Japanese Equity Specialist, Ortus Advisors

Andrew Jackson

Japanese Equity Specialist

Ortus Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Lam Research beat, but with 43% of revs still coming from China the market reaction is muted.</li>
<li>Japan's newly minted PM calls for defence spending 2-years ahead of schedule.</li>
<li>Samsung and S&amp;S Tech filing patents for EUV mask blanks the end for Hoya?</li>
</ul>


Lam Research beat, but with 43% of revs still coming from China the market reaction is muted.
Japan's newly minted PM calls for defence spending 2-years ahead of schedule.
Samsung and S&amp;S Tech filing patents for EUV mask blanks the end for Hoya?


Japan Morning Connection: Tesla Front Loading and IBM's Red Hat Failing to Impress Markets

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<li>ADP jobs paints a rosy picture for rate cuts despite the lack of official data this Friday.</li>
<li>Memory melted higher again, while INTC lines up AMD as a potential Fab customer.</li>
<li>Softbank will jump after Qualcomm announced use of ARM v9 in its latest PC and smartphone chips.</li>
</ul>


ADP jobs paints a rosy picture for rate cuts despite the lack of official data this Friday.
Memory melted higher again, while INTC lines up AMD as a potential Fab customer.
Softbank will jump after Qualcomm announced use of ARM v9 in its latest PC and smartphone chips.


Japan Morning Connection: No Hoots Given as Market Beelines for Hyper Risk-On as Govt. Shuts Down

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<li>Broadcom up another 10% on potential demand for ASIC, expect Socionext to catch a bid after yesterdays pause.</li>
<li>Market turning more sour on Apple's latest offerings pulling suppliers lower.</li>
<li>EDA names are reeling from China export restrictions with Synopsis -36% pulling Cadence lower also.</li>
</ul>


Broadcom up another 10% on potential demand for ASIC, expect Socionext to catch a bid after yesterdays pause.
Market turning more sour on Apple's latest offerings pulling suppliers lower.
EDA names are reeling from China export restrictions with Synopsis -36% pulling Cadence lower also.


Japan Morning Connection: Oracle +36% Pulls Most AI Related Sharply Higher, Expect Softbank Strength

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

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<li>We remain near-term bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish as well (as of our 5/14/25 Compass), with Int’l Compass reports all echoing this sentiment.</li>
<li>China (Shanghai Composite) has been a major focus ever since our July 3 report titled "China and Japan Breaking Out," and it's pulling back toward 10-year base support at 3675-3725;buy.</li>
<li>Japan's TOPIX and TOPIX Small indexes remain bullish (BUY), but RS remains below multi-month resistances; we would upgrade Japan to overweight on RS breakouts.</li>
</ul>


We remain near-term bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish as well (as of our 5/14/25 Compass), with Int’l Compass reports all echoing this sentiment.
China (Shanghai Composite) has been a major focus ever since our July 3 report titled "China and Japan Breaking Out," and it's pulling back toward 10-year base support at 3675-3725;buy.
Japan's TOPIX and TOPIX Small indexes remain bullish (BUY), but RS remains below multi-month resistances; we would upgrade Japan to overweight on RS breakouts.


Buys in Japan and Europe; China Pulling Back -- Buy; MSCI ACWI Uptrend Intact

<ul>
<li>Huge +18% move for Sandisk will help Japan's memory complex leg higher.</li>
<li>Networking developer Ciena jumped 23% after blow-out numbers while Broadcom beats after-hours.</li>
<li>10-Year yield dropping below its recent supports helps home builders higher while Shin Etsu continues to underwhelm.</li>
</ul>


Huge +18% move for Sandisk will help Japan's memory complex leg higher.
Networking developer Ciena jumped 23% after blow-out numbers while Broadcom beats after-hours.
10-Year yield dropping below its recent supports helps home builders higher while Shin Etsu continues to underwhelm.


Japan Morning Connection: Tech Storms Higher on a Raft of Positive Earnings and Bullish NAND Outlook

Japan

Hoya Corp manufactures electro-optics products such as mask blanks for semiconductors, photomasks for LCD panels, optical glasses, glass memory disks for HDDs, medical flexible endoscopes, eyeglasses, and contact lenses. The Company also provides information system architecture.

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Hoya Corp (7741 JP)

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Japan Morning Connection: Tesla Front Loading and IBM's Red Hat Failing to Impress Markets

Foreign Minister Moteigi's comments may lift drone companies. IBM falling after earnings may dent sentiment for the likes of Fujitsu and NEC.

Andrew Jackson

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Lynx equity strategies research sent NAND related higher in the US, watch JP memory names today. Drop in 10-year yield will help homebuilders....

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