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

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<li>In our February 6, 2023 EM Strategy, we discussed that we were buyers of the MSCI EM (EEM-US) on a pullback to the 50-day MA. </li>
<li>The pullback went a bit deeper but managed to hold at our $37.50 line-in-the-sand which we discussed in our recent ETF Pathfinder reports (Mar. 6 and Mar. 20, 2023).</li>
<li>The EEM-US displays a bullish 2-month downtrend reversal- add exposure. Signs continue to point to a topping DXY, and a declining DXY has historically resulted in EM outperformance (vs. EAFE).</li>
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In our February 6, 2023 EM Strategy, we discussed that we were buyers of the MSCI EM (EEM-US) on a pullback to the 50-day MA. 
The pullback went a bit deeper but managed to hold at our $37.50 line-in-the-sand which we discussed in our recent ETF Pathfinder reports (Mar. 6 and Mar. 20, 2023).
The EEM-US displays a bullish 2-month downtrend reversal- add exposure. Signs continue to point to a topping DXY, and a declining DXY has historically resulted in EM outperformance (vs. EAFE).


MSCI EM $EEM 2-Month Downtrend Reversal at Support -- Add Exposure. Upgrading Taiwan to Overweight

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine. </li>
<li>Financial, information technology and industrials led the inflow in Jan.</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into CATL, Moutai, Ping An Insurance, Longi Green, Wuliangye.</li>
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We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine. 
Financial, information technology and industrials led the inflow in Jan.
We highlight inflows into CATL, Moutai, Ping An Insurance, Longi Green, Wuliangye.


Northbound Flows Monthly: $21bn Inflows in January

<ul>
<li>We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>Monthly inflows of $9bn was led by Financials (inflows of $2,658 million), Materials (inflows of $2,286 million), Consumer Discretionary (inflows of $1,779 million). </li>
<li>We highlight inflows into Midea, Zijin Mining, Ping An Insurance, Moutai, Mindray, and outflows from Yangtze Power, Yunnan Energy New Material, Poly Developments, Wingtec, Shenhua.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.
Monthly inflows of $9bn was led by Financials (inflows of $2,658 million), Materials (inflows of $2,286 million), Consumer Discretionary (inflows of $1,779 million). 
We highlight inflows into Midea, Zijin Mining, Ping An Insurance, Moutai, Mindray, and outflows from Yangtze Power, Yunnan Energy New Material, Poly Developments, Wingtec, Shenhua.


Northbound Flows Monthly: $9bn Inflows in November

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Last Week in Event SPACE:  Swire, Hitachi Metal, Jardine, Softbank, Bingo, Japan Asia, Mainstream

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<p>On the 1 February, Zhuhai Huafa, wholly-owned by Zhuhai SASAC, entered into a share purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire domestic shares in mobile device manufacturer <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beijing-digital-telecom-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4113:1" rel="noopener">Beijing Digital Telecom (6188 HK)</a> from Di Er Tong and Digital Science &amp; Technology, collectively the controlling shareholders of Beijing Digital. The SPA, which encompassed 37.99% of shares out, was <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2021/0407/2021040702361.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">completed</a>. on the 7 April, and a mandatory general offer (MGO) was triggered with an Offer price of HK$3.8429 per H-Share.</p>
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<p>The Composite Document has now been <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2021/0429/2021042903043.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">despatched</a> and the Offer is open for acceptances. The IFA says fair and reasonable. The MGO has a 50% tendering condition - attached to ALL voting rights of Beijing Capital.</p>
<p>The first close is the 21 May. Trading wide to terms.  The question is whether this Offer will turn unconditional.</p>
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<p>As always, more below the fold. </p>
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On the 1 February, Zhuhai Huafa, wholly-owned by Zhuhai SASAC, entered into a share purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire domestic shares in mobile device manufacturer Beijing Digital Telecom (6188 HK) from Di Er Tong and Digital Science &amp; Technology, collectively the controlling shareholders of Beijing Digital. The SPA, which encompassed 37.99% of shares out, was completed. on the 7 April, and a mandatory general offer (MGO) was triggered with an Offer price of HK$3.8429 per H-Share.


The Composite Document has now been despatched and the Offer is open for acceptances. The IFA says fair and reasonable. The MGO has a 50% tendering condition - attached to ALL voting rights of Beijing Capital.
The first close is the 21 May. Trading wide to terms.  The question is whether this Offer will turn unconditional.


As always, more below the fold. 


Beijing Digital (6188 HK): Offer Now Open. IFA Says Fair

China

Shenzhen Shenxin Taifeng Group Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures, and sells communication products, as well as produces feedstuffs and breeds poultry.  The Company's products include feedstuffs, communication products and agricultural products as well as is involved in property development and management.

Shenzhen Shenxin Taifeng Group Co,Ltd. (000034 CH)

Shenzhen Shenxin Taifeng Group Co,Ltd. (000034 CH)

MSCI EM $EEM 2-Month Downtrend Reversal at Support -- Add Exposure. Upgrading Taiwan to Overweight

Signs continue to point to a topping $DXY, and a declining DXY has historically resulted in EM outperformance (vs. $EAFE). Many ideas in China/Hong...

Vermilion Research

Northbound Flows Monthly: $21bn Inflows in January

We analyzed the Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Scheme for January and highlight flows for CATL, Moutai, Ping An Insurance, Longi Green, Wuliangye.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Northbound Flows Monthly: $9bn Inflows in November

We analyzed the Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Scheme for November and highlight flows for Midea, Zijin Mining, Ping An Insurance, Moutai, Mindray,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Last Week in Event SPACE: Swire, Hitachi Metal, Jardine, Softbank, Bingo, Japan Asia, Mainstream

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a coffee, grab a comfortable seat, and sift through a brief summary of insights on various events discussed...

David Blennerhassett

Beijing Digital (6188 HK): Offer Now Open. IFA Says Fair

The Offer price is a five and half year high. I see a gross/annualised spread of 5.6%/86% - assuming payment early June. I'd be picking shares up...

David Blennerhassett