- The document provides an investment outlook and commentary for the 1st quarter of 2010. It discusses various factors impacting the capital markets, including the state of the economy, the equity and bond markets, and risks related to the US dollar and developing economies. - The author recommends being underweight in equity-like investments, overweight in non-equity correlated investments, underweight real assets favoring deflation, and overweight safety, liquidity, and income assets. Key risks discussed include high government debt levels, potential issues in developing economies, and uncertainty around the US dollar.

1. Investment Insights
Capital Markets Outlook
1st Quarter 2010
It’s NOT the Economy Stupid

2. Stocks bottomed when things looked worst…
Now things look better?

3. The farther they fall, the more they bounce…
indiscriminate panic then risk taking

4. This ain’t no 1982…. The opposite?

5. It may be quite some time before the next secular Bull
market.

6. Fits with the long term 17 year cycles

7. Why should individuals invest differently?

8. Can’t find many people who think stocks go down this
year, much less challenge the lows

9. While technicals are not our first clue, the target from a
break of this formation is retracement of the ENTIRE rally

10. Déjà vu?

11. “Baby Boomers” are very afraid of taking another hit

12. Equity funds are out of powder unless inflows pick up

13. Bonds have record outperformance for 3 decades, and
where do individuals shovel their money ?

14. Buffet says the decision is easy to invest in equities over
bonds… Hard assets even better?

15. High yield … No more

16. Return forecasts are half of what they were
9-12 months ago

17. Like Gretzky, Jeremy Grantham is the great one when it
comes to skating to where markets are going

18. This is Michael Jordan good

19. Are signs of improvement in the economy what they
appear?

20. Lots of assets yet to be written down by banks

21. Lots of supply to work off before development comes back

22. Looks like we will start adding jobs

23. Not enough focus on jobs and small business

24. No lending equals No inflation…. Yet

25. Excessive debt stokes need for deflationary deleveraging

26. Countries in “The Ring of Fire” are most vulnerable

27. I guess some lessons are harder than others to learn

28. Handouts equal almost 1/5th of Personal Income ???

29. Why is government intervention bad?

30. The US Dollar is universally despised with only 3% of
investors bullish. If the $ rallies risk assets of all types
likely fall.

31. USD Carry Trade Unwinding?

32. Hard to find someone who hates King Midas

33. Focus growth or risk investments in the developing world

34. All the pieces are in place for the ascension of
the BRIC’s

35. Go where the growth is. Asian consumer story has many
chapters ahead

36. Is the emperor wearing clothes? Chanos thinks not

37. What if China and India consume 6-8 barrels per year of
oil per capita?

38. It looks like we will run out

39. Current Tactical Weightings by Tranche
Equity like (highly correlated to equity market direction)
– UNDERWEIGHT
Non-equity correlated – OVERWEIGHT
Real Assets (adjust to inflation/deflation) –
UNDERWEIGHT favoring deflation
Safety, liquidity, and income assets - OVERWEIGHT

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