Who's Positioned for Recession:based on price action, flows, positioning we say following assets positioned for…
1. Hard landing…money market funds, US yield curve, oil, REITs, bank stocks, small caps
2. Soft landing…IG bonds, HY bonds, EM stocks & bonds
No landing…passive equity flows, FAAMGs, semiconductors, industrials, homebuilders, European luxury stocks
Best plays for start of recession
1. Long T-bills…cash outperforms until Fed cuts aggressively & EPS estimates trough
2. Long yield curve steepeners…in anticipation of late '23 Fed response to higher unemployment
3. Long gold…best US dollar debasement(貶值) play
4. Short over-owned assets vulnerable to deleveraging/revenue cuts…IG/HY bonds, US tech, EU luxury, industrial/defense stocks, US private equity(容易受到去槓桿化/收入削減影響的空頭過度持有的資產……投資級/高收益債券、美國科技、歐盟奢侈品、工業/國防股、美國私募股權)
5. And prepare shopping list…once labor market indicates recession begins, execute on buy list of distressed cyclicals in banks, REITs, small caps, commodities(並準備購物清單……一旦勞動力市場表明衰退開始,就執行銀行、房地產投資信託基金、小型股、大宗商品中陷入困境的周期性股票的購買清單)
美林美銀對於經濟衰退發生的觀點 Dirty Dozen(十二大禍因)
1. 3 月 ISM 為 46.3,為 2020 年 5 月以來最低;在過去 70 年中,每當製造業 ISM 低於 45 時,12 次中有 11 次發生衰退(1967 年除外);請注意,更重要的非製造業 ISM 指數為 51.2,是自全球金融危機以來第 4 弱的讀數。
2. ISM 製造業新訂單分項指數為 44.3;新訂單 45 恰逢 EPS 衰退(參見 1991、2001、2008、2020)。