Japanese Equity Specialist, Ortus Advisors

Andrew Jackson

Japanese Equity Specialist

Ortus Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>TSMC planning a fab in UAE not enough to lift semi-cap names Friday.</li>
<li>New Switch on Thursday and the Summer Game Fest on Friday points to upside for laggard developers this week.</li>
<li>ISpace set to deliver UNESCO cultural hard drive to the moon this Friday.</li>
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TSMC planning a fab in UAE not enough to lift semi-cap names Friday.
New Switch on Thursday and the Summer Game Fest on Friday points to upside for laggard developers this week.
ISpace set to deliver UNESCO cultural hard drive to the moon this Friday.


Japan Morning Connection: Hope for Trump-Xi Call Lifts Markets off the Lows

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<li>NVDA pricing in numbers positive and Dell AH sets a good tone for AI related.</li>
<li>Renesas pulling out of SiC points to problems with Wolfspeed supplies and may be positive Rohm.</li>
<li>Boeing up with 737 Max production increasing and China about to resume deliveries.</li>
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NVDA pricing in numbers positive and Dell AH sets a good tone for AI related.
Renesas pulling out of SiC points to problems with Wolfspeed supplies and may be positive Rohm.
Boeing up with 737 Max production increasing and China about to resume deliveries.


Japan Morning Connection: Markets Up, but Excitement Fading with More Tariff Uncertainty Ahead

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<li>Apple tariff threat likely just another scare tactic with markets failing to react excessively.</li>
<li>May see further Nuclear follow through after Trumps executive order Friday sends related names soaring.</li>
<li>Live-Action Elden Ring movie another positive angle for Bandai Namco which also has Gundan on the way.</li>
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Apple tariff threat likely just another scare tactic with markets failing to react excessively.
May see further Nuclear follow through after Trumps executive order Friday sends related names soaring.
Live-Action Elden Ring movie another positive angle for Bandai Namco which also has Gundan on the way.


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Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

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<li>Japanese equities fell this week, with the Nikkei losing 2% and Topix down 1.8%.</li>
<li>Japan’s entertainment stocks have been on a tear over the past six months, and there’s little sign of momentum fading. </li>
<li>Japan’s economy is heating up, and markets are taking notice. The 10-year bond yield has climbed to 1.29%, the highest in 14 years</li>
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Japanese equities fell this week, with the Nikkei losing 2% and Topix down 1.8%.
Japan’s entertainment stocks have been on a tear over the past six months, and there’s little sign of momentum fading. 
Japan’s economy is heating up, and markets are taking notice. The 10-year bond yield has climbed to 1.29%, the highest in 14 years


Japan Strategy Weekly | The Entertainment Boom

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

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<li>Our outlook remains bullish on MSCI ACWI. Discussed in latest Int’l Compass (1/9/2025) how viewed the pullback as buying opportunity and were watching for $116-$117 support to hold on ACWI-US.</li>
<li>$116 support held perfectly and we expect upside to continue following 1+ month bull flag breakouts, followed by successful retests of support, on ACWI-US and the S&amp;P 500.</li>
<li>We also upgraded Germany to overweight last week, with RS on the DAX breaking out from a 2-year base. U.S. (SPX) and Germany are our only two country overweights.</li>
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Our outlook remains bullish on MSCI ACWI. Discussed in latest Int’l Compass (1/9/2025) how viewed the pullback as buying opportunity and were watching for $116-$117 support to hold on ACWI-US.
$116 support held perfectly and we expect upside to continue following 1+ month bull flag breakouts, followed by successful retests of support, on ACWI-US and the S&amp;P 500.
We also upgraded Germany to overweight last week, with RS on the DAX breaking out from a 2-year base. U.S. (SPX) and Germany are our only two country overweights.


Remain Risk-On With Market Dynamics Improving; 6+ Month Base Breakouts for MSCI ACWI Ex-US and EAFE

Japan

Bandai Namco Holdings Inc is a holding company established through merger of Bandai and Namco.  The Group manufactures toys, stuffed animals, character goods, video games, commercial- and home-use game equipment and software. Namco Bandai also operates video game arcades and theme parks.

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Mark Chadwick

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Japan Morning Connection: Hope for Trump-Xi Call Lifts Markets off the Lows

Tech and Semi's sell off as Trump administration announce more restrictions for Chinese goods. Ulta beauty's lift should help related JP brands...

Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: Markets Up, but Excitement Fading with More Tariff Uncertainty Ahead

Rohm may benefit from one less competitor as Renesas drops out of SiC. May be an opportunity to buy into the dip for Bandai Namco. Boeing up with...

Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: US Down on Trump Tariff Threat but Deadline Extention Will Lift Mood

Markets fail to react excessively to another Trump tarrif threat. Live-Action Elden Ring movie positive for Bandai Namco and Kadokawa. Rally for...

Andrew Jackson

Japan Strategy Weekly | The Entertainment Boom

​Japanese equities fell this week, but Japan's entertainment stocks continue to surge amid a heating economy and rising bond yields.

Mark Chadwick

Remain Risk-On With Market Dynamics Improving; 6+ Month Base Breakouts for MSCI ACWI Ex-US and EAFE

Remain Risk-On With Market Dynamics Improving; 6+ Month Base Breakouts for MSCI $ACWI ex-US and $EAFE; U.S. Dollar $DXY and 10-Year Yields $TNX...

Vermilion Research

Japanese equities fell this week, but Japan's entertainment stocks continue to surge amid a heating economy and rising bond yields.