Capital Market Expectations, Part 1: Framework and Macro Considerations — Flashcards

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Flashcard 1: Inventory Cycle

Answer: - Lasts 2 - 4 years - In the up phase businesses are confident and are increasing production - This boosts the ecnonomy due to overtime etc - At some point there is an inflection (cause by monetary policy, shocks etc) and businesses start to view inventories as too high - Businesses cut production and this slows the economy - Measured through inventory/sales ratio - Has been trending downwards due to "just in time" inventory management

Flashcard 2: Emerging Market Economies

Answer: Emerging markets offer high returns at the expense of high risk. They often require heavy investment and are dependent on borrowing. Six questions investors should ask themselves before committing funds to these markets are: 1. Responsible fiscal and monetary policy? Deficit (G-T) to GDP ratio \< 4%. 2. Reasonable economic growth. Greater than population growth, at least 4%. 3. Stable currency values. Current account deficit to GDP \< 4%. 4. Highly levered? Debt levels > 50% may be overlevered. 5. Adequate liquidity? Foreign exchange reserves to pay at least one year of debt. 6. Stable political situation that supports long-term growth and economic stability.

Flashcard 3: Inventory and Business Cycle

Answer: Understanding the business cycle can help the analyst identify inflection points. In general, economic growth can be partitioned into two components: 1. Cyclical 2. Trend Growth Cyclical analysis is made up of the Inventory Cycle and the Business Cycle. The former lasts for two to four years whereas the latter has a typical duration of nine to eleven years. The inventory cycle is often measures using the inventory to sales ratio.

Flashcard 4: Capital Flows Approach

Answer: Focuses on long-term capital flows such as those into equity investments or FDI.

Flashcard 5: Market Integration

Answer: As markets integrate and move from segmented (emerging) to integrated, the general progression is: - Share prices rise - more investors, less risk - Expected returns decline - higher prices, now depends on covariance with global market - Volatility decreases - more information available, less political risk - Diversification benefits can decline - Market efficiency increase (lower transaction costs, higher liquidity) - Lower capital costs, higher economic growth

Flashcard 6: Real Assets and Inflation

Answer: - Deflation reduces the value of real assets financed with debt. Common with property. - When inflation is high the cash flows and returns from real assets are higher. Thus, real estate is a good inflation hedge.

Flashcard 7: Equities and Inflation

Answer: - Equities provide an inflation hedge when inflation is moderate and where price increases can be passed along to the consumer. - Inflation rates above 3% can be problematic because of increased likelihood that the central bank will restrict economic growth. - Declining inflation or deflation is also problematic as this usually results in declining economic growth and asset prices.

Flashcard 8: The Business Cycle

Answer: Is made up of five phases: 1. Initial Recovery 2. Early Upswing 3. Late Upswing 4. Slowdown 5. Recession

Flashcard 9: Slowdown\ Business Cycle

Answer: - Duration of a few months to a year or longer - Declining confidence - Inflation still rising - Falling inventories - Bond yields have peaked and may be falling - Yield curve may invert - Falling stock prices

Flashcard 10: Challenges in Developing Capital Market Expectations

Answer: Nine problems encountered in producing forecasts: - Limitations of using economic data - Data measure error and bias - Limitations of using historical estimates - The use of ex-post risk and return measures - Non-repeating data patterns - Failing to account for conditioning information - Misinterpretation of correlations - Psychological traps - Model and input uncertainty

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Role and framework for capital market expectations

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Business cycles and short vs long-term expectations

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Economic growth trend analysis in forecasting

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Inflation and its implications for cash, bonds, equity and real estate

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Monetary and fiscal policy effects on business cycles

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