Equity Long-Short

Mo Aziz

Capital markets veteran with 25 years across sell-side and buy-side research, investor relations, and fund management. Currently publish independent equity research (Mofferies Investment Research, via Smartkarma) spanning semiconductor memory (DRAM/NAND/HBM), foundry, semiconductor equipment and advanced packaging, gold and cross-asset strategy, financials forensics, and APAC IPOs — with a standing watchlist of 190+ companies across 41 countries. Background includes deep aviation-sector expertise (airlines, airports, OEMs, lessors, air cargo, travel/OTAs). Approach centers on identifying cyclical inflection points and mispriced risk across sectors, translated into explicit, actionable calls.

Strait of Hormuz — The Market Is Underpricing a Systemic Oil Shock

The Buffer Is Gone: Crude Oil Enters a New Scarcity Cycle

Asia Economics: Damage from Iran Crisis Now Baked In

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Hong kong Energy / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Shipping flows are returning to the Straits of Hormuz (SOH), but under Iranian oversight rather than a restoration of free navigation.  </li>
<li>The global system is adjusting pragmatically, signalling quiet acceptance of Iran as the gatekeeper of the SOH</li>
<li>Legally international but physically controlled, SOH is evolving into a managed chokepoint—not a neutral one</li>
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Shipping flows are returning to the Straits of Hormuz (SOH), but under Iranian oversight rather than a restoration of free navigation.  
The global system is adjusting pragmatically, signalling quiet acceptance of Iran as the gatekeeper of the SOH
Legally international but physically controlled, SOH is evolving into a managed chokepoint—not a neutral one


Strait of Hormuz: Markets Are Pricing Reopening, But the World Is Adapting to Iranian Control