Asia L/S Equity PM/Macro/Thematic Idea Generation

Rikki Malik

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>A stock that should benefit from the resumption of Japan's bull market</li>
<li>Utility type stock poised to rerate  as a growth narrative starts</li>
<li>The stock has recently broken out of its 18 month downtrend</li>
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A stock that should benefit from the resumption of Japan's bull market
Utility type stock poised to rerate  as a growth narrative starts
The stock has recently broken out of its 18 month downtrend


From Utility to Growth: Re‑rating Potential at Japan Exchange Group (8697.T)

Commodities

<ul>
<li>A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook</li>
<li>The USD confirms its breakout and has the predicted consequences</li>
<li>Leverage ramps up, amplifying the volatility in the  favoured AI names </li>
</ul>


A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook
The USD confirms its breakout and has the predicted consequences
Leverage ramps up, amplifying the volatility in the  favoured AI names 


Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Leadership globally is rotating to cyclical, materials, and commodity sectors</li>
<li>Japan lacks many pure play companies, so premiums will be commanded</li>
<li>We add a couple of cyclical names to increase Japanese exposure</li>
</ul>


Leadership globally is rotating to cyclical, materials, and commodity sectors
Japan lacks many pure play companies, so premiums will be commanded
We add a couple of cyclical names to increase Japanese exposure


Tactical Trading – Increasing Cyclical Exposure in Japan

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 analysed the earning revision of component stocks of NIKKEI 225 in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on Advantest, Kioxia, Fujikura, Tokyo Electron, TDK, ARCHION, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Materials.</li>
</ul>


We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of NIKKEI 225 in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on Advantest, Kioxia, Fujikura, Tokyo Electron, TDK, ARCHION, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Materials.


NIKKEI 225 Index Earning Revision (Sep): Advantest, Kioxia, Fujikura, Tokyo Electron, TDK, ARCHION

<ul>
<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-Japan in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on Toyota Motor, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Recruit, Mitsubishi Chemical.</li>
</ul>


We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-Japan in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on Toyota Motor, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Recruit, Mitsubishi Chemical.


MS-Japan Index Earning Revision (Sep): Toyota Motor, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Recruit

Japan

Japan Exchange Group Inc is the holding company created through the merger of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc and Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. The group provides and operates a marketplace for the trading of equities, futures, and options. The Group manages the trading, as well as administers listed stocks and registered members.

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Japan Exchange Group (8697 JP)

From Utility to Growth: Re‑rating Potential at Japan Exchange Group (8697.T)

The operator of Japanese exchanges is poised to benefit from the country's bull market resurgence as it breaks out of a prolonged downtrend.

Rikki Malik

Overview #66 -Our Dollar, Your Problem

A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook. We look at the dollar breakout and the leverage in the system

Rikki Malik

Tactical Trading – Increasing Cyclical Exposure in Japan

Mitsubishi 8058.T rallied 8% yesterday with other potential beneficiaries of the Trump-Takaichi summit. Nikkei link below. Key is the development...

Rikki Malik

NIKKEI 225 Index Earning Revision (Sep): Advantest, Kioxia, Fujikura, Tokyo Electron, TDK, ARCHION

We analyzed NIKKEI 225's consensus for Sep 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in Advantest, Kioxia, Fujikura, Tokyo Electron, TDK, ARCHION, Nippon...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

MS-Japan Index Earning Revision (Sep): Toyota Motor, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Recruit

We analyzed MS-Japan's consensus for Sep 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in Toyota Motor (7203 JP), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (9101 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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