Equity Long-Short

Mo Aziz

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Given Japan's meteoric share price surge in 2024, it is harder to find high yielding stocks</li>
<li>The high-yielding blue chip stocks were extremely popular with retail investors, and the value is now on the lesser known small-cap stocks  </li>
<li>Our recommendations are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-tobacco-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13498:1" rel="noopener">Japan Tobacco (2914 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sankyo-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12385:1" rel="noopener">Sankyo Co Ltd (6417 JP). </a>For financial stocks, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tokai-tokyo-financial-holdin" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18815:1" rel="noopener">Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdin (8616 JP)</a> .  </li>
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Given Japan's meteoric share price surge in 2024, it is harder to find high yielding stocks
The high-yielding blue chip stocks were extremely popular with retail investors, and the value is now on the lesser known small-cap stocks  
Our recommendations are Japan Tobacco (2914 JP) and Sankyo Co Ltd (6417 JP). For financial stocks, Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdin (8616 JP) .  


Show Me The (Dividend) Money (Part II) - Play on Japanese High Dividend Yielding Stocks

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

<p>Global markets are holding at support levels and we reiterate, our neutral but constructive outlook . In today’s report we highlight actionable stocks within countries that are displaying bullish price and relative strength trends, including Japan, Hong Kong, Italy and Norway.</p>

Global markets are holding at support levels and we reiterate, our neutral but constructive outlook . In today’s report we highlight actionable stocks within countries that are displaying bullish price and relative strength trends, including Japan, Hong Kong, Italy and Norway.

Global Equity Strategy: Overweight TOPIX, Hang Seng

Msci Ac Asia Pacific Index / Technical Analysis

<p>Global equities continue to stabilize, with the MSCI ACWI’s 50-day moving average acting like a magnet as prices have oscillated above and below it. More importantly, support levels have held and long-term uptrends are intact. While we expect to see continued heightened volatility and consolidation, our long-term outlook for global equities remains bullish.  In today’s report we put a spotlight on Japan, broad Europe, Germany, and the UK, where small-caps are outperforming large-caps.</p>

Global equities continue to stabilize, with the MSCI ACWI’s 50-day moving average acting like a magnet as prices have oscillated above and below it. More importantly, support levels have held and long-term uptrends are intact. While we expect to see continued heightened volatility and consolidation, our long-term outlook for global equities remains bullish.  In today’s report we put a spotlight on Japan, broad Europe, Germany, and the UK, where small-caps are outperforming large-caps.

Doing bespoke work since 2002....., Custom Products Group

Patrick Hansen

Doing bespoke work since 2002.....

Custom Products Group

Custom Products was started 14 years ago at Lehman Brothers by current co-founder Patrick Hansen, CFA. After 3 years at Lehman, Patrick moved the team to Macquarie Securities where Simon Rigney (co-founder) joined. 3 years ago we took Custom Products independent. 

Our core strength can be summed up three words. 1- Customization - we have very little off the shelf products and most work is done on a one on one bespoke basis. 2- Speed - We pride ourselves in our ability to get requests back to the client very quickly. 3- Confidentiality - We do not redistribute. There is no grace period where we wait a week and then mass blast. Any request stops with that client.

<p>While it is well known that Value has historically driven the Japanese market, that has not been the case over the last couple of years.  In fact, PBR has been one of the worst factors in the last 2 years. Only 1-month momentum (Japan remains mean reverting) and Size (market-cap) have done worse than PBR. We measure the factor performance using ranked information coefficients (IC). </p><h2>2-Year Average Information Coefficient (IC)</h2><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/043/916/original/2.png?1517942439" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="43916"></figure><div class="content-caption">
<strong>Please contact us if you would like more information on how we calculate</strong>…</div>

While it is well known that Value has historically driven the Japanese market, that has not been the case over the last couple of years.  In fact, PBR has been one of the worst factors in the last 2 years. Only 1-month momentum (Japan remains mean reverting) and Size (market-cap) have done worse than PBR. We measure the factor performance using ranked information coefficients (IC). 2-Year Average Information Coefficient (IC)
Please contact us if you would like more information on how we calculate…

Japan Style Analysis - Growth and Not Value Names Are Outperforming....

Global Gaming and Casinos Industry Specialist, Casino Business Review LLC

Howard J Klein

Global Gaming and Casinos Industry Specialist

<ul><li>Offerings of equities and convertible bonds totaled 720 billion yen over the first nine months of '16 and the trend continues unabated. Its the lowest level of new offerings in four years.</li><li>Meanwhile, stock buybacks have soared to a record 4.35 trillion yen (USD$41.8 bn)--the most in history presumably to shore up capital efficiency.</li><li>Opponents in principle claim buybacks inhibit growth, and investment and also impede wage growth which in turn, keeps spending sluggish.</li><li>Do Japan's persistent low GDP numbers reflect some of this corporate policy strategies? Does the same phenomenon apply to the US? </li></ul>

Offerings of equities and convertible bonds totaled 720 billion yen over the first nine months of '16 and the trend continues unabated. Its the lowest level of new offerings in four years.Meanwhile, stock buybacks have soared to a record 4.35 trillion yen (USD$41.8 bn)--the most in history presumably to shore up capital efficiency.Opponents in principle claim buybacks inhibit growth, and investment and also impede wage growth which in turn, keeps spending sluggish.Do Japan's persistent low GDP numbers reflect some of this corporate policy strategies? Does the same phenomenon apply to the US? 

Could Japan's Aggressive Stock Buyback Spree Slow an Economic Rebound?

Japan

Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, Inc. is a comprehensive securities firm. The Company provides financial services such as dealing, distribution, brokerage, underwriting, and distribution of securities and investment trust.

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Show Me The (Dividend) Money (Part II) - Play on Japanese High Dividend Yielding Stocks

High dividend yields are increasingly harder to find due to Japan's stock price surge. However, the lesser-known small-cap stocks pay well and...

Mo Aziz

Global Equity Strategy: Overweight TOPIX, Hang Seng

Global markets are holding at support levels and we reiterate, our neutral but constructive outlook . In today’s report we highlight actionable...

Vermilion Research

Global Equity Strategy

Global equities continue to stabilize, with the MSCI ACWI’s 50-day moving average acting like a magnet as prices have oscillated above and below...

Vermilion Research

Japan Style Analysis - Growth and Not Value Names Are Outperforming....

While it is well known that Value has historically driven the Japanese market, that has not been the case over the last couple of years. In fact,...

Custom Products Group

Could Japan's Aggressive Stock Buyback Spree Slow an Economic Rebound?

Offerings of equities and convertible bonds totaled 720 billion yen over the first nine months of '16 and the trend continues unabated. Its the...

Howard J Klein

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Show Me The (Dividend) Money (Part II) - Play on Japanese High Dividend Yielding Stocks

High dividend yields are increasingly harder to find due to ​Japan's stock price surge. However, the lesser-known small-cap stocks pay well and...

Mo Aziz

Global Equity Strategy: Overweight TOPIX, Hang Seng

Global markets are holding at support levels and we reiterate, our neutral but constructive outlook . In today’s report we highlight actionable...

Vermilion Research

Global Equity Strategy

Global equities continue to stabilize, with the MSCI ACWI’s 50-day moving average acting like a magnet as prices have oscillated above and below...

Vermilion Research

Japan Style Analysis - Growth and Not Value Names Are Outperforming....

While it is well known that Value has historically driven the Japanese market, that has not been the case over the last couple of years. In fact,...

Custom Products Group

Could Japan's Aggressive Stock Buyback Spree Slow an Economic Rebound?

Offerings of equities and convertible bonds totaled 720 billion yen over the first nine months of '16 and the trend continues unabated. Its the...

Howard J Klein

High dividend yields are increasingly harder to find due to Japan's stock price surge. However, the lesser-known small-cap stocks pay well and...