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DECEMBER 5, 2008
WEATHERING VOLATILE TIMES
BRETT HAMMONDCHIEF INVESTMENT STRATEGIST
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NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION SLOWS IN RESPONSE
US PRIVATELY OWNED RESIDENTIAL HOUSING STARTS (IN THOUSANDS)
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Source: Global Insight
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PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS HAVE FALLEN SHARPLY
P/E RATIOS WELL BELOW 20-YEAR HISTORICAL NORMS
U.S. STOCKS
WORLD STOCKS ex-U.S.
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STOCK MARKETS ARE MORE VOLATILE
IMPLIED VOLATITLITY OF S&P 500 COMPOSITE PRICE INDEX
Note: Month end values extracted from daily data by TIAA-CREF Source: Data Stream, CBOE
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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LONG-TERM CORPORATE BOND SPREADS HAVE JUMPED
MOODY’S AAA RATED CORPORATE BONDS OVER 10-YEAR TREASURY NOTES
50
100
150
200
250
300
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Note: In Basis Points, Month end values extracted from daily data by TIAA-CREF Source: Data Stream, FRB
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AND SHORT-TERM SPREADS LIKEWISE
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U.S. ANNUAL GDP GROWTH, 1930–2007
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; TIAA-CREF
-15.00
-10.00
-5.00
0.00
5.00
10.00
15.00
20.00
1930 1933 1936 1939 1942 1945 1948 1951 1954 1957 1960 1963 1966 1969 1972 1975 1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2009
An
nu
al %
Ch
ang
e
EARLY YEARS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1930–1933
2008 ESTIMATE: 1.3%
2009 OUTLOOK: -2% to -4%
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EARNINGS GROWTH DECLINES FOR MOST WORKERS
Growth in U.S. earnings for nearly all workers has lagged productivity growth and has also aggravated income inequality in recent years. Recessions tend to reduce incomes for nearly all workers for somewhere between three and seven years.
Growth in mean real total money earnings, by educational group, 2000 through 2007.
GROUP EMPLOYMENT SHARE EARNINGS GROWTH
Some HS 9.1% -3.2%
HS Graduate 28.9% -0.2
Some College 27.9% -3.5%
College Graduate 22.0% -4.5%
Masters 8.8% -4.4%
Ph.D. 1.5% -0.8%
MBA, JD, MD 1.8% +5.9%
Survey of Consumer Finance, United States Federal Reserve
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Income inequality in the United States today has risen to levels not seen since the late 1920s.
Share of U.S. gross personal income accounted for by top 1% of earners (incomes above $382,600 in 2006—from IRS filings).
– 8.2% in 1980– 22.9% in 2006
“Real compensation tends to parallel real productivity, and we have seen that for generations, but not now. It has veered off course for reasons I am not clear about.”
–Alan Greenspan
INCOME INEQUALITY INTENSIFIES
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FINANCIAL CRISIS ORIGINS: YEARS IN THE MAKING
End of structural and geographic restrictions on financial services
Globalization of financial markets
Rise of risk management
Excess demand for financial assets
Rising asset prices, particularly housing
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FINANCIAL CRISIS EMERGES
Residential market troubles appear and multiply
Mortgage defaults: the 3% problem
Credit markets come to a standstill
Economy begins to crumble
Corporate profit picture remains gloomy
Major repricing of risk around the globe
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COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENTS
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WHITHER COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENTS?
Equal and Dollar-Weighted Average Rates of Return for College and Unversity Endowments (1974 -- 2007)
-20%
-10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Equal-weighted Average Return Dollar-weighted Average Return
?
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COLLEG AND UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT ASSET ALLOCATION
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Fixed Income Equities Real EstateCash Other Alternatives
Source: 1992-2007 NACUBO Endowment Surveys
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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This material has been prepared by and represents the views of Brett Hammond, and does not reflect the views of any TIAA-CREF affiliate. These views may change in response to changing economic and market conditions. Any projections included in this material are for market sectors or asset classes only, and do not reflect the experience of any product or service offered by TIAA-CREF. The material is for informational purposes only and should not be regarded as a recommendation or an offer to buy or sell any product or service.
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