Turning of the Tide
Late Cycle
Andrew Shortreid, Aventine Investment Management Karl Schamotta, Cambridge Global Payments
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Late Cycle Turning of the Tide Andrew Shortreid, Aventine Investment Management Karl Schamotta, Cambridge Global Payments Late Cycle When the tide goes out, you see Turning of the Tide whos been swimming naked . Warren Buffett Andrew
Andrew Shortreid, Aventine Investment Management Karl Schamotta, Cambridge Global Payments
Andrew Shortreid, Aventine Investment Management Karl Schamotta, Cambridge Global Payments
Warren Buffett
Physical Capital Financial Capital Human Capital Investment Income Surplus Peak GDP Growth
Financial Repression
Growth Model
0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1
Currency Repression
Tax On Imports
USDCNY
1980 - 2015
Source: State Administration of Foreign Exchange, 2015
40% 10% 20% 30%
BRA GER RUS AUS IND ITA FRA USA CAN RSA KOR MEX UK CHF JPY CHI
137th Lowest
Yield Repression
Tax On Savings
Average Real Interest Rate
1980 - 2014
Source: World Bank, 2015
1000% 800% 600% 400% 200%
China
Monetary Repression
Tax On Wages
M2 Money Supply, Rebased to 100 Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted
2000 January - June 2015
Source: Federal Reserve, 2015
USA Japan Euro
Europe North America South America World Africa Asia
5% 10% 15% 25% 20% 30%
Diminishing Returns
Manufacturing % of GDP
1972 - 2014
Source: World Bank 2015
Slowing Absorption
Trade Surplus Narrowing
Current Accounts Constant Dollars, Billions 1990 - 2015
Source: International Monetary Fund, Cambridge Calculations, 2015
1500 1000 500
ASIA JPY EU USA OTH CHI OIL
Yijinhuoluoqi Nanguan Yuhong Kerqin Dongling Saihan Jinnan Dongsheng Dongying Rushan Rugao Zhuji Shuangliu Qionghai Wenchang
Resource Misallocation
Ghost Cities
Largely Vacant Urban Areas
2015
Source: Baidu Research, 2015
Xinghua Changshu Xiaoshan Donggang Binhai
Resource Misallocation
Ghost Cities
Largely Vacant Urban Areas
2015
Source: Baidu Research, 2015
+ Commodities + Equities + Industry + Infrastructure
2003 1993 1998 2008 2014 1988
100 80 60 40 20
Artificial Growth
Productive Outlets Shrinking
Gross Domestic Product Private Sector Debt Billions, Yuan
Source: Bank for International Settlements China, 2015
USD
CNY
GBP
KRW
TWD
SGD
THB
CHF
NZD
EUR
DKK
SEK
CAD
MXN
MYR
INR
AUD
JPY
NOK
ZAR
BRL
Global Impact
Emerging Markets, Commodity Bloc
USD Exchange Rate, Change USD Trade-Weighted Broad Index 2011 September - November 2015
Source: Federal Reserve, 2015
Australia Taiwan Korea Chile Japan Brazil Malaysia Phillipines Thailand Indonesia Singapore South Africa United States Argentina Russia Euro Area India United Kingdom
10% 20% 30%
Not World’s Growth Engine
Commodity Exposures Most Significant
Export Dependence On China
2014
Source: World Trade Organization, World Bank, 2015
% of Exports % of GDP
900% 200% 300% 400% 500% 600% 700% 800%
Potentially Becoming Net Contributor
Income Redistribution Underway
Total Wage Bill of Urban Employed, % Change Gross Domestic Product, % Change
2000 - 2014
Source: National Bureau of Statistics, China, 2015
Wages GDP
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000
Rebalancing Underway
Services Eclipsing Manufacturing
Value-Added, 100 Million Yuan
Source: National Bureau of Statistics, China, 2015
Primary Secondary Tertiary
500bn 1000bn
Capital Outflows Surging
Demand for International Assets
Net Capital Flows Current Prices, USD Equivalent
2000 Q1 - Q3 2015
Source: State Administration of Foreign Exchange, 2015
PBOC Counteracting
Foreign Exchange Reserves
Billions, USD
2011 January - June 2015
Source: People’s Bank of China, 2015
4000bn 3800bn 3600bn 3400bn 3200bn
0.160 0.156 0.162 0.158
SDR Inclusion Looming
Potential Devaluation?
USDCNY
2015 January - November 2015
Source: Federal Reserve, 2015
180% 160% 140% 120% 100%
Commodity Cycle Incomplete
Potential For Further Depreciation?
Real Non-Fuel Primary Prices Index 2005 = 100, Deflated By Export Prices
1850 January - September 2015
Source: International Monetary Fund, 2015
x
6% 4% 2% 8%
Exogenous Tightening
Central Bank Liquidity Injections % of Global Gross Domestic Product Net 12-Month Change 2005 - 2015
Source: Respective Central Banks, Cambridge Calculations, 2015
FED ECB BOJ ADV EM
Stimulus Spending Increasing
Potential Canadian Dollar Volatility
Fiscal Spending Year Over Year, % Increase
2014 May - October 2015
Source: Ministry of Finance, China, 2015
0% 5% 10% 15% 35%
20% 25% 30%
1,389
1,033
864
502
322
2001 2004 2007 2010 2013
Growth of Capital Flows
Global Currency Turnover / Gross Domestic Product Trillions USD
Source: Bank for International Settlements, International Monetary Fund, 2015
Bank of Canada Use of Financial Derivatives by Canadian Firms Autumn 2014
z
Everything Important Happens at the Margins
Growth, Year Over Year Inflation, Year Over Year 2010 - 2015
Source: Thomson Reuters
1.0% 0.5%
0.0%
Business Confidence Operating Profit Margin 1985 - 2015
Source: Thomson Reuters
40% 20%
Global M&A Volume, Billions Over $10bn, Percent
Source: Bloomberg
2015
4 40%
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
3 30% 2 20% 1 10%
12 Month Change Low-Paying Jobs High-Paying Jobs 2008 - 2015
Source: Capital Economics
200 100
Retail Sales, Year Over Year Employment, Year Over Year 1996 - 2015
Source: Thomson Reuters
8%
0% 2% 4% 6%
Customer Inventories 1997 - 2015
Source: Thomson Reuters, 2015
55 50 40 35
CNY
0%
BRL
0%
RUB
11%
ZAR
16%
CAD
33%
IDR
32%
AUD
32%
USD
89%
GBP
63%
INR
61%
EUR
56%
THB
50% 44%
MXN JPY
44%
TWD
37%
KOR
36%
TRY
34%
Bloomberg Consensus 2016 Real GDP Estimate, Percentile of Trailing 10Y Sample
Source: Bloomberg, 2015
55 53 51 49 47
Manufacturing Purchasing Manager Indices 2013 Oct - Sep 2015
Source: Institute for Supply Management, Markit ,2015
Taiwan China Indonesia Korea
Growth Decelerating As Inflation Decelerates Market Regime: Cooling Monetary Policy = Dovish Growth Decelerating As Inflation Accelerates Market Regime: Stagflation Monetary Policy = Handcuffed Growth Accelerating As Inflation Accelerates Market Regime: Warming Monetary Policy = Hawkish Growth Accelerating As Inflation Decelerates Market Regime: Perfection Monetary Policy = Neutral
Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q1 2015 Q1 2014 Q4 2014 Q3 2014
1.2 0.8
0.4
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
Q4 2013 Q3 2013 Q2 2014
30% Frequency 3% Annualized Equity Return Cooling 10% Frequency
Stagflation 45% Frequency 7.5% Annualized Equity Return Warming 15% Frequency 15% Annualized Equity Return Perfection
Average Rolling 52 Week 2012 - 2015
Source: Thomson Reuters, 2015
Global Real Estate Arbitrage Hedge Funds Synthetic Preferred Long Term Government Total Return Gold Emerging Equities Developed Equities High Yield Bonds GSCI
.11 .46 .60 .64 .69 .01
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Benjamin Graham
Andrew Shortreid
Aventine Management Inc. as@aventine.ca
Karl Schamotta
Cambridge Global Payments kschamotta@cambridgefx.com