SECOND TEAM

Yuji Fujimori Barclays Capital

Backers of Yuji Fujimori, who moves up one rung to the second team, prize his know-how and razor-sharp stock recommendations. In January 2010 the Barclays Capital researcher upgraded Pioneer Corp. from equal weight to overweight, at ¥311, partly on the strength of its growing automobile-electronics business. Sure enough, through February 2011 the Kanagawa-based audio-visual-equipment producer’s stock advanced to ¥439, a 41.2 percent gain that shot past the sector by an astounding 43.9 percentage points. “He’s the best in class, with a detailed understanding of fundamentals and great market timing,” marvels one grateful buy-sider.

Polling and tabulation of data as well as reporting on the sector profiles were completed before the March 11 Tohoku earthquake.