CLIENT TALKING POINTS
UST 10YR
U.S. employment tends to look good at the end of economic cycle. The Bond market will vote on the strength of this jobs report. The UST 10YR yield continues to signal lower-highs within its formation #crash. The immediate risk range for today is 1.89-2.11.
OIL
Oil bounced, and then failed. Remember when they said that higher lows could be good for oil? Well, that’s gone now. The firings in Energy states will happen during January to March. Stay tuned. The immediate risk range for WTI Oil today is 46.43-51.86.
RUSSIA
Don’t forget that most bounces were led by counter-trends: oil, Russia and junk. That’s low value bouncing. Russian equities (RTSI) getting tagged and bagged for another -5.3% loss, so much for the bounce, and that has everything to do with deflation.
TOP LONG IDEAS
EDV
The Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury (EDV) is an extended duration ETF (20-30yr). As our declining rates thesis proved out and picked up steam over the course of the year, we see this trend continuing into Q1. Short of a Fed rate hike, there’s no force out there with the oomph to reverse this trend, particularly with global growth decelerating and disinflationary trends pushing capital flows into the one remaining unbreakable piggy bank, which is the U.S. Treasury debt market.
TLT
As growth and inflation expectations continue to slow, stay with low-volatility Long Bonds (TLT). We believe the TLT has plenty of room to run. We strongly believe the dynamics in the currency market are likely contribute to a “reflexive deflationary spiral” whereby continued global macro asset price deflation and reported disinflation both contribute to rising investor demand for long-term Treasuries, at the margins.
HOLX
Hologic (HOLX) is a name our Healthcare Sector Head Tom Tobin has been closing monitoring for awhile. In what Tom calls his 3D TOMO Tracker Update (Institutional Research product) of U.S. facilities currently offering 3D Tomosynthesis, month-to-date December placements signaled a break-out quarter after a sharp acceleration in October and slight correction to a still very high rate in November. We believe we are seeing a sustained acceleration in placements that will likely drive upside to Breast Health throughout FY2015. Tom’s estimates are materially ahead of the Street, but importantly this upward trend in Breast Health should lead not only to earnings upside, but also multiple expansion and a significant move in the stock price.
Asset Allocation
| CASH | 54% | US EQUITIES | 7% | |
| INTL EQUITIES | 3% | COMMODITIES | 0% | |
| FIXED INCOME | 28% | INTL CURRENCIES | 8% |
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.
-Henry Ford
STAT OF THE DAY
The percent of 18-34 year-olds living at home averaged 27.6% from 1, from 2008-2014 it averaged 30.5%.
