【英文】瑞信报告：全球股市2020年研究展望（348页）

英文研究报告 2020年01月09日 13:21 管理员

Very simply, Bund yields are pricing in the current PMIs and we think that they will rise by at least an additional10 points. Inflation expectations also look too low when core CPI has risen to 1.3% and contracted wage growth has picked up to 2.7% and core service CPI to 1.9%. As discussed above, the potential breakdown in the German coalition and a move to off-balance sheet green-related government spending could be a game changer.

When analysing growth as a style, we use the MSCI growth indices, which classify stocks based on the following five variables: long-term forward EPS growth rate, short-term forward EPS growth rate, current internal growth rate, long-term historical EPS growth trend and longterm historical sales per share growth trend. Stocks are ranked on these measures and the top 50% in the regional index (e.g. MSCI US) are included in the growth index. We went overweight European value in September but stayed overweight US growth companies, focusing on those growth stocks with low leverage and attractive FCF yields. As we explain below, it is unusual for European growth to underperform when US growth outperforms (historically, European value has outperformed only 27% of the time when US growth outperforms). However, owing to a different sector composition, differences in valuation and a much stronger growth surprise in European GDP, we believe this call is justified.

US growth: stay overweight We have been overweight US growth for many years. Despite the price of growth relative to value exceeding TMT highs, we remain overweight for the following reasons: 1. The US cost of equity has scope to fall We think that the cost of equity (ERP + risk free rate) in the US remains too high (8.1%). The equity risk premium, currently at 6.3%, should be closer to 4.9%, according to our warranted ERP model (which relies on lead indicators and credit spreads to determine where the ERP should be). Indeed, bull markets in the past have seen much lower ERPs at this stage of the cycle. A 1pp fall in the ERP would more than offset a limited rise in the US treasury yield and lead to a falling cost of equity. When the discount rate falls, long-duration assets tend to re-rate and growth therefore outperforms.