4. PRE-ELECTION RALLY: Trump Toolkit
sources: HiddenLevers, MarketWatch, WSJ, Bloomberg, Mercury News, Washington Post
PRESSURE FED
BIPARTISANSHIPAPPROVE MORE VISAS
TRADE WAR VICTORY
- real deal
- optics win
- abandon
H1-Bs flat
since 2018
OPM
5. PRE-ELECTION RALLY: Trump Toolkit
sources: HiddenLevers, MarketWatch, WSJ, Bloomberg, Mercury News, Washington Post
PRESSURE FED
BIPARTISANSHIPAPPROVE MORE VISAS
TRADE WAR VICTORY
- real deal
- optics win
- abandon
H1-Bs flat
since 2018
OPM
UNLIKELY
WORKED IN 2019, NO MORE IN 2020
NAFTA REPLACEMENT
DEC SHUTDOWN AVERTED
6. CHINA RECKONING: Trade War Impact
sources: HiddenLevers, United Nations, Int’l Business Times, Bloomberg, Business Insider
TRADE WAR TIMELINE
7. CHINA RECKONING – Bigger Issues than Trade War
sources: HiddenLevers, Bank of Finland, Bank of International Settlements, Fox Business, CNBC
Growth near
US levels
China Corporate Debt-to-GDP
Manufacturing exodus driven by China
labor costs, not only trade war
China GDP Growth + Forecast
55% of Chinese pigs dead
pork crisis amplified trade war impact
Debt far exceeds
USA levels
8. CHINA RECKONING: Is De-globalization Working for US?
sources: HiddenLevers, CNBC / Nomura, Nikkei, US Census Bureau
WINNERS
Vietnam phones / furniture / data processors
Taiwan computers / phones
Chile copper / soybeans
Malaysia integrated circuits / semiconductors
Argentina agricultural commodities
LOSERS
China MANUFACTURING
CONSUMERS
USA AGRICULTURE
MANUFACTURING
CONSUMERS
9. New
Silk Road
BASELINE
GOOD
S&P 500
2550
-20%
S&P 500
3400
+7%
S&P 500
3350
+5%Manufacturing
Exodus
UGLY
China Recession
NEGATIVE GROWTH
CURRENTLY MASKED BY
GOVT SPENDING
CHINA CREATES ECONOMIC
ECO-SYSTEM WITH NO US
INVOLVEMENT
RELOCATION OF MNC
FACTORIES DUE TO RISING
LABOR COST +
TRADE FRICTION
CHINA RECKONING: Scenario Outcomes
China GDP
0%
(-6)
China GDP
+7.5%
(+1.2)
China GDP
+4.5%
(-1.5)
Shanghai
3650
+20%
Shanghai
2840
-6%
Shanghai
1800
-40%
10. China + EM
Rebound
BASELINE
GOOD
S&P 500
2550
-20%
S&P 500
3715
+16%
S&P 500
3360
+5%Low Rates Ease
US Pain
UGLY
China Recession
DEC 2019 TARIFFS MIGHT
HAVE TRIGGERED
CHINA CRASH AND
CHAIN REACTION
EM CODEPENDENCY
WORK BOTH WAYS
FED LOWERED RATES TO
1.5% WHICH JUICED
US ECONOMY
TRADE WAR: Scenario Outcomes
GDP
0.6%
(-1.4)
GDP
+3.1%
(+1.1)
GDP
+2.5%
(+0.4)
10y Bond
2.25%
10y Bond
2.0%
10y Bond
1.75%
11. CHINA RECKONING: What to Say
US halting DEC 2019 tariffs may have been
averting an economic Cuban Missile Crisis
Trump took optics victory due to US politics,
but could have gotten a better deal based on
US economic strength
China Recession risk outlives the trade war
Big winner in US-China trade war is Vietnam