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Two Decades of Finding European Value Omaha, May 2012. ABOUT US. BESTINVER: OUR PERFORMANCE. COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE. BESTINVER SPANISH EQUITIES vs. BENCHMARK. * Returns for BESTINFOND to 31/12/1997 and B. BOLSA from 01/01/1998
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Two Decades of Finding European Value Omaha, May 2012
COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE BESTINVER SPANISH EQUITIES vs. BENCHMARK * Returns for BESTINFOND to 31/12/1997 and B. BOLSA from 01/01/1998 * BENCHMARK is a weighted average of IGBM of IGBM (70%) (Madrid Stock Exchange Index) and PSI (30%). * All Bestinver returns are expressed as net, after expenses and commissions.
COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE BESTINVER INTERNATIONAL EQUITIES vs. MSCI * Returns for BESTINVER INTERNACIONAL * MSCI = Morgan Stanley global stock market index * All Bestinver returns are expressed as net, after expenses and commissions.
PHILOSOPHY: FOUR KEY CORNERSTONES • GOOD PRICE DUE TO: • Shareholder structure (family owned) • Type of shares (preferred, non-voting, etc.) • Geographical reasons: business and shareholders in different zones • Long term projects (impatient market) • Small caps (unnoticed by the market) • Asset organization (Holdings..) • COMPANIES WITH: • Competitive advantage: • High ROCE • Sustainable • Correct attitude with generated cash-flow • TIME • Patience • Psychological preparation • Client education • AUSTRIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS • Economic general structure • Human behavior • Non-predictable consequences in stocks • Euphoria / Panic
THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL Practical points from the school
ECONOMIC SCENARIO: WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT? • Estimated GDP growth for China in 2012 is 7x higher than the potential combined contraction for the southern European countries Fuente: Capital Economics • World Bank, current figures. • IMF growth estimate. • Bestinver growth estimate. • Current figure at close of 2011. 8
HOW CHINA GROWS: • Averageproductivitygrowth of 4% from 1990 to 2008 (*) • Growthisincreasinglydrivenbyinternaldevelopment • Exports net of importsnowhardlycontributetoeconomicgrowth: • 1% in 2011 • Outsidethestate-owned sector (30% of theeconomy) itistheworld’smost flexible and dynamicmarket. • Despitethe surge in investment, the capital stock per capitaisnoteven 15% of Korea’s. China’s rail networkissmallerthanAmerica’swas in 1880 * Source: The Economist , 14 November 2009
HOW CHINA GROWS (II) • Veryhighsavingsrates of >50%; forfamiliesthisis 20% • Financialsystem has verylittleborrowings: • Loanstodeposits ratio: 0.66 (Spain 1.40) • In thelastChinesebanking crisis (2000), this figure was 0.90 • Reasonableinterestrates: Mortgages (6%), and accountfor a mere 13% of loans. Borrowingfrombankstobuylandisnotallowed. • Increase in propertyprices similar tothat of availableincome: 10% a year. • Little governmentdebt; including local bodies, thisis 75% of GDP. Thevalue of stateenterprisesisestimated at over 100% of GDP. CEO of Coca-Cola: “Itiseasierto do business in China than in the USA” (FT 26/09/2011)
BMW PREFERRED SHARES Página 15
THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL Essential differences between the Austrian and neoclassical schools Página 18
THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL (continued) Source: “The Austrian School”, Jesús Huerta de Soto Other sources: Mises Institute (www.mises.org) Source : Bestinver Página 19
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