March 3rd [Today's investment strategy]

[Fisco Selected Stocks]【Material Stocks】Raccoon Holdings ＜3031＞ 855 yen (as of 2/28) operates a wholesale and procurement site for businesses in the Clothing and miscellaneous goods sector. The financial estimates for the period ending April 2025 have been revised. The ordinary profit is estimated at 1.4 billion yen (2.6 times compared to the previous period). This is a 12% increase from the previous estimate. Revenue and operating profit have not been revised, but due to the inclusion of investment business partnership operating profits in non-operating income, ordinary profit and net profit have been revised upward. The year-end dividends will be set at 12 yen.

Fisco Japan19:19 ET

Pay attention to Yokan HD and Raccoon HD, while Ad Bankerie and Nack show signs of weakness.

Last weekend on the 28th, the US stock market saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average up by 601.41 points to 43,840.91, the Nasdaq composite index up by 302.86 points to 18,847.28, and the Chicago Nikkei 225 Futures up by 480 yen from the Osaka daytime price to 37,590 yen. The exchange rate was 1 dollar = 150.60-70 yen. In today's Tokyo market, Aichi Technology <7723> revised its fiscal year ending March 2025 performance and Financial Estimates upwards, and Rakuten HD <3031> revised upwards its operating profit, net profit, and Financial Estimates for the fiscal year ending April 2025.

Fisco Japan18:15 ET

Recruit HD and others announced a Share Buyback on February 28.

The stocks for which share buyback plans were announced on February 28 (Friday) are as follows: <6098> Recruit Holdings 52 million shares (3.5%) 450 billion yen (25/3/3-25/12/23) <4568> Daiichi Sankyo 17 million shares (0.9%) 50 billion yen (25/3/3-25/4/24) <5901> Yokohama Can Company 16 million shares (9.9%) 30 billion yen (25/3/3-26/2/27) <9009> Keisei 8 million shares (1.6%) 10 billion yen (25/3/3-25/5.

Fisco Japan17:08 ET

MonotaRO, Daio Paper, ETC (additional) Rating

Upgrades - Bullish Code Stock Name Broker Previous After ------------------------------------------------------------- <1911> Sumitomo Forestry SMBC Nikko "2" "1" <4062> Ibiden Morgan Stanley "Equal Weight" "Over Weight" <5333> Gaishi Mizuho "Hold" "Buy" Downgrades - Bearish Code Stock Name Broker Previous After ---------------------------

Fisco JapanFeb 27 21:43 ET

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. Unsponsored ADR, Dai Nippon etc. [List of stock materials from the newspaper]

*Mitsubishi Electric Corp. Unsponsored ADR <6503> launches a new series of PLC units, developed for the first time in 10 years, with processing speeds dozens of times faster (Nikkan Kogyo, Page 1) – ○*Osaka Gas <9532> aims to decarbonize city gas by up to 40% by 2040 (Nikkan Kogyo, Page 3) – ○*Dainikko <6635> to demonstrate rapid EV charging with solar power at its headquarters factory next month (Nikkan Kogyo, Page 5) – ○*Nippon Electric Glass <5333> acquires German company for 43.2 billion yen, expanding sub-nano membrane (Nikkan Kogyo, Page 5) – ○*Itochu <8001> to sell all fodder additives from the Sumika and Ehime factory.

Fisco JapanFeb 27 18:39 ET

The decline in Japanese tech stocks led to a temporary drop below the 38,000 yen level.

The Nikkei average continued to decline, closing at 38,142.37 yen, down 95.42 yen (with an estimated Volume of 1.8 billion 50 million shares). In the previous day's USA market, tech stocks were sold off, leading to a focus on selling semiconductor-related stocks in the Tokyo market. The Nikkei average dropped to 37,742.76 yen during the mid-morning session, also dipping below the key level of 38,000 yen at times. However, many are eager to wait for the earnings report from USA semiconductor giant NVIDIA, which is scheduled for early tomorrow morning Japan time.

Fisco JapanFeb 26 02:22 ET