Profile
Mr. Scott Foster is an Equity Research Analyst at LightStream Research KK.
He covers Japanese technology from Tokyo.
Scott also writes for Asia Times and Strategic News Service (SNS) and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Future in Review (FiRe) technology conference.
Mr. Foster worked for investment banks in Japan and Korea for more than 25 years.
Mr. Foster was senior technology analyst at Lehman Brothers Japan and head of research at Merrill Lynch Korea.
He is a graduate of Stanford University and the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Scott Foster active positions
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LightStream Research Inc
 LightStream Research Inc Investment ManagersFinance LightStream Research, Inc. (LSR) is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded by Mio Kato in 2017 with the goal of melding traditional research with alternative data and AI to provide deeper insights into companies, industries and economic conditions. Their Asian focus is centered on Japan and India with a particular emphasis on the automotive, machinery and materials sectors and the technological developments impacting them. LSR produces financial models as well as company, sector and thematic reports. It combines qualitative research involving discussions with companies and studies of the science behind new technologies with rigorous quantitative analysis using both financial and alternative data. | Analyst-Equity | 2020-03-31 |
Training of Scott Foster
| Stanford University | Undergraduate Degree |
| Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International | Graduate Degree |
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LightStream Research Inc
LightStream Research Inc Investment ManagersFinance LightStream Research, Inc. (LSR) is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded by Mio Kato in 2017 with the goal of melding traditional research with alternative data and AI to provide deeper insights into companies, industries and economic conditions. Their Asian focus is centered on Japan and India with a particular emphasis on the automotive, machinery and materials sectors and the technological developments impacting them. LSR produces financial models as well as company, sector and thematic reports. It combines qualitative research involving discussions with companies and studies of the science behind new technologies with rigorous quantitative analysis using both financial and alternative data. | Finance |
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