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Global Strategy WeeklyMARKET SELECTOR
Stagflation versus valuation 2-5Ian Scott
The phenomenon that could have undermined our bullish call has undermined it.Stagflation is not just a journalistic debating point, but its effects are reflected inequity valuations. As much as we might protest that the environment is verydifferent from 1974 and 1978, relative equity valuations are at those historic levels.
With oil at $140 per barrel, global oil consumption accounts for nearly 7% of world GDP, a similar proportion to the peak reached in the early 1980s.
Returning to that era, the equity market consequences of the tripling in oil pricesand subsequent global recession, while not good, were heavily mitigated by theextremely low valuations that stocks traded on during that period.
We believe the same can be said for the current period.
While our in-house forecasts indicate a fall in crude prices is likely which should prompt a rally in the market, even without a large drop in prices, some stability,coupled with the extreme valuations on offer, should be enough to allow equities torecover.
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Recommended Portfolio 6
Global Index Targets 7
Recommended Weightings 8
On-going Stylistic Themes 9
Databank
Market Performance 10
Sector Performance 10
Style Performance 10
Valuation and Profitability 11
Research Library 13
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MARKET SELECTOR
Stagflation versus valuationThe one combination of factors that could have undermined our positive outlook for stocks in 2008 has undermined it. While we might argue that the current environment isa world away from that which prevailed in 1974 or indeed 1978, market prices tell adifferent story. Stocks are as cheaply priced now as they were then, relative to risk-freerates, which suggests that stagflation is no longer viewed as a possibility, but a
probability by equity investors.
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Oil is, of course, the main issue. Crude price movements have been responsible for largeequity de-ratings in the past, and the same factor would appear to be happening now.With oil demand inelastic to price, at least in the short term, and the importance of oil as
both an input into the production process and as a consumer good, we believe it is theone commodity with the capacity to derail the global economy unilaterally, and within it,corporate profitability.
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Ian ScottTel: +44 (0)20 7102 2959
iscott@lehman.com
Stagflation fears are behind equities de-rating....
... and oil prices are behind those stagflation fears
If crude were to stay at $140,oil consumption would once
again account for almost 7 %of world GDP
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Certainly, with crude at $140 per barrel, the world will once again spend nearly 7% of aggregate GDP on oil: a return to the peak levels of expenditure seen in the early 1980s.This was responsible for subsequent severe recessions in most developed economies, butit is also true to say that the extreme levels of value on offer during the period werefollowed by strong stock market performance. This environment of extreme valuation
coupled with extreme economic conditions meant that market dynamics were key.
Figure 3: Global Equity Prices and Crude Prices, Jan 78 to Dec 84
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If we examine the 1980s analogue, given that the overall effect of higher crude prices(as a percentage of global GDP) is on a par with the current environment, then it is clear to us that the rise in crude between 1978 and 1980 was accompanied by higher stock markets, but once growth slowed, stocks fell by 17% (peak to trough), between April1981 and March 1982, subsequently recovering as growth resumed.
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Interest rates did not determine the turning point for stocks in 1982; bond yields hadalready been falling for a year.
Global equities rose between1978 and 1980 despite crude prices going up threefold (in
real terms they flat-lined)
Despite a protracted recession the largest decline
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Figure 5: Global Equity Prices and Short Rate Movements, Jan 78 Dec 84
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But, despite the similarities in terms of valuation and the link to crude, underlyinginflation is much lower now and labour markets more flexible. As we have demonstrated
before, US unit labour cost growth has been quick to adjust to the weakening demand for labour.
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Core inflation has not demonstrated, so far, the feared second-round effects of higher food and energy prices. In prior cycles, both unit labour costs and core inflation werefaster to respond to the higher oil prices.
Our conclusion is that valuations protected stocks
from the worst ravages of the1978 1982 oil price shock
and subsequent recession
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Figure 7: US and Euro Area Headline Inflation
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So, while it is easy to see why the market is so fearful of higher crude prices as historyhas shown us this time round, it is hard to argue that things are as bad as they were ineither the mid 1970s or early 1980s. Yet relative valuations are as extreme.
We believe the best catalyst for stocks right now is a drop in crude. Our in-houseforecast suggests prices will decline to $110 by the year-end and average $93 next year.If this comes to pass, then the currently attractive valuations on offer will translate into asignificant rally, in our view. The more challenging question is whether the currentvalue, alone, is enough. As the analysis above suggests, in the past, value has beenenough.
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GLOBAL RECOMMENDED PORTFOLIO
Price ($) Mkt Cap Calendarised EPS y/e DecPrice/
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Over Analyst Sector Sector Stock Currency 25 Jun 08 US$m 2007e 2008e 2009e Dec 08 (x) Added Added 4 week 4 Rating 1 Rating 2
North America Overweight Recommended Weight 52% Benchmark Weigh 47%
Consumer Cyclicals COACH INC USD 30.5 10423.3 1.7 2.2 2.6 13.7 11 Dec 06 -32 -4 1-OW 2DOLLAR TREE INC USD 34.3 3083.1 2.1 2.4 2.6 14.6 10 Dec 07 28 -2 1-OW 2
WAL-MART STORES INC USD 58.1 172374.8 3.1 3.4 3.8 16.9 31 Mar 08 10 3 1-OW 2Energy CHEVRON CORP USD 99.4 205514.9 8.4 11.6 11.7 8.6 11 Dec 06 38 2 1-OW 2Financials & Insurance CHUBB CORP USD 51.1 18665.5 6.4 6.1 5.9 8.4 11 Dec 06 -2 0 1-OW 2
CITIGROUP INC USD 18.9 101495.9 0.7 0.4 2.7 53.9 20 Aug 07 -58 -6 1-OW 1JPMORGAN CHASE & CO USD 37.9 128315.2 4.4 2.9 3.8 13.0 11 Dec 06 -20 0 1-OW 1METLIFE INC USD 56.4 39961.6 6.3 6.2 6.9 9.1 14 Jan 08 -1 1 1-OW 2WACHOVIA CORP USD 17.9 38592.5 3.4 1.6 2.8 11.2 6 Nov 06 -71 8 1-OW 1
Health Care THERMO FISHER SCIENTIF USD 55.8 23452.2 2.7 3.2 3.7 17.7 11 Dec 06 22 -2 1-OW 1BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB C USD 20.3 39955.5 1.5 1.7 2.0 12.2 10 Dec 07 -17 5 1-OW 1CELGENE CORP USD 62.0 27003.7 1.1 1.5 2.3 41.3 14 Jan 08 20 5 1-OW 2MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS USD 46.4 23488.7 1.8 2.3 2.7 20.2 14 Jan 08 -4 3 1-OW 2
Technology CISCO SYSTEMS INC USD 24.7 147236.6 1.3 1.6 1.8 15.3 10 Dec 07 1 0 1-OW 1COMMSCOPE INC USD 53.8 3758.3 2.8 3.4 4.1 16.0 10 Dec 07 24 1 1-OW 2HEWLETT-PACKARD CO USD 45.6 112417.6 2.9 3.6 4.1 12.5 4 Sep 00 -2 0 NR 2INTL BUSINESS MACHINES USD 124.6 171665.7 7.1 8.5 9.6 14.6 9 Jun 08 6 1 1-OW 2JUNIPER NETWORKS INC USD 23.3 12168.9 0.9 1.1 1.4 20.6 11 Dec 06 12 5 1-OW 1MICROSOFT CORP USD 28.4 2 65795.2 1.5 2.0 2.3 14.0 9 Jun 08 0 2 2-EW 1ORACLE CORP USD 22.6 115926.5 1.3 1.4 1.6 16.1 3 Apr 06 49 2 1-OW 1
Media DIRECTV GROUP INC USD 26.3 22627.5 1.2 1.5 1.9 17.7 14 Jan 08 29 -1 1-OW 2YAHOO INC USD 22.0 22711.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 45.9 11 Dec 06 -20 -2 2-EW 2OMNICOM GROUP USD 46.4 14875.8 3.0 3.4 3.7 13.7 14 Jan 08 10 2 1-OW 2
Telecoms AMERICAN TOWER CORP USD 42.7 16899.9 0.1 0.5 0.7 90.8 11 Dec 06 10 -1 1-OW 1AT&T INC USD 34.5 204786.3 2.8 3.0 3.4 11.4 11 Dec 06 1 0 1-OW 1
Europe Ex UK Underweight Recommended Weight 12% Benchmark Weigh 21%Consumer Cyclicals DAIMLER AG EUR 66.1 68063.9 7.3 9.2 10.4 7.2 25 Feb 08 -15 -3 2-EW 2
LVMH MOET HENNESSY EUR 105.8 38857.6 6.6 7.2 8.0 14.7 11 Dec 06 3 -3 1-OW 3PEUGEOT SA EUR 55.0 9662.8 6.0 9.6 11.2 5.7 25 Feb 08 -24 -1 1-OW 2RENAULT SA EUR 87.3 18035.8 16.1 16.2 19.8 5.4 25 Feb 08 -11 1 1-OW 2
Energy MAIRE TECNIMONT SP EUR 7.2 2326.7 0.4 0.5 0.5 15.0 7 Apr 08 52 7 1-OW 1TOTAL EUR 81.4 194772.6 8.4 9.8 10.3 8.3 14 Jan 08 2 4 1-OW 1
Financials & Insurance ALLIED IRISH BANKS EUR 15.5 13630.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 4.8 20 Aug 07 -35 -5 1-OW 1AXA EUR 32.0 66029.4 4.3 4.3 4.7 7.5 11 Jan 99 -42 0 1-OW 1BBVA(BILB-VIZ-ARG) EUR 20.2 75570.0 2.3 2.6 2.9 7.8 10 Dec 07 -7 1 1-OW 1BNP PARIBAS EUR 95.1 86066.3 13.2 12.5 13.6 7.6 30 Aug 07 -3 1 1-OW 1CREDIT SUISSE GRP CHF 46.9 54471.2 7.8 2.3 6.3 20.1 7 Apr 08 -22 0 2-EW 1INTESA SANPAOLO EUR 5.8 51146.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 8.4 20 Aug 07 -15 1 NR NRNATL BK OF GREECE EUR 45.6 22634.0 4.8 5.6 6.7 8.2 20 Aug 07 -10 -4 1-OW 1UNICREDIT SPA EUR 6.4 63880.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 8.1 20 Aug 07 -17 4 1-OW 1
Health Care ROCHE HLDGS AG CHF 169.1 118795.8 10.9 11.3 12.7 15.0 24 Jul 07 4 3 1-OW 2Technology CAP GEMINI EUR 60.7 8752.3 4.7 5.4 5.8 11.3 30 Oct 06 6 -3 1-OW 2Media PUBLICIS GROUPE SA EUR 34.2 4986.2 3.4 3.4 3.6 10.0 26 Mar 07 -27 -1 1-OW 1
VIVENDI SA EUR 38.5 44848.7 3.8 4.0 4.5 9.7 19 Jan 04 15 -1 1-OW 1Telecoms EUTELSAT COMMUNICA EUR 28.9 6345.4 1.1 1.3 1.4 21.8 7 Apr 08 7 1 1-OW 3
TELE2 AB SEK 19.1 7759.5 0.4 1.2 1.4 16.6 10 Dec 07 4 -1 1-OW 3
United Kingdom Underweight Recommended Weight 7% Benchmark Weigh 9%
Consumer Cyclicals MARKS & SPENCER GP GBP 6.9 10936.3 0.9 0.8 0.8 8.6 10 Dec 07 -30 5 1-OW 1NEXT GBP 20.2 4048.6 3.3 3.1 3.2 6.5 28 Jan 08 -23 5 1-OW 1PERSIMMON GBP 6.7 2016.7 2.7 1.4 1.2 4.7 28 Jan 08 -56 -8 NR NR
Consumer Stables TESCO GBP 7.5 59020.8 0.5 0.6 0.6 13.6 7 Apr 08 -2 2 1-OW 2Financials & Insurance BARCLAYS GBP 6.3 42623.9 1.3 1.2 1.3 5.5 04 Jul 05 -60 4 2-EW 1
MAN GROUP GBP 12.3 21010.5 0.9 0.9 0.9 13.5 13 Dec 04 149 4 1-OW 1OLD MUTUAL PLC GBP 1.9 10090.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 5.0 7 Apr 08 -18 -8 1-OW 2PRUDENTIAL GBP 11.6 28758.4 1.5 1.5 1.7 7.5 23 Oct 00 -22 -1 1-OW 2STANDARD CHARTERED GBP 30.9 43858.8 2.0 2.3 2.7 13.3 20 Aug 07 6 4 1-OW 1
Media WPP GROUP GBP 9.9 11722.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 9.9 10 Dec 07 -9 -6 1-OW 1
Japan Overweight Recommended Weight 14% Benchmark Weigh 9%
Capital Goods DAIKIN INDUSTRIES JPY 52.2 11484.2 2.4 2.6 2.9 20.2 10 Dec 07 11 -3 2-EW 2TADANO LTD JPY 10.8 1399.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 13.0 10 Dec 07 6 -1 1-OW 2
Consumer Cyclicals MITSUBISHI MOTOR C JPY 1.8 7501.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 45.3 10 Dec 07 12 -3 3-UW 2MITSUI O.S.K.LINES JPY 13.9 12555.1 1.5 1.6 1.6 8.8 10 Dec 07 16 1 NR NRKONICA MINOLTA HLD JPY 17.3 6898.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 14.2 10 Dec 07 3 -7 2-EW 2
Financials & Insurance MITSUI FUDOSAN CO JPY 21.7 19151.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 21.8 10 Dec 05 -3 -3 NR NRMIZUHO FINL GP JPY 4835.7 41331.3 234.6 396.0 461.6 12.2 28 Nov 05 -56 -7 2-EW 3NOMURA HOLDINGS JPY 15.2 29783.6 -0.3 0.6 1.0 24.3 14 Mar 05 -27 -5 1-OW 1SUMITOMO TRUST&BKG JPY 7.0 8801.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 13.1 8 Oct 07 -2 -10 2-EW 3
Health Care DAIICHI SANKYO COM JPY 26.2 14449.8 1.3 1.2 1.3 22.8 14 Jan 08 -12 -2 1-OW 3TERUMO CORP JPY 50.9 8057.4 2.0 2.2 2.4 23.6 10 Dec 07 8 2 NR NR
Technology SONY CORP JPY 45.5 45363.4 3.4 2.9 3.1 15.8 11 Dec 06 11 -7 NR NR
Asia Ex Japan Overweight Recommended Weight 12% Benchmark Weigh 9%
Capital Goods CHEUNG KONG INFSTR HKD 4.3 1957.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 14.7 10 Dec 07 28 5 1-OW 1Energy SINOPEC S/PETROCHE HKD 0.4 5880.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.1 11 Dec 06 -26 -10 2-EW 2
PETROCHINA CO HKD 1.3 3 99924.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 11.8 14 Jan 08 -15 0 2-EW 2Financials & Insurance HANG SENG BANK HKD 20.6 15781.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 17.8 10 Dec 07 14 6 NR NR
IND & COM BK CHINA HKD 0.7 251845.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 14.1 11 Dec 06 35 1 1-OW 1PUNJAB NATL BANK INR 9.9 3125.4 NA NA 2.0 NA 10 Dec 07 -27 -5 1-OW 1SUN HUNG KAI CO HKD 0.8 1362.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 7.2 10 Dec 07 -29 1 1-OW 1
Telecoms DIGI.COM.BERHAD MYR 7.5 5631.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 16.0 10 Dec 07 15 4 1-OW 1SINGAPORE TELECOMM SGD 2.7 17408.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 15.0 14 Jan 08 3 2 1-OW 1
Latin America / Other EMG Underweight Recommended Weight 1% Benchmark Weigh 4%
Financials & Insurance BK PEKAO PLN 78.9 20670.2 5.7 6.9 7.6 11.4 10 Dec 07 -9 5 1-OW 1T IS BANKASI TRY 3.7 10195.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 6.2 14 Jan 08 -31 -3 1-OW 1
Source: I/B/E/S, XShare, FactSet
Portfolio perf. (US$ terms, %) YTD Last Week 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997LB Strategy Recommend Portfolio -8.32 -1.91 6.90 12.92 11.10 11.87 33.69 -23.80 -13.80 -2.80 40.80 35.7 20.1FTSE-World Index -8.85 -1.92 11.74 18.82 8.87 13.66 30.97 -20.60 -17.50 -12.20 24.20 22.8 13.6
1 Analyst rating refers to Lehman Brothers research dept rating: "1 - OW" = Overweight; "2 - EW" = Equal Weight; "3 - UW" = Underweight, "NR" = Not Rated, "RS" = Rating Suspended.2 Sector rating refers to Lehman Brothers research dept sub sector rating: "1" = Positive; "2" = Neutral; "3" = Negative.3 Return history presented as price return in US$ Terms from before 2006. Returns from 2007 to present are on a Total Return basis.4 Relative performance shown as total return performance less performance of FTSE World total return index.
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Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
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GLOBAL INDEX TARGETS
Global Index Forecasts
Dividend Price Return Total return Total returnCurrent** End 2008 Yield Local Local $ terms
US 1322 1630 1.0% 23% 24% 24%Europe ex UK 355 425 1.5% 20% 21% 17%Japan 1346 1713 0.5% 27% 28% 42%UK 5666 7300 1.5% 29% 30% 27%Asia ex Japan 363 536 1.0% 48% 49% 46%
Global 331 415 1.0% 26% 27% 27%
*S&P500, FTSE W Europe ex UK, Topix, FTSE100, FT SE W Asia Pacific ex Japan, FTSE W World
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Price Indices*
We think the hawkish stance of the ECB is likely toresult in underperformance of Continental Europerelative to the UK.
We have reduced our targets for Europe, but still seesignificant upside potential for Continental Europe. Wethink the UK offers better prospects in several sectors.
Though there are concerns about the effect on equitiesfrom tightening policy, real interest rates remain lowglobally and are still below levels at which higher rateshave historically affected equities negatively.
Valuations are as attractive as they have been in 30years and the rate of earnings downgrades has sloweddown, both of which should lead markets to rally, in our opinion.
Net issuance from the corporate sector is still at lowlevels which is supportive for equities.
Investors have been selling equities in unprecedentedquantities, while the corporate sector has been retiring asimilarly large amount of stock. A large proportion of this capital seems to have flowed into money marketfunds and the high levels of cash holdings should be
bullish for equities.Source: Lehman Brothers research
Earnings Growth Forecasts
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We expect earnings growth to decline by 5% in the US.
We expect earnings growth in Continental Europe to beflat this year, impacted by slowing top lines and risingcost pressures.
We expect earnings growth in Asia to be strong at 16%. In Japan, too, despite slow nominal growth, we believe
earnings growth ought to exceed that in Europe and theUS.
Source: Worldscope, Lehman Brothers research
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RECOMMENDED WEIGHTINGS
Recommended Asset Allocation
BenchmarkRecommended
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Equities 60 72 OverweightBonds 35 24 UnderweightCash 5 4 Underweight
The subprime crisis and resulting credit crunch have
injected a high level of volatility into the markets,compounding late-cycle effects. Over a 12-monthhorizon, we expect equity markets to recover and tooutperform bonds, supported by the combined effects of what we perceive to be attractive valuations andaggressive policy actions from central banks
Source: Lehman Brothers research and FTSE World.
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North America 47 52 Overweight
Europe Ex-UK 21 12 Underweight
UK 9 7 Underweight
Japan 9 14 Overweight
Asia Ex-Japan 9 12 Overweight
Latin America / Other EMG 4 1 Underweight
We have moved to an underweight stance on
Continental European stocks and increased our exposure to the US.
We think the hawkish stance of the ECB is likely toresult in underperformance of Continental Europe.
Labour costs in Continental Europe are increasing faster than in the US, while earnings revisions and valuationsare moving in favour of the US.
We recommend overweighting Asian and Japanesestocks. These markets should enjoy better earningsgrowth and benefit from Fed easing, in our view.
Benchmark: FTSE W World Index.Source: Lehman Brothers research and FTSE World.
Recommended Global Sector Allocation
BenchmarkRecommended
Wei gh ti ng Reco mm en da ti on
Basic Industries 9 0 Underweight
Capital Goods 10 6 Underweight
Consumer Cyclicals 10 13 Overweight
Energy 11 13 Neutral
Financials 21 31 Overweight
Banks 11 16 Overweight
Insurance 5 9 Overweight
Other 5 6 Overweight
Consumer Staples 8 0 Underweight
Healthcare 8 8 Neutral
Utilities 5 0 Underweight
Technology 10 17 Overweight
Telecoms 5 6 Overweight
Media 2 5 Overweight
We believe that the market will reward companies andsectors that are able to increase earnings in thischallenging profits environment.
We advocate an overweight position in Global Techand to a lesser extent in Telecoms.
We think Financials are oversold and should benefitfrom a steeper yield curve.
We have increased our weighting in the Consumer Cyclicals sector where earnings revisions have movedsharply negative.
We think Consumer Staples and Utilities areexpensive defensives and are underweight these.
We are also underweight cyclical businesses where wethink current valuations pay insufficient attention to the
prospects of slower economic growth: Capital Goodsand Materials.
We are neutral on Energy as the sector is attractively priced but without the growth of some sectors.
Benchmark: FTSE World Index. Source: Lehman Brothers research and FTSE World.
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ONGOING STYLISTIC THEMES*
Emerging Market exposed basket rel to European Market
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We believe that European stocks with emerging marketexposure are likely to be re-rated relative to those withhigh exposure to the US market, based on increasingdivergence between growth prospects in the tworegions, as well as the formers reasonable valuations.
In our piece entitled Going for Growth in the EuropeanStrategy Weekly from 3 September 2007, we built
baskets of top-20 stocks that fall into both thesecategories.
The emerging-market-exposed basket has outperformedits US-exposed equivalent since September.
Chart shows the relative performance of a basket of emerging-market-exposed stocks relative to US-exposed stocks on an equal-weighted basis. Portfolioshave been rebalanced quarterly. Source: FTSE, Datastream, Lehman Brothers
For a full description of screening characteristics and hit ratios of the strategy, please refer to Going for Growth, European Strategy , 3 September 2007.Figures will reflect a rebalance as of 31 August 2007 based on the EuropeanStrategy piece Going for Growth.
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We believe that in an environment of declining earningsmomentum, large caps should outperform small caps.
Large-cap stocks are currently cheap relative to their history, while small-cap stocks are expensive.
Although the broader trend globally over recent years
has been toward small-cap outperformance, we have begun to see a turn in fortunes. Specifically, we haveseen large-cap stocks outperforming their smaller peerssince February of this year.
Chart shows the relative performance of highest/lowest quartile stocksscreened size on an equal-weighted basis. Source: Lehman Brothers, FTSE World, Worldscope, Exshare
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For a full discussion of this investment theme, please refer to "Style Selector,16 August 2007
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Although we have had a long-standing bias for growthstocks, we now believe there is a strong case for overweighting deep-value stocks in relation to growth.
Earnings revisions of value stocks have reached an all-time low relative to growth stocks.
Value has become synonymous with Financials, whichwe think are set to outperform.
Growth as a style can no longer be considered cheap.
Chart shows the relative performance of highest/lowest quartile stocksscreened on 12-month forward P/E, Dividend Yield, and Price to Book Valueon an equal weighted basis. Portfolios have been rebalanced quarterly. The
benchmark universe is the 500 largest stocks in the FTSE World index.Source: Lehman Brothers, FTSE World, IBES, Exshare
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For a full discussion of this investment theme, please refer to "A Tactical Case
for Deep Value, Global Strategy , 14 April 2007.
* Themes referred to here are those that have been featured in recent Global Weekly Strategy reports, and where the advice is not captured in either the asset,regional or sector recommendations shown on the prior page.
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GLOBAL PERFORMANCE
Global Market Performance 1 (%)
Regions 1 Week 1 Month 1 Year YTDUS -1.2 -3.5 -8.9 -8.4Europe ex UK -2.0 -7.2 -20.1 -16.5UK -1.6 -6.8 -10.9 -10.3Japan -4.7 -2.1 -22.2 -8.0Asia ex Japan -3.5 -8.8 -7.8 -17.5World -2.1 -5.0 -12.1 -10.5as of 25 Jun 2008
Global stock markets sold-off sharply amid continuedstagflation fears.
Japan gave back some of its recent strong performancethis week on concerns of weak economic growth athome and abroad.
The growth-sensitive Asian region was another notableweak performer.
The relatively defensive US market held up relativelywell compared to its global counterparts.
1 Performance is calculated on a local currency total return basis.Source: FTSE World, Lehman Brothers research Please click here for the latest daily update and more history on our website
Global Sector Performance 1 (%)
Sectors 1 Week 1 Month 1 Year YTDBasic Industries -3.0 -4.0 6.4 2.9Capital Goods -2.9 -5.9 -13.8 -12.2Consumer Cyclicals -2.7 -4.5 -18.7 -10.9Consumer Staples -1.7 -5.4 -3.8 -11.6Energy -1.8 -3.7 15.8 4.9Financials -3.0 -8.7 -30.0 -19.8of which: Banks -2.7 -10.1 -33.2 -21.0
Insurance -3.1 -6.6 -22.8 -17.2Healthcare 1.0 -1.1 -11.5 -10.7Technology -1.5 -2.1 -4.7 -9.0Media -2.4 -7.2 -18.9 -8.3Telecoms -1.3 -6.7 -9.2 -17.3Utilities -1.2 -1.4 0.5 -7.5Market -2.1 -5.0 -12.1 -10.5as of 25 Jun 2008
Defensives outperformed cyclicals across the board, asinvestors worries broadened-out beyond the financialsector.
Basic Industries, led by the Miners, underperformed onthe back of a flare-up in global growth concerns.
Financials were the other notable underperformer,weighed down on credit quality and inflation concerns.
Healthcare was the lone bright spot on the week asinvestors showed renewed interest in what had been previously regarded as an unattractive sector.
1 Performance is calculated on a local currency total return basis.Benchmark: FTSE W World Index.Source: FTSE World, Lehman Brothers research
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Global Style Performance 1 (%)
Styles 1 Week 1 Month 1 Year YTDValue (Cheap / Expensive) -1.3 -5.0 -26.0 -9.1Dividend Yield (High / Low) 0.2 -6.3 -16.9 -11.9FCF Yield (High / Low) 1.4 -2.3 -7.9 -6.6PE (Cheap / Expensive) -1.1 -6.0 -15.2 -3.7FCF Dividend Cover (High/Low) 0.7 1.9 -2.6 -1.6Profitability (High / Low) 1.0 0.6 15.4 5.6Cash Return (High / Low) 1.8 0.6 5.8 -2.8Risk (High / Low) -1.9 -2.5 -0.1 3.1Gearing (High / Low) 0.5 -1.3 -10.8 -8.3Size (Large / Small) 1.6 3.4 15.8 3.5Earnings Momentum (High / Low) 0.5 3.4 15.3 4.3Long Term f'cast Growth (High / Low) 0.7 4.3 12.4 7.5Internal Growth (High/Low) 0.3 2.3 18.3 9.8Composite Growth (High/Low) 0.5 3.8 20.1 8.9as of 25 Jun 2008
Value, led by the P/E style, underperformed.
Large caps outperformed their small cap counterpartsas growth fears heated up.
The High Cash return style was another notable strong performer.
1 Performance is calculated on a local currency total return basis.Benchmark: FTSE W World Index Source: FTSE World, Lehman Brothers research
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GLOBAL VALUATION AND PROFITABILITY
12 month Forward PE
Current ValuesUS Eur ex UK UK Japan Asia ex Jp
3World
Basic Industries 14.7 10.8 10.2 12.8 11.0 11.5Capital Goods 12.7 11.7 11.5 13.4 14.8 12.6Consumer Cyclicals 16.2 9.9 10.1 13.5 12.4 13.0Consumer Staples 15.3 14.1 13.8 21.8 14.5 15.0Energy 10.2 8.8 9.2 13.6 17.6 10.0Financials 2 11.7 7.7 7.4 14.5 11.5 9.7of which: Banks 10.9 7.8 7.3 13.3 10.6 9.0
Insurance 9.6 6.9 6.6 27.7 11.4 8.5Healthcare 13.0 13.3 10.9 19.4 20.9 13.0Technology 16.3 12.2 11.8 20.4 15.8 15.3Media 15.2 9.9 10.1 17.7 13.2 13.1Telecoms 12.5 10.5 10.3 12.4 14.7 11.8Utilities 15.4 13.9 12.6 44.7 18.1 15.3Market 13.3 10.1 9.8 15.0 12.7 11.9
Post 1990 Average US 1 Eur ex UK 6 UK6 Japan Asia ex Jp 3 WorldBasic Industries 15.6 13.0 12.4 58.5 12.8 15.2Capital Goods 16.2 16.1 11.9 31.7 17.0 17.5Consumer Cyclicals 16.1 15.4 12.7 30.7 13.3 16.4Consumer Staples 19.3 17.4 12.8 33.0 16.2 17.8Energy 16.0 14.7 15.1 31.9 15.0 15.8Financials 2 12.5 13.8 12.5 43.9 12.6 16.0of which: Banks 11.6 12.1 11.1 49.8 12.4 15.8
Insurance 13.7 17.9 16.4 37.3 12.8 16.0Healthcare 19.3 19.2 18.4 26.2 20.8 19.8Technology 22.7 22.8 19.4 89.2 3.7 23.7Media 28.2 19.2 19.8 24.0 18.5 24.3Telecoms 17.4 21.3 17.1 40.4 17.3 17.2Utilities 13.1 15.1 10.0 31.0 13.3 14.3Market 16.8 14.9 13.1 35.1 14.1 17.2
Enterprise Value / Sales
Current ValuesUS Eur ex UK UK Japan Asia ex Jp
3World
Basic Industries 2.0 1.3 3.4 0.9 3.2 1.8Capital Goods 2.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.9 1.3Consumer Cyclicals 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.6 1.0Consumer Staples 1.6 1.3 1.7 0.8 1.2 1.4Energy 1.6 1.0 0.9 0.4 5.4 1.2Financials 2 NA NA NA NA NA NAof which: Banks NA NA NA NA NA NA
Insurance NA NA NA NA NA NAHealthcare 2.1 2.2 2.9 1.2 3.5 2.1Technology 2.8 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.8Media 2.3 1.3 1.7 0.6 3.4 1.8Telecoms 2.0 1.9 2.3 1.2 3.8 2.1Utilities 2.4 1.9 1.9 2.1 4.6 2.1Market ex Financials 1.7 1.3 1.5 0.9 2.5 1.5
Post 1990 AverageUS Eur ex UK UK Japan Asia ex Jp
3World
Basic Industries 1.4 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.9 1.3Capital Goods 1.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.1 1.0Consumer Cyclicals 1.2 0.8 1.2 0.8 1.5 1.0Consumer Staples 1.7 1.1 1.2 0.8 0.8 1.3Energy 1.3 1.1 1.2 0.6 3.1 1.1Financials 2 NA NA NA NA NA NAof which: Banks NA NA NA NA NA NA
Insurance NA NA NA NA NA NAHealthcare 2.8 3.2 3.8 1.9 1.6 2.9Technology 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.9 2.2 1.9Media 2.6 1.8 2.3 1.1 3.3 2.1Telecoms 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.0 5.6 2.5Utilities 2.1 1.9 1.7 2.6 4.7 2.1Market ex Financials 1.8 1.1 1.4 0.9 2.5 1.4
Enterprise Value / EBITDA
Current ValuesUS Eur ex UK UK Japan Asia ex Jp
3World
Basic Industries 10.2 6.8 10.6 6.2 13.0 9.0Capital Goods 10.7 7.7 8.2 8.0 11.9 9.0Consumer Cyclicals 9.0 6.7 6.7 7.1 7.8 7.5Consumer Staples 10.4 9.3 10.6 8.4 11.7 9.9Energy 7.1 3.9 4.9 5.6 11.8 5.9Financials 2 NA NA NA NA NA NAof which: Banks NA NA NA NA NA NA
Insurance NA NA NA NA NA NAHealthcare 10.8 8.1 7.6 6.8 15.7 9.4Technology 12.5 6.9 9.3 7.4 10.1 10.0
Media 7.4 5.6 7.8 5.7 10.2 7.1Telecoms 5.9 5.1 6.3 4.1 7.9 5.7Utilities 8.4 8.2 7.1 8.4 11.6 8.2Market ex Financials 9.3 6.6 7.1 7.0 10.3 7.9
Post 1990 AverageUS Eur ex UK UK Japan Asia ex Jp
3World
Basic Industries 8.6 6.0 7.5 10.7 8.5 8.1Capital Goods 10.6 6.7 7.1 10.8 7.7 9.0Consumer Cyclicals 8.9 6.5 8.6 10.6 10.6 8.8Consumer Staples 11.7 8.6 8.4 10.7 7.9 10.2Energy 7.9 5.7 7.5 9.8 7.8 7.1Financials 2 NA NA NA NA NA NAof which: Banks NA NA NA NA NA NA
Insurance NA NA NA NA NA NAHealthcare 13.8 11.9 12.7 10.3 12.7 13.0Technology 13.3 12.8 11.8 9.5 11.2 12.1
Media 11.1 8.4 10.8 7.5 14.0 10.0Telecoms 7.5 5.6 6.9 7.3 11.2 6.9Utilities 7.4 7.1 6.4 11.1 11.1 8.0Market ex Financials 10.0 6.9 7.8 10.0 8.8 8.9
1 Ratios reflect Earnings Before Goodwill Amortization,2 Financials excluding Real Estate3 Asia ex Japan = Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and SingaporeSource: Worldscope, Factset, IBES, FTSE, Lehman Brothers.
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Return on Capital Employed 4 (ROE 4 Financials)
Current ValuesUS 1 Eur ex UK 4 UK4 Ja pan As ia ex Jp World
5
Basic Industries 12.7 12.2 20.3 8.1 22.0 13.3Capital Goods 9.6 11.3 13.5 7.2 9.8 9.4Consumer Cyclicals 5.8 7.5 11.3 6.2 10.9 7.2Consumer Staples 15.1 12.2 13.1 6.1 10.9 12.7Energy 19.6 20.1 20.7 6.7 19.4 19.0Financials 1,2 11.0 15.5 17.7 8.9 15.9 13.9of which: Banks 2 11.2 15.4 18.3 12.6 18.8 14.9
Insurance 2 13.7 19.4 16.5 9.4 24.3 16.3Healthcare 17.1 14.8 27.5 10.1 16.5 16.4Technology 17.5 15.2 11.8 5.6 11.6 13.5Media 7.7 14.2 12.4 5.2 8.4 9.0Telecoms 6.8 11.8 8.5 9.0 15.4 10.8Utilities 8.6 9.6 12.8 3.3 9.9 8.1Market ex Financials 11.6 11.4 15.8 6.5 13.6 11.1
Post 1990 AverageUS 1 Eur ex UK 6 UK6 Japan Asia ex Jp World
Basic Industries 9.1 9.1 11.2 4.1 11.1 8.0Capital Goods 9.0 8.1 9.7 3.8 7.6 6.9Consumer Cyclicals 8.3 6.7 9.2 4.2 9.2 6.5Consumer Staples 15.8 11.8 12.3 5.1 9.8 12.1Energy 12.2 12.1 12.1 4.0 12.8 11.4Financials 1,2 16.4 10.0 12.6 1.2 10.7 10.7of which: Banks 2 16.2 9.7 15.7 -2.7 14.7 10.4
Insurance 2 13.5 11.6 10.8 6.7 13.1 12.0Healthcare 18.6 13.2 26.9 7.6 11.2 16.2Technology 12.4 10.5 12.8 3.4 8.9 8.8Media 7.6 11.9 16.9 5.7 7.0 7.9Telecoms 8.9 8.5 9.3 5.5 17.8 9.0Utilities 7.5 7.7 8.8 3.8 13.8 6.6Market ex Financials 10.2 8.9 11.1 4.2 10.0 8.3
Enterprise Value / Capital Employed (P/BV Financials)
Current ValuesUS 1 Eur ex UK 4 UK4 Ja pan As ia ex Jp World
5
Basic Industries 2.5 1.5 2.9 1.2 3.1 2.0Capital Goods 1.7 1.5 1.9 1.2 1.1 1.5Consumer Cyclicals 2.0 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.4Consumer Staples 2.6 2.1 2.5 1.4 1.8 2.2Energy 2.6 1.9 2.0 1.2 3.7 2.2Financials 1,3 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.6 1.3of which: Banks 3 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.3 2.0 1.2
Insurance 3 1.1 1.3 1.2 2.4 2.5 1.3Healthcare 2.7 1.9 3.0 1.4 3.8 2.3Technology 3.5 1.8 1.5 1.5 2.4 2.5Media 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.3Telecoms 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.1 3.1 1.5Utilities 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.1 1.6 1.4Market ex Financials 2.1 1.5 2.0 1.2 2.1 1.7
Post 1990 AverageUS Eur ex UK UK Japan Asia ex Jp World
Basic Industries 1.8 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.8 1.5Capital Goods 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.1 0.8 1.3Consumer Cyclicals 1.7 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.6 1.4Consumer Staples 3.5 2.1 2.0 1.5 1.4 2.4Energy 2.1 1.7 2.0 1.1 1.9 1.9Financials 1,3 2.3 1.9 1.9 2.2 1.4 2.1of which: Banks 3 2.2 1.8 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.1
Insurance 3 2.1 3.0 2.1 2.4 2.0 2.4Healthcare 4.1 2.7 5.9 1.8 2.4 3.6Technology 3.6 3.2 16.3 1.3 2.5 2.7Media 1.9 2.2 3.0 1.2 1.5 1.7Telecoms 1.9 1.4 1.6 1.7 3.7 1.8Utilities 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.2 2.0 1.2Market ex Financials 2.2 1.5 1.8 1.3 1.6 1.7
Free Cash Flow Yield
Current ValuesUS Eur ex UK UK Japan Asia ex Jp World
Basic Industries 3.6 4.7 4.1 3.0 2.8 3.5Capital Goods 7.5 2.9 8.2 3.1 4.6 4.9Consumer Cyclicals 4.2 4.6 5.3 0.9 4.4 3.5Consumer Staples 4.2 4.1 3.8 4.1 -0.5 3.9Energy 3.8 5.5 3.6 4.1 1.4 3.6Financials 1 NA NA NA NA NA NAof which: Banks NA NA NA NA NA NA
Insurance NA NA NA NA NA NAHealthcare 6.1 5.9 7.9 4.2 1.9 6.1Technology 4.6 6.9 7.2 4.5 1.6 4.5Media 5.9 13.9 7.8 3.3 5.1 6.9Telecoms 8.0 12.9 8.1 8.5 4.3 8.6Utilities -1.0 3.6 5.3 10.4 4.4 2.8Market ex Financials 4.7 5.4 4.9 3.5 3.3 4.5
Post 1990 AverageUS Eur ex UK UK Japan Asia ex Jp World
Basic Industries 4.2 4.4 4.0 0.3 2.5 3.1Capital Goods 5.1 2.6 4.9 -0.3 2.8 3.0Consumer Cyclicals 2.3 -0.1 1.7 -1.0 0.8 0.7Consumer Staples 3.6 3.4 3.8 1.3 3.1 3.3Energy 4.4 4.7 2.9 0.4 3.1 3.9Financials 1 NA NA NA NA NA NAof which: Banks NA NA NA NA NA NA
Insurance NA NA NA NA NA NAHealthcare 3.5 2.8 4.5 2.8 3.7 3.5Technology 2.9 2.2 5.4 -0.2 2.0 2.2Media 3.6 5.2 4.1 2.6 0.5 3.4Telecoms 4.9 3.3 4.0 3.3 3.6 5.1Utilities 3.7 4.5 2.2 -4.5 3.0 1.0Market ex Financials 3.6 3.0 3.3 -0.3 3.5 2.7
1 Financials excluding Real Estate,2 Return on Equity used for Financials,3 Price to Book Value used for Financials;4 ROE and RoCE calculated pre goodwill and pre exceptionalsSource: Worldscope, Factset, FTSE, Lehman Brothers.
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