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Michael Fritzell
Sep 27, 2021
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  • Vaccine availability improving: Bill Gates commented that while vaccine availability in emerging markets was low in the first half of 2021, the situation is now improving.

  • Indonesian recovery: Indonesia reported the lowest new COVID-19 cases in over a year.

  • Thailand re-opening delayed: Thailand’s government announced that the re-opening of five major tourist destinations will be delayed one month until 1 November.

  • Chinese import substitution: Two industry associations issued reports suggesting that the Chinese government is looking to replace imports with domestic goods. That could be a threat to foreign companies selling to China.


Company-specific reports

  • Wickhams Hill on taxi and public transport operator ComfortDelGro (SGX: C52 — US$2.5 billion)

  • New Vila Equity Research on Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp’s 7.95 bonds due 2024 (ISIN: XS2197693265; par value: US$451 million)

  • The searching 4 value blog with quick thoughts on Oriental Watch (SEHK: 398 — US$204 million)

  • nipponNuggets on high-flying Japanese no-code platform Yappli (TSE: 4168 — US$468 million)

  • Swan Street Research wrote a bearish report on Chinese “hologram company” WiMi (NASDAQ: WIMI — US$379 million) (h/t: The Bear Cave)


Long-form writing

(estimated reading time)

  • I wrote an essay about Marc Faber’s life and career (20 mins)

  • GlobalStockPicking blog with an update of his value-oriented portfolio (8 mins)

  • Daniel Tabbush discussing how Japanese banks might offer high earnings growth coming out of the pandemic, given already-low ROAs (2 mins)

  • Technical analyst Jason Geopfert: the selling in Hong Kong nears panic proportions, indicating a bottom (2 mins)

  • Michael Pettis: What does Evergrande meltdown mean for China? (14 mins)

  • Anne Stevenson-Yang: Will the wind-up of Evergrande ultimately lead to government ownership of housing? (5 mins)

  • Aaron Pek going through China Evergrande’s accounting (18 mins)

  • Kalani Scarrott on the Asian dairy industry (10 mins)

  • Bireme Capital’s third part in its series on what it perceives to be a bubble in speculative growth stocks (34 mins) (Part 1, Part 2)

  • In its 3Q21 quarterly review, BIS warns of a bubble in green tech. Summary (3 mins) and entire report (1:26 hours)

  • James Montier’s 2nd article on what to do in an inflationary climate (19 mins)


Podcasts and videos

(listening time)

  • Jeff Gundlach on how inflationary pressures are building (51 mins)

  • Wall Street Journal’s Lingling Wei discusses how Xi Jinping is rewriting the rules for the Chinese economy (20 mins)

  • Travis Lundy explains the China Evergrande situation (56 mins)

  • Richard McGregor speaks to Red Roulette author Desmond Shum (31 mins)

  • SCMP’s Josh Ye on Tencent’s efforts to comply with new regulation (28 mins)

  • HK-based value investor Graham Rhodes on video game stocks (48 mins)

  • Professor Yoichiro Sato discusses who might replace Japan’s prime minister Yoshihide Suga (32 mins)


Chart of the week – China’s central bank PBOC injecting large amounts of capital into the interbank market

Source: Fil Pasini

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