基礎設施周終于來了,不過,華爾街卻把目光投向了未來。
盡管美國前總統特朗普在4年前便呼吁要重建美國道路和橋梁,但這個得到了廣泛支持的愿景卻從未實現,而總統拜登似乎正準備再次嘗試推動此事。
這個重要的兩黨法案長達2700多頁,未來幾天之內,這個涉及5500億美元的新預算預計將在參議院得到通過,然后再交由眾議院投票。不過,眾議院議長南希?佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)曾表示,在參議院通過即將出臺的預算協調方案(涵蓋拜登政府“人類基礎設施”抱負涉及的眾多領域)之前,眾議院不會對基礎設施方案進行投票。該法案的推進意味著聯邦政府劃撥巨資改善美國破敗實體基礎設施的可能性越來越大。
根據這一兩黨法案,美國政府將劃撥5500億美元來改善全美的道路和橋梁,升級電網,并修建覆蓋范圍更廣的寬帶網絡。該法案內容涉及的其他投資領域包括飲用水項目、鐵路、機場、港口和航道。最終,銷售相關產品的各大公司,從混凝土到建造設備再到電動交通工具,都將因該法案而受益。
然而,華爾街的投資者,也就是那些永遠的預言者們,基本上都認為該法案的影響已經被市場消化了。
最近幾天,跟蹤75家基礎設施行業首要跨國公司的標普全球基礎設施指數僅上漲了0.4%。事實上,那些有望獲得該法案投資的大公司對于該法案在周一的出現無動于衷。例如,卡特彼勒公司(Caterpillar)和迪爾公司(Deere)的股價在盤中還出現了下滑。Compass Point政策研究總監伊薩克?波爾坦斯基(Isaac Boltansky)對《財富》說,“這個兩黨框架法案中有一些明確的可投資主題,已經引發了某些投資者的重點關注。”
然而,這并不意味著基建法案所帶來的投資機會已經徹底消失。晨星(Morningstar)美國市場首席策略師大衛?瑟卡拉(Dave Sekara)表示,對于雅各布工程集團(Jacobs Engineering Group)、Hubbell和霍尼韋爾(Honeywell)這類公司來說,依然還有很大的運作空間。電動汽車市場的參與者,例如福特這樣的汽車制造商以及愛迪生國際公司(Edison International)這樣的可再生能源公司,當然還有特斯拉,可能都將因此而受益。基建法案將劃撥75億美元,用于在全美打造電動汽車充電網絡。
瑟卡拉對《財富》說:“在那些我稱之為傳統基礎設施[公司]的企業當中,我覺得大多數公司的股價都已經上漲。因此在大多數情況下,我認為,這些股票說的好聽點是合理估價,說的難聽點,其中的大多數屬于估值過高。為了在傳統行業中尋找價值,我們將目光投向了次級影響。”
對于國會山的一些民主黨來說,這個兩黨法案還不夠周到,因為它并沒有考慮民主黨3.5萬億美元的預算協調計劃,該計劃旨在實現拜登政府在更廣泛領域的基礎設施抱負,包括兒童看護成本、教育和全美帶薪休假等。紐約州民主黨眾議員亞歷山大?奧卡西奧-科特茲(Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)在周日的CNN采訪中表示:“如果參議院不通過協調計劃,我們將堅持我方的條件,而且在獲得所有這些投資之前不會通過這個兩黨法案。”
就在佩洛西和奧卡西奧-科特茲這樣的民主黨一心想要通過協調計劃的同時,國會山正糾結于財政部的債務上限問題,有鑒于此,華爾街很大一部分人士似乎將目光投向了即將出臺的預算協調計劃。
Compass Point的波爾坦斯基說:“總的來說,大多數投資者專注的是協調計劃,而在該計劃出現之時,在我看來,華盛頓將迎來瘋狂的多事之秋。國會山涌現的政治風險將開始在9月份交匯,而對于投資者來說,這將成為一臺頗有影響力的好戲。”(財富中文網)
譯者:馮豐
審校:夏林
基礎設施周終于來了,不過,華爾街卻把目光投向了未來。
盡管美國前總統特朗普在4年前便呼吁要重建美國道路和橋梁,但這個得到了廣泛支持的愿景卻從未實現,而總統拜登似乎正準備再次嘗試推動此事。
這個重要的兩黨法案長達2700多頁,未來幾天之內,這個涉及5500億美元的新預算預計將在參議院得到通過,然后再交由眾議院投票。不過,眾議院議長南希?佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)曾表示,在參議院通過即將出臺的預算協調方案(涵蓋拜登政府“人類基礎設施”抱負涉及的眾多領域)之前,眾議院不會對基礎設施方案進行投票。該法案的推進意味著聯邦政府劃撥巨資改善美國破敗實體基礎設施的可能性越來越大。
根據這一兩黨法案,美國政府將劃撥5500億美元來改善全美的道路和橋梁,升級電網,并修建覆蓋范圍更廣的寬帶網絡。該法案內容涉及的其他投資領域包括飲用水項目、鐵路、機場、港口和航道。最終,銷售相關產品的各大公司,從混凝土到建造設備再到電動交通工具,都將因該法案而受益。
然而,華爾街的投資者,也就是那些永遠的預言者們,基本上都認為該法案的影響已經被市場消化了。
最近幾天,跟蹤75家基礎設施行業首要跨國公司的標普全球基礎設施指數僅上漲了0.4%。事實上,那些有望獲得該法案投資的大公司對于該法案在周一的出現無動于衷。例如,卡特彼勒公司(Caterpillar)和迪爾公司(Deere)的股價在盤中還出現了下滑。Compass Point政策研究總監伊薩克?波爾坦斯基(Isaac Boltansky)對《財富》說,“這個兩黨框架法案中有一些明確的可投資主題,已經引發了某些投資者的重點關注。”
然而,這并不意味著基建法案所帶來的投資機會已經徹底消失。晨星(Morningstar)美國市場首席策略師大衛?瑟卡拉(Dave Sekara)表示,對于雅各布工程集團(Jacobs Engineering Group)、Hubbell和霍尼韋爾(Honeywell)這類公司來說,依然還有很大的運作空間。電動汽車市場的參與者,例如福特這樣的汽車制造商以及愛迪生國際公司(Edison International)這樣的可再生能源公司,當然還有特斯拉,可能都將因此而受益。基建法案將劃撥75億美元,用于在全美打造電動汽車充電網絡。
瑟卡拉對《財富》說:“在那些我稱之為傳統基礎設施[公司]的企業當中,我覺得大多數公司的股價都已經上漲。因此在大多數情況下,我認為,這些股票說的好聽點是合理估價,說的難聽點,其中的大多數屬于估值過高。為了在傳統行業中尋找價值,我們將目光投向了次級影響。”
對于國會山的一些民主黨來說,這個兩黨法案還不夠周到,因為它并沒有考慮民主黨3.5萬億美元的預算協調計劃,該計劃旨在實現拜登政府在更廣泛領域的基礎設施抱負,包括兒童看護成本、教育和全美帶薪休假等。紐約州民主黨眾議員亞歷山大?奧卡西奧-科特茲(Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)在周日的CNN采訪中表示:“如果參議院不通過協調計劃,我們將堅持我方的條件,而且在獲得所有這些投資之前不會通過這個兩黨法案。”
就在佩洛西和奧卡西奧-科特茲這樣的民主黨一心想要通過協調計劃的同時,國會山正糾結于財政部的債務上限問題,有鑒于此,華爾街很大一部分人士似乎將目光投向了即將出臺的預算協調計劃。
Compass Point的波爾坦斯基說:“總的來說,大多數投資者專注的是協調計劃,而在該計劃出現之時,在我看來,華盛頓將迎來瘋狂的多事之秋。國會山涌現的政治風險將開始在9月份交匯,而對于投資者來說,這將成為一臺頗有影響力的好戲。”(財富中文網)
譯者:馮豐
審校:夏林
Infrastructure week is finally here, though Wall Street is looking toward the future.
Four years after former President Donald Trump championed revitalizing America's roads and bridges, a vision that never materialized despite widespread support, President Joe Biden appears to be on the precipice of doing just that.
A major bipartisan package tallying more than 2,700 pages and $550 billion in new spending is expected to pass the Senate in the coming days before heading to the House of Representatives. And while Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has indicated that the bill will not go up for a vote in the lower chamber until the upcoming budget reconciliation package is put forward—as it is expected to tackle many parts of the Biden administration's "human infrastructure" ambitions—the bill's advancement will represent the growing possibility of billions of federal dollars being doled out to improve the country's decaying physical infrastructure.
Under the bipartisan plan, the $550 billion will be allocated for improving roads and bridges across the country, updating the electrical grid, and building out a more expansive broadband network. Other areas of investment included in the bill's structure include drinking water projects, railroads, airports, ports, and waterways. As a result, companies selling products from concrete to construction equipment to electric vehicles all stand to benefit.
However, Wall Street investors, ever the soothsayers, have largely already priced in the bill's effects.
The S&P Global Infrastructure Index, a benchmark that tracks 75 global companies that help make up the infrastructure industry, has ticked higher only by 0.4% in recent days. In fact, big-name companies with exposure to the bill's investments showed little reaction to its introduction Monday. Shares in both Caterpillar and Deere, for instance, fell in trading. "There are some clear investable themes in the bipartisan framework that certain investors have sunk their teeth in" already, Isaac Boltansky, director of policy research for Compass Point, told Fortune.
But that's not to say the infrastructure bill's resulting investment opportunities have completely dried up. For companies like Jacobs Engineering Group, Hubbell, and Honeywell, there is still more room to run, according to Morningstar chief U.S. market strategist Dave Sekara. Others with exposure to the electric-vehicle market—including carmakers like Ford, renewable energy company Edison International, and, of course, Tesla—could all benefit as well. The infrastructure package allocates $7.5 billion to create an electric-vehicle charging station network around the country.
"Of what I consider to be the traditional infrastructure [companies], I think most of those have already moved higher. So in most cases, we think that those are, at best, fairly valued and most of them, at worst, overvalued," Sekara told Fortune. "To find value in the traditional space, we're looking to the secondary impacts."
For some Democrats on Capitol Hill, the bipartisan bill does not go far enough without consideration for the party's $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation plans, which is expected to tackle the administration's broader infrastructure ambitions around child care costs, education, and national paid leave. Said New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during a CNN interview on Sunday, "If the Senate does not pass the reconciliation bill, we will uphold our end of the bargain and not pass the bipartisan bill until we get all of these investments in."
With Pelosi and other Democrats like Ocasio-Cortez focused on getting the reconciliation bill done at the same time that Capitol Hill wrestles with the Treasury Department's debt ceiling, much of Wall Street seems to be focused on the next package.
"By and large, most investors are focused on the reconciliation package that is set to follow in conjunction with what I think could be a frenetic and headline-driven period in Washington," Compass Point’s Boltansky said. "There is a confluence of political risk emanating from the Capitol beginning in September, and that's going to be one of the driving storylines for investors."