Title: Capital G Investments Limited
1Capital G Investments Limited
- Select Markets Review
- September 30th, 2007
2Key Features of 3rd Quarter
- Inter-bank liquidity dried up EG) UK Mortgage
Bank Northern Rock - Merger Acquisition slow down
- US employment Number Weakened
- US housing woes continued
- Oil price neared an all time high
- Gold hit 28 year highs
- US Dollar weakened severely
- US Recession?
- US Fed Reserve cut Interest rates by 50bps to
4.75 - US Fed Discount Rate cut by total of 100bps
- Aggressive stance by Fed set to continue into 4th
quarter
3US Employment Figures Weakening
4Housing Sales Downward Trend Continues
5Mergers Acquisitions Volume Activity Slowing
6Northern Rock Credit Crunch
7Fed Funds Implied Volatility50bps Reduction In
Fed Rate
8Market Volatility Seen EasingPost Fed Reserve
Rate Cuts
9Expectations For 3rd Quarter US Earnings
10US GDP Growth vs Key International Markets
11Expectations of Further Fed Rate Cut
12Equity Returns North American Markets
13Equity Returns European
14Equity Returns Far East
15Equity Returns Emerging/BRIC
16Bermuda Companies Intl Stocks
17Bermuda Companies Local Stocks
18How does Correlation help a portfolio?
- Source David M. Durst The Art of Asset
Allocation
19Correlation of Bermuda Stocks vs SP500 and EAFE
Markets
20Commodities
21US Dollar 20 Years
22Major Currencies vs US Dollar
23International Bonds
24Annual Asset Class Returns
25How Did Our Benchmarks Do?
26Thank YouQuestions