Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-pictures-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20724:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Pictures (1060 HK)</a> is expanding rapidly into complimentary areas such as online ticketing of cinema and live events with the recent acquisition of  Damai.cn from parent Alibaba.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd-d7b798e2-202d-4e01-9a1e-799e2ae8f0c7" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK)</a> is considering injecting other media platform assets like Youku  to realize synergies among its portfolio of companies.</li>
<li>Ali Pictures (Alipics) legacy film production business continues to expand globally with its American film production company, Amblin which is a partnership with Steven Spielberg.</li>
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Alibaba Pictures (1060 HK) is expanding rapidly into complimentary areas such as online ticketing of cinema and live events with the recent acquisition of  Damai.cn from parent Alibaba.

Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK) is considering injecting other media platform assets like Youku  to realize synergies among its portfolio of companies.
Ali Pictures (Alipics) legacy film production business continues to expand globally with its American film production company, Amblin which is a partnership with Steven Spielberg.


BABA's Babies: They Are All Grown Up! Ali Pictures: A Blockbuster Company

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<li>Hong Kong Alpha portfolio lost 2.9% in November, but has outperformed its benchmark by 4.9% since inception on October 1st.  It has outperformed HSI, HSCI and HSCEI by 9%.</li>
<li>Hong Kong Alpha has generated idiosyncratic returns during the market correction.  The portfolio has no exposure to energy, healthcare and property sectors. </li>
<li>We exit 4 positions at the end of the month and add positions in software, tech components, travel and restaurant sectors.</li>
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Hong Kong Alpha portfolio lost 2.9% in November, but has outperformed its benchmark by 4.9% since inception on October 1st.  It has outperformed HSI, HSCI and HSCEI by 9%.
Hong Kong Alpha has generated idiosyncratic returns during the market correction.  The portfolio has no exposure to energy, healthcare and property sectors. 
We exit 4 positions at the end of the month and add positions in software, tech components, travel and restaurant sectors.


HONG KONG ALPHA PORTFOLIO (November 2024)

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Live Nation Entertainment has delivered an impressive performance in its third quarter of 2024, demonstrating strong forward-looking indicators across various segments of its operations.</li><li>A detailed examination of the earnings results reveals both positive aspects and potential areas of concern that could impact future performance.</li><li>Starting with Ticketmaster, Live Nation's ticketing segment, there has been robust activity with a reported 15% increase in sales in early October year-over-year.</li></ul>

Live Nation Entertainment has delivered an impressive performance in its third quarter of 2024, demonstrating strong forward-looking indicators across various segments of its operations.A detailed examination of the earnings results reveals both positive aspects and potential areas of concern that could impact future performance.Starting with Ticketmaster, Live Nation's ticketing segment, there has been robust activity with a reported 15% increase in sales in early October year-over-year.

Live Nation Entertainment: Food & Beverage Transformation As A Critical Growth Lever! - Major Drivers

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 healthy market dynamics which have continued to improve.</li>
<li>Two weeks ago, our election day report (11/5/24) was titled "Buy the Pullback," and with the SPX/QQQ/IWM pulling back to their 20-day MAs, it's time to buy the pullback again.</li>
<li>We continue to expect significant upside into year-end and early 2025, and we expect support at the 20-day MAs on the aforementioned indexes (though support at 50-day MAs is possible).</li>
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Our outlook remains bullish following the S&amp;P 500's multi-month base breakout above 5670, alongside healthy market dynamics which have continued to improve.
Two weeks ago, our election day report (11/5/24) was titled "Buy the Pullback," and with the SPX/QQQ/IWM pulling back to their 20-day MAs, it's time to buy the pullback again.
We continue to expect significant upside into year-end and early 2025, and we expect support at the 20-day MAs on the aforementioned indexes (though support at 50-day MAs is possible).


Buy the Pullback Again; S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Russell 2000 Testing Confluence of Support

<ul><li>Live Nation Entertainment reported a robust performance in the second quarter of 2024, reflecting a sustained demand for live entertainment despite varying regional dynamics.</li><li>The company’s broad spectrum of activities, including concert promotions, venue operations, ticketing services, and sponsorship, continues to draw significant consumer interest, underpinned by strategic promotions and a diverse event pipeline.</li><li>Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.</li></ul>

Live Nation Entertainment reported a robust performance in the second quarter of 2024, reflecting a sustained demand for live entertainment despite varying regional dynamics.The company’s broad spectrum of activities, including concert promotions, venue operations, ticketing services, and sponsorship, continues to draw significant consumer interest, underpinned by strategic promotions and a diverse event pipeline.Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.

Live Nation Entertainment: A Story Of Expansion and Optimization of Venue Portfolio! - Major Drivers

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Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. produces live concerts and sells tickets to those events over the Internet. The Company also offers ticketing services for leading arenas, stadiums, professional sports franchises and leagues, college sports teams, performing arts venues, museums and theaters.

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Live Nation Entertainment: Food & Beverage Transformation As A Critical Growth Lever! - Major Drivers

Live Nation Entertainment has delivered an impressive performance in its third quarter of 2024, demonstrating strong forward-looking indicators...

Baptista Research

Buy the Pullback Again; S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Russell 2000 Testing Confluence of Support

Buy the Pullback Again, Same as Our Election Day Report; S&P 500 $SPX, Nasdaq 100 $QQQ, Russell 2000 $IWM Testing Confluence of Support at 20-day...

Vermilion Research

Live Nation Entertainment: A Story Of Expansion and Optimization of Venue Portfolio! - Major Drivers

Live Nation Entertainment reported a robust performance in the second quarter of 2024, reflecting a sustained demand for live entertainment...

Baptista Research

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