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.

Cross Asset Strategy

Multiple Countries / Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>September Hormuz transits are the highest since February outside the MoU window, yet at 117 a week they are still roughly 85% below the pre-war norm.</li>
<li>The oil market is not getting safer, it is getting better at operating under insecurity ("<em>Lloyd’s List"</em>). Direct Gulf-to-India VLCC runs and Abu Dhabi-backed shuttles are adaptation, not resolution.</li>
<li>Three tankers were attacked on Wednesday and crude rose just 1.3%. Own the adapters, take profits on the rate spike, and treat reopening headlines as noise until liners return.</li>
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September Hormuz transits are the highest since February outside the MoU window, yet at 117 a week they are still roughly 85% below the pre-war norm.
The oil market is not getting safer, it is getting better at operating under insecurity ("Lloyd’s List"). Direct Gulf-to-India VLCC runs and Abu Dhabi-backed shuttles are adaptation, not resolution.
Three tankers were attacked on Wednesday and crude rose just 1.3%. Own the adapters, take profits on the rate spike, and treat reopening headlines as noise until liners return.


Strait of Hormuz: Oil Is Moving Again, but Nothing Is Fixed. Markets Have Got Better at Adapting