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

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF / Technical Analysis

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<li>Our 2023 outlook, initially discussed in our January 6th 2023 Int'l Compass, was for $93 to cap upside on the MSCI ACWI (ACWI-US); this has again proven prescient.</li>
<li>Since late-January/early-February we have recommended shifting to defensives, and MSCI ACWI defensive Sectors including Health Care (IXJ-US), Utilities (JXI-US), and Consumer Staples (KXI-US) are now hitting 3-4-month RS highs.</li>
<li>With the ACWI-US just now starting to turn down after testing $93, we continue to recommend a tactical overweight to the aforementioned defensive Sectors, and also to gold miners (GDX-US).</li>
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Our 2023 outlook, initially discussed in our January 6th 2023 Int'l Compass, was for $93 to cap upside on the MSCI ACWI (ACWI-US); this has again proven prescient.
Since late-January/early-February we have recommended shifting to defensives, and MSCI ACWI defensive Sectors including Health Care (IXJ-US), Utilities (JXI-US), and Consumer Staples (KXI-US) are now hitting 3-4-month RS highs.
With the ACWI-US just now starting to turn down after testing $93, we continue to recommend a tactical overweight to the aforementioned defensive Sectors, and also to gold miners (GDX-US).


Stay Tactically Overweight Defensives; Remain Overweight Europe, Japan, & EAFE. Buys in Defensives

European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Event-Driven

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<li>Discounts to NAV of covered holdcos have shown mixed performance during March, with spreads widening until short after the UBS/CS deal, now tightening. </li>
<li>Discounts to NAV: C.F.Alba, 51.2%; GBL, 35.8%; Heineken Holding, 14.6%; Industrivärden C, 11.1%; Investor B, 9.7%; Porsche Automobile Holding, 49.6%. The spread of Rio Tinto DLC widened to 18.9%.</li>
<li>Recommended trades: Heineken Holding, Investor AB (long Investor B/short main holdings) and Rio DLC.</li>
</ul>


Discounts to NAV of covered holdcos have shown mixed performance during March, with spreads widening until short after the UBS/CS deal, now tightening. 
Discounts to NAV: C.F.Alba, 51.2%; GBL, 35.8%; Heineken Holding, 14.6%; Industrivärden C, 11.1%; Investor B, 9.7%; Porsche Automobile Holding, 49.6%. The spread of Rio Tinto DLC widened to 18.9%.
Recommended trades: Heineken Holding, Investor AB (long Investor B/short main holdings) and Rio DLC.


Selected European HoldCos and DLC: March'23 Report

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert Sa / Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Discounts to NAV of covered holdcos have generally tightened during February. Discounts to NAV: C.F.Alba, 53.2%; GBL, 34.9%; Heineken Holding, 16.1%; Industrivärden C, 10.6%; </li>
<li>Investor B, 11.2%; Porsche Automobile Holding, 50.5%. The spread of Rio Tinto DLC tightened to 12.6%. Spreads tend to tighten in favourable market conditions.</li>
<li>Recommended trades are: GBL, Heineken Holding, Porsche Automobile Holding, and possibly CF Alba (long).</li>
</ul>


Discounts to NAV of covered holdcos have generally tightened during February. Discounts to NAV: C.F.Alba, 53.2%; GBL, 34.9%; Heineken Holding, 16.1%; Industrivärden C, 10.6%; 
Investor B, 11.2%; Porsche Automobile Holding, 50.5%. The spread of Rio Tinto DLC tightened to 12.6%. Spreads tend to tighten in favourable market conditions.
Recommended trades are: GBL, Heineken Holding, Porsche Automobile Holding, and possibly CF Alba (long).


Selected European Holdcos and DLC: February‘23 Report

<ul>
<li>Following an accelerated bookbuild, Femsa's interest in Heineken decreased to 5.1% and in Heineken Holding to 6.3%. Overall the economic participation in Heineken Group decreased from 14.76% to 8.13%.</li>
<li>At current market prices, Heineken could afford buying half of the remaining holdings of FEMSA (both Heineken and Heineken Holding), and still be within 2.5x leverage target (2023e consensus estimates).</li>
<li>The discount has been tightening since Q3 2022, so far to 16.3%, still above the 10.4% average of the last ten years, and rather large considering such a simple structure.</li>
</ul>


Following an accelerated bookbuild, Femsa's interest in Heineken decreased to 5.1% and in Heineken Holding to 6.3%. Overall the economic participation in Heineken Group decreased from 14.76% to 8.13%.
At current market prices, Heineken could afford buying half of the remaining holdings of FEMSA (both Heineken and Heineken Holding), and still be within 2.5x leverage target (2023e consensus estimates).
The discount has been tightening since Q3 2022, so far to 16.3%, still above the 10.4% average of the last ten years, and rather large considering such a simple structure.


FEMSA/Heineken Holding Chain: Stake Sales and Share Price Spread

<ul>
<li>Discounts to NAV of covered holdcos have generally tightened since New Year. Discounts to NAV (31 January): C.F.Alba, 49.7%; GBL, 35.3%; Heineken Holding, 17.4%; Industrivärden C, 13.8%; Investor B, 11.4%; </li>
<li>Porsche Automobile Holding, 47.4%. The spread of Rio Tinto DLC widened to 14.8%. Spreads tend to widen in bear markets but short-term recoveries provide opportunities on tightening discounts.</li>
<li>Recommended trades are: GBL, Porsche Automobile Holding, Rio Tinto (DLC), CF Alba (long position).</li>
</ul>


Discounts to NAV of covered holdcos have generally tightened since New Year. Discounts to NAV (31 January): C.F.Alba, 49.7%; GBL, 35.3%; Heineken Holding, 17.4%; Industrivärden C, 13.8%; Investor B, 11.4%; 
Porsche Automobile Holding, 47.4%. The spread of Rio Tinto DLC widened to 14.8%. Spreads tend to widen in bear markets but short-term recoveries provide opportunities on tightening discounts.
Recommended trades are: GBL, Porsche Automobile Holding, Rio Tinto (DLC), CF Alba (long position).


Selected European Holdcos and DLC: January‘23 Report

Netherlands

Heineken NV produces and distributes beverages internationally. The Company produces beers, spirits, wines, and soft drinks under various brand names.

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Stay Tactically Overweight Defensives; Remain Overweight Europe, Japan, & EAFE. Buys in Defensives

$93 on $ACWI continues to be a key resistance that we have discussed since early-Jan as capping upside for 2023. Stick with defensives $IXJ $XLV...

Vermilion Research

Selected European HoldCos and DLC: March'23 Report

Discounts to NAV of covered holdcos have shown mixed performance during March, with spreads sharply widening until short after the UBS/CS deal, now...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Selected European Holdcos and DLC: February‘23 Report

Discounts to NAV of covered holdcos have generally tightened during February. Recommended trades are: GBL, Heineken Holding, Porsche Automobile...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Selected European Holdcos and DLC: January‘23 Report

Discounts to NAV of covered holdcos have generally tightened since New Year. Spreads tend to widen in bear markets but short-term recoveries...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

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Stay Tactically Overweight Defensives; Remain Overweight Europe, Japan, & EAFE. Buys in Defensives

$93 on $ACWI continues to be a key resistance that we have discussed since early-Jan as capping upside for 2023. Stick with defensives $IXJ $XLV...

Vermilion Research

Selected European HoldCos and DLC: March'23 Report

Discounts to NAV of covered holdcos have shown mixed performance during March, with spreads sharply widening until short after the UBS/CS deal, now...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Selected European Holdcos and DLC: February‘23 Report

Discounts to NAV of covered holdcos have generally tightened during February. Recommended trades are: GBL, Heineken Holding, Porsche Automobile...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

FEMSA/Heineken Holding Chain: Stake Sales and Share Price Spread

Following an accelerated bookbuild, Femsa's interest in Heineken decreased to 5.1% and in Heineken Holding to 6.3%, with no major effect to the...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Selected European Holdcos and DLC: January‘23 Report

Discounts to NAV of covered holdcos have generally tightened since New Year. Spreads tend to widen in bear markets but short-term recoveries...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar