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>The MSCI EM vs.EAFE ratio (local currency) shows EM has outperformed relative to EAFE since the DXY peaked in November 2022, and also shows signs of reversing the 2-year downtrend.</li>
<li>As long as the DXY remains below $103.50-$106, we expect outperformance from EM to continue.</li>
<li>China/Hong Kong, Greece, South Africa, and Mexico stand out as attractive countries. Our top actionable Sectors include Communications, Consumer Discretionary, and Technology. We highlight 76 attractive EM stocks.</li>
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The MSCI EM vs.EAFE ratio (local currency) shows EM has outperformed relative to EAFE since the DXY peaked in November 2022, and also shows signs of reversing the 2-year downtrend.
As long as the DXY remains below $103.50-$106, we expect outperformance from EM to continue.
China/Hong Kong, Greece, South Africa, and Mexico stand out as attractive countries. Our top actionable Sectors include Communications, Consumer Discretionary, and Technology. We highlight 76 attractive EM stocks.


EM Outperformance to Continue (Vs. EAFE) -- Add on a Pullback; DXY Needs to Hold Below $106

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>National Health Commission reiterated that the number of ICU beds in designated hospitals should reach 10% of total beds, but we think the expansion/construction of ICU should be treated rationally. </li>
<li>The medical demand in 2020-2022 was very abnormal. If demand returns to normal in 2023H2, the overall growth of the healthcare industry would return to natural growth.</li>
<li>Among the 53 companies listed under Chapter 18A, there’re less than 15 companies that are really seriously developing drugs/devices, which could be the fundamental reason for big differentiation of valuation.</li>
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National Health Commission reiterated that the number of ICU beds in designated hospitals should reach 10% of total beds, but we think the expansion/construction of ICU should be treated rationally. 
The medical demand in 2020-2022 was very abnormal. If demand returns to normal in 2023H2, the overall growth of the healthcare industry would return to natural growth.
Among the 53 companies listed under Chapter 18A, there’re less than 15 companies that are really seriously developing drugs/devices, which could be the fundamental reason for big differentiation of valuation.


China Healthcare Weekly (Dec.16) - ICU Expansion, Abnormal Medical Demand, Dying Chapter 18A of HKEX

Equity Bottom-Up

Shanghai Bio-Heart Biological Technology / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Among innovative medical device companies in HKEX under Chapter 18A, Bio-heart is quite “special”- It is the only company without commercialized products but has higher market value than the peers.</li>
<li>The competitiveness of Bio-heart’s core products is not high. There are great uncertainties in terms of the commercialization outlook, because Bio-heart doesn’t have obvious advantages in development progress/sales capability.</li>
<li>Bio-Heart is overvalued. Its efforts to maintain high share price may be to pave the way for listing in A-share,but anything deviates from fundamentals would inevitably return to the origin. </li>
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Among innovative medical device companies in HKEX under Chapter 18A, Bio-heart is quite “special”- It is the only company without commercialized products but has higher market value than the peers.
The competitiveness of Bio-heart’s core products is not high. There are great uncertainties in terms of the commercialization outlook, because Bio-heart doesn’t have obvious advantages in development progress/sales capability.
Bio-Heart is overvalued. Its efforts to maintain high share price may be to pave the way for listing in A-share,but anything deviates from fundamentals would inevitably return to the origin. 


Shanghai Bio-Heart Biological Technology (2185.HK) - The Bubble Will Eventually Burst

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<li>Fujian will lead 27 provinces to launch the centralized procurement of electrophysiological medical consumables. Its scale is comparable to the national VBP. Unlike many people's optimism, we see potential concerns.</li>
<li>The centralized procurement of orthodontic materials and brackets led by Shaanxi Province has made new progress, which is beyond the expectations of many people since invisible braces are included.</li>
<li>We analyzed China HPV market potential and valuation logic. We expected that the valuation of related companies would have a significant downward space ahead.</li>
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Fujian will lead 27 provinces to launch the centralized procurement of electrophysiological medical consumables. Its scale is comparable to the national VBP. Unlike many people's optimism, we see potential concerns.
The centralized procurement of orthodontic materials and brackets led by Shaanxi Province has made new progress, which is beyond the expectations of many people since invisible braces are included.
We analyzed China HPV market potential and valuation logic. We expected that the valuation of related companies would have a significant downward space ahead.


China Healthcare Weekly (Oct.21) - Electrophysiology VBP; Orthodontics VBP New Progress; HPV Vaccine

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<li>NHSA will set aside a certain market to provide space for innovative medical devices/consumables to explore the market in addition to centralized procurement. However, we tend to be cautiously optimistic.</li>
<li>We think it is important to clarify for investors what constitutes "commercialization success" – That is to generate revenue at scale and stable profitability through the sale of drugs.</li>
<li>All the products that covered by VBP begin to lose logic. Don't be fooled by those positive interpretations. We are bearish on the sectors with downward logic in long cycle. </li>
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NHSA will set aside a certain market to provide space for innovative medical devices/consumables to explore the market in addition to centralized procurement. However, we tend to be cautiously optimistic.
We think it is important to clarify for investors what constitutes "commercialization success" – That is to generate revenue at scale and stable profitability through the sale of drugs.
All the products that covered by VBP begin to lose logic. Don't be fooled by those positive interpretations. We are bearish on the sectors with downward logic in long cycle. 


China Healthcare Weekly(Sep9)-Innovative Device Policy,Commercial Success Definition,Don't Be Fooled

China

Lifetech Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures and markets minimally invasive interventional medical devices for cardiovascular and peripheral vascular diseases and disorders.  The Company produces congenital heart defect occluders, vena cava filters, stent grafts, balloon catheters, and vascular plugs.

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EM Outperformance to Continue (Vs. EAFE) -- Add on a Pullback; DXY Needs to Hold Below $106

EM vs. EAFE ratio (local currency) shows EM has outperformed relative to EAFE since the $DXY peaked in November 2022. If the DXY remains below...

Vermilion Research

China Healthcare Weekly (Dec.16) - ICU Expansion, Abnormal Medical Demand, Dying Chapter 18A of HKEX

Investor should treat ICU expansion rationally due to staff shortage. Demand during COVID was abnormal, which may have natural growth in 23H2. IPO...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Shanghai Bio-Heart Biological Technology (2185.HK) - The Bubble Will Eventually Burst

Bio-heart’s core products lack competitiveness, with high uncertainties in commercialization outlook. High valuation is maintained so as to get...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

China Healthcare Weekly (Oct.21) - Electrophysiology VBP; Orthodontics VBP New Progress; HPV Vaccine

Unlike others' optimism,we see potential concerns in electrophysiology VBP; Orthodontics VBP is beyond expectation since invisible braces are...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

China Healthcare Weekly(Sep9)-Innovative Device Policy,Commercial Success Definition,Don't Be Fooled

We recommend cautiously optimistic about new innovative device policy. It's important to clarify what constitutes "commercialization success". All...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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