Japanese Equity Specialist, Ortus Advisors

Andrew Jackson

Japanese Equity Specialist

Ortus Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Japan SPE set for a good start with Google's AI spend starting to pay off.</li>
<li>Corning's beat continues to point to more upside for one of Japan's best performing names YTD.</li>
<li>Capcom weakness may be a buy the dip situation, with a clear run into their most popular franchise release.</li>
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Japan SPE set for a good start with Google's AI spend starting to pay off.
Corning's beat continues to point to more upside for one of Japan's best performing names YTD.
Capcom weakness may be a buy the dip situation, with a clear run into their most popular franchise release.


Japan Morning Connection: Google Sets a Good Tone for Japan SPE

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Sep 4th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD28,745m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Kioxia, SoftBank, Advantest, Fujikura, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Airport Terminal, Lintec, Mizuho Financial, Tokyo Electron.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Sep 4th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD28,745m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Kioxia, SoftBank, Advantest, Fujikura, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Airport Terminal, Lintec, Mizuho Financial, Tokyo Electron.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 4th): Kioxia, SoftBank, Advantest, Fujikura, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial

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<li>NVDA saving tech from a bigger pullback as the market takes profits ahead of earnings.</li>
<li>Rates higher and causing a pullback in R/E related and the yen is approaching Y151.</li>
<li>Disco's better-than-expected outlook for HBM related equipment should leave more room for upside.</li>
</ul>


NVDA saving tech from a bigger pullback as the market takes profits ahead of earnings.
Rates higher and causing a pullback in R/E related and the yen is approaching Y151.
Disco's better-than-expected outlook for HBM related equipment should leave more room for upside.


Japan Morning Connection: Potential for Disco to Push Higher with Positive HBM Outlook

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<li>Markets go risk-on with the Fed's 50 bps cut a greenlight for AI/tech favourites to rebound sharply.</li>
<li>New highs for homebuilders setting the tone for further gains the Sumitomo Forestry and Sekisui House, while logistics may be weak after FedEx numbers.</li>
<li>Worth noting out-of-favour JP autos with high short interests and US sales ratios who may be squeeze targets with undeployed capital and foreigners coming back to the Japanese market post-Fed.</li>
</ul>


Markets go risk-on with the Fed's 50 bps cut a greenlight for AI/tech favourites to rebound sharply.
New highs for homebuilders setting the tone for further gains the Sumitomo Forestry and Sekisui House, while logistics may be weak after FedEx numbers.
Worth noting out-of-favour JP autos with high short interests and US sales ratios who may be squeeze targets with undeployed capital and foreigners coming back to the Japanese market post-Fed.


Japan Morning Connection: Out-Of-Favour JP Autos May Be Squeeze Targets

<ul>
<li>Not much lead from the US, although Broadcom numbers missing after hours set a slightly negative tone for tech, despite NVDA and TSLA posting gains.</li>
<li>The market should like the news that 3382 7&amp;I is engaging with ACT and asking for a higher bid, which may also indicate their failure to attain 'core' status from the JP Govt.</li>
<li>PPIH looks oversold after missing out on NKY225 inclusion yesterday, especially in comparison to Baycurrent who also missed, yet finished the day +4.5%.</li>
</ul>


Not much lead from the US, although Broadcom numbers missing after hours set a slightly negative tone for tech, despite NVDA and TSLA posting gains.
The market should like the news that 3382 7&amp;I is engaging with ACT and asking for a higher bid, which may also indicate their failure to attain 'core' status from the JP Govt.
PPIH looks oversold after missing out on NKY225 inclusion yesterday, especially in comparison to Baycurrent who also missed, yet finished the day +4.5%.


Japan Morning Connection: 7&I, PPIH, Baycurrent

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Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. manufactures wires, cables, and metal products. The Company holds patents in optical fiber coating technology and produces optical fiber cables in the United States.  Furukawa Electric's metal products include aluminum cans, air conditioner parts, and shape memory alloys.

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Andrew Jackson

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Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: 7&I, PPIH, Baycurrent

Slight negative tone for tech as Broadcom's earnings miss, while 7&I seeks higher bid from ACT and PPIH looks oversold post-NKY225 exclusion.

Andrew Jackson

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Japan Morning Connection: Google Sets a Good Tone for Japan SPE

Positive for SPE as Google's AI investment starts to pays off, Corning's success indicates growth potential for Fujikura, and Capcom's dip could be...

Andrew Jackson

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 4th): Kioxia, SoftBank, Advantest, Fujikura, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Kioxia (285A JP), SoftBank (9984 JP), Advantest (6857 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Japan Morning Connection: Potential for Disco to Push Higher with Positive HBM Outlook

​NVDA preventing larger tech pullback as market takes profits ahead of earnings. Higher rates impacting R/E related. Disco's outlook for HBM...

Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: Out-Of-Favour JP Autos May Be Squeeze Targets

Markets go risk-on with AI/tech favorites rebounding sharply, homebuilders hitting new highs, JP autos with high short interests and US sales...

Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: 7&I, PPIH, Baycurrent

Slight negative tone for tech as Broadcom's earnings miss, while 7&I seeks higher bid from ACT and PPIH looks oversold post-NKY225 exclusion.

Andrew Jackson

NVDA preventing larger tech pullback as market takes profits ahead of earnings. Higher rates impacting R/E related. Disco's outlook for HBM...