S&P 500 July 🆚 YTD Performance Summary by S&P Dow Jones Indices.• In July, The U.S Equity market rebounded from its decline in the first half of the year. The S&P 500, which had 🔻 by -20.0% between January and June, rose by 9.2% in July. • Every factor index likewise ⬆️ after a first half in which every factor index had declined. It’s an exaggeration to say that July’s factor returns were a mirror image of returns from the first 6️⃣ months of the year, but it’s not a big exaggeration. • In the first half of the year, most factors outperformed the S&P 500; in July, only three did. Those 3️⃣ top performers were High Beta, Pure Growth, and Growth, which were the three worst performers in the first half of the year. • Similarly, the best performers in the first half – LowVolati
Key takeaways: 1、Korea’s MBK Partners is reportedly weighing a bid for VNET Group, three months after the data center operator received an unsolicited offer from another private equity firm 2、VNET’s shares have stagnated since it received an original April buyout offer from Hina, indicating investors believe a deal for the company is unlikely VNET Group Inc.’s (VNET.US) days as an independent data center operator look numbered, with word that several private equity companies may be weighing bids for the company. This particular development is the latest in a story dating back to April, when VNET, the least-respected of China’s three overseas-listed data center operators, disclosed it had received an unsolicited bid for the company from a Chinese consortium. The latest potential bidde
BIG BEAR HARNETT SEES A STOCKS / CREDIT RALLY IN THE NEAR TEARM AS EQUITY ALLOCATION BY FUND MANAGERS IS THE LOWEST SINCE LEMAN.Equity allocation VS cash lowest since 2008…
ANZ Bank (ANZ AU) Nixes MYOB, Yeas SunCorp Bank, To Raise A$3.5bn of Equity
ANZ will issue A$3.5bn of equity - an insto block and a tradable rights offer to retail - to buy #7 bank SunCorp Bank. It adds heft, but the ACCC may not welcome it. Buy ANZ discounted anyway. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) (ANZ AU) this morning made a flurry of announcements. First and foremost, ANZ withdrew from discussions on MYOB. Q3 earnings ended 30 June saw revenue +5%, lending up 3%yoy, markets revenue +7%, NIM up 3bp (rising rates helps). Basel3 APRA Level2/Level1 CET1 Ratios were 11.1%/10.4%. But the big news: ANZ is buying SunCorp Bank from SunCorp (SUN AU) for A$4.9bn (1.3x NTA), and will raise A$3.5bn through a 1 for 15 renounceable rights offering. Full analysis here:- https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/anz-bank-anz-au-nixes-myob-yeas-suncorp-bank-to
Wealthy Families are increasingly relying on Private Equity to boost ⤴️ returns, while loosing interest in HedgeFunds.A large percentage of the 221 biggest family offices in the 🌏 surveyed by UBS mentioned their plans to ⬆️ their allocation to PE (direct deals), and private Real Estate. Paring back their gold, cash holdings to deploy into private equitySource: UBS 2022 Family Office Report shared by Bloomberg LP
Equity-focused mutual funds and exchange-traded funds attracted $70 billion of fresh money over the first 5 months of the year. "Buy The Dip" is still alive!Unlike the previous two bear markets, when mounting losses fueled an investor exodus, cash kept pouring in this time. Yet, P/E at 18 exceeds all trough valuations in 11 previous cycles."It’s human nature to want to buy the dip, to want to find the bottom. And I do think that behavior is still quite evident among investors. It means what we’ve seen is what we’re likely to keep seeing: markets that are grinding their way lower, punctuated by periodic bouts of enthusiasm" Steve Sosnick at Interactive BrokersSource: Bloomberg LP
Why Asia could be performance engine of world for H2 2022 In summary, these are the 3 Key Reasons. More to come in our Vantage Point H2 Outlook 2022ASEAN Re-imagined- More FX flexibility - More central bank independence bank FED- Different growth and inflation challenges - Localized sovereign challenges differChina Re-opening - Short term reprisal…reopen/PCR/political stability- All medium term fear around ZCS- Equity offers buffers: valuation/balance sheetJapan re-visit foreign M&A through weak yen- inflation protection trades still available today- re-opening trade still strong- household savings still high/supportive- Japan upper house elections supportive of showing strong post covid economy- corporate earnings resilience
Does Equity – Capitulation Lies Ahead?Is Retail De-leveraging yet to take place?Whilst sentiment is clearly lower, positioning inertia means equity exposure still remains high and is just beginning to come off. Real yields turning further positive and equity portfolio drawdowns triggering panic sell-offs will lead to a further washout in equities.PE correction nearing bottom of range. Will EPS revisions/ contraction to drive next leg lower?The direction of earnings revisions has turned negative. There’s nothing particularly surprising about this; it’s the natural way of things for earnings estimates to be talked down as companies look to give themselves a lower bar to clear. But this follows an unusually protracted period when earnings were forever being revised upward.
Markets: Asia Equity up post best week in Wall Street since Nov20, US/EU Futures slightly up today, dollar down against most FX. China Stimulus: Shanghai unveiled a 50-step aid package that includes tax rebates and allowing manufacturers to resume operations in June. The city will also speed approval of property projects, raise the car ownership quota and ease testing mandates for public places.Russia-Ukraine: EU ambassadors are scheduled to meet again today ahead of a leaders' summit to discuss a revised package of Russian sanctions. This after the bloc failed to reach a compromise yesterday in the face of Hungarian resistance.Commodities: Oil nudged higher at the week's open, as did gasoline. Gold declined in Asia as signs risk appetite is returning damped its haven appeal. Base metals w