壹 盈利增长有支撑
很多投资人担忧美联储收回流动性会对美股造成较大冲击。当前,美股估值确实不低。但高估值不是股市回调的理由。股市回调的一个动力是企业盈利下行。从近期美国经济数据看,经济仍很强劲,就业持续恢复,消费有支撑。所以,短期还看不到上市公司盈利回调的风险。
贰 看看货币体系
另外一个动力就是流动性紧缩超预期。那么美联储回收因应对疫情而释放的巨额流动性面临怎样的挑战呢?从数据来看,这个挑战恐怕是史无前例的。先看一下美国的货币分类。美国的货币体系中,M1、M2和M3都被称作狭义货币。按照流动性划分,M1是指随时可用来支付的货币,它是现金加上支票账户和旅行账户;M2是M1加上具有一定流动性的存款,包括储蓄账户、货币市场账户、小额存单、货币市场共同基金、隔夜欧洲美元和隔夜回购协议;M3是M2加上某些流动性较差的储蓄,包括大额存单、机构的货币市场账户、定期存款和定期的回购协议。所以,流动性而言M1大于M2,M2大于M3。
叁 零期限货币
除了这三个指标,还有一个MZM,即零期限货币,衡量那些不需要给银行任何提前通知,所有者即可使用的金融资产。MZM等于M2减去任何定期存款,因为这些存款需要提前通知银行,加上从M3中划出来的货币市场基金。
肆 增速处在历史第二高点
MZM存量数据从1960年开始,至今有61年的历史。其月度同比增速在历史上有两个高点,一个是上世纪八十年代,MZM月度同比增速在1983年1月到12月超过20%,最高点为1983年6月和7月,同比增速超过37%;一个就是2020年4月至2021年初,同比增速也超过20%。
伍 通胀压力较上一次高点大
但是1983年美国全年的消费者价格指数同比增速保持在2.5-3.8%之间,算是一个温和通胀;而当前美国面临6%以上的通胀,未来通胀持续保持在高位甚至再创新高都有可能。在这种情况下,回收流动性成为美联储的当务之急。截止2021年1月,MZM存量为22万亿美金(下同),相当于美国一年的GDP。2020年2月份,在疫情发生之前,MZM为17万亿。如果MZM要回到疫情前,需要回收5万亿。这对金融市场的潜在冲击可能不会是轻微的。
陆 市场预期美联储将加快回收流动性
A股和港股均小幅上涨。港股公用事业和能源板块涨幅居前;A股煤炭和白酒涨幅居前,而新能源板块调整。美国国债收益率继续攀升,上周首次申请失业救济人数下降到了19.9万人,为50年来的最低水平。市场预期美联储将在12月的议息会议上加快缩减债券购买计划。美科技股反弹。因疫情影响,经济复苏股回落。
I.Earnings growth would be solid
Investors worry about that the Fed’s tapering and later lifting interest rates would cause stock market to crash. At this moment the US equities are valued at high levels. Yet stocks would not fall only because of high valuation. One factor that would cause stocks to fall is earnings growth slowdown or even decline. The recent economic data showed that the US economy has been very solid. The employment data was better than expected and consumption remained strong. A strong economy supports strong earnings growth of listed companies. The other one is liquidity crunch. Hence,unless the Fed takes back liquidity faster than expected the US stocks would go up.
II.MZM
Then how to evaluate the tasks of taking back liquidity by Fed? The data shows that this task would be unprecedentedly challenging. In the US there is a measure of liquidity called MZM. It measures those money that clients can take out without giving notice to banks in advance.
III.The second highest growth of MZM in history
From 1960 till now the monthly growth rate of MZM has two peak periods. One is from Jan. 1983 to December 1983, when MZM monthly year-on-year (yoy) growth rate reached above 20% and above 37% in June 1983 and July 1983. The other one is from April 2020 to Jan. 2021, when the monthly yoy growth rate reached above 20%.
IV.Inflation is much higher now
But Consumer Price Index only grew at 2.5-3.8% yoy throughout 1983. Currently CPI grew above 6% and might grow even higher going forward. MZM was US$17 trillion in Feb. 2020 before COVID-19 crises and US$22 trillion in Jan. 2021. The Fed would have to take back US 5 trillion to come back to the previous level. This would likely cause market to react strongly.
IV.The Fed is likely to take back liquidity faster
Both A-share and HK stocks rose slightly. Utilities and energy sector rose the most in HK market while coal and liquor sector rose the most in A-share. The US initial jobless claim last week was 199,000, the lowest in about 50 years. The US 10-year treasury yield continuedto rise. The Fed could speed up the end of its US$ 120 billion monthly bond purchase program.
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