Quiz: la borsa migliore del mondo

 

  By: Gano* on Domenica 09 Dicembre 2007 16:00

Cio' che dice Younes mi sembra condivisibilissimo, non solo quando parla a proposito dell' inflazione, dell' investimento in Russia (*) e dell' approccio di "non-issue" riguardante la politica, ma anche quando afferma che "Sovereign wealth funds are waking up, and slowly but surely will buy fewer bonds and more real assets, equities and maybe foreign bonds. The biggest losers will be U.S. bonds; we are going to see much higher yields in the next five years. The bigger winners will be equities and real assets". E' lampantemente ovvio e questo e' stato per altro un topic discusso recentemente su questo forum con Mr. Fog, gianlini ed altri che ora non ricordo, in occasione dell' acquisto di parte di Citigroup da parte dell' Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Ci sono poi molte altre cose da meditare in cio' che dice Younes, a cominciare dagli effetti della tassazione sul petrolio russo over 25$, e il parallelo accantonamento di valuta nell' Oil Stabilization Fund, come catalizzatore sullo sviluppo di tutti gli altri settori economici del paese... (*) La Russia, dopo il Toro 2000-2006, e' stato uno dei peggiori mercati emergenti quest' anno a causa dell' incertezza del dopo Putin. I mercati cercano infatti stabilita' e continuita'. Si direbbe che ora il plebiscito che gli ha assegnato quasi il 90% dei seggi a suo favore (infatti nella realta' all' interno della Duma solo il Partito comunista con l'11,7% gli e' ostile) abbia tranquillizzato anche Younes sulla continuita' della stabilita' nel paese. Pure io ho recentemente aumentato l' esposizione sulla Russia, proprio per questa serie di considerazioni.

Compra Russia, Ungheria e Credito Emiliano - gz  

  By: GZ on Domenica 09 Dicembre 2007 00:37

Ogni volta che appare un intervista al migliore gestore di un fondo comune (non hedge) azionario internazionale (cioè su azioni di tutti i paesi del mondo e non focalizzato su un area geografica) che sia in circolazione, cioè a Rudolph-Riad Younes il testo va salvato e meditato. Questo Rudolph-Riad Younes gestisce Julius Baer International Equity Fund che come ho segnalato più volte ha dato + 25.6% di rendimento annuo medio negli ultimi cinque anni nonostante ormai abbia 60 miliardi in gestione Dal 2003 ha puntato tutto sull'Europa dell'Est e ora insiste su questo tema e poi soprattutto ^l'indice russo senza troppe distinzioni#http://finance.google.com/finance?q=russian^ in quanto con il petrolio sono pieni di soldi, ^Siemens#^, la maggiore banca ungherese OTP Bank e sorprendentemente anche ^Credito Emiliano#^ che mi trova d'accordo perchè è l'unica banca che è al momento suggerita nei portafogli di questo sito ---------------------------------- Monday, December 10, 2007 A Contrarian's Take on the World Interview With Rudolph-Riad Younes, Co-manager, Julius Baer International Equity Fund By SANDRA WARD RUSSIA IS THE PLACE TO BE. TAKE THAT HOT TIP to the bank, since it comes straight from the lips of one of the most successful international stockpickers, Rudolph-Riad Younes. He and his colleague, Richard Pell, consistently have outperformed the broad market averages and their international benchmarks by a wide margin, by being contrarian and opportunistic. More remarkable, they have continued to do so even as the collective assets for which they are responsible have mushroomed to $63 billion. This year, their fund is up a smart 18.4%, compared with 6.6% for the S&P 500 and 13.4% for its peer group. In the past five years, the Julius Baer International Equity Fund has advanced 25.6% a year on average, versus 11.6% for the S&P 500 and 21.3% for the MSCI EAFE index. Riad recently sat down with us at Julius Baer's Manhattan headquarters to share his thoughts. Barron's: Are you more sanguine about the markets now that some of the calamity you expected has occurred? Younes: We are in an age of decadence, as I have said in the past, and the trick is understanding whether we are going to stay in that age or enter an age of renaissance. There are no Mother Teresas among us, from top to bottom, from the government and the Federal Reserve to the intermediaries to accounting firms and credit-rating agencies, down to CEOs, financial investors and regular citizens. If there is one panacea, it is fixing the inflation index. At the Fed we need more courage and less politics, and we need to reverse many of the changes that were made in the early 1980s to the inflation index, beginning with the decision to remove house prices from it and replace them with equivalent rents. What is the problem? Under this revision, inflation rates consistently have been below those of the past. For example, under the old method, inflation in the past 10 years would have ranged between 8% and 10%. Under the new method it has ranged between 2% and 4%. Had the inflation method been kept intact, inflation readings would have been 4% to 6% higher and, in response, interest rates would have been much higher. We would have grown more slowly during the boom, but avoided the bubbles and the ensuing bust. The inflation index, to use an analogy, reminds me of a parent who invents Santa Claus for his children and then begins to believe the fantasy himself. The government invented Santa Claus in order to cheer up the children -- pensioners and laborers -- who were worried about their parents' ability to pay for their entitlements. The children were happy with the yearly gift added to their benefits; the parents were satisfied the children were buying the fairy tale, and spending was reined in. But inflation is well under control, say a lot of people. Look where the dollar is. Look at commodity prices. Look at your bills. Besides bond managers and insurance companies, I don't know anybody who wants to own government bonds. There is no debate. "The inflation index reminds me of a parent who invents Santa Claus and then believes the fantasy." --Rudolph-Riad Younes Foreign governments still own our bonds. That may change. Sovereign wealth funds are waking up, and slowly but surely will buy fewer bonds and more real assets, equities and maybe foreign bonds. The biggest losers will be U.S. bonds; we are going to see much higher yields in the next five years. The bigger winners will be equities and real assets. The dollar will be a small loser. What's your overall outlook? The subprime issue is deeper than people thought. We started talking about $50 billion in losses and now we're talking about $500 billion in potential losses. Most likely, the government and the Federal Reserve will do a lot of maneuvering to minimize that. The financial markets are betting the U.S. decouples from Asia and emerging economies. What are you betting? We're going to extend this growth and delay the day of reckoning. We're going to cut rates aggressively, which may buy us time, but it will create another bubble along the way. The market is expecting a 25-basis-point cut when the Fed meets Dec. 11. The Fed may even go to 50 basis points [half a percentage point] or include some other measures along with 25 basis points to ease the liquidity crunch. If you look at Libor [London interbank offered rate, a key benchmark], rates continue to rise despite the Fed cuts. There is definitely stress in the system. And this, with the backdrop of inflation? Easing monetary policy is going to reignite inflation. Every time we have a problem, the currency we choose to pay with is inflation instead of creating a temporary recession. How do you think the emerging markets as a safe-haven theme will play out? You are asking the wrong person because we have been very pragmatic. We have added some exposure to Southeast Asia, but we're not big advocates. There will be a delayed coupling as opposed to a decoupling. There will be a lot of spending in China ahead of the August '08 Olympics, and it may take awhile before the weakness in the U.S. trickles down to Asia. We have exposure to emerging markets more from a risk-management perspective as opposed to any conviction on the region. But our favorite market in the world for next year is Russia. With oil around $90 a barrel, it doesn't make sense that Russia is one of the worst-performing emerging markets this year. The country has one of the most aggressive tax systems -- crude export duty is about 89 cents on the dollar for oil over $25 a barrel. Isn't there concern about contract law? Russia is not a big market for our multinational corporations compared with, say, China. U.S. multinationals are basically helping the Chinese government catch its dissidents. In Russia, where [President Vladimir] Putin has an 80% approval rating, we are pestering him. We are being hypocritical. There has been some backpedalling on reforms, but sometimes you have to take one step backward to take two steps forward. For me, the politics is a non-issue. How are you investing in Russia? Oil plays? Oil plays are relatively cheap. Though they are being punished by a very aggressive tax regime, ultimately there will be a different tax regime because the cost of exploration has gone up dramatically and these companies need compensation. That's why we don't see a lot of new development today in Russia. In order to see new fields and development there needs to be a better tax regime. That's a hidden catalyst in the future. The consumer and domestic-oriented sectors will be in the sweet spot for the next few years as the country is awash with money and foreign reserves. The government has announced it is going to spend about a trillion dollars in the next five years. I am interested in the broad Russian index. I don't have specific companies. What else besides Russia? We still like Central and Eastern Europe. There is no immediate gratification or catalyst but we would use weakness or a correction to add and build positions. How about some companies? FLSmidth [ticker: FLS.Denmark], a Danish company, is a play on commodities. It's a great way to bet on the increase in consumption of commodities and increased infrastructure spending. This is the world's largest supplier of cement plants. They have about a 29% market share and are a major provider of equipment and services to the minerals industry. Spending on new mines is growing. The CRB Index may be ahead of itself and see a correction, but the demand for commodities is going higher. This is one way to play it without worrying about commodities prices. Is it reasonably valued? Yes. The company's sales are 46% in the developed world and 54% in emerging markets, 49% in the cement sector and 45% in the mineral sector. The remaining 6% is in roofing, which I think they will sell. For the next two to three years there is a record backlog and strong order intake. Recently the company had a big breakthrough by winning its first Russian order. Russia, because of its oil plants and high infrastructure spending, will be a great new market for them. The company is integrating some of its recent acquisitions in the mineral sector. It is a very fragmented sector and they will continue to make acquisitions. Valuation? On a 2008 basis the price/earnings multiple is roughly 13, and enterprise value [stock-market value plus net debt] is about 7.8 times Ebitda [earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization]. This is very high growth for very good value. How about another name? OTP Bank [OTP.Hungary], a Hungarian bank. I first mentioned it in Barron's years ago [Feb. 14, 20002]. It has done well. This is a great time to bring it back. It is an excellent franchise, high growth potential and great management at a bargain valuation. OTP is a leading bank in Hungary with 32% market share in retail deposits. About 76% of their earnings come from Hungary. The bank is focused on regional expansion into Ukraine and Russia, Southeast Europe and the Balkans. They're targeting 50% of their income from those regions by 2010. While they have a dominant position in Hungary, Bulgaria and Montenegro, in other countries they are forming niche strategies. In Russia they are building a regional retail bank. In Croatia they are focusing on the lucrative coastal areas, and in Romania they are focusing on the wealthy Hungarian regions. Let's look at the valuation. The P/E is 8.7 times 2008 earnings estimates. Price to book value is about 1.9. The company is going through a digestive period because it did a lot of acquisitions outside of Hungary. In Romania its costs are going higher as it tries to gain economies of scale and market share. In Serbia it is integrating three acquisitions. Management's goal is to double earnings before taxes to €2 billion by 2010. If it succeeds, you're talking about a P/E of 5 by 2010. OTP is the last remaining independent bank in the region, but management believes it is too early to sell. They believe they can grow earnings by 30% a year at least for the next three to five years. Next up? Credito Emiliano [CE.Italy] is a bank with an old-fashioned business model, fully funded by depositors, unlike many banks that rely on the commercial-paper market for much of their lending. It's a solid franchise that pays attention to credit quality and redeploys excess capital for growth through new branch openings and acquisitions. It is the 13th largest bank in Italy, focusing on the Emilia-Romagna region and Lombardy. We expect annual profits to grow at least 10% in the next few years, driven by loan growth and a falling cost-to-income ratio. Credito Emiliano would also be a prized asset for both domestic and foreign banks. One of its greatest attractions is a high and growing dividend. You're buying a 5.3% dividend yield, a P/E of 9.5 times on 2008 estimates and a price-to-book of 1.6. How about another pick? Siemens [SI], in Germany, is a major restructuring story. Poor profitability and bribery scandals forced a genuine attempt to change. The portfolio is being repositioned; divestitures are being announced. They will reduce SG&A [selling, general and administrative] expenses by 10% to 20% and do a €10 billion share buyback. New investments will be made only in high-margin areas like energy, environment, automation and health care. The stock is trading at 15.4 times fiscal '08 earnings. As costs go down and margins increase, it will be a good performer.

 

  By: michelino di notredame on Mercoledì 15 Gennaio 2003 15:59

Io punterei su Grozny. Nel medio-lungo la borsa cecena puo' offrire dei rendimenti davvero interessanti. L'unica difficolta' e' rappresentata dall'acquisto dei titoli. Cumuli di morti sui cavi internet potrebbero causare delle brevi interruzioni nei collegamenti. Ma vale la pena di tentare.

Argentina: comprare nel crac - gz  

  By: GZ on Mercoledì 15 Gennaio 2003 14:04

oltre alla promozione dei concorsi a premio, ho messo il grafico della borsa argentina degli ultimi due anni qui perchè dimostra, salendo del 100% nell'ultimo anno (o 50% o 140% a seconda del mese esatto di riferimento che uno prende) che il crac economico, la bancarotta e il crollo del peso, il caos politico ecc... sono tutti fatti che hanno COINCISO CON LA RIPRESA DELLA BORSA ARGENTINA ! Non è interessante ? Specialmente perchè si sente sempre dire che "...occorre aspettare che le notizie economiche migliorino per comprare....". Ci sono sempre eccezioni e qualificazioni, ma in questo caso uno cosa fa, compra ora dopo che la borsa è risalita ? Oppure aspetta ancora che l'economia che ora è nel caos migliori ? L'unica cosa giusta nel caso dell'argentina era comprare nel mezzo del crac

 

  By: rael on Mercoledì 15 Gennaio 2003 12:47

Grazie! Ho mandato 2 righe a Giorgia.

Quiz: era la Borsa Argentina che ha fatt - Giorgia  

  By: LaSignoraMaria on Mercoledì 15 Gennaio 2003 12:36

Comunichiamo che siamo lieti di attribuire a "Rael" il premio di 2 mesi di abbonamento. La risposta esatta relativa al grafico pubblicato era infatti l'indice della borsa argentina Merval. Non avendo specificato chiaramente se avrebbe vinto il premio solamente la prima persona che avrebbe risposto esattamente o anche tutti gli altri utenti che avrebbero comunicato la risposta successivamente, attribuiamo 1 mese di abbonamento anche alle persone che hanno risposto correttamente e dopo "Rael", fino a questo momento. Si prega di inviare al mio indirizzo giorgia@cobraf.com una mail, in modo da inviare in giornata la password gratuita. Modificato da - Giorgia on 1/15/2003 11:44:21

 

  By: panarea on Mercoledì 15 Gennaio 2003 12:30

domenica , 05 gennaio 2003 Corriere della Sera BORSA ANDAMENTO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E la Borsa di Bagdad guadagna su tutte le voci L' Iraq è sull' orlo di una guerra con la più grande potenza militare del mondo? E il mercato azionario iracheno sale. Mentre le principali Borse del mondo hanno chiuso l' anno con pesanti perdite, l' indice azionario di Bagdad, il BSEI, ha concluso il 2002 con un guadagno di 90 punti, finendo a 1690. «E' stato un ottimo anno per gli scambi», dice Taha Ahmad Abid El-Salam, uno dei direttori del BSEI. Sembra facile concludere che il mercato spera nella «rimozione» di Saddam Hussein. L' uscita di scena del raís porterebbe alla fine delle sanzioni Onu e a un afflusso di capitali stranieri. Ma nessun analista o operatore di Bagdad si sente di confermare una simile analisi, perché rischierebbe di essere accusato, se non altro, di mancanza di fid ucia nel governo. Restano i numeri. Con l' arrivo degli ispettori in Iraq, la Borsa è salita in tre settimane di 460 punti (il 30%), un record, fino a raggiungere il suo massimo storico di 1938 punti.

 

  By: fabrizio maiocco on Mercoledì 15 Gennaio 2003 12:25

polonia

 

  By: panarea on Mercoledì 15 Gennaio 2003 12:21

E' il merval di buenos aires comunque anche Pakistan è messo bene dall 11/09/01. Ultimi 6 mesi: controllare borsa di Bagdad che, tipo Karachi, si impenna con la guerra. ciao

 

  By: JMS on Mercoledì 15 Gennaio 2003 12:11

Karachi

 

  By: gianlini on Mercoledì 15 Gennaio 2003 11:52

sudafrica

 

  By: vssvpm2 on Mercoledì 15 Gennaio 2003 11:50

Argentina Merval.. ma a me pare che la russia sia li come rendimento... escludendo il cambio naturalmente e fermandosi a giugno dello scorso anno e partendo da dicembre 2001

 

  By: Luigi Luccarini on Mercoledì 15 Gennaio 2003 11:49

Russia

 

  By: gianlini on Mercoledì 15 Gennaio 2003 11:43

pakistan

 

  By: rael on Mercoledì 15 Gennaio 2003 11:34

i know, argentina.