TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst, Obex Capital Research

Aaron Gabin

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research

Obex Capital Research

“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

Equity Bottom-Up

Some updated thinking around our long portfolio: more bullish Google, Netflix, and Match, less bullish Snowflake, Facebook. And thinking about getting long some DIDI!<div class="content-highlight">Obex’s fundamental research process is focused on secular change in the TMT and Consumer sectors. We seek to differentiate between fundamental business analysis and security analysis. Before deciding if a security’s pricing and positioning merit a long or short position, we analyze the four pillars of business fundamentals (Secular Factors, TAM, Competitive Advantage, Business Model) in order to determine if this is a “good” or “not so good” opportunity.  </div>

Some updated thinking around our long portfolio: more bullish Google, Netflix, and Match, less bullish Snowflake, Facebook. And thinking about getting long some DIDI!Obex’s fundamental research process is focused on secular change in the TMT and Consumer sectors. We seek to differentiate between fundamental business analysis and security analysis. Before deciding if a security’s pricing and positioning merit a long or short position, we analyze the four pillars of business fundamentals (Secular Factors, TAM, Competitive Advantage, Business Model) in order to determine if this is a “good” or “not so good” opportunity.  

Quality-first, Business-perspective Strategy, Urbem (HK) Limited

Steven Chen

Quality-first, Business-perspective Strategy

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<li>My long-time audience may have learned my lack of interest in the internet sector when it comes to equity investing;</li>
<li>But <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kaspi-kz-jsc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33382:1" rel="noopener">Kaspi.KZ JSC (KSPI LI)</a> can be an exception thanks to its superior quality;</li>
<li>The valuation of the share does not seem cheap but is by no means unfair given the rapidly-developing addressable market, multi-cylinder growth engine, sustainable competitive advantage, and owner-leadership.</li>
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My long-time audience may have learned my lack of interest in the internet sector when it comes to equity investing;
But Kaspi.KZ JSC (KSPI LI) can be an exception thanks to its superior quality;
The valuation of the share does not seem cheap but is by no means unfair given the rapidly-developing addressable market, multi-cylinder growth engine, sustainable competitive advantage, and owner-leadership.


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Headline Developments: We can now modify DNA inside of a human body (in vivo), thanks to some groundbreaking work announced this week by Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA) which saw the company’s share price surge 55%.  What this means is that we can now send precision therapeutics (based on CRISPR technology) to “seek and destroy” problematic genes.

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Henry Soediarko

Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas

CrossASEAN Research

At CrossASEAN Research we strive to produce unbiased and differentiated on the ground insights on companies across South East Asia. Our Research is produced for the most part after face to face meetings and conversations with company management to dig deep into the long term vision and strategy of the companies we cover. We seek to deliver investable and actionable themes on sectors and markets across SE Asia, often in collaboration with other Insight Providers across the region, pooling the vast experience of the analysts within the Smartkarma Ecosystem. We also offer bespoke work and tailor made trips for our clients. 

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Astro Malaysia Holdings / Equity Bottom-Up

Malaysia's vaccination rate is only 5% of the total population and new cases have jumped to almost 5000 daily in the past week, higher than the second wave that took place between December last year to February this year, prompted the Malaysian government to put another MCO (lockdown) in place.
As a result, people are back to work from home and not spending much time outside. Historically, many have turned into spending more time on TV and mobile entertainment in which <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/astro-malaysia-holdings-bhd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1143:1" rel="noopener">Astro Malaysia Holdings (ASTRO MK)</a> is the direct beneficiary.

Malaysia's vaccination rate is only 5% of the total population and new cases have jumped to almost 5000 daily in the past week, higher than the second wave that took place between December last year to February this year, prompted the Malaysian government to put another MCO (lockdown) in place.
As a result, people are back to work from home and not spending much time outside. Historically, many have turned into spending more time on TV and mobile entertainment in which Astro Malaysia Holdings (ASTRO MK) is the direct beneficiary. 

Headline Developments Nassim Taleb, the celebrated Black Swan author and mathematician, has published a paper trashing bitcoin.  In the paper (excerpts below), Taleb claims the theoretical value of bitcoin is zero, saying it is not a currency, can be neither a short or long term store of value, cannot operate as a reliable inflation hedge and, “worst of all”, does not constitute “not even remotely” a tail protection vehicle for catastrophic episodes (i.

Headline Developments Nassim Taleb, the celebrated Black Swan author and mathematician, has published a paper trashing bitcoin.  In the paper (excerpts below), Taleb claims the theoretical value of bitcoin is zero, saying it is not a currency, can be neither a short or long term store of value, cannot operate as a reliable inflation hedge and, “worst of all”, does not constitute “not even remotely” a tail protection vehicle for catastrophic episodes (i.

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2H21 Obex Research Long Portfolio

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Kaspi.kz - A Superior-Quality Trio

Kaspi.kz is an exceptional "Super App" business winning sustainably in all three verticals where it operates in a rapidly-developing but often...

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Weekly Innovation Review (WIRE) #38

Headline Developments: We can now modify DNA inside of a human body (in vivo), thanks to some groundbreaking work announced this week

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Astro (Astro): Still the Good Pick

New cases have jumped to almost 5000 in the past week, higher than the second wave that took place between Dec last year to February this year,...

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Weekly Innovation Review (WIRE) #37

Nassim Taleb, the celebrated Black Swan author and mathematician, has published a paper trashing bitcoin. In the paper, Taleb claims the...

Granite Bay Capital

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