Research from Asian Century Stocks, Asian Century Stocks

Michael Fritzell

Research from Asian Century Stocks

Providing financial journalism in the Asia-Pacific

Asian Century Stocks

Asian Century Stocks is a newsletter providing financial journalism for companies and stocks in the Asia-Pacific. 
The Asian Century Stocks logotype “百” stands for “one hundred” or a “century”. The economic centre of gravity is moving towards Asia. Yet most global investors are missing out.

Equity Bottom-Up

Okamoto (5122 JP) is a family-run household products and industrial materials company based in Japan.
The company is best known for its condom business, which ranks as the #3 globally. The brand name is strong in Asia, where Okamoto dominates the premium segment. The operating margin for Okamoto’s condom business is around 30%, and it has a clear technological leadership that protects it from the competition.

Okamoto (5122 JP) is a family-run household products and industrial materials company based in Japan.
The company is best known for its condom business, which ranks as the #3 globally. The brand name is strong in Asia, where Okamoto dominates the premium segment. The operating margin for Okamoto’s condom business is around 30%, and it has a clear technological leadership that protects it from the competition.

Quantamental Researcher, JD Finance Quantamental Research

Ben Li

Quantamental Researcher

JD Finance Quantamental Research

JD Finance Big Data Quantamental Research is a data and insight provider of proprietary online eCommerce data, under the arm of big data analytics team in JD Finance. JD Finance is an affiliate of US listed JD, a leading eCommerce player in China. It is one of the largest fintech companies in China, with business spanning across consumer loans, fund distribution, and quantitative strategy research. 

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Premiumization in China has been an unstoppable trend as China’s economic reform continuously spurs the growth of consumer sector and benefits citizens’ everyday life. Among Chinese consumers, Millennials, defined as a cohort born between 1980 and 1995, have the strongest purchase power on e-commerce platforms with constantly rising online spending. We sorted out Millennials’ three shared values that affect their purchase decisions: Higher Quality, Better Lifestyle and Health Consciousness, and will discuss the impact of these principles on different consumer sectors in this article.

Premiumization in China has been an unstoppable trend as China’s economic reform continuously spurs the growth of consumer sector and benefits citizens’ everyday life. Among Chinese consumers, Millennials, defined as a cohort born between 1980 and 1995, have the strongest purchase power on e-commerce platforms with constantly rising online spending. We sorted out Millennials’ three shared values that affect their purchase decisions: Higher Quality, Better Lifestyle and Health Consciousness, and will discuss the impact of these principles on different consumer sectors in this article.

A Closer Look at Premiumization: Decoding Millennials Online Spending

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Thomas Schroeder

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Chart Partners

Chart Partners objective is to discover medium-term cycle turns and profit opportunities before they unfold, within structural trends while preserving capital with clear degrees of risk. We have real return ideas. 

Markets are dynamic and trading systems must reflect this. It is crucial to determine underlying correlations and lead-lag relationships within global markets and the impact on linked instruments. Our weekly Chartonics product gives you short-term trading strategies that can be applied within the medium and longer term macro trends that are mapped out in our strategy updates. 

Our methodology fuses global market variables and isolates drivers in trends. We specialize in FX, index trade in NY and Asia with a focus on Asian stocks. 

Technical Analysis

Chartonics flash Tuesday 30 August 2016USD/JPY macro low and position update webcast<div>We have made a USD bull case from JPY 100 or 95 if we broke below 100 with a bull pivot above USD/JPY 101 which was triggered Friday. The bigger test revolves around USD sustainability above 101 and a successful test on the lower 101 pullback zone followed by a move through the second hurdle at 102.70. MT pivot resistance lies at 104 (macro bull targets come in at 110 and 114 with ideal objective at 114/117 in…</div>

Chartonics flash Tuesday 30 August 2016USD/JPY macro low and position update webcastWe have made a USD bull case from JPY 100 or 95 if we broke below 100 with a bull pivot above USD/JPY 101 which was triggered Friday. The bigger test revolves around USD sustainability above 101 and a successful test on the lower 101 pullback zone followed by a move through the second hurdle at 102.70. MT pivot resistance lies at 104 (macro bull targets come in at 110 and 114 with ideal objective at 114/117 in…

USD/JPY Macro Low and Fresh Position Webcast

Japan

OKAMOTO INDUSTRIES, INC. manufactures and sells rubber products.  The Company's products include condoms, food wares, plastic films, and industrial materials.

Okamoto Industries (5122 JP)

Deep-Dive: Okamoto Industries (5122 JP)

Okamoto (5122 JP) is a family-run household products and industrial materials company based in Japan. The company is best known for its condom...

Asian Century Stocks

A Closer Look at Premiumization: Decoding Millennials Online Spending

Premiumization in China has been an unstoppable trend as China’s economic reform continuously spurs the growth of consumer sector and benefits...

Ben Li

USD/JPY Macro Low and Fresh Position Webcast

Chartonics flash Tuesday 30 August 2016USD/JPY macro low and position update webcastWe have made a USD bull case from JPY 100 or 95 if we broke...

Thomas Schroeder