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Monthly Market Review “Looking Ahead to 2013” December 13, 2012. Kevin M. Wilson, ChFC , PhD President/CEO/CIO. Dheenu Sivalingam, MBA AVP/CCO/Senior Analyst. Ted A. Pavlovich, WMS VP Wealth Management. Office: 218-464-4399 Toll Free: 877-327-5062 Fax: 218-464-4397
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Monthly Market Review • “Looking Ahead to 2013” December 13, 2012 Kevin M. Wilson, ChFC, PhD President/CEO/CIO Dheenu Sivalingam, MBA AVP/CCO/Senior Analyst Ted A. Pavlovich, WMS VP Wealth Management Office: 218-464-4399 Toll Free: 877-327-5062 Fax: 218-464-4397 Email: info@bluewater-cap.com www.bluewatercapitaladvisors.com 1405 Medical Arts Building 324 W. Superior Street Duluth, MN 55802 1
Fed Will Continue To Monetize The Debt… …And The Risk Of An Inflation Spike Will Increase Over Time – But No Crisis In 2013
Unemployment Issues Will Continue To Slow Down Spending… …Many New Jobs Are Part-Time
Commodity Cycle Will Stabilize After Recession Risk Fades Oil stable Nat. Gas stable Food stable Metals higher Water higher Timber higher
The Street Is Much Less Optimistic Than Last Year – So Where Are We? LEI = Past Peak Fed. = Mid-Recovery Stocks = Mid-Recovery Bonds = Recession Balance Sheet Model/Demographics = Extended Muddle-Through
LT Market Returns Expected To Be Tame, But ST Returns Will Fluctuate
Record High Profit Margins Will Drop A Bit, Putting The Stock Market Under Pressure
So Our Response Is To Stay Nimble And Pivot To Different Asset Allocations As Needed 1. EM Bonds 2. Corp. Bonds 3. Gold 4. European Stocks 5. Resource Plays 6. EM Stocks
Treasury Yields Are Dangerously Low, Suggesting Change Is Coming
In Spite Of Tax Increases, Dividend Stocks Remain A Good Bet
*) Surging imports have caused Japan to fall into a trade deficit *) Japan will most likely try to devalue the Yen, so short the yen. *) Go long the Japanese stock market if you are a risk-taker 19
Continued QE program favors: *) long physical gold *) long bank stocks 20
Gold Miners Unbelievably Cheap, But This Is Not For The Faint of Heart *) long gold miners
S&P Correlation to Euro currency tells us to be long S&P if Euro continues to go higher 22
Emerging Market Stocks And Bonds Will Outperform *) Go Long EM Debt
Forecast Summary For 20131. European Recession Will Deepen, but recovery late in year2. US will experience mild recession/Muddle-Through3. Fiscal Cliff Problem to be resolved, but uncertainty will remain about Income Taxes, Estate Taxes, Obamacare4. QE3/QE4 will accelerate until Recession risk fades5. Gold will fall in short-term, rise in long-term6. oil will stabilize (Assuming no war)7. Deflation and deleveraging will continue as themes8. Safe Assets changing – caution needed w/treasuries, but high dividend stocks will remain attractive9. unemployment will remain stubbornly high10. Corp. profit margins will be lower than consensus11. buy-and-hold strategies will again underperform12. EM debt and european stocks will outperform13. dollar trends will drive stock markets KEVIN M. WILSON 24
Happy new year KEVIN M. WILSON 25
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