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Jefferies Financial Group  / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://smartkarma.com/entities/jefferies-financial-group-inc">Jefferies Financial Group </a>is a well-established global investment bank and capital markets firm with a strong client-centric approach and diversified revenue streams across investment banking, capital markets, and asset management.</li>
  <li>The company is strategically focused on expanding its core financial services businesses while divesting from its merchant banking portfolio to reduce earnings volatility.</li>
  <li>Recent financial performance has been impacted by challenging market conditions, but the firm is poised for a cyclical recovery with a strong deal pipeline and strategic initiatives like the expanded alliance with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG).</li>
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Jefferies Financial Group is a well-established global investment bank and capital markets firm with a strong client-centric approach and diversified revenue streams across investment banking, capital markets, and asset management.
  The company is strategically focused on expanding its core financial services businesses while divesting from its merchant banking portfolio to reduce earnings volatility.
  Recent financial performance has been impacted by challenging market conditions, but the firm is poised for a cyclical recovery with a strong deal pipeline and strategic initiatives like the expanded alliance with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG).
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

Primer: Jefferies Financial Group  (JEF US) - Sep 2025

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Index Rebalance

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc / Index Rebalance

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<li>The S&amp;P 500 index tracks the 500 largest names listed in the US and it is one of the most highly-tracked indices in the world.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the upcoming constituent changes in the run up to the September 2025 index rebal event.</li>
<li>We expect two regular changes in September 2025 - maybe $10bn a side. There are also a couple of live M&amp;A events which are likely to trigger intra-review index changes.</li>
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The S&amp;P 500 index tracks the 500 largest names listed in the US and it is one of the most highly-tracked indices in the world.
In this insight, we take a look at the upcoming constituent changes in the run up to the September 2025 index rebal event.
We expect two regular changes in September 2025 - maybe $10bn a side. There are also a couple of live M&amp;A events which are likely to trigger intra-review index changes.


[Quiddity Index] S&P500/400/600 Sep25 Rebal: Two Possible Changes, But One Iffy

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

Beat the Street

Beat The Street was founded by Nimish Maheshwari and Sudarshan Bhandari, both of whom are Chartered Accountants by Profession, known for their expert analysis in the fields of Business, Sectoral analysis, and Corporate governance.

With a strong social media presence of 45,000+ Subscribers across various platforms, they are considered trusted voices in the industry. Their insights and analysis have been featured in some of India’s most prominent publications, including the Economic Times, Dalal Street Investment Journal, The Morning Context, and The Ken.

Their analysis on Bankrupt & Insolvent companies has been instrumental in saving investors from significant losses. They have a keen eye for identifying red flags and has identified exclusive redflags earlier in Vedanta, Nykaa, Dhani Services, Adani and many more.

Read Business Not Stock Prices

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>IndiaAI Mission is set to launch a GPU access portal for startups and researchers, with procurement bids from major firms like Jio Platforms and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tata-communications-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20892:1" rel="noopener">Tata Communications (TCOM IN) </a>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jefferies-financial-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17648:1" rel="noopener">Jefferies Financial Group (JEF US)</a>  expects ITC Hotels to experience $190 million in fund outflows due to ETF selling and BAT's planned stake sale. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/larsen-toubro-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2499:1" rel="noopener">Larsen &amp; Toubro (LT IN)</a> secures an $80 million multi-year deal with a US-based manufacturer to drive digital transformation using advanced technologies. </li>
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IndiaAI Mission is set to launch a GPU access portal for startups and researchers, with procurement bids from major firms like Jio Platforms and Tata Communications (TCOM IN) 


Jefferies Financial Group (JEF US)  expects ITC Hotels to experience $190 million in fund outflows due to ETF selling and BAT's planned stake sale. 

Larsen &amp; Toubro (LT IN) secures an $80 million multi-year deal with a US-based manufacturer to drive digital transformation using advanced technologies. 


#95 India Insight: IndiaAI to Launch GPU Portal, ITC Hotels Faces ETF Outflows, L&T Secures Deal

Oil and Gas, Mint Finance

Suhas Reddy

Oil and Gas

Deep Fundamental Analysis

Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

Commodities

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<li>For the week ending 03/Jan, U.S. crude inventories fell by 1m barrels, missing expectations of a 1.8m barrel decrease. Gasoline and distillate stockpiles rose more than expected.</li>
<li>U.S. natural gas inventories fell by 40 Bcf for the week ending 03/Jan, moderately beating analyst expectations of a 39 Bcf drawdown. Inventories are 6.5% above the 5-year seasonal average.</li>
<li>Analysts lowered 12-month PTs on Exxon, BP, Halliburton, TotalEnergies, and SLB. Morgan Stanley upgraded rating on Shell to Overweight and raised PT to USD 79.8 from USD 66.5.</li>
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For the week ending 03/Jan, U.S. crude inventories fell by 1m barrels, missing expectations of a 1.8m barrel decrease. Gasoline and distillate stockpiles rose more than expected.
U.S. natural gas inventories fell by 40 Bcf for the week ending 03/Jan, moderately beating analyst expectations of a 39 Bcf drawdown. Inventories are 6.5% above the 5-year seasonal average.
Analysts lowered 12-month PTs on Exxon, BP, Halliburton, TotalEnergies, and SLB. Morgan Stanley upgraded rating on Shell to Overweight and raised PT to USD 79.8 from USD 66.5.


[ETP 2025/02] Bearish EIA Inventory Report Drags WTI Prices, Henry Hub Rebounds on Tightening Supply

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>Our outlook remains bullish following the S&amp;P 500's multi-month base breakout above 5670, alongside constructive market dynamics which have significantly improved over the past week.</li>
<li>Last week's 11/5/24 report titled "Buy the Pullback" discussed how we were buyers, expecting a strong end-of-year rally to start that day or the following day (day after the election)</li>
<li>The strong rally officially started on election day, and all that is left to do is ride the trend higher into year-end and the early part of 2025</li>
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Our outlook remains bullish following the S&amp;P 500's multi-month base breakout above 5670, alongside constructive market dynamics which have significantly improved over the past week.
Last week's 11/5/24 report titled "Buy the Pullback" discussed how we were buyers, expecting a strong end-of-year rally to start that day or the following day (day after the election)
The strong rally officially started on election day, and all that is left to do is ride the trend higher into year-end and the early part of 2025


Ride the Trend Higher; Significant End-Of-Year Rally Underway; Four Sector Upgrades, One Downgrade

United States

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is a global diversified financial services company focusing on investment banking and capital markets, asset management and direct investing. The Company offers a full range of investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management products and services.

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Jefferies Financial Group (JEF US)

Primer: Jefferies Financial Group (JEF US) - Sep 2025

Jefferies Financial Group is a well-established global investment bank and capital markets firm with a strong client-centric approach and...

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[Quiddity Index] S&P500/400/600 Sep25 Rebal: Two Possible Changes, But One Iffy

We expect IBKR and possibly APP to join the S&P500 in September. We expect two deletes. MSTR has moved to second place BUT it has issues which...

Travis Lundy

#95 India Insight: IndiaAI to Launch GPU Portal, ITC Hotels Faces ETF Outflows, L&T Secures Deal

IndiaAI Mission launches GPU access portal for startups/researchers with bids from major firms; ITC Hotels faces fund outflows, Larsen & Toubro...

Sudarshan Bhandari

[ETP 2025/02] Bearish EIA Inventory Report Drags WTI Prices, Henry Hub Rebounds on Tightening Supply

US crude inventories fell less than expected, while gasoline and distillate stockpiles rose; nat-gas withdrawal beat expectations. Analysts...

Mint Finance

Ride the Trend Higher; Significant End-Of-Year Rally Underway; Four Sector Upgrades, One Downgrade

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Vermilion Research

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Primer: Jefferies Financial Group (JEF US) - Sep 2025

Jefferies Financial Group is a well-established global investment bank and capital markets firm with a strong client-centric approach and...

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[Quiddity Index] S&P500/400/600 Sep25 Rebal: Two Possible Changes, But One Iffy

We expect IBKR and possibly APP to join the S&P500 in September. We expect two deletes. MSTR has moved to second place BUT it has issues which...

Travis Lundy

#95 India Insight: IndiaAI to Launch GPU Portal, ITC Hotels Faces ETF Outflows, L&T Secures Deal

​IndiaAI Mission launches GPU access portal for startups/researchers with bids from major firms; ITC Hotels faces fund outflows, Larsen & Toubro...

Sudarshan Bhandari

[ETP 2025/02] Bearish EIA Inventory Report Drags WTI Prices, Henry Hub Rebounds on Tightening Supply

​US crude inventories fell less than expected, while gasoline and distillate stockpiles rose; nat-gas withdrawal beat expectations. Analysts...

Mint Finance

Ride the Trend Higher; Significant End-Of-Year Rally Underway; Four Sector Upgrades, One Downgrade

Ride the Trend Higher; Significant End-of-Year Rally Underway $SPX $QQQ $IWM; Four Sector Upgrades ($XLF to overweight, $XLY $XLI and $IYT to...

Vermilion Research

IndiaAI Mission launches GPU access portal for startups/researchers with bids from major firms; ITC Hotels faces fund outflows, Larsen & Toubro...

US crude inventories fell less than expected, while gasoline and distillate stockpiles rose; nat-gas withdrawal beat expectations. Analysts...