Japanese Equity Specialist, Ortus Advisors

Andrew Jackson

Japanese Equity Specialist

Ortus Advisors

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<li>Disco, Kokusai and Softbank among the biggest tech laggards set to scramble higher on ceasefire news.</li>
<li>Intel joining Musk's Terafab and generating interest from Google and Amazon a positive for the main Intel suppliers such as Lasertec and Ibiden.</li>
<li>Defensive outperformers set to lose their recent upside momentum on the risk-on shift.</li>
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Disco, Kokusai and Softbank among the biggest tech laggards set to scramble higher on ceasefire news.
Intel joining Musk's Terafab and generating interest from Google and Amazon a positive for the main Intel suppliers such as Lasertec and Ibiden.
Defensive outperformers set to lose their recent upside momentum on the risk-on shift.


Japan Morning Connection: Ceasefire Set to Send Tech and AI Laggards Surging Higher

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<li>Intel buying back its Irish fab stake sets a positive tone for Lasertec and TEL at the open.</li>
<li>Socionext, Kokusai and Softbank all oversold yesterday and looking like buys given improving memory sentiment.</li>
<li>Further upside for the space sector after SpaceX increased IPO valuation to $2trn as well as the news that Amazon is looking to acquire satellite group Globalstar for $9bn.</li>
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Intel buying back its Irish fab stake sets a positive tone for Lasertec and TEL at the open.
Socionext, Kokusai and Softbank all oversold yesterday and looking like buys given improving memory sentiment.
Further upside for the space sector after SpaceX increased IPO valuation to $2trn as well as the news that Amazon is looking to acquire satellite group Globalstar for $9bn.


Japan Morning Connection: US Recovers After a Shaky Asia Tape and Space Names Continue to Fly

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<li>Intel +8.8% buying back half its Ireland plant reflects confidence from management. A positive read for Intel capex names Lasertec, TEL, Screen as well as Ibiden.</li>
<li>Memory SPE laggards Micronics and Kokusai in focus as sentiment improves.</li>
<li>Japanese heavies set to keep rebounding as EU and US defense names surge on Rheinmetall's Boeing drone partnership.</li>
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Intel +8.8% buying back half its Ireland plant reflects confidence from management. A positive read for Intel capex names Lasertec, TEL, Screen as well as Ibiden.
Memory SPE laggards Micronics and Kokusai in focus as sentiment improves.
Japanese heavies set to keep rebounding as EU and US defense names surge on Rheinmetall's Boeing drone partnership.


Japan Morning Connection: Space Names Set to Surge as SpaceX Files for IPO and NASA Takes Flight

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<li>Kioxia Holdings (285A JP) could have a long way to tumble only -18% from its recent highs with almost zero short interest.</li>
<li>Defense doesn’t seem to be reacting to the spectre of increased conflict in Iran with US names weak again setting a poor tone for Japanese names.</li>
<li>Nintendo launches its Super Mario galaxy movie tomorrow so may get a bit of a bid on expectations it does as well as the initial film.</li>
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Kioxia Holdings (285A JP) could have a long way to tumble only -18% from its recent highs with almost zero short interest.
Defense doesn’t seem to be reacting to the spectre of increased conflict in Iran with US names weak again setting a poor tone for Japanese names.
Nintendo launches its Super Mario galaxy movie tomorrow so may get a bit of a bid on expectations it does as well as the initial film.


Japan Morning Connection: Tech and AI Set for a Rough Open as Quarter End Profit Taking Hits Winners

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<li>Google research touting a new memory compression technique exacerbated rotation out of memory names with Micron -18% and Sandisk -10% for the week.</li>
<li>Wafer names shrugging off the memory panic with Soitec and Siltronic higher with Sumco and Shin-Etsu set to follow.</li>
<li>SpaceX IPO buzz sent space names surging. QPS, Synspective and Astroscale all set for more upside today.</li>
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Google research touting a new memory compression technique exacerbated rotation out of memory names with Micron -18% and Sandisk -10% for the week.
Wafer names shrugging off the memory panic with Soitec and Siltronic higher with Sumco and Shin-Etsu set to follow.
SpaceX IPO buzz sent space names surging. QPS, Synspective and Astroscale all set for more upside today.


Japan Morning Connection: Kioxia Running Out of Steam as Memory Rotation Gathers Pace

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Lasertec Corporation develops, designs, manufactures and markets photomask inspection systems to make semiconductor devices, confocal scanning laser microscopes and liquid crystal display (LCD) inspection systems.

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