Vermilion Compass: Weekly Equity Strategy

Rotation is the Lifeblood of a Bull Market Semiconductors (SMH, SOXX, NVDA, AVGO, etc.) have been leadership since late-2022, but they are extended and are starting to see some profit taking as market participants rotate into other areas of the market that have been lagging (especially Energy, and to a lesser extent banks and small-caps). The question is whether this new trend lasts a few days, or if this is the start of longer-term trend. We would not be surprised to see more consolidation for...

Vital Signs: Actionable charts

In this product we rank the most positive and negative domestic stocks, filter the symbols by market-cap and trading volume, and then divide the companies into sectors and groups. We then manually look through charts leadership/changes, bottoms-up/top-down ideas, short-term patterns that may have long-term significance, etc. We believe you will find this product valuable as significant price and relative moves begin in the daily charts.

China Consumer: 618 overall GMV down 7% yoy. Channel shift to livestre...

2024’s 618 overall GMV was down by 7% yoy. By channel, livestreaming platforms continued to gain momentum, with GMV up 12% yoy, while the cosmetics category saw a significant shift towards livestreaming platforms. By brand, domestic cosmetics and sportswear brands recorded strong performances. Maintain OVERWEIGHT on China’s consumer sector.

The Tech Infrastructure Quarterly Bible 1Q24

We publish today our comprehensive quarterly bible: 224 pages of detailed analyses on what happened in the last 3 months, and how we interpret it, in light of our current convictions. The first section acts as a PM summary, outlining our key findings, and latest thoughts on the semi cycle, in 6 slides:

Bible 1Q24: Enterprise IT –Stabilization in legacy, public cloud accel...

Today, we are publishing the Enterprise IT section of our 23rd Tech Infrastructure Quarterly Bible. The Tech Bible is a must-read for any tech investor, as it summarizes the quarterly earnings reports from the over 130 companies we track, providing an update on our key perspectives and convictions. There are signs of a timid recovery in traditional infrastructure spending as order flows have stabilized. Public cloud growth accelerated by a further 3pts, but outside of cloud, next-gen spending gr...

Cisco Systems Inc: 3 directors

Three Directors at Cisco Systems Inc sold 17,277 shares at between 45.320USD and 45.420USD. The significance rating of the trade was 65/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over ...

Bible 1Q24 - Service Provider Infrastructure: Approaching the bottom o...

Today, we are publishing the Service Provider Equipment section of our 23rd Tech Infrastructure Quarterly Bible. The Tech Bible is a must-read for any tech investor, as it summarizes the quarterly earnings reports from the over 130 companies we track, providing an update on our key perspectives and convictions. In the coming weeks we will publish sections on Automotive, and Enterprise IT. The inventory correction across the industry worsened: fixed and mobile equipment revenues both declined by...

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc: 1 director

A director at West Pharmaceutical Services Inc sold 1,800 shares at 330.780USD and the significance rating of the trade was 74/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the last ...

Vermilion Short Shots: Technically Vulnerable Stocks

Short Shots is a collection of technically vulnerable charts culled from the Negative Inflecting and Toppy columns within our Weekly Compass report or from various technical screening processes. The charts contained in this report have developed concerning technical patterns that suggest further price deterioration is likely. For these reasons Short Shots can also be a great source of ideas for investors interested in short-selling candidates.

China Consumer: Dragon Boat Festival: Consumer services, experiential ...

During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, consumer services, experiential spending (eg tourism) and lower-tier cities continued to lead the growth. For China’s consumer sector, we keep Anta, CTGDF, Haidilao, Haier and Shenzhou as our most preferred stocks. At the same time, we add Miniso but remove CR Beer and Midea from the stock picks. Maintain OVERWEIGHT on China’s consumer sector.

Regional Morning Meeting Notes: Wednesday, June 12, 2024

GREATER CHINA Sector Consumer Dragon Boat Festival: Consumer services, experiential spending, and lower-tier cities lead growth. INDONESIA Update Vale Indonesia (INCO IJ/HOLD/Rp4,300/Target: Rp4,300) Issuance of new shares to complete the divestment process. MALAYSIA Sector Telecommunications 1Q24 earnings up 14% yoy on the back ...

Amdocs Limited - March 2024 (LTM): Peer Snapshot

Compares key performance metrics against industry peers.

REVEALing Its Plans For SC VRDN-003 --- Pivotals Start August, BLA By ...

Leggett & Platt, Incorporated - March 2024 (LTM): Peer Snapshot

Compares key performance metrics against industry peers.

Regenerative Healthcare - Stem Cells & ALS Thematic 10062024

Regenerative medicine remains an extremely exciting area of healthcare with vast investment potential. In spite of the usual setbacks in valuation and strategy, the sub-sector has pivoted and the market remains innovative and attracts investment capital. Rather than replace entire tissues, which is a complex activity, we believe the immediate future for stem cells is more likely to be in the successful stimulation of the bodies on repair mechanisms. Within regenerative medicine we believe there ...