Looking at the 3Q results and 4Q picks, there is a noticably shift favouring
the small-mid cap names. Indeed big cappers were massive performers in 3Q and
makes perfect sense to start looking value lower down as valution of the bulge
bracket names does not look cheap anymore. A few highlights will be (comment
from respective stock picker);
HEXA IJ: Hitachi heavy equip distributor is gaining market share from UT big
time. Coal mining companies are upgrading to Hitachi's super sized excavators
and dump trucks for higher efficiency. Kohmatsu simply has no product offering
in that super sized segment. Hexa is a purer heavy equipment play with no
debt, higher growth than UT trading on 6.5x 09, 50% discount to UT.