Macro Strategist, Saxo Capital Markets

Kay Van-Petersen

Macro Strategist

Saxo Capital Markets

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Key Call: STILL people are not catching up and/or doing the work on KVP’s high conviction long DollarSwissy call, I know, I know, it’s downright outrageous. Yes, there will always be another trade, yet not all trades are created equal – far from it </li><li>Equities: Europe Up, US down.</li><li>US4QGDP: I’d expect more uplift to feed through, as the full effect of the over 50% fall in oil feeds into discretionary spending. </li><li>Alibaba and Yahoo: Opportunity of potentially getting a discount exposure into Alibaba’s shares through the Spin Co </li><li>Alibaba’s big miss on the bottom line, sent its shares down c. -14% for the week – primarily due to options compensation expenses – with a Friday close of sub 90 at $89.08, its looking interesting. 2016 valuation wise, its in-line with FB at 31x P/E yet set to grow at a faster clip at +35% earnings. </li><li>CAD: When you trade CAD, a part of you is taking a view on oil… </li></ul>

Key Call: STILL people are not catching up and/or doing the work on KVP’s high conviction long DollarSwissy call, I know, I know, it’s downright outrageous. Yes, there will always be another trade, yet not all trades are created equal – far from it Equities: Europe Up, US down.US4QGDP: I’d expect more uplift to feed through, as the full effect of the over 50% fall in oil feeds into discretionary spending. Alibaba and Yahoo: Opportunity of potentially getting a discount exposure into Alibaba’s shares through the Spin Co Alibaba’s big miss on the bottom line, sent its shares down c. -14% for the week – primarily due to options compensation expenses – with a Friday close of sub 90 at $89.08, its looking interesting. 2016 valuation wise, its in-line with FB at 31x P/E yet set to grow at a faster clip at +35% earnings. CAD: When you trade CAD, a part of you is taking a view on oil… 

The Matrix: A Strategist's roving thoughts: Swiss Francs, Europe, Alibaba

Founder Evidente. Top rated quantitative analyst, Evidente

Sam Ferraro

Founder Evidente. Top rated quantitative analyst

Evidente

Evidente is an independent financial education firm that delivers innovative financial advice to wholesale investors, including active long only funds, hedge funds, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds, in Australia and globally.  Drawing on academic research in asset pricing, behavioural finance and portfolio construction, Evidente provides wholesale investors with commercial solutions to stock selection and asset allocation decisions across equities and other asset classes.

Macroeconomics

<span style='font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'>The updated World Economic Outlook reveals that the IMF is (rightly) fed up with the ECB’s timid approach to monetary policy.&nbsp;&nbsp;Monetary policy in the euro area remains slow to respond to the persistent decline in inflation and as a result, the region is vulnerable to any shock that leads to further disinflation or outright deflation.&nbsp; The IMF appears to have adopted the Larry Summers ‘secular stagnation’ view of the post crisis global economy, which draws heavily on the Reinhart/Rogoff interpretation of history; that recoveries from balance sheet recessions are structural and therefore painfully slow.&nbsp; As long as the IMF and other economic forecasters continue to downgrade expectations of global growth, investors should be overweight safe assets and defensive sectors within stock markets, particularly companies that offer sustainably high payout yields, and strong earnings predictability.&nbsp;

The updated World Economic Outlook reveals that the IMF is (rightly) fed up with the ECB’s timid approach to monetary policy.&nbsp;&nbsp;Monetary policy in the euro area remains slow to respond to the persistent decline in inflation and as a result, the region is vulnerable to any shock that leads to further disinflation or outright deflation.&nbsp; The IMF appears to have adopted the Larry Summers ‘secular stagnation’ view of the post crisis global economy, which draws heavily on the Reinhart/Rogoff interpretation of history; that recoveries from balance sheet recessions are structural and therefore painfully slow.&nbsp; As long as the IMF and other economic forecasters continue to downgrade expectations of global growth, investors should be overweight safe assets and defensive sectors within stock markets, particularly companies that offer sustainably high payout yields, and strong earnings predictability.&nbsp; 

The IMF's Patience with the ECB Wears Thin

<ul><li>Post SNB surprise announcement yesterday - after leading the market on as recently as a few weeks ago on – the term “Never trust a Swiss central banker” will soon become mainstream.&nbsp; </li><li>In this piece, KVP takes a snap shot of what happened, the significance &amp; potential ways to look to play things going forward. </li></ul>

Post SNB surprise announcement yesterday - after leading the market on as recently as a few weeks ago on – the term “Never trust a Swiss central banker” will soon become mainstream.&nbsp; In this piece, KVP takes a snap shot of what happened, the significance &amp; potential ways to look to play things going forward. 

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Boston Scientific Corporation delivered robust financial results in the second quarter of 2025, exceeding both market expectations and its own guidance.</li><li>The company reported operational sales growth of 22% and organic sales growth of 17%, surpassing its forecasted range of 13% to 15%.</li><li>Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) increased by 23% to $0.75, also exceeding expectations.</li></ul>

Boston Scientific Corporation delivered robust financial results in the second quarter of 2025, exceeding both market expectations and its own guidance.The company reported operational sales growth of 22% and organic sales growth of 17%, surpassing its forecasted range of 13% to 15%.Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) increased by 23% to $0.75, also exceeding expectations.

Boston Scientific in MedSurg: Will Double-Digit Growth Silence Competitors?

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Equity Capital Markets

Sahajanand Medical Technologies / Equity Capital Markets

Sahajanand Medical Technologies (2585275D IN)

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<li>Sahajanand Medical Technologies has re-filed DRHP for its Indian IPO consisting entirely an offer for sale of up to 27.6M equity shares. Key details are yet to be announced.</li>
<li>SMT is a medical device company, with focus on vascular intervention and structural heart products. The company markets its products in 76 countries, with international markets contributing ~70% of revenue.</li>
<li>SMT is well-positioned for sustainable long-term growth, driven by wide portfolio of superior products, market leadership in India and key international markets, strong commercial execution capability amid favorable industry tailwinds.</li>
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Sahajanand Medical Technologies has re-filed DRHP for its Indian IPO consisting entirely an offer for sale of up to 27.6M equity shares. Key details are yet to be announced.
SMT is a medical device company, with focus on vascular intervention and structural heart products. The company markets its products in 76 countries, with international markets contributing ~70% of revenue.
SMT is well-positioned for sustainable long-term growth, driven by wide portfolio of superior products, market leadership in India and key international markets, strong commercial execution capability amid favorable industry tailwinds.


Sahajanand Medical Pre-IPO: Superior Product Amid Favorable Industry Make the Issue Heartwarming

United States

Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets minimally invasive medical devices. The Company's products are used in interventional cardiology, cardiac rhythm management, peripheral interventions, electrophysiology, neurovascular intervention, endoscopy, urology, gynecology and neuromodulation.

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The Matrix: A Strategist's roving thoughts: Swiss Francs, Europe, Alibaba

Key Call: STILL people are not catching up and/or doing the work on KVP’s high conviction long DollarSwissy call, I know, I know, it’s downright...

Kay Van-Petersen

The IMF's Patience with the ECB Wears Thin

The updated World Economic Outlook reveals that the IMF is (rightly) fed up with the ECB’s timid approach to monetary policy. Monetary policy in...

Sam Ferraro

Never Trust A Swiss Central Banker

Post SNB surprise announcement yesterday - after leading the market on as recently as a few weeks ago on – the term “Never trust a Swiss central...

Kay Van-Petersen

Boston Scientific in MedSurg: Will Double-Digit Growth Silence Competitors?

Boston Scientific Corporation delivered robust financial results in the second quarter of 2025, exceeding both market expectations and its own...

Baptista Research

Sahajanand Medical Pre-IPO: Superior Product Amid Favorable Industry Make the Issue Heartwarming

Sahajanand Medical has re-filed DRHP for its Indian IPO consisting entirely an offer for sale of up to 27.6M equity shares. Key details like IPO...

Tina Banerjee

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