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Water Tower Research

Research from Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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Equity Bottom-Up

Calumet Specialty Products Par / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>The WTR Sustainable Index was down 3.1% W/W versus the S&amp;P 500 Index (down 2.6%), the Russell 2000 Index (down 3.5%), and the Nasdaq Index (down 2.4%).</li><li>Energy Technology (12.4% of the index) was down 5.3%, while Industrial Climate and Ag Technology (47.7% of the index) was down 2.4%, ClimateTech Mining was down 2.6%, and Advanced Transportation Solutions (21.5% of the index) was down 3.7%.</li><li>Top 10 Performers: LTBR, NHHH, BNET, FTEK, SX, FCEL, VVPR, EGT, DNMR, TMC</li></ul>

The WTR Sustainable Index was down 3.1% W/W versus the S&amp;P 500 Index (down 2.6%), the Russell 2000 Index (down 3.5%), and the Nasdaq Index (down 2.4%).Energy Technology (12.4% of the index) was down 5.3%, while Industrial Climate and Ag Technology (47.7% of the index) was down 2.4%, ClimateTech Mining was down 2.6%, and Advanced Transportation Solutions (21.5% of the index) was down 3.7%.Top 10 Performers: LTBR, NHHH, BNET, FTEK, SX, FCEL, VVPR, EGT, DNMR, TMC

Sustainable Investing Surveyor Focus on Calumet (CLMT)

Green Impact Partners  / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>The WTR Sustainable Index was up 1.2% W/W versus the S&amp;P 500 Index (down 1.5%), the Russell 2000 Index (up 1.1%) and the Nasdaq Index (down 2.3%).</li><li>Energy Technology (12.5% of the index) was up 0.3%, while Industrial Climate and Ag Technology (46.5% of the index) was up 3.1%, ClimateTech Mining was up 0.5%, and Advanced Transportation Solutions (20.9% of the index) was down 1.7%.</li><li>Top 10 Performers: TMC, EGT, HCNWF, CVW, HLGN, GGR, SX, IPWR, ABML, WAVE</li></ul>

The WTR Sustainable Index was up 1.2% W/W versus the S&amp;P 500 Index (down 1.5%), the Russell 2000 Index (up 1.1%) and the Nasdaq Index (down 2.3%).Energy Technology (12.5% of the index) was up 0.3%, while Industrial Climate and Ag Technology (46.5% of the index) was up 3.1%, ClimateTech Mining was up 0.5%, and Advanced Transportation Solutions (20.9% of the index) was down 1.7%.Top 10 Performers: TMC, EGT, HCNWF, CVW, HLGN, GGR, SX, IPWR, ABML, WAVE

Sustainable Investing Surveyor Focus on Green Impact Partners (GIP)

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

iShares Russell 2000 ETF / Technical Analysis

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<li>The market remains in "lockout rally" mode, where prices continue to move higher with little-to-no pullbacks, while ignoring overbought readings.</li>
<li>We have discussed this on a weekly basis since 11/21/23. Still no reason to fight this bullish trend, and we continue to expect more upside into year-end and early 2024.</li>
<li>We highlight buys in Steel: NUE, STLD, RS, WOR, TMST, ZEUS, LatAm Banks: ITUB, BSBR, BBD, BAP, BCH, Industrials: ITT, FSS, SPXC, ATS, KAI, CR, BRC, SXI, and HSC</li>
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The market remains in "lockout rally" mode, where prices continue to move higher with little-to-no pullbacks, while ignoring overbought readings.
We have discussed this on a weekly basis since 11/21/23. Still no reason to fight this bullish trend, and we continue to expect more upside into year-end and early 2024.
We highlight buys in Steel: NUE, STLD, RS, WOR, TMST, ZEUS, LatAm Banks: ITUB, BSBR, BBD, BAP, BCH, Industrials: ITT, FSS, SPXC, ATS, KAI, CR, BRC, SXI, and HSC


Russell 2000 Testing 1.5+ Year Resistance; Downgrading Communications; Steel Buys $NUE $STLD $ZEUS

High Quality Stock Setups, Weekly Stock Bull Finder

Weekly Stock Bull Finder

High Quality Stock Setups

Finding high potential stock setups on quality companies

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>One of the lasting legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic was the acceleration of secular trends which were already in place prior to the start pandemic such as e-commerce, flexible working arrangements, streaming/entertainment at home, digital transformation, MRNA biotechnology, among others.</li><li>Many of these trends in place prior to the pandemic were turbocharged by a quick pivot and responses to adjust to the “new normal” disruption of the dealing with COVID-19 waves, lockdowns, and companies muddling through how to adapt their business model.</li><li>The aftermath of the combination of a bazooka fiscal and monetary stimulus has resulted in the Federal Reserve embarking on the most aggressive interest rate hiking campaign in decades in attempts to arrest and reverse inflation.</li></ul>

One of the lasting legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic was the acceleration of secular trends which were already in place prior to the start pandemic such as e-commerce, flexible working arrangements, streaming/entertainment at home, digital transformation, MRNA biotechnology, among others.Many of these trends in place prior to the pandemic were turbocharged by a quick pivot and responses to adjust to the “new normal” disruption of the dealing with COVID-19 waves, lockdowns, and companies muddling through how to adapt their business model.The aftermath of the combination of a bazooka fiscal and monetary stimulus has resulted in the Federal Reserve embarking on the most aggressive interest rate hiking campaign in decades in attempts to arrest and reverse inflation.

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<li>Over the past two weeks, we have been steadfast in our belief that this current rally/short squeeze is likely to fizzle in the 4100-4165 area on the S&amp;P 500.</li>
<li>There has yet to be any meaningful deterioration and we cannot rule out the SPX reaching higher, potentially for 4300-4325 (August 2022 highs).</li>
<li>We continue to preach caution and believe upside is limited on the market indexes. Any combination of a continued strong labor market or hotter-than-expected inflation could upset the market.</li>
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Over the past two weeks, we have been steadfast in our belief that this current rally/short squeeze is likely to fizzle in the 4100-4165 area on the S&amp;P 500.
There has yet to be any meaningful deterioration and we cannot rule out the SPX reaching higher, potentially for 4300-4325 (August 2022 highs).
We continue to preach caution and believe upside is limited on the market indexes. Any combination of a continued strong labor market or hotter-than-expected inflation could upset the market.


Downgrading Energy; SPX Final Reach Up to 4300-4325?; Buys in Restaurants, Retailers, Industrials

United States

Standex International Corporation manufactures multi-industry products, with operations in the food service, industrial products, and consumer products business segments.  The Company's products include food merchandising and display cases, reusable and expendable space launch vehicles, and magnetic components and connectors.  Standex operates in the United States and overseas.

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Standex International (SXI US)

Sustainable Investing Surveyor Focus on Calumet (CLMT)

The WTR Sustainable Index was down 3.1% W/W versus the S&P 500 Index (down 2.6%), the Russell 2000 Index (down 3.5%), and the Nasdaq Index (down...

Water Tower Research

Sustainable Investing Surveyor Focus on Green Impact Partners (GIP)

The WTR Sustainable Index was up 1.2% W/W versus the S&P 500 Index (down 1.5%), the Russell 2000 Index (up 1.1%) and the Nasdaq Index (down 2.3%).

Water Tower Research

Russell 2000 Testing 1.5+ Year Resistance; Downgrading Communications; Steel Buys $NUE $STLD $ZEUS

Market remains in a "lockout rally" where prices continue to move higher with little-to-no pullbacks, while ignoring overbought readings -- as we...

Vermilion Research

Weekly Stock Bullfinder - Week of 5/15

One of the lasting legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic was the acceleration of secular trends which were already in place prior to the start pandemic...

Weekly Stock Bull Finder

Downgrading Energy; SPX Final Reach Up to 4300-4325?; Buys in Restaurants, Retailers, Industrials

We have expected this squeeze to fizzle in the 4100-4165 $SPX area, but with no meaningful deterioration, we could see the $SPX reach for 4300-4325...

Vermilion Research

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