Japanese Equity Specialist, Ortus Advisors

Andrew Jackson

Japanese Equity Specialist

Ortus Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Watch for upside in names involved in HAMR drives such as TDK after positive comments from Seagate.</li>
<li>Rohm finally starting to get bucketed as an AI name could see significant upside after deep correction.</li>
<li>Quantum names continuing to surge with huge moves in IonQ and D-Wave sets positive tone for Socionext still.</li>
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Watch for upside in names involved in HAMR drives such as TDK after positive comments from Seagate.
Rohm finally starting to get bucketed as an AI name could see significant upside after deep correction.
Quantum names continuing to surge with huge moves in IonQ and D-Wave sets positive tone for Socionext still.


Japan Morning Connection: Power/Analog Names Lower, but Seagate IR Day a Big Success

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<li>Tech selloff overnight on NVDA post-earnings weakness was fairly contained, and SPE related in Japan should continue yesterdays rebound off the morning lows.</li>
<li>Big beat for Dell on the strong outlook for its AI servers outweighing the soft consumer PC market sending it +8% in after-market trading.</li>
<li>News that Tepco plans to spend $3.2bn to upgrade its electricity infrastructure to 2030 positive for wire/cable names and related names.</li>
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Tech selloff overnight on NVDA post-earnings weakness was fairly contained, and SPE related in Japan should continue yesterdays rebound off the morning lows.
Big beat for Dell on the strong outlook for its AI servers outweighing the soft consumer PC market sending it +8% in after-market trading.
News that Tepco plans to spend $3.2bn to upgrade its electricity infrastructure to 2030 positive for wire/cable names and related names.


Japan Morning Connection: Tech Set to Rebound as Dell After-Market Print Sets Positive Tone

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<li>US profit-taking in tech/growth will set a muted tone to start as the market holds its breath for comments from BoJ Gov. Ueda who addresses parliament this morning.</li>
<li>China chip imports at record highs may add to pressure for the US to broaden its export restrictions for specific technologies as well as  for legacy node equipment.</li>
<li>Koizumi leading the polls will be positive for renewable energy names which remain highly oversold after the multi-year weakness in Japanese small caps.</li>
</ul>


US profit-taking in tech/growth will set a muted tone to start as the market holds its breath for comments from BoJ Gov. Ueda who addresses parliament this morning.
China chip imports at record highs may add to pressure for the US to broaden its export restrictions for specific technologies as well as  for legacy node equipment.
Koizumi leading the polls will be positive for renewable energy names which remain highly oversold after the multi-year weakness in Japanese small caps.


Japan Morning Connection: BoJ Anticipation and Koizumi Taking an Early Lead in the Polls

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Event-Driven

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<li>JPX-Nikkei 400 is composed of common stocks listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is a free-float-adjusted market-value-weighted (capped) index composed of 400 constituents, adjusted every year in August.</li>
<li>We look at the rankings of the potential ADDs/DELs every month for the next rebal, based on most recent trading data. </li>
<li>Every month we provide trade suggestions. The last three months have seen market-neutral returns of +3.0%, +6.5%, +3.2% respectively for the one-month periods. A new trade is suggested below.</li>
</ul>


JPX-Nikkei 400 is composed of common stocks listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is a free-float-adjusted market-value-weighted (capped) index composed of 400 constituents, adjusted every year in August.
We look at the rankings of the potential ADDs/DELs every month for the next rebal, based on most recent trading data. 
Every month we provide trade suggestions. The last three months have seen market-neutral returns of +3.0%, +6.5%, +3.2% respectively for the one-month periods. A new trade is suggested below.


Quiddity JPX-Nikkei 400 Rebal 2024: End-Mar 2024 Estimates and Another Trade Reco

Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>JPX-Nikkei 400 is composed of common stocks listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is a free-float-adjusted market-value-weighted (capped) index composed of 400 constituents.</li>
<li>A periodic review is conducted by the Index providers, the JPX Group and Nikkei Inc, in August every year. We look at the rankings of the potential ADDs/DELs every month.</li>
<li>Below is a look at potential ADDs/DELs for the JPX-Nikkei 400 index rebal event to come in August 2024 based on trading data as of end-February 2024.</li>
</ul>


JPX-Nikkei 400 is composed of common stocks listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is a free-float-adjusted market-value-weighted (capped) index composed of 400 constituents.
A periodic review is conducted by the Index providers, the JPX Group and Nikkei Inc, in August every year. We look at the rankings of the potential ADDs/DELs every month.
Below is a look at potential ADDs/DELs for the JPX-Nikkei 400 index rebal event to come in August 2024 based on trading data as of end-February 2024.


Quiddity JPX-Nikkei 400 Rebal 2024: End-Feb 2024 Estimates

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Japan Morning Connection: Power/Analog Names Lower, but Seagate IR Day a Big Success

Rebound for Wolfspeed despite no news on avoiding bankruptcy. Quantum names like IonQ and D-Wave surging, setting positive tone for Socionext....

Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: Tech Set to Rebound as Dell After-Market Print Sets Positive Tone

Tech selloff contained, Dell beats with strong outlook for AI servers, Tepco's $3.2bn upgrade plan positive for wire/cable names.

Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: BoJ Anticipation and Koizumi Taking an Early Lead in the Polls

US profit-taking in tech/growth may dampen market, China chip imports at record highs could broaden US export restrictions, Koizumi leading polls...

Andrew Jackson

Quiddity JPX-Nikkei 400 Rebal 2024: End-Mar 2024 Estimates and Another Trade Reco

There are 43 Potential ADDs and 44 Potential DELs (unique names) presented in the current Quiddity Leaderboard. The high conviction DELs basket...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Quiddity JPX-Nikkei 400 Rebal 2024: End-Feb 2024 Estimates

Since 31st January 2024, the SHORTs have underperformed the index by 6.5%. I suggest unwinding this trade and changing the focus towards the high...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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Japan Morning Connection: Power/Analog Names Lower, but Seagate IR Day a Big Success

Rebound for Wolfspeed despite no news on avoiding bankruptcy. Quantum names like IonQ and D-Wave surging, setting positive tone for Socionext....

Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: Tech Set to Rebound as Dell After-Market Print Sets Positive Tone

​Tech selloff contained, Dell beats with strong outlook for AI servers, Tepco's $3.2bn upgrade plan positive for wire/cable names.

Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: BoJ Anticipation and Koizumi Taking an Early Lead in the Polls

​US profit-taking in tech/growth may dampen market, China chip imports at record highs could broaden US export restrictions, Koizumi leading polls...

Andrew Jackson

Quiddity JPX-Nikkei 400 Rebal 2024: End-Mar 2024 Estimates and Another Trade Reco

There are 43 Potential ADDs and 44 Potential DELs (unique names) presented in the current Quiddity Leaderboard. The high conviction DELs basket...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Quiddity JPX-Nikkei 400 Rebal 2024: End-Feb 2024 Estimates

Since 31st January 2024, the SHORTs have underperformed the index by 6.5%. I suggest unwinding this trade and changing the focus towards the high...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Tech selloff contained, Dell beats with strong outlook for AI servers, Tepco's $3.2bn upgrade plan positive for wire/cable names.

US profit-taking in tech/growth may dampen market, China chip imports at record highs could broaden US export restrictions, Koizumi leading polls...