上周,股市投資者經歷了一次罕見的止跌回升,他們甚至希望熊市已經結束,但高盛警告稱,現在就說最糟糕的時刻已經過去還為時尚早。
上周二到周四,美股反彈,標普500指數上漲了近18%。但高盛指出,對于這次反彈不必過于激動:策略分析師上周五發布的一份研究報告稱,2008年9月至12月,標普500指數經歷了六次持續1至6個交易日的反彈,漲幅達到9%以上,“有個別反彈的幅度更是高達19%”。但股市直到2009年3月才見底。
事實上,雖然上周股市出現了反彈,但高盛認為:“從策略面來看,我們認為未來幾周市場很可能會繼續走低。”
美國財務研究分析中心的山姆?斯托瓦爾也表示認同。他在周一發布的一篇報告中寫道:“歷史事實告訴投資者,股市最近的低點或將‘再次接受考驗’。雖然目前股市已經跌至熊市的低點,但市場將持續存在較高的波動性。”
對沖基金Great Hill Capital的董事長兼主理合伙人托馬斯?海耶斯等人卻認為,預測股市底部是“不可能完成的任務”。而且海耶斯告訴《財富》雜志:“由于現在無法預估企業在2020年的盈利情況,因此實際上沒有基本面數據可以參考,所以預測股市底部的難度更大。”
當所有人都在猜測股市何時觸底的時候,高盛認為,市場真正觸底之前需要滿足三個條件。
新型冠狀病毒傳播速度減慢
華爾街所有人最關注的依舊是新冠肺炎新增確診病例人數。雖然中國、韓國和意大利的疫情趨勢有所放緩,給投資者帶來了希望(海耶斯稱,如果美國的感染人數增長曲線與中國或新加坡的曲線類似,“市場可能已經考慮到了未來幾個月在經濟方面可能出現的大部分后果。”),但高盛認為不確定性的存在,使市場依舊不太可能出現估值擴張。
財政和貨幣刺激政策確實有效的證據
美聯儲和美國政府推出2.2萬億美元刺激計劃,大手筆的政策使投資者有理由感到樂觀,但高盛警告:“這些措施限制違約、倒閉和裁員,但能多大程度上能夠取得成功,需要讓時間來證明。”
投資者倉位和情緒見底
最后,高盛將投資者的倉位和情緒,作為預測未來市場是否會繼續下行的信號(確認“賣盤壓力是否會使股市緩慢觸底”)。高盛的美國股市情緒指標結合了九項股市倉位指標。該指標僅跌到了-1.4標準差,而在本輪周期最近的其他修正中,標準差都在-2至-3之間。高盛的報告稱,上周,“該指標升到-0.7,這意味著未來還將迎來更多拋售。”
但請記住……
當有人正在預測未來市場走向的時候,海耶斯和摩根士丹利等卻更加樂觀地認為,市場已經觸底。
摩根士丹利通過研究企業的盈利情況發現,花旗全球盈利修正指數跌至20年最低水平。周一,策略分析師在一份摩根士丹利財富管理全球投資委員會報告中寫道,這“很重要,因為這代表市場已經考慮到了各種壞消息,比如上周有328萬人申請失業補助,但這并沒有影響到市場信心。在曝出這則消息的當天,股市反而有所上漲。”
股市沒有受到壞消息影響這一點,也引起了Great Hill公司的海耶斯的關注。他認為:“壞消息會越來越多,但當市場開始表現出對壞消息的抵抗力時,你就可以認為拐點已經來臨。這意味著市場可能已經將最糟糕的情況考慮在內。”(財富中文網)
譯者:Biz
上周,股市投資者經歷了一次罕見的止跌回升,他們甚至希望熊市已經結束,但高盛警告稱,現在就說最糟糕的時刻已經過去還為時尚早。
上周二到周四,美股反彈,標普500指數上漲了近18%。但高盛指出,對于這次反彈不必過于激動:策略分析師上周五發布的一份研究報告稱,2008年9月至12月,標普500指數經歷了六次持續1至6個交易日的反彈,漲幅達到9%以上,“有個別反彈的幅度更是高達19%”。但股市直到2009年3月才見底。
事實上,雖然上周股市出現了反彈,但高盛認為:“從策略面來看,我們認為未來幾周市場很可能會繼續走低。”
美國財務研究分析中心的山姆?斯托瓦爾也表示認同。他在周一發布的一篇報告中寫道:“歷史事實告訴投資者,股市最近的低點或將‘再次接受考驗’。雖然目前股市已經跌至熊市的低點,但市場將持續存在較高的波動性。”
對沖基金Great Hill Capital的董事長兼主理合伙人托馬斯?海耶斯等人卻認為,預測股市底部是“不可能完成的任務”。而且海耶斯告訴《財富》雜志:“由于現在無法預估企業在2020年的盈利情況,因此實際上沒有基本面數據可以參考,所以預測股市底部的難度更大。”
當所有人都在猜測股市何時觸底的時候,高盛認為,市場真正觸底之前需要滿足三個條件。
新型冠狀病毒傳播速度減慢
華爾街所有人最關注的依舊是新冠肺炎新增確診病例人數。雖然中國、韓國和意大利的疫情趨勢有所放緩,給投資者帶來了希望(海耶斯稱,如果美國的感染人數增長曲線與中國或新加坡的曲線類似,“市場可能已經考慮到了未來幾個月在經濟方面可能出現的大部分后果。”),但高盛認為不確定性的存在,使市場依舊不太可能出現估值擴張。
財政和貨幣刺激政策確實有效的證據
美聯儲和美國政府推出2.2萬億美元刺激計劃,大手筆的政策使投資者有理由感到樂觀,但高盛警告:“這些措施限制違約、倒閉和裁員,但能多大程度上能夠取得成功,需要讓時間來證明。”
投資者倉位和情緒見底
最后,高盛將投資者的倉位和情緒,作為預測未來市場是否會繼續下行的信號(確認“賣盤壓力是否會使股市緩慢觸底”)。高盛的美國股市情緒指標結合了九項股市倉位指標。該指標僅跌到了-1.4標準差,而在本輪周期最近的其他修正中,標準差都在-2至-3之間。高盛的報告稱,上周,“該指標升到-0.7,這意味著未來還將迎來更多拋售。”
但請記住……
當有人正在預測未來市場走向的時候,海耶斯和摩根士丹利等卻更加樂觀地認為,市場已經觸底。
摩根士丹利通過研究企業的盈利情況發現,花旗全球盈利修正指數跌至20年最低水平。周一,策略分析師在一份摩根士丹利財富管理全球投資委員會報告中寫道,這“很重要,因為這代表市場已經考慮到了各種壞消息,比如上周有328萬人申請失業補助,但這并沒有影響到市場信心。在曝出這則消息的當天,股市反而有所上漲。”
股市沒有受到壞消息影響這一點,也引起了Great Hill公司的海耶斯的關注。他認為:“壞消息會越來越多,但當市場開始表現出對壞消息的抵抗力時,你就可以認為拐點已經來臨。這意味著市場可能已經將最糟糕的情況考慮在內。”(財富中文網)
譯者:Biz
Investors got a rare rally—and even hopes that the bear market may have been vanquished—last week, but Goldman Sachs warns it's still too early to declare the worst is behind us.
Last week, markets rallied from Tuesday through Thursday, lifting the S&P 500 nearly 18% in the period. But Goldman notes that isn't anything to get too excited about: from September through December of 2008, the S&P 500 saw six different 1-6 trading day bounces of 9% or more, "with some rallies as large as 19%," strategists wrote in a research note on Friday. Yet, the market didn't bottom until March 2009.
In fact, despite last week's pop, the firm is declaring that, "Tactically, we believe it is likely that the market will turn lower in coming weeks."
That estimation makes sense for CFRA's Sam Stovall, too. He wrote in a note on Monday that, "History advises investors to expect a 'retest' of the recent low," he notes. "Even if the low for this bear market is already in place, the elevated volatility is expected to persist."
For those like Thomas Hayes, chairman and managing partner of Great Hill Capital, calling the bottom is "mission impossible." Plus, it's "doubly hard when there’s literally no fundamental data you can reply upon because there's no way to tell what earnings are going to be in 2020," Hayes tells Fortune.
But while the actual bottom is anyone's guess, now, Goldman says three things will still need to happen before the market will truly trough.
A slowing of coronavirus spread
Top of mind for everyone on the Street remains the new coronavirus case count. While trends of slowing cases in China, South Korea, and Italy have given investors cause to be hopeful (Hayes notes that if the U.S. curve is like the China or Singapore case curve, "the market has likely already discounted most of the pain that’s going to be coming in coming months economically speaking."), Goldman maintains the uncertainty is going to continue making further multiple expansion unlikely.
Evidence that fiscal and monetary stimulus is actually working
An ample policy response from both the Fed and the government (with a $2.2 trillion stimulus package) is certainly reason to be optimistic, but Goldman still warns that "only time will tell to what extent the actions succeed in limiting defaults, closures, and layoffs."
A bottoming in investor positioning and flows
Finally, the firm is looking to investor positioning and flows to signal if there is further downside ahead (checking to see if "selling pressure will slow and help stocks to bottom"). Goldman's U.S. Equity Sentiment Indicator, which compiles nine measures of equity positioning, had only declined to -1.4 standard deviations, versus -2 to -3 standard deviation readings at the bottoms of other corrections this cycle. Last week, "the metric rose to -0.7, suggesting more selling lies ahead," according to Goldman's report.
But keep in mind...
Yet some are looking elsewhere to gauge where markets are likely headed, and those like Hayes and Morgan Stanley are a bit more optimistic they could have bottomed already.
Morgan Stanley is taking note of the situation on the corporate earnings side. Citi Global Earnings Revisions Index recorded its worst reading in 20 years, the firm noted, which "is important, as it suggests the bad news is priced into markets, exemplified by the fact that [last] week’s [3.28 million] unemployment claims made no dent in market confidence. Stocks rose on the day of that report," strategists wrote in a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Global Investment Committee note on Monday.
That latter point of stocks being unperturbed by the bad news is precisely what Great Hill's Hayes is watching: "The news will continue to be worse, but as the market starts to show strength on bad news, that’s when you can start to consider that we’re at a turning point," Hayes contends. "That means the market has probably discounted a lot of the worst case already."