壹 低利率孕育牛市
悉尼·霍莫在其著名的著作《利率史》中说过一句话:利率是任何经济体的体温计。利率不仅是衡量经济体的重要指标,而且与股市也紧密相关。一般来说,利率上涨,股市下跌;而利率下跌,股市上涨。美国上世纪两次长牛都是在低利率的环境下出现的。20世纪50年代,美国的实际短期利率一直在1.4%的低位。1949年到1956年美国股市开启了一波长牛。到了80年代,美国10年期国债收益率从最高接近16%下降到5%,股市也开启了一波轰轰烈烈的牛市。
贰 投资债券还是股票要看利率
有投资人不理解为什么利率和股市是负相关的关系。投资人在投资时,可以投资债券,也可以投资股票。当债券利率较低的时候,投资人就会选择投资股票;而当债券利率高时,投资人就会投资债券。所以,在大类资产配置中,投资股票还是债券是最先考虑的问题。
叁 我国过去利率水平偏高
利率和股市的关系适用于全球,A股市场也不例外。我国10年期国债收益率过去20年在2.5-4.5%之间徘徊,表面上看利率水平并不高。但实际利率水平远高于此。温州地区民间综合融资利率(“温州指数”)从2012年至今一直保持在双位数,2012年最高达到21%。这一方面是由于拉动经济增长的行业需要大量资金,如房地产;另一方面,中小企业一直面临融资难、融资贵的难题。
肆 未来有望持续走低
但随着央行推动降低对中小微企业的实际贷款利率,中央对房地产企业的三条红线政策的逐步推进以及对影子银行的清理和整治,中国实际利率已经开始走低。根据GDP平减指数计算的2021年6月份的实际贷款利率已降到1.08%,达到10年的新低。而温州指数也从21%降到最近13-16%的水平。
伍 A股也有希望天天涨
这对股市而言无疑是好消息。近期,股市放量滞涨,人们猜测股市的资金来自哪里。其实,只要利率持续下降,各路资金都会来到股市。随着中国治理整顿金融市场中的各种乱象,未来利率水平会持续下降。期待A股能像美国股市那样天天上涨也许不是一个奢望。
陆 A股的好消息来了
北京交易所成立利好股市。专精特新中小企业、券商以及相关IT企业将会受益。A股和港股周四均上涨,低估值股票引领市场,而高估值的半导体、光伏和新能源持续调整。美国上周申请失业救济人数好于市场预期,美股再创新高。
I. Interest rates and stock markets
In his popular book “A history of interest rates” Sidney Homer said a famous sentence: “Interest rate is the thermometer of an economy”. In fact, interest rate is not only essential to economic growth but also determines stock market trends.In general, when interest rate is down stock market would rise and vice versa. Some might wonder whey interest rate and stock is negatively correlated. This is because bond and stock can be substitute of each other. When an investor wants to invest, he or she can invest in bond or stock. If interest rate is higher,he would choose bond. Otherwise, he would choose stocks. Hence, it is the foremost thing in asset allocation to determine which one should be invested more, bond or stocks.
II. Interest rates in China were at high levels in the past
This negative correlation between interest rate and stocks apply to the world including China. While 10-year treasury yield of China has been around 2.5-4.5% over the last 20 years, the real lending costs were not low at all. The composite lending interest rate in Wenzhou (Wenzhou Index),a city in Zhejiang Province where private lending is prosperous, has been maintained at double-digit over the last 10 years. The highest lending cost was 21% in 2012.On one hand those sectors driving economic growth such as property need a lot of capital; on the other hand, small- to medium-sized enterprises (SME) have been faced with the challenges of getting low-cost capital.
III. The falling interest rates bodes well for stock markets
However, the People’s Bank of China began to push down lending cost for SME from last year. The three-red policies for property companies mean that capital would not flow into this sector as previously. Also China has been cleaning up shadow banking for a couple of years. All of these decrease the lending costs. The Wenzhou Index has come down to 13-16% recently. As such the stock markets in China would go up as more money would flow in. Those who expect that A-share to rise continuously like the US stocks might not be disappointed.
IV. Good news for China's stock markets
The establishment of Beijing Stock Exchange is good for A-share and HK stock market. Brokers and related IT companies would benefit the most. The US initial jobless claim last week came in better than expectation. The US stocks reached another record high.
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