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Wealth Management Research
Monthly Market Outlook
28 August 2009




This report has been prepared by UBS Financial Services Inc. (“UBS FS”).
Summary: Monthly Market Outlook
                                Investment
     Economics                                            Equities                 Fixed Income
                                Strategy
      We reiterate our           On the backdrop of        Reasonable               While we continue
      view of a cyclical         our anticipation of a     valuations and           to like corporate
      growth recovery            global economic           cyclical                 and municipal
      starting in 3Q09,          recovery, we              improvement should       bonds, valuation is
      followed by a              continue to               support further          not as compelling.
      moderate structural        recommend that            gains.                   Add TIPS
      recovery.                  investors tilt their
                                                           Q2 S&P 500 earnings      opportunistically.
      We don’t expect a          portfolios toward                                  While inflation is
                                                           have handily
      strong business fixed      riskier asset classes,                             not a near-term
                                                           exceeded consensus
      investment recovery        regions and sectors.                               concern, the risk of
                                                           expectations, driving
      as capacity utilization    We still favor            recent market rally.     a policy mistake is
      is very low,               equities and                                       high.
      consumption growth         commodities over          Tight cost controls
                                                                                    Industrials rated
      will likely be only        fixed income and          drove 2Q09 earnings
                                                                                     BBB and
      moderate and the           cash.                     beats, revenues to
                                                                                     systemically
      cost of capital is                                   pick up as economy
                                 Our expectations of                                 important
      high.                                                turns during 2H09
                                 continued dollar                                    Financials offer
      The core CPI                                         through 2010.             additional income.
                                 weakness supports
      disinflation cycle will    our thesis for            Small-cap                 Use non-Financials
      continue further           preferring non-                                     as a core holding.
                                                           fundamentals
      until around mid-          dollar-denominated        remain challenged,       In agencies, we
      2010. Headline CPI         assets. We have           earnings estimates        prefer callables to
      inflation is poised to     strengthened our          continue to fall.         bullets, where
      rise out of negative       tilt toward non-US                                  spreads are tight.
      territory but not          developed equities        Sector strategy is
      accelerate                 over US equities. We      geared towards
      threateningly.             still like emerging       cyclical, globally-
                                 market equities.          focused sectors.



ab3                                                                                                        1
Economics
 US Cyclical Recovery on Track
 Cyclical recovery in 2H09 followed by moderate structural recovery
 in 2010.
  8      % q/q annualized
                                                                   UBS WMR           As expected, 2Q09 real
  6                                                                 forecasts        GDP showed clear
                                                                                     recession abatement,
  4                                                                                  contracting by 1% q/q
  2                                                                                  annualized after a
                                                                                     downward revised drop
  0                                                                                  of 6.4% in 1Q09.
 -2                                                                                  We reiterate our view of
                                                                                     a cyclical growth recovery
 -4                                                                                  starting in 3Q09, followed
 -6                                                                                  by a moderate structural
                                                                                     recovery in 2010.
 -8
                                                                                     We revised higher our
-10                                                                                  real GDP growth forecast
-12                                                                                  from +2.5% to +3.5% q/q
                                                                                     annualized in 3Q09 and
  Q2 2004 Q2 2005 Q2 2006 Q2 2007 Q2 2008 Q2 2009                                    from +2.2% to +3% in
      Consumption                          Investment in nonresidential structures   4Q09. However, we keep
                                                                                     our 2010 forecast of +2%
      Investment in equipment & software   Residential investment
                                                                                     and expect moderating
      Inventories                          Net exports
                                                                                     growth throughout 2010.
      Government                           Real GDP (% q/q annualized)
                                             Source: Thomson Datastream, UBS WMR




ab3                                                                                                           2
Economics
Vigorous US Investment Cycle?
A strong investment recovery is unlikely without a strong
consumer recovery.
95                                                                           Capacity utilization in the
      %                                                                      industrial and the
90                                                                           manufacturing sector just
                                                                             rebounded in July, but
                                                                             remains extremely
85
                                                                             depressed.
80                                                                           Businesses can
                                                                             reincorporate ample idle
75                                                                           capacity into their
                                                                             production processes
70                                                                           before having a need to
                                                                             invest vigorously in new
65                                                                           production capacity.
                                                                             Additionally, the prospect
60                                                                           of a moderate consumer
                                                                             recovery and the higher
 Jan-67      Jan-77       Jan-87         Jan-97       Jan-07                 cost of capital will likely
                                                                             make companies wary of
     Industrial capacity utilization                                         committing too many
     Industrial capacity utilization (historical average)                    resources to new
     Manufacturing capacity utilization                                      production capacity.
     Manufacturing capacity utilization (historical average)
                                       Source: Thomson Datastream, UBS WMR




ab3                                                                                                     3
Economics
 Vigorous US Investment Cycle?
 Investment shares are not particularly far away from long-term
 averages.
11 in % of GDP                                       The share of investment in
10                                                   equipment and software in
                                                     GDP is below its long-term
 9                                                   average, but the share of
 8                                                   investment in non-residential
                                                     structures in GDP is in line
 7                                                   with its long-term average.
 6                                                    The share of investment in
 5                                                   equipment and software in
                                                     GDP is sufficiently low to
 4                                                   speak for a pick up in
 3                                                   investment spending in this
                                                     category. However, other
 2                                                   factors (low capacity
                                                     utilization, tepid consumer
Q1 1950 Q1 1960 Q1 1970 Q1 1980 Q1 1990 Q1 2000
                                                     recovery, high cost of
   Nominal investment in equipment and software                                 capital) are massive
   Nominal investment in equipment and software (historical average)            headwinds that will likely
   Nominal investment in non-residential structures                             keep the investment
   Nominal investment in non-residential structures (historical average)        recovery muted.
   Real investment in equipment and software
   Real investment in non-residential structures
                                          Source: Thomson Datastream, UBS WMR




ab3                                                                                                      4
Economics
US Inflation Outlook
Core CPI disinflation cycle to continue.
6 % y/y                                                             UBS      Core CPI inflation has
                                                                   WMR
                                                                             continued to trend lower
5                                                                forecasts
                                                                             recently. We reiterate our
                                                                             view that core CPI inflation
4                                                                            will moderate further and
                                                                             will likely dip below +1%
3                                                                            y/y in mid-2010. A
                                                                             moderate increase to
2                                                                            +1.2% by year-end 2010
                                                                             will likely follow.
1
                                                                             Headline CPI inflation has
                                                                             likely reached its nadir and
0                                                                            is poised to rise going
                                                                             forward. We expect it to
-1                                                                           reach +1.5% y/y by year-
                                                                             end 2009 and +2.4% y/y by
-2                                                                           year-end 2010.

-3
 Jan-98   Jan-00   Jan-02   Jan-04   Jan-06       Jan-08
           CPI      Core CPI
                                     Source: Thomson Datastream, UBS WMR




ab3                                                                                                   5
Investment Strategy
Recent Financial Market Performance
As of 25 August 2009, in US dollars
                                                                                                      The S&P 500 continues to rally,
                                                                                                      now up approximately 56% from
                                                               17.2%
                      US Equities                    4.4%
                                                                                                      trough to peak since Mar ‘09.
                                                                                                      During that time the market has
                                                                      26.1%                           yet to correct more than 10% on
Non-US Developed Equities                             5.0%                          54.5%             any given pullback. Although
                                                                                                      some form of correction appears
Emerging Markets Equities                          1.9%                                               possible in the near term, we still
                                                     4.2%                                             believe that a sustainable
              US Fixed Income                     0.7%                                                recovery is underway.
                                                     5.6%
       Non-US Fixed Income                         1.6%                                               The dollar has continued to slide,
                                                                                                      helping non-US stocks and bonds
                                                  0.1%
                               Cash               0.0%
                                                                                                      outperform dollar assets.

                                                       8.4%                                           Emerging markets equities
                   Commodities                    0.4%                                                continue to outperform their
                                                                                                      developed country counterparts
                                                                                                      YTD, however they have
                                     -10%     10%                 30%      50%                        generally underperformed over
                                        year-to-date              month-to-date                       the last month..

                                                                                                      Commodities Commodity prices
                                                                                                      are still 48% below their peak,
 Source: Bloomberg: Russell for US equities, MSCI for foreign equities, Barclays indexes for fixed
                                                                                                      and broadly at 2003 levels,
 income, DJ UBS for commodities.
                                                                                                      however Valuations are starting
                                                                                                      to appear slightly expensive vs.
                                                                                                      marginal costs of production .




ab3                                                                                                                                6
Investment Strategy
Tilt toward Equities and Commodities
Tactical deviations from benchmark, in %
                                                                                We maintain our
                                                                                moderate overweight in
        Equity
                                                                                global equities, as we
                                                                                expect them to
                                                                                outperform fixed income
                                                                                and cash over a 9-12
  Fixed Income
                                                                                months.
                                                                                Equity valuations remain
                                                                                attractive, though clearly
                                                                                less so than in the spring.
          Cash
                                                                                We believe that equities
                                                                                should continue to benefit
                                                                                given clear signs of cyclical
                                                                                recovery.
  Commodities
                                                                                In addition, there remains
                                                                                significant cash on the
                                                                                sidelines, which could
                 -10   -8   -6   -4   -2   +0   +2   +4   +6    +8     +10      continue to enter equity
                                                                                markets.
                                                     Source: UBS WMR




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Investment Strategy
Global equities
Equity valuation is still attractive

                                                                         Our Dividend Discount
                                                                         Model indicates a 7%
                                                                         upside to global
                                                                         equities, even under
                                                                         fairly conservative
                                                                         estimates of the
                                                                         earnings level and
                                                                         medium-term real
                                                                         earnings growth.

                                                                         Other valuation metrics
                                                                         also suggest
                                                                         moderately attractive
                                                                         value. The Equity Risk
                                                                         Premium remains
                                                                         abnormally high,
                                                                         suggesting that
                                                                         equities offer better
                                                                         value than high grade
                                                                         bonds.

                                       Source: Reuters Ecowin, WMR




ab3                                                                                           8
Investment Strategy
  Recovery supportive of Equities
  Average pattern around market bottoms: Since mid-1960s
160                                                                                        65
                                                                                                       The phase of the cycle that we
150                                                                                                    believe we are now in is
        We believe we are here                                                             60          typically supportive for equity
                                                                                                       market returns.
140
                                                                                                       Although the market has
                                                                                           55          already rallied substantially
130
                                                                                                       from its March bottom, equity
                                                                                                       markets typically outperform
120                                                                                                    fixed income and cash for more
                                                                                           50
                                                                                                       protracted periods than a
110                                                                                                    quarter following a trough in
                                                                                                       the economy.
                                                                                           45
100

90                                                                                         40
      -24 -20 -16 -12    -8   -4     0     4    8    12      16   20   24   28   32   36
             S&P 500               Trailling real earnings             ISM (right scale)


 In the above chart, the S&P 500 is indexed to 100 at t=0, which is market lows around the
 average bear market since 1964. The chart indicates equity prices bottom first, then the ISM,
 and finally real earnings
                                                                     Source: Thomson Financial, Bloomberg, WMR




ab3                                                                                                                             9
Investment Strategy
Dollar to remain under pressure
Inverse relation to equity market performance

                                                                                  We expect the dollar to
 110                                                                 230          depreciate against

 105                                                                 210          most currencies during
                                                                                  the rest of the year.

 100                                                                 190          The magnitude of US
                                                                     170          monetary and fiscal
 95                                                                               policy initiatives will, in
                                                                     150          our view, put the US
 90                                                                               dollar under pressure.
                                                                     130
 85                                                                               The Fed’s low rate
                                                                     110          policy has made the
 80                                                                  90           dollar a funding
                                                                                  currency for so called
 75                                                                  70           “carry trades.” This
                                                                                  will contribute to
                                                                                  downward pressure on
 70                                                                  50           the greenback
       00   01     02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09                                        Our bearish view on the
                                                                                  dollar is the main
                 US dollar nominal effective exchange rate (LHS)                  reason why we hold a
                 Carry trade index (RHS)                                          preference for non-US
                                                                                  equities over US
                                              Source: Bloomberg and UBS WMR       equities and a
                                                                                  preference for foreign
                                                                                  bonds over US bonds.




ab3                                                                                                       10
Investment Strategy
International Equities
Equity Valuations – 12 month forward P/E Ratios
                                                                                      We prefer Emerging
20.0                                                                                  Market equities as well as
                                                                                      non-US developed
18.0                                                26.8                              equities to US stocks.
16.0    14.6        14.5                                                  14.6        Mounting evidence of a
14.0                            12.0    12.1                    12.8                  global recovery should
                                                                                      continue to benefit EM
12.0                                                                                  equities in relative terms
10.0                                                                                  even though their
                                                                                      valuations has become
 8.0                                                                                  less attractive.
 6.0
                                                                                      Within non-US developed
 4.0                                                                                  markets our preference is
 2.0                                                                                  for the Eurozone.
                                                                                      Valuations there are
 0.0                                                                                  attractive and economic
                                                                                      indicators, which are
                                                                                      surprising to the upside,
                                       UK
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ab3                                                                                                           11
Investment Strategy
Commodities
Further upside potential for commodities
                                                                              Commodities have pulled
                                                                              back somewhat in Aug,
 80                                                                 15        but are still up year-to-
                                                                              date on a total return
 60                                                                           basis. They are also
                                                                    10        trading roughly 48% off
                                                                              of their 2008 peak.
 40
                                                                              We believe that the
                                                                    5
 20                                                                           cyclical recovery should
                                                                              prove supportive for
                                                                              commodities during the
  0                                                                 0         next 12 months.
                                                                              Global demand for
-20
                                                                    -5        commodities is likely to
                                                                              improve as the global
-40       Commodities (S&P GSCI, 12-month total return                        economy returns to
          in % and USD)                                             -10       positive growth. In
-60       OECD leading indicators (6-month change                             particular, a growth
          annualized in %)                                                    recovery in Emerging
-80                                                                 -15       Market countries should
                                                                              be supportive.
      82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08
                                                                              We believe that, on
                                                                              average, commodities are
                                              Source: Bloomberg, UBS WMR      trading slightly above
                                                                              their marginal costs of
                                                                              production. They are no
                                                                              longer very cheap on this
                                                                              measure.



ab3                                                                                                  12
Equities
US Equity Strategy
Cost cutting drove Q2 earnings to exceed expectations


                                                                      Tight cost controls helped drive
80%                                                                   over 2/3 of the S&P 500 to beat
                68%                                                   2Q09.
70%
                                                                      Top-line growth should improve
60%                                                                   in the second half of 2009 and
                                             50%                      2010 as nominal GDP rebounds.
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
            2Q09 earnings              2Q09 revenues

      % of S&P 500 companies beating consensus estimates
                                        Source: FactSet and UBS WMR




ab3                                                                                                  13
Equities
US Equity Strategy
Market gains have been fundamentally driven


                                                                  2Q09 earnings season has been
 1050                                               $16.50        unambiguously positive relative to
                                                                  low expectations, coming in 15%
                                                    $16.00        higher than expected. Recent
 1000
                                                    $15.50        market rally driven by improving
                                                                  fundamentals.
  950                                               $15.00
                                                    $14.50
  900                                               $14.00
                                                    $13.50
  850
                                                    $13.00
  800                                               $12.50
   Jul 2009              Aug 2009             Sep 2009

         S&P 500 (LHS)      2Q09 S&P 500 EPS (RHS)

                                    Source: FactSet and UBS WMR




ab3                                                                                             14
Equities
US Equity Strategy
Valuations are fair, cyclical environment continues to improve


45                                                                                             Valuations have increased, but
                                                                                               remain below-average.
40                                                                                             Combination of reasonable
                                        Average P/E 16.0x                                      valuations and cyclical
35                                                                                             improvement should support
                                        Current P/E 14.4x
30                                                                                             further equity market gains.

25
20
15
10
 5
 0
 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

 S&P 500 P/E on 10-year average of real operating EPS

                                                        Source: S&P, Thomson Financial and UBS WMR




ab3                                                                                                                             15
Equities
US Equity Strategy
Small-cap fundamentals remain challenged


                                                                   Large-cap S&P 500 earnings
 $50                                                        $120   estimates have stabilized, small-
                                                                   caps (Russell 2000) estimates
                                                                   continue to fall.
 $40                                                        $100
                                                                   Fundamentals for small-caps
                                                            $80    remain challenged relative to
 $30                                                               large-caps: expensive relative
                                                                   valuations, lack of international
                                                            $60    exposure, difficulty in attaining
 $20                                                               favorable financing, greater
                                                            $40    exposure to credit losses.
 $10                                                        $20
 $0                                                   $0
 Mar 2008 Jul 2008 Nov 2008 Mar 2009 Jul 2009 Nov 2009
       Russell 2000 consensus 2009 EPS estimates (LHS)
       S&P 500 consensus 2009 EPS estimates (RHS)

                                   Source: FactSet and UBS WMR




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Equities
US Equity Strategy
WMR US Sector Strategy - Pro-cyclical, Pro-Global


          Energy                                                              We continue to favor US sectors
                                                                              that should benefit from
      Technology       Deviation from                                         continued improvement in the
                        Benchmark                                             domestic economy, stronger
       Industrials                                                            growth trends in emerging
                                                                              markets, rising commodity
        Materials                                                             prices and a weakening US
                                                                              dollar.
  Consumer Disc
Consumer Staples
       Financials
        Telecom
          Utilities
     Health Care
                      underweight       neutral          overweight

                                              Source: Bloomberg and UBS WMR




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Fixed Income
  US Duration Strategy
  Real, nominal, and break even yields

6.0                                                                                                                       We recommend investors
                                                                                                                          retain a duration
               US 10 Year Breakeven Inflation            US 10 Year Real Yield            US 10 Year Nominal Yield
                                                                                                                          underweight (-0.5 years).
5.0
                                                                                                                          Real yields and inflation
                                                                                                                          expectations should
                                                                                                                          continue to normalize, as
4.0
                                                                                                                          the global economy
                                                                                                                          stabilizes and on fears
                                                                                                                          that an imperfect exit
3.0
                                                                                                                          strategy for quantitative
                                                                                                                          easing will lead to higher
                                                                                                                          inflation.
2.0
                                                                                                                          If inflation overshoots
                                                                                                                          the Fed’s target over the
1.0                                                                                                                       next 3 to 5 years,
                                                                                                                          Treasury yields look
                                                                                                                          expensive.
0.0
                                                                                                                          Heavy supply, a reversal
                  May-07




                                    Nov-07
      Feb-07




                           Aug-07




                                                             May-08




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                                                                                                        May-09
                                                                                               Feb-09




                                                                                                                 Aug-09
                                                                                                                          of the flight-to-quality-
                                                                                                                          bid, and uncertain
                                                                                                                          demand from overseas
                                                             Source: Bloomberg, UBS WMR as of 27 August 2009              investors should also
                                                                                                                          pressure yields higher.




ab3                                                                                                                                               18
Fixed Income
 US Fixed Income Strategy
 Rate development and WMR forecast

8.0%
                                                                                                   WMR
7.0%                                                                                               forecast        US interest rate forecasts (%)
                                                                                                                   US interest rate forecasts (%)


6.0%                                                                                                                                                 In 3    In 6   In 12
                                                                                                                                  27 June
                                                                                                                                  17 Aug
                                                                                                                                                    month   month   month
5.0%
                                                                                                                   3-m
4.0%                                                                                                                                 0.36
                                                                                                                                     0.61           0.40    0.30     0.30
                                                                                                                   LIBOR
3.0%                                                                                                               2-year            1.05           1.90    1.70     2.60
2.0%                                                                                                               5-year            2.48           3.10    2.60     3.50
1.0%
                                                                                                                   10-year           3.46           4.00    3.50     4.25
0.0%
                                                                                                                   30-year           4.23           4.80    4.30     5.00
       Aug-99

                Aug-00

                         Aug-01

                                  Aug-02

                                           Aug-03

                                                    Aug-04

                                                             Aug-05

                                                                      Aug-06

                                                                               Aug-07

                                                                                        Aug-08

                                                                                                 Aug-09

                                                                                                          Aug-10
                                  2 year yield           10 year yield

                                                                         Source: Bloomberg, UBS WMR, as of 27 August 2009




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Fixed Income
US Fixed Income Strategy
Strong rally has sapped much of the valued from corporates

                                                                                                            We continue to favor
 900                              Industrials                                                               Investment Grade
                                                                                                            corporate bonds over
 800                              Financials                                                                other Fixed Income
 700                                                                                                        segments, though much
                                  Industrials - Prior Max                                                   of the value has been
 600                                                                                                        eroded given the strong

 500                              Financials - Prior Max                                                    rally this year.

                                                                                                            Corporate bonds have
 400                                                                                                        YTD total returns of over
                                                                                                            14% with Industrials and
 300                                                                                                        Utilities outperforming
 200                                                                                                        Financials by 300bps and
                                                                                                            650bps respectively.
 100
                                                                                                            From a valuation
   0                                                                                                        perspective, Financials
                                                                                                            appear to be the most
       Aug-99

                Aug-00

                         Aug-01

                                  Aug-02

                                           Aug-03

                                                    Aug-04

                                                             Aug-05

                                                                      Aug-06

                                                                               Aug-07

                                                                                        Aug-08

                                                                                                 Aug-09
                                                                                                            attractive segment as
                                                                                                            non-Financials now trade
                                                                                                            inside of historic
                                                                                                            recessionary levels.


                                                              Sources: Moody's, Barclays Capital, UBS WMR, 27 August 2009




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Fixed Income
US Fixed Income Strategy
Investment grade credit spreads
                                                                                                             Within the non-Financial space,
  900                               BBB Index                                                                we continue to recommend
  800                               AA / A Composite Index
                                                                                                             adding investment grade bonds
                                                                                                             rated ‘BBB’. Despite compressing
  700                               Difference                                                               over the past few months, a
  600                               Average Difference                                                       spread differential of 130bps
                                                                                                             remains. This differential
  500                                                                                                        continues to be well above
  400                                                                                                        historical levels.

  300                                                                                                        ‘BBB’s offer an effective way to
                                                                                                             increase yield while only
  200                                                                                                        moderately increasing credit risk.
  100                                                                                                        Should credit spreads continue
    0                                                                                                        to tighten as we forecast, bonds
                                                                                                             rated ‘BBB’ are likely to benefit
 (100)
                                                                                                             disproportionately and
         Aug-99

                  Aug-00

                           Aug-01

                                     Aug-02

                                              Aug-03

                                                       Aug-04

                                                                Aug-05

                                                                         Aug-06

                                                                                  Aug-07

                                                                                           Aug-08

                                                                                                    Aug-09
                                                                                                             demonstrate the highest total
                                                                                                             returns.




                                                                         Source: Barclays Capital, UBS WMR, 27 August 2009




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Fixed Income
      US Fixed Income Strategy
      Muni ‘A’ revenue and ‘AAA’ GO yield curves (%)

                                                                                           A significant imbalance
                                                                                           between supply and
6.0         AAA GO                 A Electric
                                                                                           demand continues to help
                                                                                           drive positive performance

5.0                                                                                        in the tax-exempt market,
                                                                                           with a year-to-date total

4.0
                                                                                           return near 10%.

                                                                                           Despite the market’s run

3.0                                                                                        up, we see value in munis,
                                                                                           particularly for high-net

2.0
                                                                                           worth investors.

                                                                                           Yield on ‘A’ rated essential

1.0                                                                                        purpose revenue bonds in
                                                                                           the 7 to 12 year area range

0.0
                                                                                           from 3.53% to 4.48%
                                                                                           translating into taxable
                                                                                           equivalent yields of 5.43%
      1 2 3 4 4 6 67 78 89101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
          2 3
              5           9 111213                       26272829
                                                                                           to 6.89% assuming the
                                                                                           current 35% top federal
                                                                                           tax bracket.
                                  Source: MMD Interactive, UBS WMR, as of 27 August 2009




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Fixed Income
  US Fixed Income Strategy
  The agency spread curve is very steep
                                                                                                                                                                                 2-year bullet agencies
                                                                                                                                                                                 are very tight from an
75                                                                                                                                                                               historical perspective.
65
                                                                                                                                                                                 The credit spread
55                                                                                                                                                                               between 2 and 10-year
45                                                                                                                                                                               agencies is 43bps, the
                                                                                                                                                                                 widest in five years.
35
25                                                                                                                                                                               We favor bullets in the 3
                                                                                                                                                                                 to 5 year area, where
15
                                                                                                                                                                                 the spread curve and
 5                                                                                                                                                                               Treasury curve is steep.
 -5
                                                                                                                                                                                 Bonds issued under the
-15                                                                                                                                                                              TLGP have converged
-25                                                                                                                                                                              with agency bullets.

-35                         2/10-yr Agency Spread Curve                                                                                                                          Investors with a greater
-45                                                                                                                                                                              tolerance for risk may
                                                                                                                                                                                 wish to swap into the
-55
                                                                                                                                                                                 senior debt of
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                                                                                                                                                                                 banks.

                                                                                                                                                                                 We prefer callables to
                                                                                                Sources: Bloomberg, UBS WMR, 27 August 2009                                      bullets for investors
                                                                                                                                                                                 who can tolerate
                                                                                                                                                                                 maturity uncertainty.

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Fixed Income
  US Fixed Income Strategy
  Value in TIPS over nominal Treasuries
5.00 %                                                          5-year breakeven               TIPS breakeven rates
                                                                                               remain below 2%
                                                                10-year breakeven
                                                                                               throughout the short to
4.00                                                            30-year breakeven              intermediate portion of
                                                                                               the TIPS curve.
3.00                                                                                           We believe that TIPS in
                                                                                               this segment will
                                                                                               generate a higher
2.00                                                                                           return than nominals as
                                                                                               actual inflation rates
1.00                                                                                           are likely to come in
                                                                                               above the breakeven.

                                                                                               We favor adding TIPS
0.00
                                                                                               opportunistically to
                                                                                               guard against future
-1.00                                                                                          inflation in 2011 and
                                                                                               beyond.
        Oct-05


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                                                                                               Laddering TIPS in the 3
                                                                                               to 10 year maturity
                                                                                               range will also protect
                                                                                               the real purchasing
                                                 Sources: Bloomberg, UBS WMR, 27 August 2009
                                                                                               power of each bond as
                                                                                               it comes due.




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            Emerging M arkets

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              Other Develo ped

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                      Treasuries

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September WMR Monthly Market Outlook

  • 1. Wealth Management Research Monthly Market Outlook 28 August 2009 This report has been prepared by UBS Financial Services Inc. (“UBS FS”).
  • 2. Summary: Monthly Market Outlook Investment Economics Equities Fixed Income Strategy We reiterate our On the backdrop of Reasonable While we continue view of a cyclical our anticipation of a valuations and to like corporate growth recovery global economic cyclical and municipal starting in 3Q09, recovery, we improvement should bonds, valuation is followed by a continue to support further not as compelling. moderate structural recommend that gains. Add TIPS recovery. investors tilt their Q2 S&P 500 earnings opportunistically. We don’t expect a portfolios toward While inflation is have handily strong business fixed riskier asset classes, not a near-term exceeded consensus investment recovery regions and sectors. concern, the risk of expectations, driving as capacity utilization We still favor recent market rally. a policy mistake is is very low, equities and high. consumption growth commodities over Tight cost controls Industrials rated will likely be only fixed income and drove 2Q09 earnings BBB and moderate and the cash. beats, revenues to systemically cost of capital is pick up as economy Our expectations of important high. turns during 2H09 continued dollar Financials offer The core CPI through 2010. additional income. weakness supports disinflation cycle will our thesis for Small-cap Use non-Financials continue further preferring non- as a core holding. fundamentals until around mid- dollar-denominated remain challenged, In agencies, we 2010. Headline CPI assets. We have earnings estimates prefer callables to inflation is poised to strengthened our continue to fall. bullets, where rise out of negative tilt toward non-US spreads are tight. territory but not developed equities Sector strategy is accelerate over US equities. We geared towards threateningly. still like emerging cyclical, globally- market equities. focused sectors. ab3 1
  • 3. Economics US Cyclical Recovery on Track Cyclical recovery in 2H09 followed by moderate structural recovery in 2010. 8 % q/q annualized UBS WMR As expected, 2Q09 real 6 forecasts GDP showed clear recession abatement, 4 contracting by 1% q/q 2 annualized after a downward revised drop 0 of 6.4% in 1Q09. -2 We reiterate our view of a cyclical growth recovery -4 starting in 3Q09, followed -6 by a moderate structural recovery in 2010. -8 We revised higher our -10 real GDP growth forecast -12 from +2.5% to +3.5% q/q annualized in 3Q09 and Q2 2004 Q2 2005 Q2 2006 Q2 2007 Q2 2008 Q2 2009 from +2.2% to +3% in Consumption Investment in nonresidential structures 4Q09. However, we keep our 2010 forecast of +2% Investment in equipment & software Residential investment and expect moderating Inventories Net exports growth throughout 2010. Government Real GDP (% q/q annualized) Source: Thomson Datastream, UBS WMR ab3 2
  • 4. Economics Vigorous US Investment Cycle? A strong investment recovery is unlikely without a strong consumer recovery. 95 Capacity utilization in the % industrial and the 90 manufacturing sector just rebounded in July, but remains extremely 85 depressed. 80 Businesses can reincorporate ample idle 75 capacity into their production processes 70 before having a need to invest vigorously in new 65 production capacity. Additionally, the prospect 60 of a moderate consumer recovery and the higher Jan-67 Jan-77 Jan-87 Jan-97 Jan-07 cost of capital will likely make companies wary of Industrial capacity utilization committing too many Industrial capacity utilization (historical average) resources to new Manufacturing capacity utilization production capacity. Manufacturing capacity utilization (historical average) Source: Thomson Datastream, UBS WMR ab3 3
  • 5. Economics Vigorous US Investment Cycle? Investment shares are not particularly far away from long-term averages. 11 in % of GDP The share of investment in 10 equipment and software in GDP is below its long-term 9 average, but the share of 8 investment in non-residential structures in GDP is in line 7 with its long-term average. 6 The share of investment in 5 equipment and software in GDP is sufficiently low to 4 speak for a pick up in 3 investment spending in this category. However, other 2 factors (low capacity utilization, tepid consumer Q1 1950 Q1 1960 Q1 1970 Q1 1980 Q1 1990 Q1 2000 recovery, high cost of Nominal investment in equipment and software capital) are massive Nominal investment in equipment and software (historical average) headwinds that will likely Nominal investment in non-residential structures keep the investment Nominal investment in non-residential structures (historical average) recovery muted. Real investment in equipment and software Real investment in non-residential structures Source: Thomson Datastream, UBS WMR ab3 4
  • 6. Economics US Inflation Outlook Core CPI disinflation cycle to continue. 6 % y/y UBS Core CPI inflation has WMR continued to trend lower 5 forecasts recently. We reiterate our view that core CPI inflation 4 will moderate further and will likely dip below +1% 3 y/y in mid-2010. A moderate increase to 2 +1.2% by year-end 2010 will likely follow. 1 Headline CPI inflation has likely reached its nadir and 0 is poised to rise going forward. We expect it to -1 reach +1.5% y/y by year- end 2009 and +2.4% y/y by -2 year-end 2010. -3 Jan-98 Jan-00 Jan-02 Jan-04 Jan-06 Jan-08 CPI Core CPI Source: Thomson Datastream, UBS WMR ab3 5
  • 7. Investment Strategy Recent Financial Market Performance As of 25 August 2009, in US dollars The S&P 500 continues to rally, now up approximately 56% from 17.2% US Equities 4.4% trough to peak since Mar ‘09. During that time the market has 26.1% yet to correct more than 10% on Non-US Developed Equities 5.0% 54.5% any given pullback. Although some form of correction appears Emerging Markets Equities 1.9% possible in the near term, we still 4.2% believe that a sustainable US Fixed Income 0.7% recovery is underway. 5.6% Non-US Fixed Income 1.6% The dollar has continued to slide, helping non-US stocks and bonds 0.1% Cash 0.0% outperform dollar assets. 8.4% Emerging markets equities Commodities 0.4% continue to outperform their developed country counterparts YTD, however they have -10% 10% 30% 50% generally underperformed over year-to-date month-to-date the last month.. Commodities Commodity prices are still 48% below their peak, Source: Bloomberg: Russell for US equities, MSCI for foreign equities, Barclays indexes for fixed and broadly at 2003 levels, income, DJ UBS for commodities. however Valuations are starting to appear slightly expensive vs. marginal costs of production . ab3 6
  • 8. Investment Strategy Tilt toward Equities and Commodities Tactical deviations from benchmark, in % We maintain our moderate overweight in Equity global equities, as we expect them to outperform fixed income and cash over a 9-12 Fixed Income months. Equity valuations remain attractive, though clearly less so than in the spring. Cash We believe that equities should continue to benefit given clear signs of cyclical recovery. Commodities In addition, there remains significant cash on the sidelines, which could -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 +0 +2 +4 +6 +8 +10 continue to enter equity markets. Source: UBS WMR ab3 7
  • 9. Investment Strategy Global equities Equity valuation is still attractive Our Dividend Discount Model indicates a 7% upside to global equities, even under fairly conservative estimates of the earnings level and medium-term real earnings growth. Other valuation metrics also suggest moderately attractive value. The Equity Risk Premium remains abnormally high, suggesting that equities offer better value than high grade bonds. Source: Reuters Ecowin, WMR ab3 8
  • 10. Investment Strategy Recovery supportive of Equities Average pattern around market bottoms: Since mid-1960s 160 65 The phase of the cycle that we 150 believe we are now in is We believe we are here 60 typically supportive for equity market returns. 140 Although the market has 55 already rallied substantially 130 from its March bottom, equity markets typically outperform 120 fixed income and cash for more 50 protracted periods than a 110 quarter following a trough in the economy. 45 100 90 40 -24 -20 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 S&P 500 Trailling real earnings ISM (right scale) In the above chart, the S&P 500 is indexed to 100 at t=0, which is market lows around the average bear market since 1964. The chart indicates equity prices bottom first, then the ISM, and finally real earnings Source: Thomson Financial, Bloomberg, WMR ab3 9
  • 11. Investment Strategy Dollar to remain under pressure Inverse relation to equity market performance We expect the dollar to 110 230 depreciate against 105 210 most currencies during the rest of the year. 100 190 The magnitude of US 170 monetary and fiscal 95 policy initiatives will, in 150 our view, put the US 90 dollar under pressure. 130 85 The Fed’s low rate 110 policy has made the 80 90 dollar a funding currency for so called 75 70 “carry trades.” This will contribute to downward pressure on 70 50 the greenback 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 Our bearish view on the dollar is the main US dollar nominal effective exchange rate (LHS) reason why we hold a Carry trade index (RHS) preference for non-US equities over US Source: Bloomberg and UBS WMR equities and a preference for foreign bonds over US bonds. ab3 10
  • 12. Investment Strategy International Equities Equity Valuations – 12 month forward P/E Ratios We prefer Emerging 20.0 Market equities as well as non-US developed 18.0 26.8 equities to US stocks. 16.0 14.6 14.5 14.6 Mounting evidence of a 14.0 12.0 12.1 12.8 global recovery should continue to benefit EM 12.0 equities in relative terms 10.0 even though their valuations has become 8.0 less attractive. 6.0 Within non-US developed 4.0 markets our preference is 2.0 for the Eurozone. Valuations there are 0.0 attractive and economic indicators, which are surprising to the upside, UK US ld n e ed ts n pa ke or signal that a recovery is zo op Ja W ar underway. ro el M v Eu de gn S gi -U er n Em No Source: IBES, UBS WMR ab3 11
  • 13. Investment Strategy Commodities Further upside potential for commodities Commodities have pulled back somewhat in Aug, 80 15 but are still up year-to- date on a total return 60 basis. They are also 10 trading roughly 48% off of their 2008 peak. 40 We believe that the 5 20 cyclical recovery should prove supportive for commodities during the 0 0 next 12 months. Global demand for -20 -5 commodities is likely to improve as the global -40 Commodities (S&P GSCI, 12-month total return economy returns to in % and USD) -10 positive growth. In -60 OECD leading indicators (6-month change particular, a growth annualized in %) recovery in Emerging -80 -15 Market countries should be supportive. 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 We believe that, on average, commodities are Source: Bloomberg, UBS WMR trading slightly above their marginal costs of production. They are no longer very cheap on this measure. ab3 12
  • 14. Equities US Equity Strategy Cost cutting drove Q2 earnings to exceed expectations Tight cost controls helped drive 80% over 2/3 of the S&P 500 to beat 68% 2Q09. 70% Top-line growth should improve 60% in the second half of 2009 and 50% 2010 as nominal GDP rebounds. 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2Q09 earnings 2Q09 revenues % of S&P 500 companies beating consensus estimates Source: FactSet and UBS WMR ab3 13
  • 15. Equities US Equity Strategy Market gains have been fundamentally driven 2Q09 earnings season has been 1050 $16.50 unambiguously positive relative to low expectations, coming in 15% $16.00 higher than expected. Recent 1000 $15.50 market rally driven by improving fundamentals. 950 $15.00 $14.50 900 $14.00 $13.50 850 $13.00 800 $12.50 Jul 2009 Aug 2009 Sep 2009 S&P 500 (LHS) 2Q09 S&P 500 EPS (RHS) Source: FactSet and UBS WMR ab3 14
  • 16. Equities US Equity Strategy Valuations are fair, cyclical environment continues to improve 45 Valuations have increased, but remain below-average. 40 Combination of reasonable Average P/E 16.0x valuations and cyclical 35 improvement should support Current P/E 14.4x 30 further equity market gains. 25 20 15 10 5 0 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 S&P 500 P/E on 10-year average of real operating EPS Source: S&P, Thomson Financial and UBS WMR ab3 15
  • 17. Equities US Equity Strategy Small-cap fundamentals remain challenged Large-cap S&P 500 earnings $50 $120 estimates have stabilized, small- caps (Russell 2000) estimates continue to fall. $40 $100 Fundamentals for small-caps $80 remain challenged relative to $30 large-caps: expensive relative valuations, lack of international $60 exposure, difficulty in attaining $20 favorable financing, greater $40 exposure to credit losses. $10 $20 $0 $0 Mar 2008 Jul 2008 Nov 2008 Mar 2009 Jul 2009 Nov 2009 Russell 2000 consensus 2009 EPS estimates (LHS) S&P 500 consensus 2009 EPS estimates (RHS) Source: FactSet and UBS WMR ab3 16
  • 18. Equities US Equity Strategy WMR US Sector Strategy - Pro-cyclical, Pro-Global Energy We continue to favor US sectors that should benefit from Technology Deviation from continued improvement in the Benchmark domestic economy, stronger Industrials growth trends in emerging markets, rising commodity Materials prices and a weakening US dollar. Consumer Disc Consumer Staples Financials Telecom Utilities Health Care underweight neutral overweight Source: Bloomberg and UBS WMR ab3 17
  • 19. Fixed Income US Duration Strategy Real, nominal, and break even yields 6.0 We recommend investors retain a duration US 10 Year Breakeven Inflation US 10 Year Real Yield US 10 Year Nominal Yield underweight (-0.5 years). 5.0 Real yields and inflation expectations should continue to normalize, as 4.0 the global economy stabilizes and on fears that an imperfect exit 3.0 strategy for quantitative easing will lead to higher inflation. 2.0 If inflation overshoots the Fed’s target over the 1.0 next 3 to 5 years, Treasury yields look expensive. 0.0 Heavy supply, a reversal May-07 Nov-07 Feb-07 Aug-07 May-08 Nov-08 Feb-08 Aug-08 May-09 Feb-09 Aug-09 of the flight-to-quality- bid, and uncertain demand from overseas Source: Bloomberg, UBS WMR as of 27 August 2009 investors should also pressure yields higher. ab3 18
  • 20. Fixed Income US Fixed Income Strategy Rate development and WMR forecast 8.0% WMR 7.0% forecast US interest rate forecasts (%) US interest rate forecasts (%) 6.0% In 3 In 6 In 12 27 June 17 Aug month month month 5.0% 3-m 4.0% 0.36 0.61 0.40 0.30 0.30 LIBOR 3.0% 2-year 1.05 1.90 1.70 2.60 2.0% 5-year 2.48 3.10 2.60 3.50 1.0% 10-year 3.46 4.00 3.50 4.25 0.0% 30-year 4.23 4.80 4.30 5.00 Aug-99 Aug-00 Aug-01 Aug-02 Aug-03 Aug-04 Aug-05 Aug-06 Aug-07 Aug-08 Aug-09 Aug-10 2 year yield 10 year yield Source: Bloomberg, UBS WMR, as of 27 August 2009 ab3 19
  • 21. Fixed Income US Fixed Income Strategy Strong rally has sapped much of the valued from corporates We continue to favor 900 Industrials Investment Grade corporate bonds over 800 Financials other Fixed Income 700 segments, though much Industrials - Prior Max of the value has been 600 eroded given the strong 500 Financials - Prior Max rally this year. Corporate bonds have 400 YTD total returns of over 14% with Industrials and 300 Utilities outperforming 200 Financials by 300bps and 650bps respectively. 100 From a valuation 0 perspective, Financials appear to be the most Aug-99 Aug-00 Aug-01 Aug-02 Aug-03 Aug-04 Aug-05 Aug-06 Aug-07 Aug-08 Aug-09 attractive segment as non-Financials now trade inside of historic recessionary levels. Sources: Moody's, Barclays Capital, UBS WMR, 27 August 2009 ab3 20
  • 22. Fixed Income US Fixed Income Strategy Investment grade credit spreads Within the non-Financial space, 900 BBB Index we continue to recommend 800 AA / A Composite Index adding investment grade bonds rated ‘BBB’. Despite compressing 700 Difference over the past few months, a 600 Average Difference spread differential of 130bps remains. This differential 500 continues to be well above 400 historical levels. 300 ‘BBB’s offer an effective way to increase yield while only 200 moderately increasing credit risk. 100 Should credit spreads continue 0 to tighten as we forecast, bonds rated ‘BBB’ are likely to benefit (100) disproportionately and Aug-99 Aug-00 Aug-01 Aug-02 Aug-03 Aug-04 Aug-05 Aug-06 Aug-07 Aug-08 Aug-09 demonstrate the highest total returns. Source: Barclays Capital, UBS WMR, 27 August 2009 ab3 21
  • 23. Fixed Income US Fixed Income Strategy Muni ‘A’ revenue and ‘AAA’ GO yield curves (%) A significant imbalance between supply and 6.0 AAA GO A Electric demand continues to help drive positive performance 5.0 in the tax-exempt market, with a year-to-date total 4.0 return near 10%. Despite the market’s run 3.0 up, we see value in munis, particularly for high-net 2.0 worth investors. Yield on ‘A’ rated essential 1.0 purpose revenue bonds in the 7 to 12 year area range 0.0 from 3.53% to 4.48% translating into taxable equivalent yields of 5.43% 1 2 3 4 4 6 67 78 89101112131415161718192021222324252627282930 2 3 5 9 111213 26272829 to 6.89% assuming the current 35% top federal tax bracket. Source: MMD Interactive, UBS WMR, as of 27 August 2009 ab3 22
  • 24. Fixed Income US Fixed Income Strategy The agency spread curve is very steep 2-year bullet agencies are very tight from an 75 historical perspective. 65 The credit spread 55 between 2 and 10-year 45 agencies is 43bps, the widest in five years. 35 25 We favor bullets in the 3 to 5 year area, where 15 the spread curve and 5 Treasury curve is steep. -5 Bonds issued under the -15 TLGP have converged -25 with agency bullets. -35 2/10-yr Agency Spread Curve Investors with a greater -45 tolerance for risk may wish to swap into the -55 senior debt of -65 uninsured but Sep-00 Sep-01 Sep-02 Sep-03 Sep-04 Sep-05 Sep-06 Sep-07 Sep-08 Sep-09 Mar-01 Mar-02 Mar-03 Mar-04 Mar-05 Mar-06 Mar-07 Mar-08 Mar-09 systemically important banks. We prefer callables to Sources: Bloomberg, UBS WMR, 27 August 2009 bullets for investors who can tolerate maturity uncertainty. ab3 23
  • 25. Fixed Income US Fixed Income Strategy Value in TIPS over nominal Treasuries 5.00 % 5-year breakeven TIPS breakeven rates remain below 2% 10-year breakeven throughout the short to 4.00 30-year breakeven intermediate portion of the TIPS curve. 3.00 We believe that TIPS in this segment will generate a higher 2.00 return than nominals as actual inflation rates 1.00 are likely to come in above the breakeven. We favor adding TIPS 0.00 opportunistically to guard against future -1.00 inflation in 2011 and beyond. Oct-05 Apr-06 Oct-06 Apr-07 Oct-07 Apr-08 Oct-08 Apr-09 Oct-09 Laddering TIPS in the 3 to 10 year maturity range will also protect the real purchasing Sources: Bloomberg, UBS WMR, 27 August 2009 power of each bond as it comes due. ab3 24
  • 26. Strategic Calls Strategic Calls seek to exploit investment opportunities among a wide range of asset classes based on long-term trends and themes Pricing power: Key to profitability – opened 16 Sept 2008, last updated 12 August 2009. Agribusiness: Enhancing productivity to yield attractive investment returns – opened 29 April 2008; last updated 27 April 2009. Wallflowers: Finding value in shunned stocks – opened 22 May 2008; last updated 21 May 2009. Favor large-caps: Smaller companies, bigger problems – opened 14 March 2008, last updated 12 August 2009. Corporate Bonds: Credit where credit is due – opened 30 May 2008; last updated 4 December 2008. Energy Efficiency: Investing in Sustainable Energies Part II – opened 23 June 2008; last updated 27 April 2009. To access Strategic Calls from Online Services, click: RESEARCH FOR INDIVIDUALS STRATEGIC CALLS (left column) ab3 25
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  • 28. WMR Investment Strategy and Key Forecasts Emerging M arkets Euro zone UK Other Develo ped Japan US ––– –– – n + ++ +++ Treasuries TIP S A gencies P referred Securities M ortgages Inv. Grade Corpo rates High Yield Corpo rates Emerg. M arket ––– –– – n + ++ +++ ab3 27
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