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1. $175tn: current value of global financial assets, 2X the size of global GDP
Wall St. is still "too big to fail": The total value of global stocks & bonds
outstanding has jumped by 8x since 1990, from $23tn to $175tn today.

Global asset values are 2X the size of the global economy; Global asset values fell
in 2018 from $180tn to $175tn. .
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The value of global equities outstanding has similarly surged from $9tn in 1990 to
$75tn today. World stocks equities tripled in value between the Global Financial
Crisis (GFC) lows in Mar'09 to their most recent peak of $90tn in Jan'18.

Financial assets are now 200% of global GDP; back in 1990 they were 97%. The
most recent peak in financial assets as a % global GDP in 2017 was 226%, just
above the 2007 highs.

2. 26%: US tech & e-commerce as % of US equity market capitalization

The past 10 years have witnessed the 2nd great bull market in technology in the
past 25 years. In 2018, tech & e-commerce sectors accounted for 26% of total
market cap (21% today); rivaling prior sector extreme: in the 2000 dot.com bubble
TMT was at 34%; in the 2006 housing bubble financials were 26%, and in 2008
during the China/oil bubble, energy & material sectors @ 24%.

3. 7%: US Treasury market owned by China, largest of any country

China, the world's second largest economy, is the world's biggest single country
foreign owner of US government debt. Pensions & Insurers (17.4%), mutual funds &
ETFs (12.7%) and the Federal Reserve (12.6%) hold the most securities outright.

The US Treasury market is by far the largest government bond market in the world
accounting for $18.4tn of debt securities: almost $4 of every $10 of government
debt outstanding is a US Treasury. The next 4 largest government bond markets
are Japan, China, UK & France.

4. 0.2%: the end-2020 consensus forecast for Japan's 10-year JGB yield

Additionally, every year since 2014 Treasury yields have been forecasted to end
each year above 3%; every year they have failed to do so.  Across the Atlantic, in
the past 6 years the consensus has over-predicted German bond yields by on
average 100 basis points. And the forecast for the 10-year JGB yield at the end of
2020 is a pitiful 0.2%. The "Japanification" of global interest rates of the past
10-years thus continues apace.

5. Four deflationary Ds of excess Debt, bank Deleveraging, tech Disruption,

and aging Demographics explain the consistent undershoot of inflation
expectations.

The inability of monetarism to boost wages and income in the world's largest
economic regions is sparking a populist backlash amongst electorates.

6. There is $11 trillion in global negatively yielding bonds

One reason growth & inflation has disappointed in the past 10 years is the ever-
growing level of debt, which is not "multiplying" into economic activity, but is
rather leading consumers & companies to increase savings and suppress "animal
spirits". As of Q3 2018 global debt equaled $244.2tn, equivalent to 318% of world
GDP.

While debt is at a record high, interest rates are close to record lows. The reason is
the unprecedented intervention in debt markets by central banks. "Financial
suppression" means there are $11.0tn of bonds trading with negative yields today.

7. 2747bps: the staggering drop in US CCC High Yield bond spreads since
2009

8. 2018: 1st year since 2000 that cash outperformed bonds and stocks

This table shows global cross-asset total returns since 2000, in USD terms.
Annualized asset returns since QE began in 2009: US stocks 15%, global HY bonds
12%, Treasuries 2%, cash 0%, commodities -1%. In 2018, cash outperformed bonds
and stocks for the first time since 2000.

9. 536: the number of zombie companies in the world, 13% of total

Ominously, low interest rates and the ability of lower-rated companies to issue
debt has led to a rise in the number of "zombie" companies, i.e. companies that
are extremely indebted and are unable to stay on their feet without the current
backdrop of historically low interest rates. In 2018, the number of "zombie"
companies, defined as companies with profits (EBIT) less than interest
payments totaled 536, not far off the highs seen during the Global Financial
Crisis (626).

10. $5.5tn: market cap of US tech sector, >entire market cap of Emerging
Markets

he second tech bubble: US tech is now by far the biggest individual sector in
the global stock market at $5.5tn market cap, larger than all EM stocks ($5.4tn)
and Eurozone stocks ($4.4tn); and 3x the size of all other tech sectors combined.

The second largest equity market, Japan, is almost 8x smaller ($3.3tn) than the US
($25.0tn). Financials ($7.6tn) remain the largest outright global sector but now
only account for 16.7% of global stocks, well below their prior peak of 26.1% in
Jan'07.

US tech companies account for 5 of the 7 largest companies in the world by

market capitalization, and 7 of the top 10 companies in the world are tech
companies. Microsoft is the only company to feature in the top 10 stocks
throughout the 21st century.

11. 1/3: financials as % market cap >1/3 in Canada, Spain, Italy, Australia,
Brazil

Tech (14%) now plays a substantial role in Emerging Markets, but the financial
sector (24%) is the main driver of EM; this is a major change from 2008 when
energy & resources represented 36% of the EM index. As a result, the catalyst for
EM to outperform has shifted from commodity prices to global rates. Eurozone
equities are highly cyclical and disproportionately reliant on financials, notably
Italy (32%) and Spain (36%). The Eurozone's next structural bull market awaits the
end of the current era of negative interest rates.

12. 4%: Global EPS growth forecast in 2019, down from 24% in 2018

The US economic cycle is set to become the longest in history in July 2019; but US,
Eurozone & Chinese growth has repeatedly struggled to exceed expectations. The
inability of economic growth to hit "escape velocity" helps explains why global
profits have consistently missed expectations, most notably in Europe. Years of big
upside surprises to EPS have typically been the results of one-off policy
interventions, for example the 2018 US tax cuts.

13. 3498: the level at which the S&P 500 bull market becomes the biggest ever

This chart shows how far equities are from their all-time highs, in US dollar (green
= <5% from high, white = 5-20% from high, red = >20% from high). US equity
market -3% from all-time high; stark contrast to Japan (27% from high), Eurozone
(33%), China (40%), Spain (52%), Italy (62%).

14. 68%: the rise in stock price needed for Eurozone banks to reach old highs

Of particular note, Eurozone banks are still 67% off their all-time highs, Korean
industrials 75%, Italian financials 82%, South African materials 81%.

15. 67%: the % of the global equity market >20% away from its all-time high

10 years into the bull market, only 9% indices within 5% of all-time highs, 24% are
within 20% and a 67% in "bear markets", i.e. >20% away from highs.

16. 17bps: the CDS of the "safest" company in the world, Nestle

These tables show the largest 25 companies, ranked by market cap & credit
default swap spreads, as well as the most  creditworthy countries. Nestle is the
creditworthy mega cap in financial markets (CDS = 17bp), Alibaba the least
(CDS = 84bp). Switzerland (12bp) overtook Germany (13bp) as the most
creditworthy country in May 2018; the least is Venezuela (7760bp, peak was
15559bp in Nov'17). US & European most creditworthy sectors = European & US IG
healthcare; least = European discretionary HY, US staples HY (Bloomberg).

17. 2.5%: dividend yield of global equity index, below its historic average of
2.9%

This table shows dividend yields around the world: it shows that global equities
currently yield 2.5%. Dividend yields in excess of 3.5% (cheap) can be found in 
Russia, Australia, UK, Spain, Italy, Taiwan, energy, utilities, REITs. Dividend yields
below 2% (expensive): India, US, tech, discretionary, communications.

18. 15X: price-earnings ratio of the global equity index, below its 15.7X
average

This table shows price/earnings ratios based on 12-month forward earnings.

Global equities are currently trading on a forward P/E multiple of 15.0x. P/E
multiples above 17x (expensive): India, US, REITs, staples, tech, healthcare. P/E
multiples below 12x (cheap): Russia, Korea, Italy, Brazil, Spain, China, financials.

19. 100: corporate bond prices relative to commodity prices close to 100-year
high

This chart shows the performance of US corporate bonds vs. commodities in the
past 100 years. US corporate bonds hit an all-time high versus commodities in
June 2017, exceeding the prior high set during the Great Depression in 1933; they
remain close to that high today.

20. 2002: last time commodities best performing asset class (as they are in
2019)

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