% and 4.7%, respectively, while Baidu Inc (ADR) (BIDU US)'s results were in line with significantly reduced consensus.
Baidu's revenue guidance for 3Q16 was roughly 7% below consensus, and implies zero growth year over year. But more worrying is the significant rise in traffic acquisition cost, which lowered the gross margin on its online marketing revenue by more than 400 bps.
Alphabet's growth was strong across…


Post 2Q16 Results: Alphabet Continued to Beat Baidu on Growth, Valuation and Risks

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Our Ultimate Stock-Pickers Top 10 New-Money Purchases

Our early read on the buying and selling activity of our top managers during the second quarter uncovered a few nuggets. New-money purchases were...

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Andrew on Tech: Automotive Semis the Next Wave

Post Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW GR), Intel Corp (INTC US) , and Mobileye announced new self-driving car to launch by 2021 together with...

Andrew Lu

Event Risks, Catalysts and Volatility in Latter 2016

The UK’s referendum to exit Europe and the ensuing gyrations in global markets warned us against complacency in the face of event risk. Vigilance...

Naomi Fink

DMER Shorts: Pokémon GO and the World of Container Shipping as We Knew It

Pokémon GO and the world of container shipping as we knew it “Dad, have you heard of Pokémon Go, can kids play it, when can I download it”, “Dad,...

Drewry Maritime Financial Research

Post 2Q16 Results: Alphabet Continued to Beat Baidu on Growth, Valuation and Risks

For 2Q16, Alphabet Inc Cl C (GOOG US)'s revenue and non-GAAP EPS beat consensus by 3.5% and 4.7%, respectively, while Baidu Inc (ADR) (BIDU...

Edison Lee, CFA

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