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 bear market rally that we were on watch for started last week, confirmed by the bullish reversals on the DAX, Hang Seng, MSCI China (MCHI-US), and China Internet (KWEB-US).</li>
<li>Is this just another bear market rally, or will indexes are able to make a higher low and start a new bull market? Either way, it's a start.</li>
<li>We highlight attractive stocks from a bottoms-up perspective, spanning several Sectors. Over half hail from Japan, where the TOPIX Small index is reversing its downtrend.</li>
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The bear market rally that we were on watch for started last week, confirmed by the bullish reversals on the DAX, Hang Seng, MSCI China (MCHI-US), and China Internet (KWEB-US).
Is this just another bear market rally, or will indexes are able to make a higher low and start a new bull market? Either way, it's a start.
We highlight attractive stocks from a bottoms-up perspective, spanning several Sectors. Over half hail from Japan, where the TOPIX Small index is reversing its downtrend.


Cautiously Optimistic Following Downtrend Reversals; Japan Continues to Lead; Bottoms-Up Stock Rec's

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist, Objective Analysis

Jim Handy

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist

Objective Analysis

Objective Analysis offers third-party independent market research and data for the semiconductor industry and investors in the semiconductor industry.

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The semiconductor market is now 45% above its normal revenue trend.</li>
<li>This situation is driven mostly by today's COVID-related demand changes.</li>
<li>Eventually the market will return to its normal growth, with revenues dropping by over 30%.</li>
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The semiconductor market is now 45% above its normal revenue trend.
This situation is driven mostly by today's COVID-related demand changes.
Eventually the market will return to its normal growth, with revenues dropping by over 30%.


Semiconductor Revenues Remain Well Above Trend

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<li>A strong earthquake hit Japan 100km south of the 2011 Fukishima earthquake</li>
<li>Yesterday's earthquake was about one fortieth the power of the 2011 quake</li>
<li>Four or five fabs might be impacted.  Results were not yet been reported as this Insight was being written, 15 hours after the event</li>
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A strong earthquake hit Japan 100km south of the 2011 Fukishima earthquake
Yesterday's earthquake was about one fortieth the power of the 2011 quake
Four or five fabs might be impacted.  Results were not yet been reported as this Insight was being written, 15 hours after the event


Will Japan's Earthquake Worsen Semiconductor Shortage?

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Private Capital Markets

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<li>Moonshot AI is one of the hottest companies in China. Moonshot AI is getting ready to complete its IPO in Hong Kong in late 2026/early 2027.</li>
<li>Company is seeking a pre-IPO funding at about $50 billion. I think its valuation could be well north of $100 billion when it completes its IPO in about six months. </li>
<li>A critical element of Moonshot AI's technical strategy is its adherence to an open-weight distribution model.</li>
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Moonshot AI is one of the hottest companies in China. Moonshot AI is getting ready to complete its IPO in Hong Kong in late 2026/early 2027.
Company is seeking a pre-IPO funding at about $50 billion. I think its valuation could be well north of $100 billion when it completes its IPO in about six months. 
A critical element of Moonshot AI's technical strategy is its adherence to an open-weight distribution model.


Initial Thoughts on the Moonshot AI IPO in Hong Kong

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<li>The SIA commented today on the impact to US semiconductor makers of sanctions against Russia</li>
<li>Russia accounts for negligible consumption of technology products, so embargos should not materially impact chip sales</li>
<li>The SIA believes that there are sufficient alternate sources of supply that the absence of Russian raw materials should not pose an immediate risk</li>
</ul>


The SIA commented today on the impact to US semiconductor makers of sanctions against Russia
Russia accounts for negligible consumption of technology products, so embargos should not materially impact chip sales
The SIA believes that there are sufficient alternate sources of supply that the absence of Russian raw materials should not pose an immediate risk


Japan

Renesas Electronics Corporation researches, develops, designs and manufactures electronic components such as semiconductors and integrated devices.

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Renesas Electronics (6723 JP)

Cautiously Optimistic Following Downtrend Reversals; Japan Continues to Lead; Bottoms-Up Stock Rec's

The bear market rally that we were on watch for started last week, confirmed by the bullish reversals on the DAX, Hang Seng, MSCI China $MCHI, and...

Vermilion Research

Semiconductor Revenues Remain Well Above Trend

Semiconductors are 45% above their long-term revenue trend. This is poised to continue for the near term, but a big change will occur further out.

Jim Handy

Will Japan's Earthquake Worsen Semiconductor Shortage?

Will last night's Japan earthquake worsen the current tightness in the chip market? A few companies are near the epicenter, but the quake's...

Jim Handy

Initial Thoughts on the Moonshot AI IPO in Hong Kong

Moonshot AI is one of the hottest companies in China. Moonshot AI is getting ready to complete its IPO in Hong Kong in late 2026/early 2027.

Douglas Kim

Ukraine Invasion's Semiconductor Impact

How will the chip market be impacted by sanctions against Russia? The SIA expects a negligible demand decrease and no short-term impact tot he...

Jim Handy

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