All into Account

All Into Account: 2024 Year Ahead Outlook

Speakers:
 
Thomas Salopek, Head of Cross Asset Strategy
 
Marko Kolanovic, Chief Global Markets Strategist
 
And other speakers from across Global Research
 
Listen to analysts from across Global Research as they discuss the 2024 outlook across asset classes and regions.
 
This podcast was recorded on Dec. 11, 2023.
This communication is provided for information purposes only. Institutional clients can view the related report at https://www.jpmm.com/research/content/GPS-4573441-0.pdf for more information; please visit www.jpmm.com/research/disclosures for important disclosures. © 2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. This material or any portion hereof may not be reprinted, sold or redistributed without the written consent of J.P. Morgan. It is strictly prohibited to use or share without prior written consent from J.P. Morgan any research material received from J.P. Morgan or an authorized third-party (“J.P. Morgan Data”) in any third-party artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems or models when such J.P. Morgan Data is accessible by a third-party. It is permissible to use J.P. Morgan Data for internal business purposes only in an AI system or model that protects the confidentiality of J.P. Morgan Data so as to prevent any and all access to or use of such J.P. Morgan Data by any third-party.
 
 

Global housing: The great affordability crisis

The global housing market is facing a supply/demand imbalance with divergent prospects across regions, but the housing affordability crisis is a common denominator. In this video and podcast, we discuss current market conditions in the global housing market. Oversupply in China and commercial real estate contrasts with the lack of supply in the US housing market, which is essentially frozen. US housing affordability is at its worst in 41 years, while Japan, Italy and Spain are the only G20 developed market countries with ratios of home prices-to-income below their historical averages. China and the UK stand out as facing the greatest challenges. In China, housing faces the risk of a double-dip, and financial risks from the property sector remain high despite modest policy support. The UK housing market is most vulnerable due to shorter-term mortgage structure and resets.
 
Speakers
Joyce Chang, Chair of Global Research
John Sim, Head of Securitized Products Research
Michael Rehaut, Head of Homebuilders and Building Products Equity Research
Abigail Suarez, Head of Neighborhood Development at JPMorgan Chase
Haibin Zhu, Chief China Economist
Meghan Kelleher, International Securitization Research
Chong Sin, US Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Research
 
This podcast was recorded on November 28, 2023.
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Equity Strategy: December Chartbook: long duration stays the key call; Real GDP growth projections at stall speed for much of 2024 do not leave any room for error

Speaker: Mislav Matejka, CFA, Head of Global Equity Strategy
We look at 3 key drivers for next year: first, falling bond yields. We called in October to position for a long duration trade, on the back of likely finished Fed, continued deceleration in inflation, activity softening, and post a big bond selloff. As the move lower in bond yields gains traction, it is initially seen as a positive for equities, but that supportive effect might not hold for too long. Second, sequential activity slowdown vs this year. Our economists are projecting 2024 real GDP growth in almost all key regions at a slower run rate than what transpired this year. Importantly, for 3 quarters in a row next year US real GDP growth is forecast to be between 0-1%. This stall speed is not leaving any margin for error, and it is consistent with underwhelming earnings delivery. While recession is not our base case, it doesn’t take much to tip the activity into contraction at such a low starting point. Crucially, unlike a year ago, when almost all economists and the market pricing had recession as a base case, both are in a soft landing camp now - perhaps one should be contrarian yet again. Third, while consensus is looking for earnings pickup in 2024, weaker pricing might lead to disappointments. At sector level, we look for bond proxies such as Real Estate and Utilities to outperform, and have recently cut European Banks to UW. We also find consumer and corporate cyclicals stretched, post a strong run, and have cut a number to UW. Regionally, we continue to find Japan as attractive. Lastly, despite typically favourable seasonals in December/January, current technicals look far from attractive, with SPX RSI in outright overbought territory.
This podcast was recorded on 03 December 2023.
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Equity Strategy: Year Ahead 2024 – Europe and Cross-Regional Outlook

Speaker: Mislav Matejka, CFA, Head of Global Equity Strategy
Our key building blocks for 2024 are: first, to enter a long duration trade, as per our last month’s report. After 3 years of an uptrend, with US & German long yields up 400bp, bond yields look set to move lower. That was the case each of the last 8 times post final Fed hike. Second, all key regions are expected by our economists to see weaker GDP growth in ‘24 than this year. US quarterly real GDP prints are projected to decelerate to stall speed for most of 2024, at 0-1% run rate, not leaving much room for error. Finally, we believe that the consensus call that corporate topline and margins are set to re-accelerate next year will be challenged, on weakening pricing and volumes. We look for flat European EPS growth in 2024, based on no recession materializing. If economies enter contraction, then earnings will naturally fall outright. In the 1H of next year, equities will likely need to negotiate earnings adjustment, as activity slows. We believe that the risk-reward for equities will start fundamentally improving once the Fed is advanced with interest rate cuts, especially if that is happening without clear consumer and labour deterioration. Until then, the chances of an accident, or a more pronounced economic slowdown, are likely to be elevated. Given this, we think the backdrop for risky assets is set to be challenging in the 1H of 2024, with spells of material weakness, and could potentially improve thereafter. Our MSCI Eurozone target for Dec ‘23 was 256, with last week’s spot just 1% away from it. For full 2024, we keep the same target. Regionally, Japan stays our OW, initiated last December, and one might not need to keep hedging the FX anymore. We have been cautious on EM vs DM in 2023, with EM seeing 10% relative weakness ytd. We think that potentially in 2H of next year EM could have a more realistic chance to outperform, as Fed starts easing. We stay UW Eurozone vs the US, for now, a call we initiated in early May, but given the increasingly attractive valuations, where SX5E trades sub 12x forward P/E, we would consider potentially changing this call as we move through 1H of 2024. At sector level, we advise a positive view on long duration/bond proxies, such as Utilities & Healthcare, and recently upgraded Real Estate. On the other side, we are UW Banks, Autos, Consumer Cyclicals, and downgrade Food Retail, Hotels & Travel and Semis to UW, post the strong run. Stylewise, we are long Quality, stay cautious on small vs large caps, but note the valuations are starting to look more interesting.
 
This podcast was recorded on 28 November 2023.
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All into Account: ‘Overnight trading signals and their use in QIS’

We discuss the message from overnight trading signals and how the impact is manifested in specific timeframes. Professor Whelan from CUHK joins to discuss his own work in this area, while Erik from Research & Jagadish from QIS offer our take on this subject as well as covering the feasibility of implementing these strategies successfully after costs.
This podcast was recorded on November 27, 2023.
This communication is provided for information purposes only. Institutional clients can view the related report at https://www.jpmm.com/research/content/GPS-4444582-0 and https://www.jpmm.com/research/content/GPS-4557365-0 for more information; please visit www.jpmm.com/research/disclosures for important disclosures. © 2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved.

Equity Strategy: Earnings outlook - consensus is implying both a margins and topline reacceleration next year

Speaker: Mislav Matejka, CFA, Head of Global Equity Strategy
Earnings growth this year is on track for a largely flattish outcome. For next year, consensus is implying a significant pickup, at 10% EPS growth globally. Both topline and margins are expected to improve vs this year. There are risks to this, in our view, especially given that the corporate earnings are at present above historical trends, and that the starting point of profit margins is elevated. The consensus view goes against the reducing pricing power that corporates are starting to face - as PPIs have entered negative territory, there is downside risk to earnings, not upside. The headwind to margins could come from higher cost of goods sold through lagging wage increases, as well as higher cost of financing, while on the other side sales mix and volumes could deteriorate. Put together, next year corporate EPS growth could end up more flattish, rather than up, and this is without having recession as a base case. At the sector level, into next year we see downside earnings risks to Banks, Autos and Consumer Discretionary more broadly. On the other side, we believe Utilities earnings trends are likely to be very resilient, and Energy and Mining could be supported by better spot commodity prices. What do the potential EPS downgrades mean for the overall market? We believe that bond yields are set to move lower, as per our call from last month to go long duration, and we thought the knee-jerk equity reaction to peaking bond yields is a positive one, but also that this is unlikely to last. The historical correlation between bond yields and P/Es has not been consistent; it was sometimes inverse, as in the past five years, but quite often outright positive - on many occasions P/Es tended to fall, not rise, as bond yields went down. It is the EPS revisions which always displayed a consistent, and positive, correlation to P/E multiples. Over the past year, equities were resilient as EPS momentum improved. If EPS revisions roll over again, as the above drivers suggest, then P/E multiples could roll too.
This podcast was recorded on 20 November 2023.
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All into Account: ‘View on EM Fixed Income & EM FX’, with Saad Siddiqui, EM Strategist

We have moved OW EM FX as US yields fell, data stabilized and EM central banks have struck a more cautious tone. At the same time, we remain MW in EM Local Rates and EM Credit. While EM bond yields have also sold off, any retracement is likely to be incomplete and contingent on a renewed dovish pivot by central banks that are clearly cautious for the time being. Instead, we find EM rates attractive selectively rather than generally. 
 
 
Speakers:
Thomas Salopek, Head of Global Cross Asset Strategy
Saad Siddiqui, EM Strategist
 
This podcast was recorded on Nov.13, 2023.This communication is provided for information purposes only. Institutional clients can view the related reports at  https://www.jpmm.com/research/content/GPS-4552508-0, for more information; please visit www.jpmm.com/research/disclosures for important disclosures. © 2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved.

Equity Strategy: How can Defensives catch a bid?

Speaker: Mislav Matejka, CFA, Head of Global Equity Strategy
After a prolonged spell of weakness, at first driven by the inflation and bond yields spike last year, and then this year by macro recovery trade, certain Defensives are starting to trade a bit better of late. We think that Defensives could catch a more sustained bid if: 1. Bond yields could be in the process of peaking out, we reiterate the call from last month that one should go long duration. If the turn lower in bond yields is confirmed, on the Fed being done, a continued move down in inflation, but also on softer activity indicators, as seen in disappointing PMIs, then a range of Defensives should benefit. There is a clear link between bond yields and Utilities. Long bonds have lost half of their value over the past 3 years, as did Utilities relative, and that could be turning. Now, even if bond yields ramp up further, the trade might be on. Any break in yields above 5% will, in our view, be taken negatively by the market. In that scenario, Defensives might not behave as they did in August-September, when they underperformed against the backdrop of rising yields, but could be seen more as a traditional low beta part of the falling overall market. 2. Global output PMIs have been weakening for 5 months now, both manufacturing as well as services, and the risk is of a move into outright contraction. Money supply trends suggest that there could be more downside. 3. Earnings of Cyclical sectors are elevated vs Defensives, and are showing signs of a turn. In the latest reporting season, Cyclicals - Discretionary & Industrials had the most profit warnings, and Utilities the least. 4. Valuations of Defensives are not demanding anymore, having de-rated from outright expensive territory to fair value currently. Within Defensives, we have a preference for Utilities (OW), Telecoms (OW) and Staples (OW), and have recently upgraded Healthcare and Real Estate post the big spell of weakness.
This podcast was recorded on 12 November 2023.
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All into Account: ‘The view on European Banks’ with Mislav Matejka, Head of Global & European Equity Strategy, Kian Abouhossein, European Banks Analyst, Esmail Afsah, European Derivatives Strategist

Mislav, Kian, and Esmail join to discuss our view of European banks, after our recent shift to UW given that the outperformance of the sector may stall assuming bond yields are peaking. We also discuss the bottoms up perspective and how best to implement the views within vol markets.
 
Speakers:Thomas Salopek, Head of Global Cross Asset StrategyMislav Matejka, Head of Global & European Equity StrategyKian Abouhossein, European Banks AnalystEsmail Afsah, European Derivatives Strategist
 
 
This podcast was recorded on Nov. 9, 2023.This communication is provided for information purposes only. Institutional clients can view the related reports at https://www.jpmm.com/research/content/GPS-4546791-0, https://www.jpmm.com/research/content/GPS-4488904-0, and https://www.jpmm.com/research/content/GPS-4555229-0, for more information; please visit www.jpmm.com/research/disclosures for important disclosures. © 2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved.

Equity Strategy: November Chartbook: The call that bond yields are peaking stays key – long bond proxies and short European Banks

We reiterate our call from October that bond yields are likely in the process of peaking during Q4, and that one should go long duration. As this view gets confirmation, it is in the short term interpreted by investors as a knee-jerk positive for equities, especially after some derisking that took place in the past months. Having said that, we believe that equities will soon revert back to an unattractive risk-reward into year end. This is especially if 2024 earnings projections start to reset lower. We think that pricing power is waning, profit margins are at risk and the slowdown in topline growth is set to continue. Money supply in the US and Europe keeps contracting. Labour markets are lagging indicators, and could weaken abruptly – continued ytd strength doesn’t mean anything for the next 6-12 months. Within this, we have recently advised to tactically close the shorts on China, given fresh stimulus and an already weak ytd performance – this was behind our call to close the shorts on Miners. If bond yields are rolling over, as we suspect, Defensives will get a tailwind, such as Utilities and Staples. We also reiterate our upgrade of Real Estate, done in September, after 2 years of an UW stance. Finally, we have last week cut European Banks to UW. They had a very strong run again ytd, and will likely have a headwind if yields start moving lower.
 
This podcast was recorded on 05 November 2023.
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