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Market's Rope-A-Dope Strategy Market’s rope-a-dope strategy On October 30, 1974, Muhammad Ali knocked out undefeated heavyweight champion George Foreman in the closing seconds of the eighth round. Ali won this historic boxing event, known now as the “Rumble in the Jungle,” by employing a new tactic: the rope-a-dope. In the rope-a-dope, a boxer assumes a protected stance, allowing his opponent to land multiple punches in an attempt to tire the opponent out. The heavy-hitting Foreman landed massive blows against Ali, which Ali had cunningly trained to efficiently absorb. As anticipated, Foreman ran out of energy, allowing Ali to counter-attack and win. The U.S. stock market reminds us of a boxer taking blow Despite “punches” to the stock market like tariffs, the after blow, round after round, yet still able to stand at the inverted yield curve, slower economic growth, and foreign end of each round looking for the chance to counter-punch. currency pressure, the market has successfully absorbed the The Market has Absorbed Many Punches Trade War Google Trend Recession S&P 500 S&P 500 Record-High: $3.025.86 Rate Cut Yuan Yield Curve 100 $3,050 — S&P 500 $3,000 80 $2,950 $2,900 60 Google Trends—Interest over Time $2,850 Numbers represent search interest relative to the highest point on the chart for the given region and time. A value of 100 is the peak popularity for the term. $2,800 40 A value of 50 means that the term is half as popular. $2,750 $2,700 20 $2,650 0 $2,600 June 3June 10 June 17 June 24 July 1July 8July 15 July 22 July 29 August 5August 12 August 09 August 26 September 2September 9 Source: Google Trends Investments in securities are not FDIC insured, not guaranteed by any bank, and may lose value. Quinnipiac Poll: “Is the economy getting better or worse?” JPMorgan Global PMI Indices Index Level 50% 58.0 n Percentage of voters that say the economy is getting better — — Services 56.0 40% pansio Ex 54.0 30% 52.0 20% 50.0 — Manufacturing n 10% 48.0 — Percentage of voters that say the economy is getting worse ractio nt 0% 46.0 Co January 2016 August 2016 March 2017 October 2017 May 2018 December 2018 July 2019 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Source: Quinnipiac University, August 28, 2019 Source: JP Morgan blows thus far. For instance, the S&P 500 tumbled 3% on and dividend yields look attractive relative to most news that the Chinese yuan had weakened to the psychologi- investment alternatives. cally important 7Y per $ level. It since recovered all those The challenges to this market, and ultimately the U.S. and losses despite the yuan subsequently trading even lower. global economies, have grown. We must therefore reduce The market may be absorbing multiple body blows, but it our base case for economic growth. Earlier this year, we is far from on the ropes. In fact, the S&P 500 currently sits believed 2.5% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth was just below all-time highs. Cushioning the market from these achievable; we now see an economic growth rate of 1.5% as punishing blows is an accommodative Federal Reserve, a more realistic. strong U.S. consumer, and the fact that equity valuations Round One: Trade Wars and Tariffs Escalating trade tensions and rising tariffs, which could have News outlets have reported the possibility of a face-to-face been knockout blows, have been quickly shaken-off by the meeting between high-level officials in October, but we are market this year. Yet the ongoing trade war is currently the skeptical it will break the current impasse. After imposing greatest threat to near-term economic growth and asset new tariffs, President Trump has only reversed them once. prices. We believe business and consumer confidence is being We also increasingly believe that the President sees the trade seriously damaged. This is not a result of the trade dispute war as winning stump speech material, and for this reason, itself, nor the goals of a more equitable relationship, but we anticipate the President will stand firm in negotiations. rather by the seemingly haphazard and capricious way trade As for the Chinese, they do not want to lose face and appear policy is being implemented. For the first time since Trump’s to be the losers in any negotiation. Up until recently, they 2016 election, more consumers believe the economy is may have been forecasting a more conciliatory occupant getting worse than is getting better. Likewise, business of the Oval Office in 2020, although Elizabeth Warren’s confidence surveys have weakened. The shift in optimism recent climb in the polls may force them to rethink any delay is not lost on the policy makers in Washington or Beijing. tactics. While we continue to hope for a trade deal, we no The tariffs scheduled for September were delayed to longer factor it into our base case assumptions. December 15, on concern that the cost of consumer goods could rise ahead of the 2019 holiday season. Round Two: Bond Yields Turn Upside-Down Worries of a yield curve inversion, meaning that the 10-year recession within 18-24 months. An inverted curve preceded U.S. Treasury yield would drop below that of short-term every U.S. recession since the 1950s, but not every inverted rates, sent the market down by 6% in late July. When the yield presaged a recession. actual inversion occurred, the blow was absorbed and was The four most dangerous words in investing are “it’s not met with much selling. That said, the yield curve flirts different this time,” so it would be foolish to downplay the with inversion, which signals an increased chance of risks the current curve presents. With that caveat in mind, 2 THE HAVERFORD TRUST COMPANY | 2019 FALL OUTLOOK we do recognize that there are technical factors that have We anticipate the FOMC will reduce rates by another 25 driven demand for U.S. bonds, and thus pushed interest rates basis points when they meet in late September. A rate cut of lower. Yields are much higher in the United States compared 50 basis points is possible, but unlikely. While we do not to other developed markets. With $16 trillion in global debt often opine on what the Fed will do versus what it should do, now trading at a negative yield, the 10-year U.S. Treasury as investors we would like to see them take whatever actions yield of 1.6% looks quite attractive. A negative yield means are necessary to fix the slope of the yield curve. That could that the holders of these bonds are accepting principal and mean more aggressive cuts, jawboning, or even encouraging income payments over the life of the bond that are less than the Treasury to issue more 10-, 30-, and even 50-year bonds. what they paid, guaranteeing a loss. Bonds with negative Regardless of tactic, normalizing the yield curve should be yields are concentrated in Japan and Europe, whose central priority number one. The Fed has plenty of room to banks are conducting large-scale asset purchases. We expect maneuver since inflation really isn’t a problem at present. global investors to continue to seek out higher yields putting Lower yields have prompted corporations, state and local further downward pressure on U.S. yields. governments, and consumers to lock in lower borrowing Another reason to question the usefulness of the yield curve costs. For borrowers, lower cash costs for debt service add as a predictor of an impending recession is the fact that the to earnings and spendable income. New municipal bond domestic economy, although growing slower, is still strong. issues totaled $44.5 billion in August, a dollar record and An inverted curve that presages a recession is usually one of the highest volume months ever during what is usually accompanied by other negative signals, such as layoffs and a quiet summer month. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s credit deterioration, neither of which is occurring today. Mortgage Refinance Index is 152% higher than the same Regardless, after inversion, stocks typically continue to rise, period a year ago. The Tuesday after Labor Day saw 21 large peaking 18 months later on average. investment-grade corporations tap the market with long- Often, when the yield curve inverts, it is due to the Fed term debt, a record number of issuers for a single day. raising short-term rates above long-term rates in an effort to All of these are supportive of the economy as consumers stave off inflation. The current inversion has occurred due have additional income. With the ready acceptance of all to falling long-term rates. There are very few historical this market supply, we see absolutely no evidence that the examples of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) $1 trillion federal deficit is crowding anyone out of the lowering rates in an effort to rectify an inverted yield curve. market. The specter of a drag on the markets from U.S. We are hopeful that quick action to lower the Fed Funds Rate Treasury debt issuance is just not materializing. will help shore up confidence, make it less expensive to finance capital projects and to purchase a new home. Round Three: Slowing Economy Economic indicators look healthy, particularly for the Unemployment Rate versus Wage Growth U.S. consumer. The job market remains robust with the 12.0% unemployment rate of 3.7% close to 50-year lows.
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