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TOP OPPORTUNISTIC INVESTMENT THEMES FOR 1Q 2012
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Macro
Global Growth At A Turning Point
Global Purchasing Manager Indices
70 —Japan —US
— Europe —China
— Brazil
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Macro
TOP OPPORTUNISTIC INVESTMENT THEMES FOR 1O 2012
Markets Are Pricing In A Lot Of Bad News
Source: Facisel, Bloomberg. As of 12/30/11 Source: Bloomberg, As of 12/30/11
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Macro
Markets Are Pricing In A Lot Of Bad News (con't)...
Source: DataQuery, As of 12/3011 Source: Bloomberg, As of 12/30/11
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Macro
...But This Is Not 2008
U.S. Households Deleveraging
%GDP % Disposable
Household Debt (LHS)
Income
130% —Debt Service (RHS) 15%
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GIO: Approach to Absolute Return Investing
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Investment Opportunities
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Fundamentals
Globalization of Natural Gas
2010 Natural Gas Deficit / Surplus (billion cubic metres) World Natural Gas Consumption
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Globalization of Natural Gas
High North American vs. International Natural Gas Prices Current Gas Prices Supportive of LNG Transport
—Henry Hub --- UK •Japan $ cost per mm BTU
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Exploration & Production LNG sites/investments or shale investments near liquefaction sites
End Users Fertilizer and Chemical Companies
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Cheniere Energy. Data as of: 12/30/11
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Dislocation
Dislocation: Searching for Cheap Income
Criteria
■ S&P 500 Sectors that declined in 2011
■ Stocks that declined in 2011
■ Dividend Yield above the S&P 500
■ Payout Ratio < 50%
■ Market Cap > $10b
■ PIE Ratio < Sector Average
Rotation in Sector Valuations
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Tactical Opportunities
Tactical Trading Opportunities
Buy Technological Game Changers Buy MXN Peso
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Tactical Opportunities
Tactical Trading Opportunities
Buy South American Oil Company Buy Flood Control Companies
-South American Oil Company Yield
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Protection Ideas
Wildcard: Middle East
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279 bps
UKRAINE KAZAKHSTAN
308 bps
garia
314 bps
TURKEY
6592 bp
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ARABIA 391 bps
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Protection Ideas
Protection Ideas
Gold VIX
2,000 Gold 50 —VIX
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1.800
1,700
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EUR / German 10yr Rates Long AUD Rates
EUR/USD (LHS)
1.50 Germany 10yr Yield (RHS) - 4% 6.0% -AUD 30yr Swap Rates
1.45
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Definition of Indices
S&P 500 Index - The S&P 500 is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks from a broad range of industries. The component stocks
are weighted according to the total market value of their outstanding shares. The impact of a component's price change is
proportional to the issue's total market value, which is the share price times the number of shares outstanding. "S&P 500" is a
trademark of Standard and Poor's Corporation.
Hang Seng - The Hang Seng Index is a free-float capitalization-weighted index of a selection of companies from the Stock Exchange of
Hong Kong.
EuroStoxx 50 - The Euro Stoxx 50 Index is a free-float market capitalization-weighted index of 50 European blue-chip stocks from those
countries participating in the EMU.
European Itraxx - Itraxx Europe index comprises 125 equally weighted CDS on investment grade European corporate entities.
Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund - The Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund is a market capitalization-weighted index, of U.S. traded
investment grade bonds including Treasury securities. Government agency bonds, Mortgage-backed bonds. Corporate bonds, and
C a small amount of foreign bonds traded in the U.S.
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London Interbank Offered Rate - daily reference rate at which banks borrow unsecured funds from banks in the London wholesale
money market. It is set daily by the British Bankers' Association.
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Commercial Paper — money market security with a fixed maturity of 270 days or less. It is sold by banks and corporations for short term
financing needs.
JPMorgan Domestic High Yield Bond Index — index tracking U.S. high yield bond securities selected by J.P.Morgan.
JPMorgan US Liquid Index (JULI) — index tracking U.S. high grade bond securities selected by J.P.Morgan.
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Market Snap-Shot
Global YTD Returns (As of 12130111)
Gold
US Municipals 10Yr
EMBIG
US High Grade Bonds
US Bonds
Global Gov Bonds"
JPM Global HY 2.0%
Jan-11 Mar-11 May-11 Jul-11 Oct-11 Dec-11
EM Local Bonds"
Brent S&P 500 Sector Performance
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EM $ Corp Utilities 14.8%
iBoxx Euro Corps Consumer Staples 10.5%
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2 FTSE 100 -4% • Energy 2.8%
EM FX -4% • Information Technology 1.3%
MSCI Europe -11% Telecommunication Services 0.8%
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Topix -15% rrrrr - Industrials -2.9%
MSCI EM $ -16% rrrrr - Materials -11.6%
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Brazil Bovespa -17%
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S&P 500 YTD Market Return Distribution
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Loan Loss Provisions and Unit Labor Costs
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