STRATEGY OUTLOOK FOR 2013 January 13 1
Jun 20, 2015
STRATEGY
OUTLOOK FOR 2013
January 13 1
KEY POINTS
• A year of healing for the global economy
• Crisis risks are falling
• What to do about bonds
• Sticking with equities
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•Political stalemate leads to growth disappointment
•US or European setbacks undermine confidence and activity. Corporate earnings expectations weaken further.
•US debt ceiling impasse and/or AAA rating downgrade causes market disruption.
• Increasing risk of widespread deflation.
Paint it Black
•Economic stagnation leads to wider adoption of loose fiscal policy alongside loose monetary policy – refocus of policy on growth rather than austerity.
•Future uncertainty around whether fiscal stimulus is productive, but initial reaction could be positive?
• Inflation risks seen increasing.
It’s All Over Now.....
•Ongoing gradual healing of world economy –central banks retain easy stance.
•US fiscal cliff and debt ceiling resolved with modest fiscal tightening
•Europe muddles on – scope for periodic scares, but ECB backstop keeps fears of systemic risk at bay.
•China achieves soft-landing and reacceleration. Political transition stable.
You Can’t Always Get What You
Want
•US economic performance ahead of expectations, driven by consumer recovery
•Global economy also supported by US consumer recovery.
•China / EM stimulus aids revival in world trade.
•QE + recovering growth cause commodity price rises and inflation pressures.
•Ongoing recovery in peripheral Eurozone, helped by structural reform and improved competitiveness
•Markets look ahead to eventual tightening of monetary policy
Jumping Jack Flash
Scenarios
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•Political stalemate leads to growth disappointment
•US or European setbacks undermine confidence and activity. Corporate earnings expectations weaken further.
•US debt ceiling impasse and/or AAA rating downgrade causes market disruption.
• Increasing risk of widespread deflation.
Paint it Black
10%
•Economic stagnation leads to wider adoption of loose fiscal policy alongside loose monetary policy – refocus of policy on growth rather than austerity.
•Future uncertainty around whether fiscal stimulus is productive, but initial reaction could be positive?
• Inflation risks seen increasing.
It’s All Over Now.....
15%
•Ongoing gradual healing of world economy –central banks retain easy stance.
•US fiscal cliff and debt ceiling resolved with modest fiscal tightening
•Europe muddles on – scope for periodic scares, but ECB backstop keeps fears of systemic risk at bay.
•China achieves soft-landing and reacceleration. Political transition stable.
You Can’t Always Get What You
Want
55%
•US economic performance ahead of expectations, driven by consumer recovery
•Global economy also supported by US consumer recovery.
•China / EM stimulus aids revival in world trade.
•QE + recovering growth cause commodity price rises and inflation pressures.
•Ongoing recovery in peripheral Eurozone, helped by structural reform and improved competitiveness
•Markets look ahead to eventual tightening of monetary policy
Jumping Jack Flash
20%
Scenarios
EUROPE – EMERGENCY OVER
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EUROPE – HEALING
SOURCE: MACROBOND
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GERMANY NEEDS EUROPE
SOURCE: MACROBOND
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•Exports 40% to EuroZone, 31% to rest of Europe, 6% to China and 7% to USA!
USA – BROADENING RECOVERY
SOURCE: MACROBOND
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JAPAN – HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL
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JAPAN – WHAT IF THEY GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME?
SOURCE: MACROBOND
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Highlighted areas are 12-month periods of >45% returns
CHINA GENTLY REBOUNDING
SOURCE: HSBC
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HSBC/Markit China Flash PMI (manufacturing)
•Hard landing avoided for now – no repeat of 2008 Source: HSBC
UK – LOW AND SLOW
SOURCE: BOE
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•Austerity + Europe wobbles = Low growth potential for some time
Bank Of England GDP Growth Forecasts
QE – STILL PUMPING
SOURCE: MACROBOND
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Central Bank Balance Sheets
•More to come?
RISKS ARE STILL THERE
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Europe
• Elections in Italy and Germany
• Spanish bailout?
• ECB’s resolve?
Japan
• We’ve heard it all before.......
• Why is this time different?
China
• Political transition
• Civil unrest?
• Demographic wall
US
• Spending cuts & debt ceiling
• Fed tightening?
• Political logjam
AS ARE THE POLITICIANS
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BEWARE THE FED? REMEMBER 1994 Chart of US 10yr yield and S&P 500 from Jan 1993 to Dec 1995
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AND THE TAIL RISKS
Debt ceiling
and loss of
AAA status?
Japan debt
crisis
Renewed
Eurozone
panic
Major conflict
Inflation spiral
THE BIG QUESTION IS THIS ONE
SOURCE: 7IM
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•…or part of a much longer one?
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Yield on UK Long-term Government Bonds Consols up to 1984, then 10-year Government Bond
AND INFLATION WILL BE THE NEXT
SOURCE: MACROBOND
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GILT YIELDS IN THE 7IM SCENARIOS
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Paint it Black
It’s All Over Now.....
You Can’t Always Get What You
Want
Jumping Jack Flash
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PRICE SENSITIVITY TO YIELD SHIFTS
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1% fall in yields:
30yr = +20%
10yr = +9%
3 Yr = +3% 1% rise in yields:
30yr = -13%
10yr = -8%
3 Yr = -3%
THE ALTERNATIVES TO GILTS
What if Gilt
yields rise?
Reduce duration of
bond holdings
Corporate bonds & HY
Emerging market debt
Peripheral government
debt
Linkers?
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CORPORATES AND HIGH YIELD
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Spreads over Bunds
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Investment Grade High Yield
EMERGING MARKETS
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PERIPHERAL EUROPE
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• Past the worst
• ECB backstop
• Eurozone integrity
assured
• Decent yield at short
maturity especially
when compared to
Gilts
• Not without risks
INFLATION-LINKED
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WHAT IF BOND YIELDS DO RISE MORE?
7IM BALANCED OEIC 7 JAN 2013
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UK Equity
North American Equity
European Equity
Japan Equity
Far East Equity
Emerging Markets Equity
Global Govt Bonds
Gilts
Short-term Gilts
Index-linked Bonds
Sterling Corporate Bonds
Global Corporate Bonds
Global High Yield
Emerging Market Bonds
Commodities
Property
Infrastructure
Currency Funds
Cash & Money Market
EQUITIES
• Value in most markets?
• Politics still matters.....
• ... But is there a gradual focus shift to fundamentals?
• US more expensive, Europe cheap
• Japan a bet on BoJ and weaker Yen
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EQUITY PRICES IN 7IM SCENARIOS FTSE scenarios
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Paint it Black
It’s All Over Now.....
You Can’t Always Get What You
Want
Jumping Jack Flash
CAN EQUITIES SURVIVE A RISE IN BOND YIELDS?
SOURCE: BLOOMBERG
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There were 49 periods in the last 50 years
when US Treasury yields rose 1% in six
months.....
During 28 of those, the
S&P500 rose
SEEKING VALUE IN EUROPE
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IF THE BOJ DELIVERS... Topix scenarios
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Paint it Black
It’s All Over Now.....
You Can’t Always Get What You
Want
Jumping Jack Flash
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
• Tail risks easing?
• Recovery in global property markets
• Cost matters!
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UNCERTAINTY FADING?
Gold Price
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7IM INVESTMENT TEAM VIEWS 5 OCTOBER 2012
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ASSET ALLOCATION
Equities Bonds
Overweight
Europe and Eastern Europe
Japan
Equity dividends (2014 onwards)
Underweight AAA governments
Shorten duration
Hold Spain and Italy bonds
Take profits on credit
Reduce cash in favour of equity
Alternatives FX
Reduce gold
Add Global property
Private Equity in higher risk portfolios
Leave EUR exposure unhedged
Hedge JPY exposure
Remain 50% hedged on USD
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CURRENT TARGET ALLOCATIONS
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Cash
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Fixed Income
Equity
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7IM BALANCED 10 YEAR PERFORMANCE
7IM Balanced after costs*
Balanced Strategic Asset Allocation after costs*
UK Consumer Price Index
*1.48% Average TER
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FIRST PERIOD: 2002-2007 7IM Balanced after costs: annualised compound return 10.2%
IMA 20-60 Mixed Investments: annualised compound return 8.4%
UK Consumer Price Index: annualised compound return 2.0%
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SECOND PERIOD: 2008 – 2012 7IM Balanced after costs: annualised compound return 2.3%
IMA 20-60 Mixed Investments: annualised compound return 1.7%
UK Consumer Price Index: annualised compound return 3.2% 7IM’S 2008
AA LIMITS
CAPITAL
EROSION
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WHOLE PERIOD: 2002-TO 2012 7IM Balanced after costs: annualised compound return 6.4%
IMA 20-60 Mixed Investments: annualised compound return 5.2%
UK Consumer Price Index: annualised compound return 2.6%
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Platform
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