Global Head of Research, Smartkarma

Mark Artherton

Global Head of Research

LR Research

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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1.  Is Bitcoin a store of value for those with weak currencies?  Despite its volatility Bitcoin is making huge inroads in Emerging Markets.  Bitcoin rates in Zimbabwe, for example, have run as high as USD10,000 on the Golix exchange.  Bitcoin is not subject to capital controls in Zimbabwe boosting its popularity.  Zimbabwe is likely to ban coin exchanges, but in theory, it could embrace Bitcoin as a way to solve its hyperinflationary issues.  Can Bitcoin drive out weak currencies?2.  Argentina's…

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

DZT Research

DZT 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.

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-Taiwan 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 China Steel, Formosa Plastics, Yuanta Financial, Nan Ya Plastics, Formosa Chemicals &amp; Fibre, TSMC, Wiwynn.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-Taiwan 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 China Steel, Formosa Plastics, Yuanta Financial, Nan Ya Plastics, Formosa Chemicals &amp; Fibre, TSMC, Wiwynn.


MS-Taiwan Index Earning Revision (Apr): China Steel, Formosa Plastics, Yuanta Financial

Thematic Investing in Tech and Media, CM Research

Cyrus Mewawalla

Thematic Investing in Tech and Media

Thematic TMT investing

CM Research

CM Research is an independent research house based in London, England. We provide global thematic research in the Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) sectors. 

Our focus is on disruptive technologies: how will they unfold; which industries will be impacted; and who will be the ultimate winners and losers. 

Our aim is to help investors predict share prices and corporate executives stay one step ahead of the technology trends that are shaping their industry. 

We research technology investment themes in detail and then feed the results into a scorecard system to quantify the impact of several conflicting themes on individual stocks. 

Recent themes covered include internet TV, the Internet of Things, Big Data, Mobile payments, crowdfunding, artificial intelligence, the cloud, software defined networking and Generation Hashtag.

We cover the top 500 global TMT stocks by market capitalisation and several technology start-ups and pre-IPO companies too. 

In 2015, CM Research analysts outperformed the Bloomberg Benchmark Analyst Index - which measures how good analysts are at predicting stock prices - by 7.1%.

<p>This reports looks at the key trends driving stocks in the global semiconductor industry, identifying winners and losers.</p><p>It is extracted from CM Research's "Tech and Media Trends 2018" report, which covers the top 600 TMT stocks globally and all the investment themes driving their earnings. Using our unique "thematic engine", we quantify the impact of these themes on each of our 18 TMT subsectors, of which semiconductors is one.</p>

This reports looks at the key trends driving stocks in the global semiconductor industry, identifying winners and losers.It is extracted from CM Research's "Tech and Media Trends 2018" report, which covers the top 600 TMT stocks globally and all the investment themes driving their earnings. Using our unique "thematic engine", we quantify the impact of these themes on each of our 18 TMT subsectors, of which semiconductors is one.

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of May 1st. The aggregated holding was USD1,975.7bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD5,937mln. We tabulate the league tables for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight changes of foreign holdings in TSMC, Macronix Intl, Wiwynn, Hon Hai Precision, King Yuan Electronics.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of May 1st. The aggregated holding was USD1,975.7bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD5,937mln. We tabulate the league tables for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in TSMC, Macronix Intl, Wiwynn, Hon Hai Precision, King Yuan Electronics.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (May 1st): TSMC, Macronix Intl, Wiwynn, Hon Hai Precision

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

MSCI Emerging Markets Index / Technical Analysis

<p><strong>BRIC markets are outperforming broad EM. </strong>The BRIC/EM ratio is rounding to two year highs. All four member countries are attractive for separate reasons.  This week's “EM Leaders” highlights several attractive themes including: tech stocks, especially semis, construction/farm machinery names and  a selection of consumer stocks across the BRICs markets.</p>

BRIC markets are outperforming broad EM. The BRIC/EM ratio is rounding to two year highs. All four member countries are attractive for separate reasons.  This week's “EM Leaders” highlights several attractive themes including: tech stocks, especially semis, construction/farm machinery names and  a selection of consumer stocks across the BRICs markets.

Taiwan

MediaTek Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions. The company provides SOC system solutions for wireless communications, high-definition TV, optical storage, DVD and Blu-ray products.

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Mediatek Inc (2454 TT)

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1. Is Bitcoin a store of value for those with weak currencies? Despite its volatility Bitcoin is making huge inroads in Emerging Markets. ...

Mark Artherton

MS-Taiwan Index Earning Revision (Apr): China Steel, Formosa Plastics, Yuanta Financial

We analyzed MS-Taiwan's consensus for Apr 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in China Steel, Formosa Plastics, Yuanta Financial, Nan Ya Plastics,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Semiconductor Industry Trends

This reports looks at the key trends driving stocks in the global semiconductor industry, identifying winners and losers.It is extracted from CM...

CM Research

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (May 1st): TSMC, Macronix Intl, Wiwynn, Hon Hai Precision

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC, Macronix Intl, Wiwynn, Hon Hai Precision,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

BRIC Markets Lead EM Higher

BRIC markets are outperforming broad EM. The BRIC/EM ratio is rounding to two year highs. All four member countries are attractive for separate...

Vermilion Research

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