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BAF Viet Nam Agriculture JSC (BAF VN) will be added to the MarketVector Vietnam Local Index at the close on 20 June.
Estimated one-way turnover is 9% and that results in a round-trip trade of US$74m. There are 5 stocks with more than 1x ADV to trade from passives.
Vingroup Jsc (VIC VN) and Vinhomes (VHM VN) stock prices have soared over the last few months and capping results in selling at this rebalance.

Korea Small Cap Gem #36: FnGuide [Increasing Moat for Its Index Business]

By Douglas Kim

FnGuide has been able to capitalize on its excellent brand name in the financial industry (especially for research used in equity trading) to profitably expand into the index development business.
Although the index business accounted for 25% of its sales in 2024, it has been the fastest growing business in the past six years.
Valuations are reasonable and it is trading at 27% below four year historical EV/EBITDA basis. We like FnGuide as a long-term investment story.

Relative Value Roundup: Performance Recap of Financial Pair Trades

By Gaudenz Schneider

Context: This Insight follows up on previously highlighted relative value opportunities, using a statistical methodology based on mean-reversion to identify opportunities in paired securities.
Highlight: Two pair trade opportunities in the Indian financial sector persist, with price ratios exceeding two standard deviations from their historical means.
Why read: Statistical analysis offers a unique perspective on relative value. Gain insights into actionable statistical pair trade opportunities and monitor performance of previously highlighted pairs.

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Jun 15

Daily Brief Australia: Genesis Minerals, IperionX Limited and more

By Smartkarma Daily Briefs | Australia, Daily Briefs

In today’s briefing:

MV Australia Resources Index Rebalance: Two Adds, Float & Capping Changes
MV Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: One Add, One Delete & Other Changes

MV Australia Resources Index Rebalance: Two Adds, Float & Capping Changes

Capricorn Metals (CMM AU) and Genesis Minerals (GMD AU) will be added to the Vaneck Vectors Australian Re (MVR AU) in June.
Constituent changes, float changes and capping changes result in an estimated one-way turnover of 8% and a round-trip trade of A$49m.
There has been short covering in both adds over the last couple of years. While short interest is relatively smaller in Capricorn Metals, it is much higher in Genesis Minerals.

MV Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: One Add, One Delete & Other Changes

IperionX Limited (IPX AU) will be added to the VanEck Rare Earth/Strategic Me (REMX US) and Patriot Battery Metals (PMT CN) will be deleted.
The constituent changes, float changes and capping changes result in an estimated one-way turnover of 6.3% and in a round-trip trade of US$48m.
The largest inflows will be in IperionX, Iluka Resources and Albemarle, while the largest outflows will be from Patriot Battery Metals, AMG Critical Materials, Shenghe Resources and Lithium Americas.

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Jun 15

Daily Brief Health Care: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Wuxi Biologics, Genesis Healthcare, Medtronic Plc and more

By Smartkarma Daily Briefs | Daily Briefs, Healthcare

In today’s briefing:

Sun Pharmaceutical (SUNP IN): Timely Succession Plan to Augur Well for Next-Level of Growth
China Healthcare Weekly (Jun.15) – Outlook of GLP-1 Market, WuXi Bio’s Placement, Keymed’s Placement
GEN Digital Is Tapping Into Telecom & Employers—Can This Be The Biggest Driver Of Its Future Growth?
Medtronic Doubles Down on Innovation as Cardiovascular Tech Takes Center Stage!

Sun Pharmaceutical (SUNP IN): Timely Succession Plan to Augur Well for Next-Level of Growth

By Tina Banerjee

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (SUNP IN) is appointing Kirti Ganorkar as the Managing Director to succeed Dilip Shanghvi, effective September 1, 2025, with the entire business reporting to him.
In another development, Richard Ascroft will be joining as CEO – North America, succeeding Abhay Gandhi. Aalok Shanghvi has been additionally entrusted with the responsibility for the North America business.
Succession plan and management rejig come at a time when SPIL is at an inflection point, with its India business being on a strong foothold and specialty business gaining traction.

China Healthcare Weekly (Jun.15) – Outlook of GLP-1 Market, WuXi Bio’s Placement, Keymed’s Placement

By Xinyao (Criss) Wang

The GLP-1 market has officially transitioned from a duopoly to a state where Tirzepatide is eating away at Semaglutide’s market share, which should be a highly valued advance signal.
WuXi Bio’s Placing price of HK$26.51-26.88/share is expansive if based on 2025 forecast.Obviously, WuXi Bio hopes to leverage the positive market sentiment to complete the placement at high share price
Keymed plans to raise about HK$854million through a top-up placement. However, reasonable valuation for Keymed is RMB5-10 billion. In other words, the Placing Price of HK$45.48 per Share is expensive.

GEN Digital Is Tapping Into Telecom & Employers—Can This Be The Biggest Driver Of Its Future Growth?

Gen Digital’s latest financial results and strategic developments present a balanced picture of growth and ongoing transformation within the company.
During the fiscal year 2025, Gen Digital demonstrated solid financial performance, highlighted by a record revenue of nearly $4 billion, a 4% year-over-year increase, and a non GAAP operating margin of 58.4%.
This growth was driven by strong demand across Gen’s core cyber safety offerings, including security, privacy, and identity theft protection solutions.

Medtronic Doubles Down on Innovation as Cardiovascular Tech Takes Center Stage!

Medtronic’s fourth-quarter results for fiscal year 2025 demonstrated a robust finish with a reported revenue growth of 5.4%.
The company experienced strong performance across its cardiovascular, neuromodulation, and diabetes segments, with cardiovascular growth accelerating to 8% due to innovations in pulse field ablation and cardiac ablation solutions experiencing nearly 30% growth.
This momentum was further supported by double digit growth in neuromodulation and diabetes, highlighting the effectiveness of Medtronic’s innovation-centric strategy.

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Jun 15

Daily Brief Consumer: HLB Inc, Guangzhou Automobile Group, Great Wall Motor, TSE Tokyo Price Index TOPIX, Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Company, Alibaba Group Holding , Macy’s Inc, Mitsubishi Shokuhin, Rivian Automotive , Abercrombie & Fitch Co Cl A and more

By Smartkarma Daily Briefs | Consumer, Daily Briefs

In today’s briefing:

HLB Merger Arb’s Unique Timing Dynamics for a Juicy 8% Swap Spread
A/H Premium Tracker (To 13 June 2025): HUGE H-Share Outperf Across The Board, “Beautiful Skew Move”
HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 13 June 2025); Volumes Up, TECH Down, HEALTHCARE Bought Big
One of the Clues to Know How Serious a Company Is About Shifting to Management that Creates Value
Weekly Deals Digest (15 Jun) – Haitian, Sanhua, Toyota Industries, Tryt, Fengxiang, HKBN, Mayne
Alibaba’s Bold AI & Cloud Bet Is Driving Our Optimism–But It Comes at A BIG COST!
How Macy’s Is Powering An Omnichannel Comeback With Bold Reinvestment Strategies!
(Mostly) Asia-Pac M&A: New World Res., Fuji Corp, TRYT, Shinsung Tongsang, Austal, Mitsu. Shokuhin
Rivian Just Teamed Up with Volkswagen—Can This Partnership Be a Billion-Dollar Power Move?
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.: An Insight into its Marketing & Digital Technology Investments & Other Major Drivers

HLB Merger Arb’s Unique Timing Dynamics for a Juicy 8% Swap Spread

By Sanghyun Park

Some local desks think the company pushed the timeline back to align with a potential FDA Class 1 approval for Rivoceranib expected by July.
No word yet if it’s Class 1 or 2; Class 2 means November decision. Despite risks, local hedge desks are building arb plays, betting on the July FDA timing dynamics.
No FDA decision by July means Class 2 and a sell-off, hitting HLB Co. hardest. Class 1 approval boosts both stocks, cuts cancellation risk, and sets the 8% spread floor.

A/H Premium Tracker (To 13 June 2025): HUGE H-Share Outperf Across The Board, “Beautiful Skew Move”

AH spreads are SHARPLY narrower. The effect is dramatic across the “skew” i.e. very wide AH premia contracted more than very narrow premia. BYD is on its own.
This smells very much like someone knows something. I expect RMB dual counters may be in the works. Caixin had an article Friday.
The data tables below update on a daily basis in the Tools section of Smartkarma. The SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor and AH Monitor are both there free for SK readers.

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 13 June 2025); Volumes Up, TECH Down, HEALTHCARE Bought Big

Gross SOUTHBOUND volumes up to US$15+bn a day this past 5-day week. Net buying still positive but still below US$500mm/day.
Among the top buys as a percentage of volume, HEALTHCARE, FINANCIALS, ENERGY stand out, dramatically. Among top sells, INFO TECH again. 9 weeks in a row negative. Tencent bigly sold.
The data tables below update on a daily basis in the Tools section of Smartkarma. The SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor and AH Monitor are both there free for SK readers.

One of the Clues to Know How Serious a Company Is About Shifting to Management that Creates Value

By Aki Matsumoto

The driver of higher stock valuations is overseas investors, and engagement by overseas investors is likely to have a positive effect on return on capital and stock valuations.
In many aspects, companies seem to be unwilling to face shareholders. If they don’t confront shareholders and proceed with management reforms, they will not be able to implement serious initiatives.
It can be hypothesized that the behavior of prioritizing control over the AGM over engaging with shareholders provides a clue as to the seriousness of a company’s efforts.

Weekly Deals Digest (15 Jun) – Haitian, Sanhua, Toyota Industries, Tryt, Fengxiang, HKBN, Mayne

By Arun George

A weekly summary of key developments across ECM and Event-Driven names tracked by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, India and Chinese ADRs.
ECM developments: Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Company (3288 HK) and Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls (2050 HK) H share listings and CaoCao Inc (1646553D CH) IPO.
Event-Driven developments: Toyota Industries (6201 JP), TRYT (9164 JP), With Us Corp (9696 JP), Shandong Fengxiang (9977 HK), HKBN Ltd (1310 HK), Mayne Pharma (MYX AU).

Alibaba’s Bold AI & Cloud Bet Is Driving Our Optimism–But It Comes at A BIG COST!

Alibaba Group delivered a mixed performance in the March quarter and for the full fiscal year 2025, showing resilience in its core operations while falling short of analyst expectations on key financial metrics.
The company reported revenue of $32.58 billion for the quarter, marking a 7% year-over-year increase, but this fell below projections of $33.28 billion.
Net income for the period came in at $1.71 billion, significantly lower than the anticipated $2.93 billion.

How Macy’s Is Powering An Omnichannel Comeback With Bold Reinvestment Strategies!

Macy’s, Inc. recently reported its first quarter 2025 financial results, showing performance that outpaced prior guidance across key metrics, yet still reflecting underlying challenges present in the retail environment.
The company’s net sales amounted to $4.6 billion, exceeding its forecast of $4.4 billion to $4.5 billion.
The comparable sales for owned, licensed, and marketplace stores showed a decline of 1.2%, which was better than the anticipated drop of 2.5% to 4.5%.

(Mostly) Asia-Pac M&A: New World Res., Fuji Corp, TRYT, Shinsung Tongsang, Austal, Mitsu. Shokuhin

By David Blennerhassett

I tally 47 – mostly firm, mostly Asia-Pac – arb transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma.
Three new deal were discussed on Smartkarma this week: New World Resources (NWC AU)‘s Scheme, and Tender Offers for Fuji Corp (7605 JP), TRYT (9164 JP), and Shinsung Tongsang (005390 KS).
Fer.Key updates/news took place on: Austal Ltd (ASB AU), HKBN Ltd (1310 HK), Shandong Fengxiang (9977 HK), and Mitsubishi Shokuhin (7451 JP).

Rivian Just Teamed Up with Volkswagen—Can This Partnership Be a Billion-Dollar Power Move?

Rivian Automotive reported its Q1 2025 results with several key financial and strategic developments.
On the financial front, Rivian achieved a notable milestone by delivering its second consecutive quarter of positive gross profit, recording $206 million, a result that secured a $1 billion investment from the Volkswagen Group.
This investment is expected to further support Rivian’s operational and strategic goals.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.: An Insight into its Marketing & Digital Technology Investments & Other Major Drivers

Abercrombie & Fitch has reported its first-quarter results for fiscal year 2025, delivering performance that exceeded initial projections in terms of both revenue and earnings.
The company’s net sales reached a record $1.1 billion, marking an 8% increase compared to the previous year, exceeding the anticipated range of 4% to 6%.
The operating margin achieved was 9.3%, and earnings per share came in at $1.59, both surpassing initial guidance.

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Jun 15

Daily Brief South Korea: Hyundai Rotem Company, HLB Inc, FnGuide Inc and more

By Smartkarma Daily Briefs | Daily Briefs, South Korea

In today’s briefing:

[Quiddity Index] MV Global Defense Jun25 Rebalance Results: Flow Expectations
HLB Merger Arb’s Unique Timing Dynamics for a Juicy 8% Swap Spread
Korea Small Cap Gem #36: FnGuide [Increasing Moat for Its Index Business]
MV Global Defense Industry Index Rebalance: US$1.1bn Round-Trip Trade as Stocks Soar

[Quiddity Index] MV Global Defense Jun25 Rebalance Results: Flow Expectations

The MV Global Defense Industry Index represents the performance of companies in national defense industries.
There will be 3 ADDs for the MV Global Defense Index in June 2025.
We expect one-way flow of US$505mn for June 2025, which translates to a turnover of 8.8%.

HLB Merger Arb’s Unique Timing Dynamics for a Juicy 8% Swap Spread

By Sanghyun Park

Some local desks think the company pushed the timeline back to align with a potential FDA Class 1 approval for Rivoceranib expected by July.
No word yet if it’s Class 1 or 2; Class 2 means November decision. Despite risks, local hedge desks are building arb plays, betting on the July FDA timing dynamics.
No FDA decision by July means Class 2 and a sell-off, hitting HLB Co. hardest. Class 1 approval boosts both stocks, cuts cancellation risk, and sets the 8% spread floor.

Korea Small Cap Gem #36: FnGuide [Increasing Moat for Its Index Business]

By Douglas Kim

FnGuide has been able to capitalize on its excellent brand name in the financial industry (especially for research used in equity trading) to profitably expand into the index development business.
Although the index business accounted for 25% of its sales in 2024, it has been the fastest growing business in the past six years.
Valuations are reasonable and it is trading at 27% below four year historical EV/EBITDA basis. We like FnGuide as a long-term investment story.

MV Global Defense Industry Index Rebalance: US$1.1bn Round-Trip Trade as Stocks Soar

Hyundai Rotem, RENK Group and Karman Holdings will be added to the MV Global Defense Industry Index after the close of trading on 20 June.
Constituent changes, float changes and capping changes result in an estimated one-way turnover of 8.8% and a round-trip trade of US$1.1bn.
The index has moved up steadily over the last few years and the ETF has taken in a big chunk of money over the last 6 months.

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Jun 15

Daily Brief China: Guangzhou Automobile Group, Great Wall Motor, Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Company, Wuxi Biologics, Baidu, Alibaba Group Holding , iQIYI Inc, Cgn Mining, JD.com and more

By Smartkarma Daily Briefs | China, Daily Briefs

In today’s briefing:

A/H Premium Tracker (To 13 June 2025): HUGE H-Share Outperf Across The Board, “Beautiful Skew Move”
HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 13 June 2025); Volumes Up, TECH Down, HEALTHCARE Bought Big
Weekly Deals Digest (15 Jun) – Haitian, Sanhua, Toyota Industries, Tryt, Fengxiang, HKBN, Mayne
China Healthcare Weekly (Jun.15) – Outlook of GLP-1 Market, WuXi Bio’s Placement, Keymed’s Placement
Baidu Inc.: Dealing With The Uncertain Commercial Viability of Autonomous Driving
Alibaba’s Bold AI & Cloud Bet Is Driving Our Optimism–But It Comes at A BIG COST!
iQIYI Inc.: Growing Its Content Ecosystem & Executing Overseas Market Expansion to Help Alter The Playing Field?
[Quiddity Index] MV Global Uranium & Nuclear Energy Jun25 Rebalance Results: Flow Expectations
JD.com: AI Expansion into On-Demand Retail & Food Delivery Is An Interesting New Development!

A/H Premium Tracker (To 13 June 2025): HUGE H-Share Outperf Across The Board, “Beautiful Skew Move”

AH spreads are SHARPLY narrower. The effect is dramatic across the “skew” i.e. very wide AH premia contracted more than very narrow premia. BYD is on its own.
This smells very much like someone knows something. I expect RMB dual counters may be in the works. Caixin had an article Friday.
The data tables below update on a daily basis in the Tools section of Smartkarma. The SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor and AH Monitor are both there free for SK readers.

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 13 June 2025); Volumes Up, TECH Down, HEALTHCARE Bought Big

Gross SOUTHBOUND volumes up to US$15+bn a day this past 5-day week. Net buying still positive but still below US$500mm/day.
Among the top buys as a percentage of volume, HEALTHCARE, FINANCIALS, ENERGY stand out, dramatically. Among top sells, INFO TECH again. 9 weeks in a row negative. Tencent bigly sold.
The data tables below update on a daily basis in the Tools section of Smartkarma. The SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor and AH Monitor are both there free for SK readers.

Weekly Deals Digest (15 Jun) – Haitian, Sanhua, Toyota Industries, Tryt, Fengxiang, HKBN, Mayne

By Arun George

A weekly summary of key developments across ECM and Event-Driven names tracked by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, India and Chinese ADRs.
ECM developments: Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Company (3288 HK) and Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls (2050 HK) H share listings and CaoCao Inc (1646553D CH) IPO.
Event-Driven developments: Toyota Industries (6201 JP), TRYT (9164 JP), With Us Corp (9696 JP), Shandong Fengxiang (9977 HK), HKBN Ltd (1310 HK), Mayne Pharma (MYX AU).

China Healthcare Weekly (Jun.15) – Outlook of GLP-1 Market, WuXi Bio’s Placement, Keymed’s Placement

By Xinyao (Criss) Wang

The GLP-1 market has officially transitioned from a duopoly to a state where Tirzepatide is eating away at Semaglutide’s market share, which should be a highly valued advance signal.
WuXi Bio’s Placing price of HK$26.51-26.88/share is expansive if based on 2025 forecast.Obviously, WuXi Bio hopes to leverage the positive market sentiment to complete the placement at high share price
Keymed plans to raise about HK$854million through a top-up placement. However, reasonable valuation for Keymed is RMB5-10 billion. In other words, the Placing Price of HK$45.48 per Share is expensive.

Baidu Inc.: Dealing With The Uncertain Commercial Viability of Autonomous Driving

Baidu, Inc. delivered a solid performance in the first quarter of 2025, with its Baidu Core division reporting a 7% year-over-year revenue increase, reaching RMB 25.5 billion.
This growth was primarily driven by a substantial surge in its AI cloud business, which saw a 42% increase year-over-year, contributing significantly to Baidu Core’s overall revenue.
A notable development within this business unit is the expansion of the AI cloud’s role in Baidu’s operations, now accounting for 26% of Baidu Core’s revenue, up from 20% in the previous year.

Alibaba’s Bold AI & Cloud Bet Is Driving Our Optimism–But It Comes at A BIG COST!

Alibaba Group delivered a mixed performance in the March quarter and for the full fiscal year 2025, showing resilience in its core operations while falling short of analyst expectations on key financial metrics.
The company reported revenue of $32.58 billion for the quarter, marking a 7% year-over-year increase, but this fell below projections of $33.28 billion.
Net income for the period came in at $1.71 billion, significantly lower than the anticipated $2.93 billion.

iQIYI Inc.: Growing Its Content Ecosystem & Executing Overseas Market Expansion to Help Alter The Playing Field?

iQIYI’s first-quarter 2025 results exhibited growth across several key business segments, though certain challenges remain.
The company experienced sequential growth in total revenues, largely attributed to their emphasis on premium content production and strong performance in long-form and micro-dramas.
This focus has effectively positioned iQIYI as a leading platform for both long-form and short-form entertainment content, contributing positively to user engagement and content consumption.

[Quiddity Index] MV Global Uranium & Nuclear Energy Jun25 Rebalance Results: Flow Expectations

The MV Global Uranium & Nuclear Energy index represents the performance of the biggest and the most liquid companies in the Uranium and Nuclear industries.
Cgn Mining (1164 HK) will be an ADD and Endesa SA (ELE SM) will be a DELETE in June 2025.
There are also some big capping flows so we expect a one-way flow of US$227mn for June 2025, which translates to a turnover of 15.7%.

JD.com: AI Expansion into On-Demand Retail & Food Delivery Is An Interesting New Development!

In the first quarter of 2025, JD.com reported strong financial and operational performance, indicating a positive start to the year.
The company’s total revenues increased by 16% year-over-year, showing accelerated growth compared to the previous quarter.
This growth was broad-based, with electronics and home appliances revenue up by 17% and general merchandise revenue rising by 15%, demonstrating the strength of JD.com’s diversified product range and supply chain capabilities.

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Jun 15

Daily Brief United States: Lam Research, Newmont , NVIDIA Corp, Palantir Technologies , Dick’s Sporting Goods, Elastic NV, C3.ai Inc, Inter Parfums, Dell Technologies , Genesis Healthcare and more

By Smartkarma Daily Briefs | Daily Briefs, United States

In today’s briefing:

MV US Listed Semiconductor 25 Index Rebalance: US$1.2bn Round-Trip Trade
Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM) – Strong Q1, Tier 1 Growth Ahead, Significant Upside if Gold Holds
[Quiddity Index] MV US Semiconductor Jun25 Rebalance Results: Flow Expectations
Palantir’s Parabolic Surge: Meme Stock Mania Or AI Megatrend in Motion?
DICK’S Sporting Goods Is Betting Big on Youth Sports—and It Could Be a $40 Billion Win!
Elastic Ramps Up Cybersecurity Assault with Bold Security Platform Expansion!
C3.ai Strikes Gold with Powerhouse Partnerships—Is Big Tech Its Secret Weapon?
Interparfums Unveils Bold Luxury Push with New Premium Brand Additions!
Dell Technologies: AI Server Integration & Backlog Growth As A Pivotal Growth Lever!
GEN Digital Is Tapping Into Telecom & Employers—Can This Be The Biggest Driver Of Its Future Growth?

MV US Listed Semiconductor 25 Index Rebalance: US$1.2bn Round-Trip Trade

There are no constituent changes for the VanEck Vectors Semiconductor (SMH US) ETF in June but there are a lot of float and capping changes.
Estimated one-way turnover is 2.5% resulting in a round-trip trade of US$1.2bn. Impact on the stocks is small given they are highly liquid.
There will be more flows in a lot of these stocks from trackers of the Technology Select Sector SPDR (XLK US). Broadcom (AVGO US) will have largest outflows.

Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM) – Strong Q1, Tier 1 Growth Ahead, Significant Upside if Gold Holds

By Rahul Jain

Recent Results: Newmont delivered a strong Q1 2025 performance with record free cash flow of $1.2 billion, driven by higher gold prices and increased production from Tier 1 assets.
Future Plans: The company plans to ramp up Tier 1 output to ~6.7 Moz by 2028, led by projects like Ahafo North, Tanami Expansion 2, and Cadia block-cave development.
Valuation Upside: If current gold prices around $3,400/oz persist, Newmont’s earnings could double vs. consensus, unlocking over 50% potential upside from current share levels.

[Quiddity Index] MV US Semiconductor Jun25 Rebalance Results: Flow Expectations

The MV US Listed Semiconductor 25 index represents the performance of the biggest US-listed companies in the semiconductor industry.
There will be no index changes for the June 2025 rebalance event.
We expect a one-way flow of US$700mn for June 2025.

Palantir’s Parabolic Surge: Meme Stock Mania Or AI Megatrend in Motion?

Palantir Technologies has become one of Wall Street’s most polarizing success stories in 2025.
Riding a 76% year-to-date gain and clocking in at more than 460% over the past 12 months, the company’s stock has reached new highs, closing at a record for three consecutive sessions earlier this month.
The surge puts it in league with speculative darlings like CoreWeave and even evokes comparisons to meme stock veterans such as GameStop.

DICK’S Sporting Goods Is Betting Big on Youth Sports—and It Could Be a $40 Billion Win!

DICK’S Sporting Goods’ recent earnings revealed a robust performance in the first quarter of fiscal 2025, reflecting the effectiveness of its long-term strategies and operational improvements.
The company reported a 4.5% increase in comparable store sales, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of such growth, and achieved a consolidated sales increase of 5.2% to $3.17 billion.
These results were underpinned by a rise in both average ticket value and transaction volume, demonstrating strong consumer demand and engagement with DICK’S product offerings.

Elastic Ramps Up Cybersecurity Assault with Bold Security Platform Expansion!

Elastic N.V. reported a strong fourth quarter, capping off fiscal 2025 with solid growth metrics and notable strategic advancements.
The company’s revenue grew by 16% year-over-year, with Elastic Cloud revenue increasing by 23%, reflecting sustained demand for their solutions.
Elastic’s efforts to penetrate both the enterprise and mid-market segments have borne fruit, as evidenced by the net increase in large customers—those spending over $1 million annually—by approximately 45 this year.

C3.ai Strikes Gold with Powerhouse Partnerships—Is Big Tech Its Secret Weapon?

C3.ai has demonstrated dynamic progress and significant strides in its fiscal year ending April 30, 2025, highlighted by impressive growth metrics and strategic advancements.
The company reported a 25% year-over year revenue increase, reaching $389.1 million, marking three consecutive years of accelerating revenue growth.
This upward trajectory underscores the company’s effective strategies in the expansive Enterprise AI market.

Interparfums Unveils Bold Luxury Push with New Premium Brand Additions!

Interparfums reported a 5% increase in net sales for the first quarter of 2025, with a 7% growth on a like-for-like basis.
These results were driven by strong performances from brands such as Coach, Jimmy Choo, and Donna Karan, as well as newer entries like Lacoste and Cavalli.
The company’s diverse product launches and agile supply chain supported its ability to adapt rapidly to market demands, although some challenges remain due to a shifting global landscape.

Dell Technologies: AI Server Integration & Backlog Growth As A Pivotal Growth Lever!

Dell Technologies Inc.’s fiscal year 2026 first quarter financial results provide a mixed but generally positive view of the company’s current performance and future prospects.
The company reported revenue of $23.4 billion, a growth of 5% year-over-year.
This increase was driven by robust performance across its core markets, particularly in Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) and Client Solutions Group (CSG), each growing by 8%.

GEN Digital Is Tapping Into Telecom & Employers—Can This Be The Biggest Driver Of Its Future Growth?