Monthly Market Update

&

Decade Review

January 2020

Presented by: Rick Phillips, GIOA Founderrick.phillips@fhnmainstreet.com 702-575-6666

January 6, 2020

2Source: Bloomberg, CNBC, FHN Main Street, WSJ

Summary and Economic SignalsSummary for 2020

▪ Fed Going Into Hibernation▪ Global Central Bankers…“Easy Like Sunday Morning”▪ GDP Slowing…U.S. and Globally▪ Recess on Recession…Probably Not the Roaring 20s▪ Rates: Lower for Longer or Lower Forever?▪ Election Year Ahead

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A First: A Decade Without a Recession

4Source: Bloomberg

GDP: Longest…But Weakest

5Source: Bloomberg

Interesting Decade for GDP

1.8%Est.

2020

6Source: Bloomberg

Concentrated GDP

7Source: Bloomberg

Yield Curve Spread Trended Lower

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8Source: Bloomberg

Yield Curve Uninverts…Thanks Fed

9Source: Bloomberg, NBER

A New Record To Be Set?

10Source: Bloomberg, Charlie Bilello

Fed’s Balance Sheet

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11Source: Yahoo Finance, WSJ, Twitter

The Powell Pivot…Fed Hibernating

12Source: Bianco, Hedgeye

Fed’s Projection for Long-Term Fed Funds…Lower, Lower, and Lower

13Source: Bloomberg

Fed Doesn’t Have Much Runway Left

14Source: Bloomberg

Developed World to Remain “Easy Like Sunday Morning”

15Source: Bloomberg, FHN Main Street

Some of the Things Which Caused Rates to Move – 5Yr T-Note

Perc

ent

Brexit

16Source: Bloomberg

Short Rates are Low…But They Were a Bunch Lower

17Source: Bloomberg

The Yield Curve Twist

18Source: Bloomberg, Google

A Merge on the Yield Curve Highway

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Best Year for Bonds Since 2002

Source: Charlie Bilello

20Source: Bloomberg

Long-Bonds and Junk Did Well

Perc

ent

21Source: Bloomberg

Where are Rates Headed?

22Source: Bloomberg

Oops! Usually Way Too Optimistic About Higher Rates

23Source: Bloomberg

How About You Lend Me Money and You Pay Me to Lend You Money?

24Source: Bloomberg

U.S. Still the “Cleanest Shirt” in the Interest Rate Dirty Laundry

25Source: Bloomberg

Failure to Launch: Global Debt Yields Stuck in Low Gear

26Source: Bianco, Twitter

Never Been Here Before…Highest Long-Term Rate

27Source: Business Insider

Still the Lowest Rates in 5,000 Years!

28Source: Bloomberg

U.S. Government Total Debt and the Debt’s Interest Rate

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29Source: USDebtClock.org

A Ticking Time Bomb? Or Will MMT Save Us?

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Debt: $9.6 Tril to $23.2 Tril = +142%

Interest: $241 Bil to $377 Bil = +56%

30Source: Bloomberg

Some of the Things Moving Corporate Spreads Higher

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European SovereignDebt Crisis

Taper Tantrum

US DebtDowngradeGrowth

Concerns

ChinaSlowdown

Stocks -20%

1-5 Yr Corporates A-AAA

31Source: Bloomberg, through Nov 2019

Fed’s #1 Mandate: U.S. Unemployment Near a 60 Year Low

Perc

ent

2010-2019

3.4% 3.5%

32Source: Bloomberg, Through Dec 2019

Quite the Streak

33Source: Bloomberg

A Decade of Job Growth

34Source: Bloomberg

A Decade of Strong Job Creation…LFP Lower, But It Stabilized

35Source: Bloomberg

Lots of Jobs…A Skills Mismatch?

36Source: dshort.com

The Graying of the U.S. Job Market

37Source: Bianco

College Still Pays Dividends

38Source: Bloomberg

Finally…Some Wage Growth

YOY

Perc

ent

39Source: Yahoo Finance

Minimum Wages Heading Higher

40Source: Bloomberg

Fed’s #2 Mandate: Missed the Mark on Their Inflation Target

Fed’s PCE Core Target

CPI Core

PCE Core

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41Source: dshort.com

A Long Term Look at Inflation

42Source: Bloomberg

Commodity Prices

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43Source: Bloomberg

Oil Prices

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44Source: Bloomberg, Google

U.S. is the World’s Largest Oil Producer

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45Source: Bloomberg

Gold and the Dollar

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Consumer Confidence has Been Strong

Source: Bloomberg

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47Source: Bloomberg

Existing Home Sales

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Housing: Major Markets Higher the Past Decade

Source: Charlie Bilello

49Source: Bloomberg

Housing’s Mixed Bag: Biggest Gainer/Biggest Loser (Since Inception)

San Francisco

20 City Index

Las Vegas

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Affordable New Homes

Source: realtor.com

51Source: Bloomberg

U.S. Auto Sales Increased…Rangebound Last Few Years

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Cash ForClunkers

52Source: Bloomberg

An Excellent Decade for Stocks…In the U.S.

Perc

ent

53Source: Bloomberg

But There Were Some Bumps Along the Way

54Source: dshort.com

But There Were Some Bumps Along the Way #2

55Source: Bloomberg

S&P 500: Decade Best and the Worst

56Source: Bloomberg

Dow: Decade Best and the Worst

57Source: Bloomberg

NASDAQ 100: Decade Best and the Worst

58Source: Bloomberg

Energy Bombed…Tech Boomed

59Source: Bloomberg

S&P 500: Back to Its Winning Ways

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Global Easy Money Policies “Probably” Helped Stocks

Source: Charlie Bilello

61

Everybody’s a Winner!

Source: Charlie Bilello

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This Has Never Happened Before

Source: @JeffreyKleintop, Charles Schwab

63

Getting Overvalued?

Source: Bianco

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Shiller PE Ratio….Getting Overvalued?

65Source: Bloomberg

Record Highs with Low Earnings Growth

66Source: S&P

“Buybacks Have Helped Big Time”

67Source: Bloomberg, CNN, Charlie Bilello

But the Real Decade Winner…Bitcoin!

68Source: Bloomberg, 1/1/20

Bloomberg World Billionaires Index

69Source: WSJ

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Major Events Each Year

2010: iPad, Obama Care, Dodd-Frank, WikiLeaks, Haiti Earthquake, Chilean Miners Rescued, BP Oil Spill

2011: Japan Quake/Tsunami, Bin Laden Killed, Steve Jobs Dies, S&P AA+, Occupy Wall St., 7 Billion, Royal Wedding

2012: Facebook IPO, Hurricane Sandy, Obama 2nd Term, Dick Clark/Neil Armstrong Dies, Benghazi, Sandy Hook

2013: New Pope, Boston Marathon Bombing, Twitter IPO, US #1 Energy Producer, IRS Scandal, Detroit BKs

2014: Malaysian Flight 370, Ebola, Ukraine/Crimea, Robin Williams Dies, Colorado Pot, Ice Bucket Challenge

2015: Fed’s First Hike, Volkswagen Scandal, SCOTUS Gay Marriage, European Migrant Crisis, Paris Terror Attack

2016: Brexit, Pokemon Go, Wells Fargo Accounts Scandal, Trump Elected, Cubs World Series, Russia Hacking, Pulse

2017: Dow 20K, Amazon/Whole Foods, Solar Eclipse, Harvey/Maria, Tax Cut, #MeToo, Equifax Breach, LV Shooting

2018: California Wildfires, Govt Shutdowns, Parkland Shooting, Kavanaugh, Immigration Crisis, Facebook Scandal

2019: Boeing 737, Hong Kong Protests, Impeachment, Disney+ (Baby Yoda), Trade War, College Admission Scandal

71Source: Google

Influential Products and Companies of the 2010s

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Google and Facebook Loom Large on the Web

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/top-100-websites-ranking.html

73Source: Yahoo Finance

2010s Innovation

74Source: Redbook

Top Grossing Movies Worldwide in the 2010s…Go Disney!

75Source: Playbill

Top Grossing Broadway Plays in the 2010s…Go’ish Disney!

76Source: Yahoo Finance

His Middle Name is “Money” for a Reason

77Source: Google

Gram’s Biggest Names and Most Popular Social Networks

78Source: Business Insider

Most Followed YouTubers

79Source: CNBC, Google

What’s Ahead?

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