What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Julian Mayo Investment Director Charlemagne Capital (UK) Ltd September 2006


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: The Big Picture Much too big to ignore! Emerging economies Very strong fundamentals, and some misunderstandings Emerging markets as diversifiers Should every portfolio have some? Valuations & investment opportunities Still not in the price What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Agenda


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Eastern European Fund: Chart Source: Stockhouse Eastern European Fund


Global Emerging Markets Fund: Chart Source: Stockhouse Global Emerging Markets Fund


The Big Picture: The Big Picture


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Emerging markets dominate The big picture Emerging Markets: China, Brazil, Mexico, India, Korea, Taiwan, Russia Developed: US, Japan, Germany, UK, France, Italy, Canada Source: World Bank Dec 2003


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Emerging Markets: China, Brazil, Mexico, India, Korea, Taiwan, Russia G7: US, Japan, Germany, UK, France, Italy, Canada Source: World Bank figures Sept. 2004, data shown for Dec 2003 PPP paints a more realistic picture The big picture


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: Source: Factset, MSCI, data shown for Dec 2004 using MSCI ACWI and MSCI EM indices What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Pay 5 to get 38! The big picture


Emerging Economies: Emerging Economies


So, What IS Driving Emerging Markets???: So, What IS Driving Emerging Markets??? Source: UBS – Sept 2006 Not US earnings growth! 1990 - 2006 No correlation


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Emerging markets: the new global powerhouses Source: Dresdner Kleinwort Debt Research – August 2006 Increasing presence on the global stage


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: Source: EIU, data shown is for December 2003 What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Labour is cheap Low-cost labour S. Korea


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: Source: Eurostat 2003 and JP Morgan – June 05 … but productive Low-cost labour What’s Driving Emerging Markets? * Conceptually equivalent to inverse of conventionally defined unit labour cost.


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Net oil exports as a percentage of GDP Source: UBS August 2005 Developed markets oil dependent: GEMs mixed


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Source: UBS – Sept 2006 Surpluses in emerging markets Strong surpluses – unlike LATAM ’93, Asia ‘97


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Surpluses – yet currencies are not overvalued Source: UBS – Sept 2006 Currencies not expensive *REER = Real effective exchange rates *


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Reserves now massively exceed debt Source: UBS – Sept 2006 Reserves rise 5x in seven years


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Balance sheet strength Source: UBS – Sept 2006 Lower risk


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? India and Russia – underleveraged giants Source: UBS – Sept 2006 Opportunities for balance sheet expansion


Emerging Markets as Diversifiers: Emerging Markets as Diversifiers


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Emerging markets: higher risk-adjusted returns Source: Dresdner Kleinwort Debt Research – Calculations based on JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, S&P, Morgan Stanley Index data Great risk-return profile


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Emerging market equities: correlation with various markets Source: Dresdner Kleinwort Debt Research – Calculations based on weekly returns over the last year, on JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, S&P, Morgan Stanley Index data Portfolio diversification


Valuations & Investment Opportunities: Valuations & Investment Opportunities


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Source: UBS – Sept 2006 GEM vs. developed market-cap weighted sovereign yields Economic merits noted by bond markets


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Markets driven by earnings Source: UBS – Sept 2006 Earnings are surging


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? PE ratios – still undervalued Source: UBS – Sept 2006 …and valuations remain low


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? GEM vs. global 12 mth forward consensus PEs Source: UBS – Sept 2006 Emerging still cheap relative to developed markets


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Source: UBS September 2006 GEM valuation summary Growing earnings, attractive valuations


What’s Driving Emerging Markets?: What’s Driving Emerging Markets? Emerging markets are too big, and too attractive, to ignore! Economies are booming and fundamentals are good Valuations are supportive in relative and absolute terms Charlemagne Capital – experienced stock pickers


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