Independent Investment Research, The IDEA!

The IDEA!

Independent Investment Research

The Idea-Driven Equities Analyses company (the IDEA!) is an employee-owned boutique providing independent investment research and financial consultancy services with a clear focus on the Benelux countries. The company was founded in the summer of 2007 by Henk Slotboom and Maarten Verbeek, both with more than 35 years of professional experience in the financial sector. The IDEA! differentiates itself by focusing on adding value through self-initiated in-depth, idea-driven investment research, as well as by bespoke research assignments for institutional investors, hedge funds and private equity. In addition, we provide market intelligence, strategic research and – together with our business partners – consultancy services to businesses. In case you are interested in receiving more information, a sample of our products or an introductory meeting, please send a message to info@theidea.nl.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>In this edition: • Unilever | agrees to buy Dr. Squatch from Summit Partners</li></ul>

In this edition: • Unilever | agrees to buy Dr. Squatch from Summit Partners

What's News in Amsterdam - 24 June (Unilever)

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>With the MSCI ACWI (ACWI-US) approaching the top-end of our expected 2023 trading range at $93, we see limited upside from here, and we believe caution is warranted.</li>
<li>We want to remain overweight Europe and the UK, but we prefer to buy only on pullbacks.</li>
<li>The Hang Seng and MSCI China (MCHI-US) are both getting rejected at their important resistances discussed last week, and we would expect to see a basing process develop below resistance.</li>
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With the MSCI ACWI (ACWI-US) approaching the top-end of our expected 2023 trading range at $93, we see limited upside from here, and we believe caution is warranted.
We want to remain overweight Europe and the UK, but we prefer to buy only on pullbacks.
The Hang Seng and MSCI China (MCHI-US) are both getting rejected at their important resistances discussed last week, and we would expect to see a basing process develop below resistance.


Caution Warranted; ACWI-US At $93 Resistance; Buys in Communications, Staples, Materials, Financials

<ul><li>In this edition: • ING | no real surprises in 1Q25; new EUR 2.0bn share buyback • Shell | clear beat of consensus almost across the board; new USD 3.5bn share buyback • Unilever | CEO pledges to accelerate the execution of the company’s strategy • Aalberts | tough start of the year – building shows first signs of recovery • Aalberts | completes acquisition of Paulo Products Company • March retail sales | +3.4% YoY in value and +1.0% YoY in volume terms • Dutch CPI | +4.1% in April • e-Commerce (logistics) sector | France considering imposing tax on small Chinese parcels</li></ul>

In this edition: • ING | no real surprises in 1Q25; new EUR 2.0bn share buyback • Shell | clear beat of consensus almost across the board; new USD 3.5bn share buyback • Unilever | CEO pledges to accelerate the execution of the company’s strategy • Aalberts | tough start of the year – building shows first signs of recovery • Aalberts | completes acquisition of Paulo Products Company • March retail sales | +3.4% YoY in value and +1.0% YoY in volume terms • Dutch CPI | +4.1% in April • e-Commerce (logistics) sector | France considering imposing tax on small Chinese parcels

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<li>In this edition: • InPost | Royal Mail sets sights on becoming the UK’s biggest parcel locker provider • Triodios Bank | IPO likely to be delayed until June • PostNL / IDS | Conservative leader calling for reassessment of IDS takeover approval • Dutch banking sector | strong lobby for a new national investment bank • E-commerce sector | Temu aims for Europe to become its largest market</li>
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In this edition: • InPost | Royal Mail sets sights on becoming the UK’s biggest parcel locker provider • Triodios Bank | IPO likely to be delayed until June • PostNL / IDS | Conservative leader calling for reassessment of IDS takeover approval • Dutch banking sector | strong lobby for a new national investment bank • E-commerce sector | Temu aims for Europe to become its largest market


ING Groep NV - What's New(s) in Amsterdam

<ul><li>In this edition: • ING Group | considering takeover in Italy • Unilever | acquires personal care brand Wild • Alfen | signs a multi-year framework agreement with Abloco Energy</li></ul>

In this edition: • ING Group | considering takeover in Italy • Unilever | acquires personal care brand Wild • Alfen | signs a multi-year framework agreement with Abloco Energy

What's New(s) in Amsterdam - 2 April (ING Group | Unilever | Alfen)

Netherlands

ING Groep N.V. offers financial services to individuals, corporations, and other institutions.  The Company offers corporate, investment, and private banking services, asset and portfolio management, treasury services, and insurance.  ING Groep has offices throughout the world.

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What's News in Amsterdam - 24 June (Unilever)

In this edition: • Unilever | agrees to buy Dr. Squatch from Summit Partners

The IDEA!

Caution Warranted; ACWI-US At $93 Resistance; Buys in Communications, Staples, Materials, Financials

With the MSCI $ACWI approaching the top-end of our expected 2023 trading range at $93, we see limited upside from here and believe caution is...

Vermilion Research

bpost SA - What's New(s) in Amsterdam

In this edition: • ING | no real surprises in 1Q25; new EUR 2.0bn share buyback • Shell | clear beat of consensus almost across the board; new USD...

The IDEA!

ING Groep NV - What's New(s) in Amsterdam

In this edition: • InPost | Royal Mail sets sights on becoming the UK’s biggest parcel locker provider • Triodios Bank | IPO likely to be delayed...

The IDEA!

What's New(s) in Amsterdam - 2 April (ING Group | Unilever | Alfen)

In this edition: • ING Group | considering takeover in Italy • Unilever | acquires personal care brand Wild • Alfen | signs a multi-year...

The IDEA!

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