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Investment Strategy Utilizing Economic Indicators
Kenneth M. Lavin, DPM, MSF,Economic Consultant for the 360 Huntington Fund
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Success as a Doctor
• Doctor Needs to be 80%-90% Successful in Diagnosis and Treatment • Medical Decisions involve Differential Diagnoses and Various Treatment Options Including Precise Surgical Skills
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Success as an Investor• Trading is a Binary Decision: Buy or Sell
• Average Investor is 50% Successful in His Trades
• If an Investor is 60% Successful in His Trading Decisions, He/She can Make a Very Good Living
• Leverage Up the 10% in Opportune Trades
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Return on Investments (R.O.I.)
• Annual Savings versus R.O.I• Critical Mass of Portfolio : $500,000• Savings of $50,000 = 10% of $500,000 Portfolio
• Losses are More Painful than Gains i.e. a Loss of 20% in your Portfolio Needs to have a 25% Gain to Return to the Same Value
• Need to Limit Losses
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Financial Planner
• Doctors Who Have A Financial Planner?• All Assets?• Portion of Assets?• Portfolio Based on Age and Risk Assessment• Example: 50% Domestic Equities, 20% Foreign Equities, 20% Bonds, 10% Misc. • Personal Oversight of the Investment
Decisions by the Financial Planner?
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Madoff Factor
• Academic Background of Mr. Madoff?
• Academic Background of a Financial Planner?
• Performance of the Financial Planner
• 2008 Investment Performance?
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Counter Party to the Trade• M.B.A., M.S.F. , C.F.A.• Academic Background – Economics,
Accounting, Investments, Equity Valuation, Fixed Income, Portfolio Management
• Analyst Following that Stock for 2 Years• Academic Background of Doctor –
Disadvantage in the Trade
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Analyzing Individual Stocks
• Catalyst for Buy Position• Evaluate Management• Evaluate Balance Sheet, Income Statement,• Cash Flow Statement and Foot Notes• Numerous Variables with Individual Stock
Analysis • Need 30 Stocks to Get a Sufficient Diversified
Portfolio (Diversifiable Risk)
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Valuation of Stocks• Ratio Analysis : P/E, P/B , P/C.F., P/E/G
Compared to Industry
• Discounted Cash Flow Analysis: CF1/(1+r)1 +CF2/(1+r)2….+ CFn/(1+r)n
• Weighted Average of Ratio Analysis and D.C.F.
• Alpha = Weighted Average minus Present Value
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Economic Investment Strategy
• Analyzing Economic Data = Analyzing Patient’s Lab Data
• Few Economic Variables to analyze• Economic Data is Widely Available• Barrons, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg• Economic Investment Newsletters with Timely
Alerts • Trade Indices i.e. Exchange Traded Funds
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Macroeconomic Analysis of the Markets
• Objective: Get 60% of the Upside of the Market and Avoid 60% of the Downside of the Market
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Macroeconomic Indicators
• Conference Board: Leading , Coincident and Lagging Indicators
• Yield Curve of Treasuries• T.E.D. Spread : Credit Risk= L.I.B.O.R. –T. Bill • Sovereign Debt Yields: Greece, Portugal, Italy• Oil Prices: Brent Crude • Volatility Index: VIX
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Macroeconomic Analysis
• Federal Reserve Policy: Federal Funds Target Rate
• World Events• Historical Trends with Indicators and the
Markets• Follow the Most Timely Indicators
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Investment Strategy
• Most of the Time there is no Clear Consensus of Where the Market is Going – Competing Economic Forces
• Major Upside or Downside Movement Occurs When All the Economic Forces are Aligned in One Direction
• Make Significant Asset Allocation Decisions When These Factors are All Aligned with ETFs
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Previous Asset Allocation Decisions Based on Economic Indicators
• October, 2007: Oil Prices Up, Negative Yield Curve in 2006
• March, 2009: Housing Starts Improved from Previous Months i.e. Less Negative, Stimulus Package Introduced
• September, 2010: Back to School Sales Up, Decreased T.E.D. Spread, Decreased Social Security Taxes
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S&P 500 Annual Returns
• Year Returns• 2008 -34%• 2009 +20%• 2010 +14%• 2011 +0.5%
• Need Another +16% to Return to • January 1, 2008 Value
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Investment Summary
• Aware of the Macroeconomic Environment• Understand Your Investments in this
Environment• Need to Avoid the Painful 2008 losses of 30+%• Primary Care M.D. = Financial Planner (Fixed
Portfolio)• Need Specialist Doctor = Economic Consultant
(Get 60% of the Upside of the Market and Avoid 60% of the Downside of the Market)
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Questions and Answers
• Kenneth M. Lavin, D.P.M., M.S.F.
• www.themodestinvestor.com
• (508) 660-2222