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Global Investment Committee Outlook
November 2012
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2012 - 2013 Outlook
 European recession, but no global or US recession given ongoing central
bank ease and US fiscal policy progress
 Earnings expectations to stabilize
 Slowing inflation in both developed and developing countries
 Global policy: challenged in developed economies, robust options
in developing ones
 Modest US trade-weighted dollar strength; broad developed country
currencies weak to developing country currencies, especially Asia
Source: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Global Investment Committee, Thomson Financial, DataStream. Data as of November 2012.
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Global Investment Committee Tactical Weights
Global Asset Class
Tactical Weight
•
Cash
Underweight
•
Bonds
 Short Duration
Underweight
Underweight
•
•

Developed Sovereign
Underweight

Investment Grade
Overweight

Inflation-linked Securities
Underweight

High Yield
Underweight

Emerging Markets
Overweight
Equities
 US
Overweight
Overweight

Europe
Market weight

Japan
Underweight

Emerging Markets
Overweight
Alternative/Absolute Return
 Commodities
Overweight
Overweight

Global REITS
Underweight

Managed Futures
Overweight

Private Equity

Hedge Funds

Real Estate
{
Market weight only;
No tactical weights
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Global GDP and CPI Forecasts
% Contribution
to 2012 Grow th
Morgan Stanley & Co.
(Year-over-Year % Change)
2011F
2012F
2013F
Global GDP
3.9
3.1
3.3
Developed Econom ies
1.4
1.2
0.9
U.S.
1.8
2.1
1.4
Euro Area
1.5
-0.5
U.K.
Japan
0.9
-0.8
Developing Econom ies
% Contribution
to 2012 Grow th
Citi Research
(Year-over-Year % Change)
2011F
2012F
2013F
Global GDP
3.8
3.1
3.2
21
Developed Econom ies
1.4
1.2
0.9
22
14
U.S.
1.8
2.1
1.8
15
0.0
-2
Euro Area
1.5
-0.4
-0.7
0
-0.1
2.0
1.0
0.6
0
4
U.K.
Japan
0.9
-0.8
-0.3
2.0
0.7
0.9
0
4
6.5
4.9
5.4
79
Developing Econom ies
6.0
4.7
5.3
78
Brazil
2.7
1.6
2.8
2
Brazil
2.7
1.4
3.9
1
Russia
4.3
4.2
3.7
4
Russia
4.3
3.5
4.0
4
India
China
7.5
9.3
5.0
7.5
6.0
7.9
11
38
India
China
6.5
9.3
5.4
7.7
6.2
7.6
12
40
Global Consum er Prices
2012F
2012F
Global Consum er Prices
Global Inflation
4.4
3.4
3.2
Global Inflation
4.4
3.2
3.3
Developed Economies
2.6
2.0
1.9
Developed Economies
2.5
1.9
1.8
Developing Economies
6.2
4.8
4.8
Developing Economies
6.1
4.5
4.7
U.S. Core
U.S. CPI
1.7
3.1
2.3
2.2
2.2
1.9
Core PCE Deflator
PCE Deflator
1.4
2.4
1.8
1.8
1.6
1.9
Source: Morgan Stanley & Co. Research, Citi Research, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.
Note: Regional and global forecast are GDP weighted averages, using Purchasing Power Parity estimates. That gives greater weights to developing economies.
Data as of October 2012.
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Dividend Yields By Region and Bond Yields
Region by Region, Dividends Trump 10-Year Government Bond Yields
6%
5%
4.5%
4.3%
4.2%
4%
3.0%
3.1%
3.1%
2.9%
3%
2.4%
2%
1.6%
1.3%
1%
0%
Pacific ex
Japan
Europe ex UK
UK
Emerging
Markets
Canada
Global
Japan
US
10-Year US
10-Year
Treasury German Bund
Source: Citi Research, Worldscope, MSCI, FactSet as of November 2012.
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Global Short Rates
Aggressive Easing Pushes Policy Interest Rates Toward Historic Lows
Global Short Rates*
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
*Weighted Index of policy Interest rates, 65% developed market and 35% emerging market
Sources: ISI Group as of November 2012.
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Deficit Share of GDP and P/E Multiples
US Federal Surplus/Deficit as a Percentage of GDP (%)
S&P 500 Forward Price/Earnings Ratio
35
4
2
30
0
25
Citi
Forecast
-2
20
-4
15
-6
10
-8
5
-10
S&P 500 Forward Price/Earnings Ratio 13.08
US Federal Surplus/Def icit as a Percentage of GDP -3.35
0
-12
'60 '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06 '08 '10 '12 '14 '16
Source: Citi Research, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
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Emerging Market Equities Are Leading Global Equities
Emerging Market Equities Outperformed Most Developed Market Equities
In the Decade Before March 2009 Trough and Since
Percent (%)
25
23
20
20
17
14
15
9
10
5
2
0
0
-1
-5
-2
-3
USA
United Kingdom
Europe ex UK
3/99 - 3/09
Japan
Emerging Markets
3/09 - Current
Source: Morgan Stanley & Co. Research, Citi Research, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Thomson Financial, Standard & Poor’s.
Data as of November 2012.
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Global Earnings Per Share
Morgan Stanley & Co.
S&P 500
Citi Research
Consensus
MSCI AC World
S&P 500
Operating
EPS ($)
YOY
Change (%)
Operating
EPS ($)
YOY
Change (%)
Operating
EPS ($)
2012E
100.00
2
103.00
5
102.38
6
25.45
4
88.55
4
2013E
99.00
-1
108.00
5
112.13
10
28.39
12
99.91
13
52 Week Forward
111.86
YOY
Operating
Change (%)
EPS ($)
MSCI EM
YOY
Operating
Change (%)
EPS ($)
28.11
YOY
Change (%)
98.94
*Morgan Stanley’s current and forecast policy rate for China uses the 1-year lending rate.
**Citi’s current and forecast policy rate for China uses the 1-year deposit rate.
Source: Morgan Stanley & Co. Research, Citi Research, Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Data as of November 2012.
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Interest Rate Forecasts
Morgan Stanley
Citi Research
Current Rate
Policy Rates (%)
US
Eurozone
Japan
UK
China
0.00 – 0.25
0.75
0.10
0.50
6.00*
4Q12F
0.15
0.50
0.05
0.50
6.00*
4Q13F
0.15
0.50
0.05
0.50
6.00*
10-Year Government Bond Yields (%)
US
Eurozone
Japan
UK
1.61
1.34
0.73
1.72
Current Rate
Policy Rates (%)
US
Eurozone
Japan
UK
China
0.00 - 0.25
0.75
0.10
0.50
3.00**
4Q12F
4Q13F
0.25
0.50
0.10
0.50
3.00**
0.25
0.25
0.10
0.50
3.25**
1.65
1.50
0.95
1.80
2.55
1.50
1.30
1.75
10-Year Government Bond Yields (%)
2.05
2.00
1.00
1.50
1.85
1.75
1.20
2.10
US
Eurozone
Japan
UK
1.61
1.34
0.73
1.72
*Morgan Stanley’s current and forecast policy rate for China uses the 1-year lending rate.
**Citi’s current and forecast policy rate for China uses the 1-year deposit rate.
Source: Morgan Stanley & Co. Research, Citi Research, Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Data as of November 2012.
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Stocks vs. Bonds and Cash Valuation
Standard Deviations From Average
4
3
3
Equities Relatively Expensive
Cash Rate/Dividend Yield
Bond Yield/Dividend Yield
2
2
1
1
0
0
-1
-1
Equities Relatively Cheap
-2
-3
'70
-2
-3
'72
'74
'76
'78
'80
'82
'84
'86
'88
'90
'92
'94
'96
'98
'00
'02
'04
'06
'08
'10
'12
Note: Standard deviation is a statistical measurement that sheds light on historical volatility.
Source: Citi Research, Morgan Stanley & Co. Research, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Thomson Financial. Data as of October 2012.
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US Secular Stock Bear and Bull Markets
and Inflation Since 1946
S &P 500 (log scale)
Core CPI (%)
2,000
10%
Bull 1 946 - 196 8
Av erage Annual
Total Return
Nominal = 1 3%
Re al = 10%
1,000
Be ar 19 69 - 1982
Av erage Annual
Total Return
Nominal = 5 %
Re al = (2 )%
300
200
8%
Core CPI
S&P 500 Price
20
Aug.1982
70
60
50
40
6%
5%
4%
Mar. 2009
Mar 2000
100
30
7%
Be ar 3/200 0 -3/2009
Av erage Annual
Total Return
Nominal = (5)%
Re al = (7 )%
Bull
Dec. 1968
700
600
500
400
9%
Bull 1 982 - 200 0
Av erage Annual
Total Return
Nominal = 1 8%
Re al = 15%
3%
2%
1%
0%
'46
'48
'50
'52
'54
'56
'58
'60
'62
'64
'66
'68
'70
'72
'74
'76
'78
'80
'82
'84
'86
'88
'90
'92
'94
'96
'98
'00
'02
'04
'06
'08
'10
'12
Note: Core Inflation is a 5-year moving average; headline inflation prior to 1963. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. For illustrative purposes only and does not
reflect any specific product. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500) is an unmanaged group of large company stocks. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and do
not reflect any fees or expenses. Cyclical Bull cycle represents March 2009 through present.
Source: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Bloomberg, Ibbotson Associates and FactSet. Data as of October 2012.
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information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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US Secular Bond Bear and Bull Markets
and Inflation Since 1946
A Secular Bull Market in Bonds Is Coming to an End
LT Bond Yield (%)
Core CPI (%)
16
Bear 1946 - 1981
Average Annual
Total Return
Nom inal = 2%
Real = (3)%
14
12
Bull 1981 - Present
Average Annual
Total Return
Nom inal = 11%
Real = 9%
Long Bond Yield
Core CPI
10
8
6
Sept 1981
4
2
0
'46
'48
'50
'52
'54 '56
'58
'60
'62
'64
'66
'68 '70
'72
'74
'76
'78
'80 '82
'84
'86
'88
'90
'92 '94
'96
'98
'00
'02
'04 '06
'08
'10
'12
Source: Bloomberg, Ibbotson and Factset.
Note: Core CPI 5 YEAR ma; headline CPI prior to 1963.
Note: Core Inflation is a 5-year moving average; headline inflation prior to 1963.
Source: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Ibbotson Associates and FactSet. Data as of October 2012.
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Global Investment Committee
Equity Strategy
 Equities expected to outperform
 Overweight Emerging Markets and U.S.
 Market weight Europe
 Underweight Japan
 Within U.S., overweight Large Caps and growth and underweight Small and
Mid Caps and value
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Global Investment Committee
Fixed Income Strategy
 Bonds expected to underperform stocks
 Overweight Global IG Corporates (Munis for U.S. clients) and Emerging
Market Debt
 Underweight Short Duration, Developed Country Sovereign Debt, High Yield
and Inflation-Linked Securities
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Global Investment Committee
Alternative/Absolute Return Strategy
 Overweight Managed Futures and Commodities
 Underweight global REITs
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Glossary of Indices
CPI
In economics, a Consumer Price Index (CPI, also retail price index) is a statistical measure of a weighted average of prices of a specified set of
goods and services purchased by wage earners in urban areas. It is a price index that tracks the prices of a specified set of consumer goods and
services, providing a measure of inflation. The CPI is a fixed quantity price index and a sort of cost-of-living index. The CPI can be used to track
changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households. User fees (such as water and sewer service) and sales
and excise taxes paid by the consumer are also included. Income taxes and investment items (like stocks, bonds, life insurance, and homes) are not
included. Core CPI excludes volatile food and energy prices.
MSCI EAFE
The MSCI EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed
market equity performance, excluding the US & Canada.
MSCI World Index
The MSCI World Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure global developed market equity performance.
As of May 2005 the MSCI World Index consisted of the following 23 developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. An investment cannot be made directly in a market index.
S&P 500
Widely regarded as the best single gauge of the U.S. equities market, this world-renowned index includes a representative sample of 500 leading
companies in leading industries of the U.S. economy. Although the S&P 500 focuses on the large-cap segment of the market, with over 80%
coverage of U.S. equities, it is also an ideal proxy for the total market.
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Important Disclosures
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International investing entails greater risk, as well as greater potential rewards compared to U.S. investing. These risks include political and economic uncertainties of foreign countries as well as the risk of currency fluctuations. These risks are magnified in countries with emerging markets,
since these countries may have relatively unstable governments and less established markets and economies.
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Investing in commodities entails significant risks. Commodity prices may be affected by a variety of factors at any time, including but not limited to, (i) changes in supply and demand relationships, (ii) governmental programs and policies, (iii) national and international political and
economic events, war and terrorist events, (iv) changes in interest and exchange rates, (v) trading activities in commodities and related contracts, (vi) pestilence, technological change and weather, and (vii) the price volatility of a commodity. In addition, the commodities markets are subject
to temporary distortions or other disruptions due to various factors, including lack of liquidity, participation of speculators and government intervention.
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Important Disclosures
Bonds are subject to interest rate risk. When interest rates rise, bond prices fall; generally the longer a bond's maturity, the more sensitive it is to this risk. Bonds may also be subject to call risk, which is the risk that the issuer will redeem the debt at its option, fully or partially, before the
scheduled maturity date. The market value of debt instruments may fluctuate, and proceeds from sales prior to maturity may be more or less than the amount originally invested or the maturity value due to changes in market conditions or changes in the credit quality of the issuer. Bonds
are subject to the credit risk of the issuer. This is the risk that the issuer might be unable to make interest and/or principal payments on a timely basis. Bonds are also subject to reinvestment risk, which is the risk that principal and/or interest payments from a given investment may be
reinvested at a lower interest rate.
Bonds rated below investment grade may have speculative characteristics and present significant risks beyond those of other securities, including greater credit risk and price volatility in the secondary market. Investors should be careful to consider these risks alongside their individual
circumstances, objectives and risk tolerance before investing in high-yield bonds. High yield bonds should comprise only a limited portion of a balanced portfolio.
Interest on municipal bonds is generally exempt from federal income tax; however, some bonds may be subject to the alternative minimum tax (AMT). Typically, state tax-exemption applies if securities are issued within one's state of residence and, if applicable, local tax-exemption
applies if securities are issued within one's city of residence.
Treasury Inflation Protection Securities’ (TIPS) coupon payments and underlying principal are automatically increased to compensate for inflation by tracking the consumer price index (CPI). While the real rate of return is guaranteed, TIPS tend to offer a low return. Because the return of
TIPS is linked to inflation, TIPS may significantly underperform versus conventional U.S. Treasuries in times of low inflation.
Equity securities may fluctuate in response to news on companies, industries, market conditions and general economic environment.
Investing in smaller companies involves greater risks not associated with investing in more established companies, such as business risk, significant stock price fluctuations and illiquidity.
Stocks of medium-sized companies entail special risks, such as limited product lines, markets, and financial resources, and greater market volatility than securities of larger, more-established companies.
Asset allocation and diversification do not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining financial markets.
The indices are unmanaged. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. They are shown for illustrative purposes only and do not represent the performance of any specific investment.
REITs investing risks are similar to those associated with direct investments in real estate: property value fluctuations, lack of liquidity, limited diversification and sensitivity to economic factors such as interest rate changes and market recessions.
Because of their narrow focus, sector investments tend to be more volatile than investments that diversify across many sectors and companies.
Investing in foreign emerging markets entails greater risks than those normally associated with domestic markets, such as political, currency, economic and market risks.
Growth investing does not guarantee a profit or eliminate risk. The stocks of these companies can have relatively high valuations. Because of these high valuations, an investment in a growth stock can be more risky than an investment in a company with more modest growth expectations.
Value investing does not guarantee a profit or eliminate risk. Not all companies whose stocks are considered to be value stocks are able to turn their business around or successfully employ corrective strategies which would result in stock prices that do not rise as initially expected.
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