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Joel Scheiman ...
  • Lindsay Whipp
  • Pelham Smithers

PSA Today Dec 18: Choppy week closes with Topix at 2-yr high / What to keep an eye on over Christmas / JSR, Ube commodity spreads / Medley and EMR – Nikkei %

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Joel Scheiman and Lindsay Whipp
Nikkei ¥26,763.39 (-¥43.28/ -0.16%); Topix ¥1,793.24 (+¥0.66 / -0.04%); ¥/$103.35
Tags: Sony (6758 JT), WalMart (WMT US), BASE Inc (4477 JT), Raccoon Holdings (3031 JT), Hamee Corp (3134 JT), KAYAC Inc (3904 JT), Marvelous (7844 JT), Edia (3935 JT), NEC Networks & Systems (1973 JT), Zoom (ZM US), NEC (6701 JT), Chugai Pharmaceutical (4519 JT), Capcom (9697 JT), Takashimaya (8233 JT), Nitori Holdings (9843 JT), Ube Industries (4208 JT), JSR (4185 JT), Medley Inc (4480 JT), Pacific System, Fujitsu (6702 JT)
Main Points
• Tokyo ends choppy week with Topix closing at two year high
• What to keep an eye on over Christmas
• Commodity spreads up at JSR and Ube
• Medley Inc acquires majority stake in EMR System developer
Provider
Pelham Smithers Associates Ltd
Pelham Smithers Associates Ltd

Founded in 2009, Pelham Smithers Associates (PSA) provides market intelligence on Asian technology, focusing in particular on Japan. The industries covered by our team of specialists are: consumer electronics, telecomms, pharmaceuticals, internet, electronic parts and materials, automotive technology, retail and capital goods. 

PSA produces both company and sector reports. The focus of PSA’s research is to identify winners and losers as new technologies impact the top and bottom lines of corporations. Critical to our research is the clear explanation of how these new technologies work and how they impact companies and industries. 

The founding partners have worked closely together for twenty years and the team has more than doubled in size since 2012. 

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Joel Scheiman

Lindsay Whipp

Pelham Smithers

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