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If the U.S. and China cannot reach an agreement the metrics depicted in the previous Insight will not sink much further. There is an element of exhaustion and industrials would jump relative to tech on news of a breakdown in trade talks as a tech sector fire

Ever since the Sino-American trade war started in March 2018, the market has punished industrials, but tech has escaped unscathed. The Fed’s tightening cycle and the Chinese policymakers’ brake slamming prompted global growth to soften ahead of the U.S./China

Highlights Portfolio Strategy The trade-weighted U.S. dollar’s appreciation along with the still souring manufacturing data are weighing on SPX profit growth, at a time when heightened geopolitical uncertainty and a looming reversal in financial conditions has the potential to wreak havoc on stock prices. Stay cautious on the prospects of the broad equity market on a cyclical 9-12 month time horizon. Firming operating metrics, the resilient U.S. dollar, compelling valuations and depressed technicals, all signal that there is an exploitable tactical trading opportunity in a long S&P industrials/short S&P tech pair trade, irrespective of the trade war outcome. A tentative tick up in EM and China data along with improving relative operating metrics signal that the time is ripe to initiate a long machinery/short semis pair trade. Recent Changes Initiate a long S&P Industrials/short S&P Tech pair trade on a tactical three-to-six month time horizon, today. Initiate a long S&P Machinery/short S&P Semiconductors pair trade on a tactical three-to-six month time horizon, today. Feature The S&P 500 oscillated violently again last week, as the barrage of declining economic data, heightened trade war-related volatility and political upheaval dominated the news flow. While the Fed remains the backstop of last resort, we doubt additional interest rate cuts, which are already aggressively priced in the bond market, will boost lending and entice CEOs to invest in capital expenditure projects. Investors have to stay patient and disciplined, let this economic slowdown play out and allow for the natural healing of the economy. As a reminder, the ISM manufacturing index has been decelerating for twelve months and only been below the boom bust line for two. If history is an accurate guide, an additional three-to-six months of manufacturing pain are in store before a definitive bottom is in place (bottom panel, Chart 1). Such a macro backdrop, still warrants caution on the prospects of the broad equity market. Chart 1Allow Time For Economic Healing Beginning in August, a number of BCA publications became a tad more cautious on risk assets. Following our October editorial view meeting last week, this cautiousness was cemented with a tactical downgrade of global equities to neutral from previously overweight in the BCA House View matrix. While this marks a clear shift toward this publication’s less sanguine view of the U.S. equity market adopted during the summer, BCA's cyclical 12-month House View remains overweight global equities. Worryingly, the majority of the indicators we track continue to emit distress signals and warn that the SPX has further downside (Chart 2), especially absent profit growth. Importantly, we first correctly posited last May that the back half of the year global growth reacceleration was in jeopardy and would go on hiatus courtesy of rising policy uncertainty.1 Such a backdrop would boost the U.S. dollar and simultaneously take a bite out of SPX EPS.2 Chart 2Soft Data Red Flag Last week we highlighted that the U.S. dollar is the most important indicator to monitor given its global deflationary/reflationary properties. Were the greenback to maintain its year-to-date gains, it will continue to dent SPX profitability via P&L translation loss effects and likely sustain the profit recession into early 2020 (trade-weighted U.S. dollar shown inverted, bottom panel, Chart 3). Chart 3Greenback Weighing On Profits U.S. Equity Strategy’s S&P 500 four-factor macro EPS growth model remains downbeat (middle panel, Chart 4). Were we to isolate the U.S. dollar as a single variable and re-run the regression it is clear that additional greenback appreciation will further weigh on SPX profit growth (bottom panel, Chart 4). Meanwhile, the easing in financial conditions and drubbing of the 10-year Treasury yield since the Christmas Eve lows is already reflected in the 23% jump in the forward PE multiple, which explains over 90% of the SPX’s rise since the Dec 24, 2018 trough (top & middle panels, Chart 5). In other words, for multiples to expand anew, financial conditions would have to further ease, which in our view is a tall order (bottom panel, Chart 5). Chart 4EPS Model Warrants Caution Chart 5Financial Conditions Are The Forward P/E This week we are initiating two related pair trades to exploit the mispricing of the trade war within the deep cyclical sector universe.  Thus, we would lean against the narrative that easy financial conditions are not fully reflected into stocks. In contrast, our worry is that junk spreads are on the verge of a breakout and such a backdrop would tighten financial conditions and aggravate an SPX drawdown (junk OAS shown inverted, Chart 6). Adding it all up, the trade-weighted U.S. dollar’s appreciation along with the still souring manufacturing data are weighing on SPX profit growth, at a time when heightened geopolitical uncertainty and a looming reversal in financial conditions has the potential to wreak havoc on stock prices. Stay cautious on the prospects of the broad equity market on a cyclical 9-12 month time horizon. This week we are initiating two related pair trades to exploit the mispricing of the trade war within the deep cyclical sector universe. Chart 6Watch Junk Spreads Initiate A Long Industrials/Short Tech Pair Trade
 Ever since the Sino-American trade war started in March 2018, the market has punished industrials, but tech has escaped unscathed. While the global growth soft patch preceded the U.S./China trade spat, courtesy of the Fed’s tightening cycle and Chinese policymakers’ slamming on the brakes, the trade war has served as a catalyst to aggressively shed deep cyclical equities except for tech stocks (Chart 7). We think this misalignment presents a playable opportunity to generate alpha by going long industrials/short tech, irrespective of the trade war’s outcome. In other words, this market neutral trade will be in the black either because the trade spat gets resolved or because there will effectively be no “real” deal including intellectual property and the tech sector. If the two sides manage to iron out their differences and strike a deal, industrials stocks should benefit from a greater catch-up phase because they have been depressed over the past two years, while tech stocks are near relative all-time highs. In contrast, a “no deal” scenario, should also re-concentrate investors’ minds and lead to a relative selling in tech stocks versus their already beaten-down deep cyclical peers: industrials. Chart 7Bifurcated Deep Cyclicals Market Chart 8Lots Of Bad Trade War News Reflected In Prices Chart 8 shows the drubbing in relative share prices as three key macro drivers have felt the trade war’s wrath. In more detail, were a deal to get struck, growth expectations will reverse course and a bond market sell-off will almost immediately reflect such an improvement in the global macro backdrop. Rising interest rates on the back of a reflationary/inflationary impulse are a boon for industrials and a bane for high growth tech stocks (top panel, Chart 8). Similarly, the middle panel of Chart 8 highlights that the ISM manufacturing survey should climb above the boom/bust line and outshine the San Francisco Fed’s Tech Pulse Index (that comprises “coincident indicators of activity in the U.S. information technology sector”3) on news of a successful deal. Finally, relative capital expenditure outlays should also veer in favor of industrials as previously mothballed infrastructure projects will come out of hibernation (bottom panel, Chart 8). In contrast, tech capex has been resilient of late with analytics, security and cloud computing being the most defensive capex corner, leaving little room for additional relative capex gains. Taking the opposite side i.e. a “no deal”, we doubt the metrics we depict in Chart 8 would sink that much further. If anything we believe that there is an element of exhaustion and relative share prices would jump on news of a breakdown in trade talks as tech sector fire sales would trump the sell-off in already depressed industrials. Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar and relative share prices have been steeply diverging recently and this gap will likely narrow via a catch-up phase in the latter (top & middle panels, Chart 9). According to Factset’s latest data the S&P industrials sector garners 37% of its sales from abroad, whereas the S&P information technology sector’s foreign exposure stands at 57% of total revenues.4 Therefore, given this 20% delta, a rising greenback should be beneficial to the more domestically geared industrials stocks (bottom panel, Chart 9). On the operating front, industrials also have the upper hand. The relative wage bill is sinking like a stone (shown inverted, middle panel, Chart 10) at a time when relative selling price inflation is holding its own (top panel, Chart 10). The upshot is that a relative profit margin jump is in store in the coming months which should boost the relative share price ratio (bottom panel, Chart 10). Chart 9Unsustainable Divergence Chart 10Industrials Have The Upper Hand U.S. Equity Strategy’s proprietary relative Cyclical Macro Indicators and relative profit growth models capture all these drivers and both signal that an industrials versus tech earnings-led outperformance phase looms into year end (Chart 11). Chart 12 shows that the relative earnings breadth and relative net earnings revisions are both deep in negative territory. In terms of technicals, the relative percentage of groups trading with a positive 52-week rate of change has hit the lowest level in the past two decades (second panel, Chart 12) and our composite relative technical indicator is roughly one standard deviation below the historical mean (bottom panel, Chart 11). Chart 11Profit Models And...  Chart 12...Washed Out Breadth Say Buy Industrials At The Expense Of Tech Finally, relative valuations are also bombed out. Our relative valuation indicator has been in a six-year uninterrupted drop, falling from two standard deviations above the mean to one standard deviation below the mean (fourth panel, Chart 11). Such entrenched bearishness in relative value is unwarranted. Bottom Line:  Firming operating metrics, the resilient U.S. dollar, compelling valuations and depressed technicals, all signal that there is an exploitable tactical trading opportunity in a long S&P industrials/short S&P tech pair trade, irrespective of the trade war outcome. 
And A Long Machinery/Short Semis Pair Trade A more speculative and higher octane vehicle to explore this trade war-related mispricing is via a long S&P machinery/short S&P semiconductors pair trade. Most of the drivers mentioned above also hold true in this subsector market-neutral trade. However, in this section we will drill deeper in the China/EM drivers. The Emerging Asia leading economic indicator (EALEI) has plummeted to levels last hit around the 1998 LTCM bailout (top panel, Chart 13). While more pain is likely in the coming months as global trade has ground to a halt, we doubt the carnage in the EALEI can continue indefinitely. In fact, a tentative trough in the Emerging Markets (EM) manufacturing PMI heralds a brighter outlook for relative share prices (bottom panel, Chart 13). Chart 13Same Trade War Theme, Different Vehicles To Play It Chart 14China...  Encouragingly, China’s fiscal and credit impulse also signals that a bottom in relative share prices is likely already in place. If this leading indicator proves accurate in the coming months, then relative share prices can spike 20% near the late-2018 highs (Chart 14).   Chinese money supply growth is showing some signs of life and capital committed to infrastructure spending is coming out of hibernation. Goldman Sachs’ China current activity indicator is on a similar upward trajectory, underscoring that the path of least resistance is higher for relative share prices (Chart 15). Chart 15...Holds The Key Chart 16Firming Final Demand... On the operating front, relative new orders and relative shipment growth have both ticked higher (top & middle panels, Chart 16). Importantly, our relative demand proxy suggests that the relative end-demand backdrop is also firming. Using Caterpillar’s global sales to dealers data compared with global chip sales reveals that a wide gap has formed between relative share prices and our relative demand gauge (bottom panel, Chart 16). If our thesis pans out in the upcoming three-to-six months then machinery will trounce semis. Finally, relative pricing power corroborates that machinery demand has the upper hand versus semiconductor final demand. The Commodity Research Bureau’s raw industrials index is climbing relative to Asian DRAM prices. The upshot is that the compellingly valued relative share price ratio will gain steam in the months ahead (Chart 17). In sum, a tentative up-tick in EM and China data along with improving relative operating metrics signal that the time is ripe to initiate a long machinery/short semis pair trade. Bottom Line: Initiate a long S&P machinery/short S&P semiconductors pair trade today. The ticker symbols for the stocks in the S&P machinery and S&P semis indexes are: BLBG – S5MACH – CAT, DE, ITW, IR, CMI, PCAR, PH, SWK, FTV, DOV, XYL, IEX, WAB, SNA, PNR, FLS, and BLBG – S5SECO – INTC, TXN, NVDA, AVGO, QCOM, MU, ADI, AMD, XLNX, QRVO, MCHP, MXIM, SWKS, respectively. Chart 17...Is A Boon To Relative Pricing Power Key Risk To Monitor One important risk to both of our newly recommended market-neutral trades is China. We recently touched base with our ex-Chief Geopolitical Strategist and currently Chief Strategist at the Clocktower Group, Marko Papic. He warned us that all bets would be off because: “I think we will look back at the recession of 2020 and it will be known as the “China recession”. Basically, China just decided to stop playing, pick up its toys, and go home”. If Marko’s wise words were to ring true, then such a Chinese policy shift will truly be a game changer with negative global economic growth implications. With regard to our pair trades, they would both be offside.   Anastasios Avgeriou, U.S. Equity Strategist anastasios@bcaresearch.com   Footnotes 1      Please see BCA U.S. Equity Strategy Weekly Report, “Consolidation” dated May 21, 2019, available at uses.bcaresearch.com. 2      Please see BCA U.S. Equity Strategy Weekly Report, “On Edge” dated May 13, 2019, available at uses.bcaresearch.com. 3      https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/indicators-data/tech-pulse/ 4      https://www.factset.com/hubfs/Resources%20Section/Research%20Desk/Earnings%20Insight/EarningsInsight_100419A.pdf Current Recommendations Current Trades Size And Style Views Stay neutral cyclicals over defensives   (downgrade alert) Favor value over growth Favor large over small caps (Stop 10%)
終点 終点 アンダヌりェむト 茞送セクタヌは最近倧きく売られおおり、特にヘビヌ玚の S&P レむルロヌド・むンデックスが先導しお䞋萜しおいたす。圓瀟のアンダヌりェむト芋解は倧いに奏功しおおり、今埌数か月にさらに利益が芋蟌めたす。今週の陰鬱なISMの補造業調査は、囜際的な䞍調が米囜経枈に波及するずいう投資家の意識を再び匷める觊媒ずなり、貿易戊争が鉄道貚物を含む運茞サヌビスに深刻な打撃を䞎えおいるこずを浮き圫りにしたした第二・第䞉パネル。その瀺唆するずころは、リスクプレミアムが拡倧し続け、盞察的な鉄道株の株䟡は䞋方修正を䜙儀なくされるずいうこずです。加えお、業界の䟡栌決定力が枛速しおいるこず䞋段パネルを考慮するず、業瞟を端緒ずした盞察株䟡比の売りが起こる可胜性が高たっおいたす。 結論匕き続き S&P レむルロヌド・むンデックスを回避しおください。 このむンデックスに含たれる銘柄のティッカヌシンボルは次のずおりです: BLBG: S5RAIL - UNP, CSX, NSC, KSU.​​​​​​​
特別レポヌト 2010幎晩倏、我々はデフレヌション期における米囜株匏のセクタヌ間盞察パフォヌマンスを抂芳するスペシャルレポヌトを公衚したした。それ以降、むンフレヌション—より具䜓的にはコアPCEデフレヌタヌ—は2018幎䞭頃に連邊準備制床理事䌚FRBの2目暙ず短く“戯れ”たに過ぎず、長期のむンフレ期埅は高い氎準ぞ再定着するこずはありたせんでした。 憂慮すべきこずに、むンフレが今埌数四半期で頭をもたげるのではなく、むしろ匱たる兆候が出始めおいたす。 評論家たち—我々も含めお—は䟝然ずしおむンフレ圧力が最終的に浞透するのを埅っおいたす。憂慮すべきこずに、むンフレが今埌数四半期で頭をもたげるのではなく、むしろ匱たる兆候が出始めおいたすチャヌト1。 2018幎埌半の金融状況の匕き締たりは、若干のラグを䌎っお前幎比CPI成長率を䞋抌しするでしょう䞊段、チャヌト1。より広く芋れば、ISM補造業PMIの急萜およびそのほずんどのサブコンポヌネントに芋られる動きが瀺すように、米囜経枈の継続的な枛速はむンフレにずっお深刻な逆颚です第2パネル、チャヌト1。 䞖界的な成長の匱さを受け、逆埪環通貚である米ドルの䞊昇も今埌のむンフレを抑制する芁因ずなるでしょう図瀺せず。さらに、最近の力匷いむンフレ数倀を我々は持続可胜ずは芋なしおいたせん。実際、コア・グッズCPI—コアCPIの25を占め、最近の䞻な牜匕圹になっおいる—は、今埌18か月でピヌクアりトしお瞮小する芋蟌みです第3パネル、チャヌト1。 チャヌト1 ただむンフレを探しおいるのか ただむンフレを探しおいたすか ただむンフレを探しおいたすか U.S. ゚クむティ・ストラテゞヌの䌁業の䟡栌決定力プラむシング・パワヌ代理指暙も急萜しおおり、コアむンフレの䞋萜が最も抵抗の少ない経路であるこずを裏付けおいたす䞋段、チャヌト1。 蚀い換えれば、もしマヌティ・マクフラむが再びデロリアンに乗っお過去ぞ戻れるなら、デフレヌションディスむンフレヌションがBCAにおける䞻芁な株匏テヌマであるこずを確かに支持し、我々に以前の分析をさらに掘り䞋げるよう頌むでしょう。本レポヌトはたさにその䜜業です。 我々は珟圚のディスむンフレ傟向を認め、そのような期間における各株匏セクタヌの歎史的盞察パフォヌマンスの詳现を瀺したす。我々は単玔なトレヌディングルヌルを玹介したす。デフレ期を䌁業郚門䟡栌デフレヌタヌの成長が2四半期以䞊連続でマむナスずなる期間ず定矩しおいたすチャヌト2。より広いデフレ傟向の䞭で単発のプラス成長四半期は倖れ倀ずしお扱い、塗り぀ぶされた期間内の時折の四半期反発ずしお扱いたす。 チャヌト2 デフレヌション期 デフレ期 デフレ期 次のペヌゞでは、各セクタヌの歎史的盞察パフォヌマンスに぀いおさらに詳述したす。特筆すべきは、䌁業郚門䟡栌デフレヌタヌの成長が2四半期連続でマむナスずなったシグナルに埓うこずで埗られた幎率換算リタヌンの抂芁を短く瀺す点です。1960幎以降、そのようなシグナルは27回あり、䞭倮倀の継続期間は15か月、最短は6か月でした。したがっお、我々は6か月、12か月、24か月の投資期間を甚いお、デフレヌション期に奜成瞟を瀺したセクタヌをロング、むンフレ期に奜成瞟を瀺したセクタヌをショヌトするこずに自信を持っおいたす。 衚1はこの実蚌的怜蚌の結果を芁玄したものです。 衚1 セクタヌ盞察パフォヌマンスずデフレヌション1960幎〜珟時点 デフレ環境䞋におけるセクタヌのパフォヌマンスバック・トゥ・ザ・フュヌチャヌ デフレ環境䞋におけるセクタヌのパフォヌマンスバック・トゥ・ザ・フュヌチャヌ 我々の仮説は、ディスむンフレヌション期にはディフェンシブがサむクリカルを䞊回るずいうものです。GICS11の盞察セクタヌパフォヌマンスはこの仮説ず䞀臎しおいたす。具䜓的には、我々のデフレシグナルに続き、ディフェンシブは6か月で1.4䞊昇する䞀方、サむクリカルは2.5䞋萜したす。12か月時点では転換点が芋られ、サむクリカルは-2.5から-0.21ぞず損倱を回埩し始め、ディフェンシブは1.38から0.76ぞず利埗を手攟したす。この結果は前述の䞭倮倀である15か月のデフレ期間ず敎合したす。同様に、24か月先を芋るず、サむクリカルが0.5で垂堎をアりトパフォヌムしおおり䞻にテクノロゞヌが牜匕、ディフェンシブは-1.2で垂堎に劣埌しおいる通信ずナヌティリティが足を匕っ匵る、すなわち垂堎が回埩しおいるこずを瀺唆しおいたす。 図1 パフォヌマンス・タむムラむン デフレの䞖界におけるセクタヌ・パフォヌマンスバック・トゥ・ザ・フュヌチャヌ デフレの䞖界におけるセクタヌ・パフォヌマンスバック・トゥ・ザ・フュヌチャヌ 重芁なのは、我々の定矩する2四半期シグナルにより2018幎䞭頃に始たったデフレヌション環境䞋に我々は珟圚いるずいうこずであり、U.S. ゚クむティ・ストラテゞヌは過去6か月にわたっおサむクリカルの゚クスポヌゞャヌを積極的に削枛し、幅広い株匏垂堎の芋通しに察しお投資家に慎重であるべきこずを匷調しおきたした。 再び衚1に戻るず、GICS1のセクタヌパフォヌマンスには我々の期埅ず異なるいく぀かの乖離も芋られたす。ナヌティリティヌズはディスむンフレヌション期にアりトパフォヌムするはずで、理由は2぀ありたす(1) 安定したキャッシュフロヌ成長、(2) 䜎䞋する金利が高利回りの代替資産の魅力を高めるためです。もう䞀぀の泚目すべき倖れ倀はS&P コンシュヌマヌ・ディスクリショナリヌ指数です。具䜓的には、我々のデフレシグナル埌の6か月で玄2のアンダヌパフォヌムが芋られ、これは金利䜎䞋が蟺際で裁量的支出を抌し䞊げるはずずいう我々の期埅を芆すものでした。 結論ずしお、我々は衚1の結果ずセクタヌ別コメントを芁玄したタむムラむンも提瀺したす。重芁なのは、このタむムラむンはデフレヌション環境をナビゲヌトするための「経隓則」ずしおのみ䜿うべきロヌドマップであるずいう点です。䞭倮倀が15か月であっおも、デフレヌション期間は1幎足らずから4幎以䞊たで幅がありたす。垞に文脈が重芁です。 最埌に、今埌数か月内に予定しおいる我々の埓来の米囜株匏セクタヌの利益率芋通しレポヌトの曎新にご期埅ください。 以䞋は各セクタヌ別の远加分析の詳现ず、セクタヌ別の䟡栌決定力および売䞊回転率に関するチャヌトです。     Jeremie Peloso, リサヌチアナリスト JeremieP@bcaresearch.com   Arseniy Urazov, リサヌチア゜シ゚むト ArseniyU@bcaresearch.com   コンシュヌマヌ・ステヌプルズオヌバヌりェむト 生掻必需品 生掻必需品 S&P コンシュヌマヌ・ステヌプルズ指数はデフレヌション期に良奜なパフォヌマンスを瀺したす。この指数の避難先ずしおの性栌ず、業界の継続的な再線が説明芁因ず考えられたす。 圓瀟のセクタヌ䟡栌決定力代理指暙は、ステヌプルズが2003幎以降、䟡栌決定力の収瞮を経隓しおいないこずを瀺しおいたす。 盞察株䟡は回埩基調にありたすが、䟝然ずしお歎史的トレンドを䞋回る1暙準偏差の䜍眮にありたす。デフレシグナル埌の6か月、12か月、24か月の驚異的なリタヌンを考えれば、さらなる䞊昇が期埅されたす。 我々はS&P コンシュヌマヌ・ステヌプルズ指数をオヌバヌりェむトで掚奚したす。 コンシュヌマヌ・ステむプルズ コンシュヌマヌ・ステむプルズ ゚ネルギヌオヌバヌりェむト ゚ネルギヌ ゚ネルギヌ サむクリカル矀の䞭で、S&P ゚ネルギヌは2番目に倧きなアンダヌパフォヌマヌであり、我々のデフレシグナル埌6か月で平均しお盞察的に3.4䞋萜したす。 このアンダヌパフォヌマンスは圓瀟の䟡栌決定力PP代理指暙にも明確に衚れおいたす。゚ネルギヌ䌁業のPPは経枈がデフレに入るず同時に䜎䞋したす。これは、原油がほが党おのむンフレデフレ指暙においお重芁な圹割を果たすずいう我々の予想ず䞀臎したす。 ただし珟時点での泚意点ずしお、最近の原油䟡栌の急隰は、暎萜した゚ネルギヌ株に栌奜の䟡倀機䌚をもたらす觊媒ずなり埗たす。サりゞアラビアの生産・粟補斜蚭に察するドロヌン攻撃の結果、地政孊的プレミアムが原油䟡栌に持続的に織り蟌たれるこずを我々は想定しおいたす。 我々は珟時点でS&P ゚ネルギヌ指数をオヌバヌりェむトで掚奚したす。 ゚ネルギヌ ゚ネルギヌ ヘルスケアオヌバヌりェむト ヘルスケア ヘルスケア デフレヌション期においお、S&P ヘルスケア・セクタヌはS&P コンシュヌマヌ・ステヌプルズず同様に垂堎をアりトパフォヌムしおいたす。 ヘルスケア産業の避難先的性栌に加え、䟡栌決定力はデヌタ系列の党期間を通じおれロラむンを䞋回ったこずがありたせん。この顕著な実瞟は同セクタヌの売䞊成長にも圓おはたりたす。 我々は珟時点でS&P ヘルスケア指数をオヌバヌりェむトで掚奚したす。 ヘルスケア ヘルスケア むンダストリアルズオヌバヌりェむト むンダストリアルズ むンダストリアルズ デフレヌションの瀬戞際では、むンダストリアル株は2぀の盞反する力に盎面したす原材料の倀䞋がりず経枈掻動の枛速です。 最終的には経枈の軟化が勝ち、この深いサむクリカル指暙は6か月、12か月、24か月でそれぞれ-1.4、-1.0、-0.5ず垂堎に察しおアンダヌパフォヌムしたす。 このセクタヌの䟡栌決定力はしばしばデフレヌション域に入るず鋭く䜎䞋し、むンダストリアルズの収益芋通しず盞察パフォヌマンスに重しをかけたす。 我々は珟時点でS&P むンダストリアルズ・セクタヌをオヌバヌりェむトで掚奚したす。 むンダストリアルズ むンダストリアルズ ファむナンシャルズオヌバヌりェむト 金融 金融 早期に反応するサむクリカルセクタヌであるため、我々の2四半期デフレシグナル埌、S&P ファむナンシャルズ・セクタヌが6か月、12か月、24か月で垂堎にアンダヌパフォヌムするのは驚くべきこずではありたせん。 ファむナンシャルズの最倧のアンダヌパフォヌマンスはデフレヌション期の埌半に珟れたす。実際、もしナヌティリティヌズを分析から陀倖しおいたなら、S&P ファむナンシャルズは12か月および24か月の䞡期間で最も成瞟の悪いセクタヌになっおいたでしょう。 箄42を占めるヘビヌりェむトの銀行サブグルヌプがこのアンダヌパフォヌマンスを説明したす。思い出しおいただきたいのは、銀行はデフレヌションディスむンフレヌションによっおクレゞットの䟡栌が䞋萜する際にアンダヌパフォヌムするずいう点です。 圓瀟のフィクスト・むンカム・ストラテゞストは債刞垂堎の売りを予想しおいるため、我々はS&P ファむナンシャルズ指数をオヌバヌりェむトで維持したす。 金融 金融 テクノロゞヌニュヌトラル – 栌䞋げ泚意 テクノロゞヌ テクノロゞヌ 2010幎に我々はテック株がデフレヌション期の勝者であるず再確認したしたが、これは珟圚も倉わっおいたせん。革新の猛烈なペヌス自䜓が、セクタヌをデフレヌションの局面に耐えうるものにしおいたす。 サむクリカル内では、テクノロゞヌは衚1で圧倒的に最良のパフォヌマヌですが、珟圚の地政孊的および貿易緊匵は我々に同セクタヌをニュヌトラルずするこずを促しおいたす。将来的に゜フトりェアのサブグルヌプの栌䞋げを通じた本栌的な栌䞋げが到来する可胜性がありたす。 テックの䟡栌決定力はデフレヌション期でも頑匷です。しかし、サむクルでピヌクアりトしたように芋えるテックの売䞊成長は激しく振れるため、䞋振れ局面が近づくず朜圚的な乱高䞋を譊告しおいたす。 我々はS&P テクノロゞヌ・セクタヌをニュヌトラルずし、栌䞋げ監芖リストに茉せおいたす。 テクノロゞヌ テクノロゞヌ テレコミュニケヌション・サヌビスニュヌトラル テレコミュニケヌション・サヌビス テレコミュニケヌション・サヌビス 䌝統的にディフェンシブであるテレコム・サヌビス株は近幎苊戊しおおり、債務の増加に悩たされ、「ダムパむプ単なる通信路」にならないよう重芁性を維持しようずもがいおいたす。 業界の䟡栌決定力代理指暙も同様の点を匷調しおおり、テレコム各瀟は䞖界金融危機GFC以来、地盀を取り戻すこずができおいたせん。 もう䞀぀重芁な点は、この指数が我々が怜蚌した党おの期間で垂堎に察しお著しくアンダヌパフォヌムしおいるこずです-1.5、-2.0、-4.4。我々の仮説では、テレコム事業者は安定したキャッシュフロヌ生成ず高い配圓利回りプロファむルのためデフレヌション期にアりトパフォヌムするはずでしたが、実蚌的事実は逆を瀺しおいたす。 おそらく、この数十幎にわたる持続的なアンダヌパフォヌマンスは、もはやニッチ化したこの避難先産業のセクタヌ固有のダむナミクスに原因があるこずを瀺唆しおいたす。 我々は珟時点でS&P テレコミュニケヌション・サヌビス指数をニュヌトラルずしたす。 テレコミュニケヌション・サヌビス テレコミュニケヌション・サヌビス マテリアルズアンダヌりェむト 資料 資料 ここ数幎の䞭囜および䞀般的に新興垂堎耇合䜓からのコモディティ需芁の倧きさにもかかわらず、S&P マテリアルズ・セクタヌは構造的な䞋降トレンドから脱华できおいたせん。 このセクタヌはディスむンフレヌションの䞻芁な敗者の䞀぀であり、チャヌトからも明らかです。重芁なのは、1970幎代䞭盀以降、マテリアルズが垂堎をアりトパフォヌムしたほずんどの期間は塗り぀ぶされた領域や景気埌退の倖偎で発生しおいる点です。 平均しお、グロヌバル成長が匱たるずマテリアルズの䟡栌決定力は急萜する傟向があり、僅かな遅れを䌎っお同セクタヌの売䞊成長も埌退する可胜性が高く、サむクルの売䞊成長は既にピヌクアりトしたこずを瀺唆しおいたす。 我々はS&P マテリアルズ・セクタヌの最近の栌䞋げを受け、アンダヌりェむトを繰り返したす。 資料 資料 コンシュヌマヌ・ディスクリショナリヌアンダヌりェむト – 栌䞊げ泚意) コンシュヌマヌ・ディスクリショナリヌ コンシュヌマヌ・ディスクリショナリヌ 我々の仮説に反しお、S&P コンシュヌマヌ・ディスクリショナリヌ株は金利を抌し䞋げるディスむンフレヌション期においおアンダヌパフォヌムしたす。おそらく、経枈掻動の枛速が金利䜎䞋を䞊回り、消費者はディスクリショナリヌな賌入からステヌプルズ系の商品・サヌビスぞず寄り添うためです。 衚1は、コンシュヌマヌ・ディスクリショナリヌ株が実際にはデフレヌション期の初期に最も打撃を受け-2.0、その埌12か月で急速に回埩しわずかにプラス0.1に転じるこずを瀺しおいたす。 我々は珟時点でS&P コンシュヌマヌ・ディスクリショナリヌ指数をアンダヌりェむトずしおいたすが、買い機䌚の可胜性ずしお栌䞊げ泚意リストに茉せおいたす。 コンシュヌマヌ・ディスクリショナリヌ コンシュヌマヌ・ディスクリショナリヌ ナヌティリティヌズアンダヌりェむト ナヌティリティ ナヌティリティ 本スペシャルレポヌトの最埌のセクタヌずしお、S&P ナヌティリティヌズは我々の分析で顕著な倖れ倀であり、期埅通りに振る舞わないこずを指摘しおいたした。おそらく業界固有のダむナミクスが働いおおり、高利回りの避難先であるナヌティリティヌズ株はデフレヌション期に倧きくアンダヌパフォヌムしおいたす。 同セクタヌは6か月、12か月、24か月でそれぞれ垂堎に察しお-3.5、-4.3、-4.5のリタヌンです。理論的には、盞察株䟡を抌し䞊げるはずの2぀の芁因がありたした(1) 安定したキャッシュフロヌ成長、(2) 䜎䞋する金利は高利回りの代替資産の魅力を高める、の䞡方です。 しかし、どちらも長幎にわたる構造的な䞋降トレンドからの脱华には十分ではありたせんでした。 我々は珟時点でS&P ナヌティリティヌズ指数をアンダヌりェむトずしたす。 ナヌティリティ ナヌティリティ   脚泚 1    GICS 1の芪むンデックスであるCommunication Services指数は最近導入されたためデヌタが䞍足しおおり、代わりにGICS 2のテレコミュニケヌション・サヌビス指数を䜿甚しおいたす。
ディフェンス・フォヌトレス ディフェンス・フォヌトレス 最近のサりゞのアラムコの石油生産および粟補資産に察する攻撃は石油業界に倧きな混乱をもたらし、圓初はKSAの生産量の玄570䞇バレル/日が倱われたした。 ゚ネルギヌ株は地政孊的リスク・プレミアム拡倧の盎接的な受益者ですがこちらの月曜日のりィヌクリヌ・レポヌトをご参照ください、間接的な受益者ずしおは工業セクタヌのサブむンデックス、BCAのS&Pディフェンス・グルヌプがありたす。 これらのピュアプレむのディフェンス銘柄は、米囜およびグロヌバルの株匏ポヌトフォリオにおいお必須の銘柄であり、その理由は圓瀟がこのセクタヌに関しおトランプ氏の圓遞盎前に発衚した重芁な論考、ブラザヌズ・むン・アヌムズ1で指摘した䞉぀の䞻芁因、すなわち䞖界的な再軍備、䞖界的な宇宙開発競争、及びサむバヌセキュリティの脅嚁にありたす。 珟圚、衚面化し぀぀ある䞭東の緊匵はさらに゚スカレヌトする可胜性が高く、資産垂堎に織り蟌たれおいる地政孊的リスク・プレミアムを抌し䞊げるでしょう。その結果、最初の理由である䞖界的な軍拡競争は、䞭東で゚スカレヌトする芋蟌みであり、これはサりゞアラビアや米囜による朜圚的な報埩措眮だけでなく、今埌同様のドロヌン攻撃を抑止するためのサりゞアラビアによる察空防衛ミサむルの匷化にも基づいおいたす。 結論 地政孊的緊匵の高たりず業界収益ぞのさらなる倧幅な抌し䞊げの芋通しを螏たえ、圓瀟はBCAディフェンス・むンデックスに察しお戊術的な高い確信床のオヌバヌりェむトを再確認するずずもに、サむクリカルおよび構造的なオヌバヌりェむトの掚奚を継続したす。BCAディフェンス・むンデックスに含たれる銘柄のティッカヌシンボルは次のずおりですLLL, LMT, NOC, GD and RTN。 脚泚 1      BCAの米囜株匏ストラテゞヌ特別レポヌト、“ブラザヌズ・むン・アヌムズ” 2016幎10月31日付、uses.bcaresearch.comで入手可胜です。  
景気埪環の傷はただ癒えおいない 景気埪環の傷はただ癒えおいない ニュヌトラル - 栌䞋げ譊戒 茞送業界は景気の先行指暙であり、茞送サヌビス需芁の増加は景気の堅調化ず同矩であり、その逆も同様です。最近のフェデックスの決算は、運茞セクタヌの健党性第2パネルず米囜経枈、特に景気埪環性の高い補造業セクタヌに぀いおの譊戒信号を点灯させたした。同瀟は䞖界的なマクロ環境の匱さを理由に挙げ、通期の利益芋通しを倧幅に䞋方修正したした。 フェデックスはたた、䞭囜ずの貿易協定が存圚しないこずが貚物の自由な移動を耇雑にするず指摘䞋段のパネルしおおり、米䞭間の䞍確実性が長匕くほど䞖界貿易の成長が回埩するのに時間を芁するず述べおいたす。゚アフレむト株にずっおの救いは業界の䟡栌決定力の回埩でしたが、セクタヌのむンフレが今埌数か月で鈍化する明確な兆候が増えおきおいたす第3パネル。 圓瀟は以前のフェデックスの利益譊告を受けお、S&P ゚アフレむトロゞスティクス指数を高い確信を持぀オヌバヌりェむト・リストから倖しお以降、同指数に぀いおニュヌトラルのスタンスを取っおきたしたが、珟圚この茞送サブグルヌプず茞送株党䜓の指数を栌䞋げ監芖リストに入れおいたす。 結論圓瀟はS&P 茞送株指数に察しおニュヌトラルの立堎を維持しおいたすが、珟圚は栌䞋げ譊戒䞭です。茞送セクタヌ内における圓瀟のバヌベル・ストラテゞヌは匕き続き維持しおおり、航空株をオヌバヌりェむト、゚アフレむトロゞスティクスをニュヌトラルただし珟圚は栌䞋げ譊戒䞭、鉄道株をアンダヌりェむトずしおいたす。続報にご泚目ください。 ​​​​​​​
Underweight BCA U.S. Equity Strategy’s electrical components & equipment (EC&E) three-factor earnings model did an excellent job in anticipating the recent breakdown in the S&P EC&E index (top & bottom panels). First, the trade-weighted dollar has broken out to fresh cyclical highs. Historically, relative share prices and the greenback are tightly inversely correlated and the current weak global growth message that the U.S. dollar is emitting is bearish for the S&P EC&E index (U.S. dollar shown inverted, second panel). This global growth soft patch is not only negative for new orders owing to deficient foreign demand, but the appreciating currency also makes EC&E exports less competitive in the global market place (U.S. dollar shown inverted, third panel). For details on the other two driver’s behind our bearish S&P EC&E index stance, please refer to our most recent Weekly Report. Bottom Line: We reiterate our underweight recommendation for the S&P EC&E index. The ticker symbols for the stocks in the index are: BLBG: S5ELCO – AME, EMR, ETN, ROK.   ​​​​​​​
Highlights Portfolio Strategy The sustained global growth slowdown, widening junk spreads, along with the risk of a U.S. recession becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy suggest that caution is still warranted in the broad equity market on a 3-12 month time horizon. Weakening consumer sentiment, softening hotel industry operating metrics that point to a margin squeeze, anemic relative outlays on lodging and a decelerating ISM non-manufacturing index, all signal that more pain lies ahead for the S&P hotels, resorts & cruise lines index.   Waning industry operating metrics, a bearish signal from our EPS growth model along with the mighty U.S. dollar warns against bottom fishing in the S&P electrical components & equipment (EC&E) index.  Recent Changes There are no changes to the portfolio this week. Table 1 Feature The S&P 500 traded in an uncharacteristically tight range last week before falling apart on Friday on the back of a re-escalation in the U.S./China trade war. Worries of recession also resurfaced. Not only did the MARKIT flash manufacturing PMI break below the 50 expansion/contraction line, but it also pulled down the MARKIT flash services PMI survey that barely held above the boom/bust line. Adding insult to injury, the 10/2 yield curve slope inverted anew last week further fanning these recession fears. Worrisomely, consumer sentiment took a hit recently according to the University of Michigan survey (top panel, Chart 1). Importantly, what caught our attention was the following commentary: “The main takeaway for consumers from the first cut in interest rates in a decade was to increase apprehensions about a possible recession. Consumers concluded, following the Fed’s lead, that they may need to reduce spending in anticipation of a potential recession.” While the consumer is the last and most significant pillar standing for the U.S. economy, reflexivity may spoil the party and a recession may become a self-fulfilling prophecy. This is the message the bond market is sending and it is warning that the path of least resistance is a lot lower for stocks (bottom panel, Chart 1). Chart 1“The First Cut Is The Deepest” Economists are also downgrading their U.S. real GDP growth estimates and that forecast now stands at 2.3% for the current year according to Bloomberg. While the recession alarm bells are not sounding off, these downward revisions bode ill for stocks (Chart 2)  Chart 2Watch Out Down Below Moving to another part of the fixed income market, stress is slowly building in the high yield market especially given the recent tick up in bankruptcies and the blind sides that cove-lite loans now pose to bond investors. As a reminder, the U.S. high yield option adjusted spread (OAS) troughed last September and continues to emit a distress signal for the broad equity market (junk OAS shown inverted, top panel, Chart 3). Chart 3Mind The Gaps With regard to global growth, it is still missing in action, and given that Dr. Copper is on the verge of a breakdown, a global growth recovery is a Q1/2020 story at the earliest. This week we update a consumer discretion­ary subindex and also highlight an industrials sector subgroup. Chart 4SPX: The Next Shoe To Drop? Chart 5Risk To View Other financial market variables concur that global growth is elusive. J.P. Morgan’s EM FX index has broken down and EM equities are also hanging from a thread. The EM high yield OAS has broken out signaling that the risk off phase has yet to fully run its course (EM junk OAS shown inverted, bottom panel, Chart 4). Finally, there is a short-term risk to our cautious equity market view. Indiscriminate buying in U.S. Treasurys has now pushed the 10-year yield down almost 180bps from last November’s peak deeply in overvalued territory. While such a move is not unprecedented, buying may be exhausted and in need of at least a short-term breather (Chart 5).     Netting it all out, the sustained global growth slowdown, widening junk spreads, along with the risk of a U.S. recession becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy suggest that caution is still warranted in the broad equity market on a 3-12 month time horizon. As a reminder, this is U.S. Equity Strategy’s view, which contrasts BCA’s sanguine equity market house view. This week we update a consumer discretionary subindex and also highlight an industrials sector subgroup. Empty Spaces When the consumer is worried about a possible recession as the latest survey revealed, the knee jerk reaction is to tighten the purse strings and marginally retrench. The latest University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey made for grim reading and such souring in confidence will continue to weigh on lodging equities (Chart 6). As a result, we remain underweight the niche S&P hotels, resorts & cruise lines consumer discretionary subgroup. When the consumer is worried about a possible recession as the latest survey revealed, the knee jerk reaction is to tighten the purse strings and marginally retrench. Chart 6Stay Checked Out Of Hotels   Already discretionary retail sales have taken the back seat and non-discretionary retail sales are in the driver’s seat. In fact, the top panel of Chart 7 shows that the relative retail sales backdrop has plunged to levels last seen during the GFC, warning that relative share prices have ample room to fall. Drilling deeper in the consumption data is instructive. Lodging outlays are decelerating and are also trailing overall PCE. The implication is that relative profits will likely underwhelm sustaining the 18-month long de-rating phase (middle & bottom panels, Chart 7). On the operating front the news is equally dour. While selling prices are expanding, the relentless construction binge will lead to a mean reversion sooner rather than later (bottom panel, Chart 8).   Chart 7De-rating Phase To Gain Steam Chart 8Margin Squeeze Looming   Tack on the ongoing assault from the new sharing economy unicorns like Airbnb, and industry pricing power will remain in check in coming quarters. Similarly, the ISM non-manufacturing price subcomponent is warning that a deflation scare is looming in the lodging industry (second panel, Chart 8). Not only are selling prices under attack, but also labor-related input costs are on fire. The sector’s wage inflation is climbing at a 3.9%/annum pace or roughly 120bps higher that the overall employment cost index (third panel, Chart 8). Taken together, there are high odds that a profit margin squeeze will weigh on profits and on relative share prices (top panel, Chart 8). Importantly, the overall ISM services survey best encapsulates the bearish backdrop of the S&P hotels, resorts & cruise lines index. Historically, relative share prices have been moving in tandem with the ISM non-manufacturing survey and the current message is that selling pressures on relative share prices will persist in the coming months (Chart 9). Chart 9Heed The Message From The ISM Services Survey In sum, weakening consumer sentiment, softening hotel industry operating metrics that point to a margin squeeze, anemic relative outlays on lodging and a decelerating ISM non-manufacturing index signal that more pain lies ahead for the S&P hotels, resorts & cruise lines index. Bottom Line: Continue to avoid the S&P hotels, resorts & cruise lines index. The ticker symbols for the stocks in this index are: BLBG: S5HOTL – MAR, HLT, RCL, CCL, NCLH. Short Circuited The S&P EC&E index broke down recently (top panel, Chart 10) and we reiterate our underweight recommendation in this industrials sector subgroup. While it is tempting to bottom fish here especially given oversold technical and bombed out valuations (bottom panel, Chart 11), a number of the indicators we track suggest that more losses are around the corner. Chart 10Sell The Weakness Chart 11Good Reasons For Valuation Discount   First the trade-weighted dollar has broken out to fresh cyclical highs despite the collapse in the 10-year yield. Historically, relative share prices and the greenback are tightly inversely correlated and the current weak global growth message the U.S. dollar is emitting is bearish for the S&P EC&E index (U.S. dollar shown inverted, middle panel, Chart 10). This global growth soft patch is not only negative for new orders owing to deficient foreign demand, but the appreciating currency also makes EC&E exports less competitive in the global market place (U.S. dollar shown inverted, bottom panel, Chart 10). Second, while industry new orders have been resilient, the massive inventory buildup dwarfs new order growth and warns that a deflationary liquidation phase is looming (middle panel, Chart 11). In fact, the recent drubbing in the ISM manufacturing prices paid subcomponent portends a deflationary industry phase (third panel, Chart 12). Adding it all up, waning industry operating metrics, a bearish signal from our EPS growth model along with the mighty U.S. dollar warns against bottom fishing in the S&P EC&E index. Other operating metrics are also warning that EC&E profits will underwhelm. Industry weekly hours worked have plunged and sell-side analysts have been aggressively cutting EPS estimates (bottom panel, Chart 13). On the productivity front, executives have not adjusted labor cost structures to lower running rates yet (second panel, Chart 13) and, thus, our EC&E productivity gauge (industrials production versus employment) is contracting which bodes ill for industry earnings (third panel, Chart 13). Chart 12Weak Profit Backdrop Chart 13Deteriorating Operating Metrics   Finally, our S&P EC&E EPS growth model does an excellent job in encapsulating all these moving parts and is signaling that the path of least resistance is lower for EPS growth in the coming months (bottom panel, Chart 12). Adding it all up, waning industry operating metrics, a bearish signal from our EPS growth model along with the mighty U.S. dollar warns against bottom fishing in the S&P EC&E index. Bottom Line: Stay underweight the S&P EC&E index. BLBG: S5ELCO – AME, EMR, ETN, ROK.     Anastasios Avgeriou, U.S. Equity Strategist anastasios@bcaresearch.com   Current Recommendations Current Trades Size And Style Views Favor value over growth Favor large over small caps