What's Happening: Q4 2024
Webinar • What Happened
Date posted
Jan 29, 2025
Regards,
Kinsted Wealth
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Good morning everyone, and welcome.
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Looks like we are just gathering
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for the what's happening, Q4 2024 Webinar from Kinad Wealth.
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, my name is Chris Perry.
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I'm a wealth counselor at Kinad, and some of you may know me
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and I'm sure everyone here knows our chief investment
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Officer, Brent Smith.
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Brent, how are you doing? I'm doing great, thanks, Chris.
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Fantastic, fantastic.
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, so let's maybe just jump into it
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and we are, we're going to get into questions later.
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, I'll just touch on the agenda today.
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, so first off, we're going to do a review of 2024
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do a performance update on the pools.
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, then we're going to look ahead to 2025.
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, we've got a little bit of a special US equities
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, deep dive, I guess you could say.
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, and then Brent's going to get into the private markets.
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, as you know, that's a, a large focus of ours.
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, talk about some recent events
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and then take some q and a.
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, so Brent, maybe if you wanna jump into just some
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of the key drivers of what happened in 2024.
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Yeah, sure. Chris, I, you know, it's, we're near the end
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of January, and probably most
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of us have already forgotten about 2024.
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But I, but I think it's important to just kind of
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review some of the, some of the things that, that
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drove the, the capital markets last year,
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because some of those things that were po probably
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tailwinds last year,
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may be turning into headwinds over the next
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over the next year or so.
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So, first off, you know, global monetary policy shifts.
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I mean, if you go back a year ago, inflation was, was still,
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, still a concern.
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So central banks were around the world were grappling
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with, with trying to tame inflation while, while trying
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to avoid a hard landing.
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And in many regions interest rates reached levels
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that had not been seen in, in over a decade,
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and which, which led to some slowing economic activity.
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, but, but that did provide a bit of a, you know,
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anchor against price instability.
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We saw the Bank of Canada was one of the first ones
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to raise, to cut rates, the us
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federal reserve cut rates as well.
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I saw that the Bank
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of Canada cut another 25 basis points today, so that,
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that had a big impact on capital markets last year.
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Same time
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you can't get away from geopolitical tensions.
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There's, there's always going to be some, some geopolitical
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risks on the horizon,
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and that had a pretty heavy impact to a certain degree
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on, on the energy markets, you know, ongoing conflicts,
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, around the globe, especially in the Middle East had
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certainly that's where you, you tend to see a, a lot
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of impacts on, on energy prices more in the Ukraine and,
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and Russia continue.
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So that certainly had had an impact as well last year.
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I think on, on, on another so end the, the massive
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in improvement or advancements in artificial intelligence
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and the AI boom
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reached really new heights in 2024.
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It's hard, it's hard to believe
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that the chat GPT did not exist two years ago.
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advancement in there is just having such a huge impact on
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from streamlining business operations to,
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to breakthroughs in healthcare and education and so on.
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And it had such a massive impact on the
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capital markets last year.
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You know, all you have to do is look at the poster child
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for, for, for artificial intelligence beneficiary.
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And that is Nvidia.
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Nvidia was, was just off the charts last year
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and really drove the s and p 500
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and many of the other top
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market cap stocks in the us in the us a lot of focus, a lot
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of optimism on, on artificial intelligence.
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And that really drove the s and p 500 last year.
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And finally, you know, there was, you know,
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it is four years, five years,
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or I guess four years past
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you know, the pandemic.
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And we've, you know, we've,
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we've seen supply chains obviously have,
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I think they've normalized consumer behavior
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has normalized further.
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And, and we've seen many economies really focus or,
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or found themselves adapting.
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And I'm sure a lot of people on this call have,
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have recognized that the, the,
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the workforce has become more hybrid as
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remote work has become more of a permanent fixture
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as opposed to a temporary fixture.
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And so there's a lot of really interesting dynamics
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that have happened last year that had an impact on,
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on, on performance.
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And some of those, we think,
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and we've talked about this over the past year, especially
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with, with the stock market and,
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and how overvalued we believe anyway, especially the s
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and p 500 is,
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and I think that if you, we start seeing some of this
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you know, the, the AI boom, if, if that turns into a bit
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of a kind of a headwind, we're going to see
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definite some impact on the s and p 500 going forward.
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Yeah. And we'll get into that more later.
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Yeah for sure.
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Let's let's just do a quick review
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of the pool performance.
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Yeah. We're, I'm
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not going to ask you to run through the numbers.
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No, you know what, we're not going to spend a lot of time,
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I know every quarter that we do this, we focus on each pool
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and how they did for the quarter and,
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and talk about some of the things that drove performance.
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And, and this one is this, this presentation
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or this webinar is more about
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where we see things going forward, right?
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And so not going to focus a great deal upon, you know,
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what drove performance.
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But, but just go one, one step back. Sorry, Chris.
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But over the year, if we just focus on one year returns,
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you know, we're, we're very, very happy with the performance
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of most of our pools especially on,
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on the private side.
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They were, they delivered, you know, in our opinion,
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pretty solid returns with,
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with the key is very, very little volatility.
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So happy with the performance, any
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of our clients would've experienced a pr pretty nice returns
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over the past 12 months.
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Awesome. Awesome. Okay.
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Well yeah, as, as you mentioned, I mean,
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we can get back into more granularity later.
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Mm-hmm. , let's, you know, we talked about 2024.
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Let's talk about 2025, shall we?
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, so just looking at you know, starting from the top,
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what the outlook looks like.
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, as everyone is most likely aware you know, we have
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what we call an asynchronous recovery where
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everything was down and out during the pandemic,
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and then they dropped rates to zero.
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, then there was a pullback when they
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started actually cutting rates again.
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, but the US essentially led
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the global economy out of recession.
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As, as Brent's touched on.
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, you know, the global economy
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grew 2.4% last year.
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Looking forward, that number is expected
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to sort of stay flat, right?
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So we're expecting you know, no real change in,
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in overall productivity globally,
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but what we're going to see is different sectors,
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, sort of normalize.
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And so, you know, the us , grew it above trend.
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Most expectations are that it's going to normalize closer to
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that 2% number that we keep hearing about.
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It's, it's running hot, so to speak.
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, the Euro area is, is a laggard unfortunately.
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Europe's had a lot of issues, a lot of it driven by,
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, its proximity to the, the conflict in Ukraine
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and heightened energy pricing.
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, you know, we all know the stories.
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You know, Europe has just been a bit of a, a sluggish,
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, a sluggish economy.
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, but, you know, you know, expectations are
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that it's going to, you know, kind of stay flat way
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below their 2% target.
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, China's one that's again, you know, seeing some issues.
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The Chinese economy has been, you know, kind
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of the growth engine of the,
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of the world for the past two decades.
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, and it's kind of coming back.
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I mean, still, still definitely running hotter than
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than most of the, the developed mar
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developed market economies.
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, but we're seeing a little bit of a slowdown in China
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and some secular headwinds o over there you know,
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the Chinese government's actually trying
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to stimulate right now.
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, and then on the other side of the coin, you know,
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Japan is, is an economy that's had decades
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of stagnation, interest rates near zero.
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, they haven't had interest rates above 1% for, I believe,
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you know, 20 years, I think, I think something like that.
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, and we've started to see Japan start hiking.
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, so that's another interesting data point.
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As you can see their economy would shrink in 2024,
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is actually expected to increase, you know, the highest
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the highest increase on this list.
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, which, which, you know, should be interesting.
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And we're looking at some very interesting opportunities out
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there, India as people are calling, you know,
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the new China growing at nearly 7%, a little bit
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of a slowdown here, but still,
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still firing on all cylinders.
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, and last, but not, not least,
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of course, we gotta talk about home.
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, Canada's been sluggish, I think, coming out of, out of,
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out of the pandemic growth about 1%.
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but we're actually expecting the Canadian economy to,
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to grow, you know, still below target.
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Still not something that you know,
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nothing to write home about.
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, but we're starting to see productivity increases,
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, go forward.
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Now, again, there's a lot of
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interesting stuff on the horizon, as we all know.
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, and we can touch more on that later,
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but that's just a little overview of
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what the global economic picture.
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Brett, anything? Yeah.
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Yeah, I was just going to say, well, you know, you,
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you look at some of these numbers like 2.8 for the US
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or globally, or China, 4.9, India, 6.7, it's a, well,
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those are still really, really strong
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strong growth numbers.
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The thing you really have to focus on is
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the estimated change.
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No one cares about what you did last year.
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Everyone cares about what you're going to do next year.
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And if, if there, it, it's like a, a company that's grow,
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grew, its earnings phenomenally one year,
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and the next year it declined by 3%,
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the stock is going to sell off.
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So basically what if I look at the estimated changes change,
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most of these US is expect it to slow down.
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China's going to slow down, India is going to slow down.
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You know, that, that's, that's not a great in indicator
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for overall global economic growth, right?
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So if you, if you look at the global economy
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and say in aggregate that the, the growth it corresponds to,
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to revenue, corporate revenue growth in aggregate,
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we're going to get zero growth, right?
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Yeah. And, and, and stock markets don't like zero growth.
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No. So that, that's a thing to focus on. Yeah. Yeah.
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Skate to where the puck's going, right? Yeah. Yeah. Exactly.
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, fantastic. Okay.
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, you can't, you can't have a webinar
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in the 2020s without talking about inflation.
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, you know, it still seems to be the boogeyman
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that they can't quite put that genie back in the bottle.
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, this is just a chart of US
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and Canada, CPI, I mean, they all kind
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of follow the same trend where as we all know,
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inflation took off in the pandemic.
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, there was a hiking cycle,
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and then there was a cutting cycle that we were able
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to actually, you know, tame inflation somewhat.
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is the trend, you know, since 2023,
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where they're just having very tough time closing it out.
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, I, you know, we're still not 2%.
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, the stickier parts of inflation are, are persisting.
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That PCE core number they still can't get quite to 2%.
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, they've already started cutting in anticipation,
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but you know, this kind of lends
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to our longer term thesis of higher for longer.
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to drop interest rates back to zero anytime soon, just
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because you know, inflation is a thing that hasn't been
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around for 15 years.
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Brent, am I reading that right? Yeah.
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I mean, I think that the biggest one to focus on is,
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is the US, US CPI, and,
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and this chart shows it, you know, I, I mean, there's a lot
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of, there's a lot of volatility in this number, but,
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but it, it, it's starting to creep higher.
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who believe that the US Federal Reserve will be forced
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to increase rates going forward.
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And stock markets don't like seeing rates increased.
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but the US stock market represents about 70%
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of the global stock market.
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So how the US goes really impacts the rest of the
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global stock market.
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Hundred percent, a hundred percent.
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And just chatting about interest rates you know,
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we're talking about the mean reversion
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before you know, the, the economies
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that we're doing better, kind of
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slowing down the economies that we're doing.
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We're kind of catching up.
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We're seeing that you know, the, the,
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the central banks across the globe are, you know, trying
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to get ahead of it, trying to, to
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engineer that soft landing.
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, you know, are we there yet? Who knows?
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, but what you're seeing is, is rates that were high
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are now coming down and rates that were lower now coming up,
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, specifically in Japan, you know, so we're probably going
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to end up with you know, a,
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a more normal interest rate environment
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where you don't have significant differences between
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you know Japan versus China versus India.
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, the us you know, we're,
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we're kind of going to see a normalization.
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There's always going to be little changes in the trend.
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, but that's you know, we're kind,
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it looks like we're kind of normalizing towards a common,
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a common ground, Brent.
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Yeah. , my only comment on this, on this chart
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Chris, is that you know, take it with a grain of salt,
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because forecasts sometimes, yeah.
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Economic forecasts are about as accurate
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as meteorologists at times, for sure.
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No, that's you're absolutely correct on that.
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that we always get the US dollar this is one
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that's, you know, been top of mind.
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I mean, the US has been dominating the headlines
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for many obvious reasons, which we can get into more later.
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, but this is the forecast of
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what the US dollar's going to look like.
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So this is you know, there's, there's a lot
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of bullishness, there's a lot of positive sentiments
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around the us, the US dollar.
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, this is a chart of the US dollar versus a CAD
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for last 20 years.
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, historically range bound between, you know,
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trading at parody as we know you know, 10 years ago to,
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you know, a, a buck 40.
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That's kind of, that's kind of the range that
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that the US dollar has been at.
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, but if you look at it
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the greenbacks rallied meaningfully against the Looney on
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the back of the strong economy, higher interest rates
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reserve currency status, as we know.
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, but it is trading at its highest level in over 20 years.
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, we know that currencies are generally mean reverting.
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, you know, we expect the USD
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to continue structural strength due to its, you know,
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the economy interest rates, reserve status, of course.
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, but as we start to see a little slow down in growth
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inflationary forces, you know, this could be a signal
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for the USD to start to kind of come back to earth.
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, both of, you know, things that are negative for
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currencies which are inflation.
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, and interest rates could be exacerbated by tariffs.
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Right? So Brent, any any thoughts on the USDI?
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I mean, there's, there's so many dynamics at play when
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you're looking at currencies.
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one of the areas to really focus on, if you're,
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you're trying to determine the, the direction of the
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Canadian dollar versus US dollar is,
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is interest rate differentials.
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And we just saw that Canadian, you know, the Bank
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of Canada cut rates today, if the Fed
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US fed increases rates at some point, I mean,
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they're coming out today, I doubt
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that they're going to raise rates today,
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they probably won't do anything.
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you know, that interest rate differential gets even bigger,
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which will put more downward
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pressure on the Canadian dollar.
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Yeah. From a short term perspective,
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but longer term, I agree with you, Chris.
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I mean, I don't think a 1.4,
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1.5 is sustainable long, long-term.
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No. Yeah. And you know, this isn't just my forecast.
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I just I didn't just write this, this is, this is,
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you know, consensus market forecast
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and this is a five-year timeline to get back to 1 35.
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So we're not expecting, you know, the, the loony to,
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to strengthen meaningfully against the green back at all.
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, but it's, it's, we get the question a lot, you know,
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when to sell, and as you said, I mean,
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in the short term, who knows?
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, but structurally
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just looking at the secular trends we're trading it at,
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, at, at valuations that,
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that generally haven't been seen.
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So we'll see if Canada can catch up.
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, and then last
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but not least, on just on the geopolitical risks.
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I mean
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you can't turn anywhere without hearing about the Donald,
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, tariffs taxes in Taiwan.
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I mean, his return to the presidency
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is absolutely a risk factor.
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, I don't mean that necessarily in a negative way.
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, but there's going to be change.
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And the market does not like change.
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, trade policies, tariffs you know,
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they're generally inflationary in nature.
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, there's expectation on the other side of the coin
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of more pro-business policies, reducing corporate taxes
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you know, fiscal policy.
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We don't know if he's going to be stimulating or, or cutting,
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or, you know, what, that's all going to look like.
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, you know, they're just trying to figure that out.
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I mean, he's only been in power for, what, nine days,
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, and already done a lot.
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, but, but the other side of it is, is what's going to happen
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with us China relations?
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you know, as Stephen Harper said,
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Trump should be taken seriously not literally.
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, so we have no idea what he's going to do.
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, but that's, you know, a massive, it,
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it's a massive risk factor
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and very interesting that one man can kind of, you know,
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denote policy for the entire globe.
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the next geopolitical risk I wanted to talk about is energy.
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, Brent, you touched on this.
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, what, what, what I find so interesting is this drive
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to net zero that's been, everyone's been talking about,
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well, for the last 20 years it's kind
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of being disrupted by the tech sector.
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, we'll get a little bit more into that later.
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But the AI boom the, the compute required
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for these to run these LLMs, these large language models,
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excuse me is massive.
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And it's going to take significant investment
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across the board, you know, nuclear, green, fossil fuels,
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, just to power this, this new technology.
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So I find it interesting that the tech sector is the one
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that's now clamoring for, for, for us to,
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to burn energy again.
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But but here we are.
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, so, so how that all, all going to play out is,
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is going to be very interesting.
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debt, that's another huge risk factor.
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, we just got through the pandemic.
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Government debt, especially in developed markets
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has, has ballooned of the G seven nations, only Germany
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has a debt to GDP ratio of less than a hundred percent.
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, the US is actually higher than Canada.
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Well, not a lot of people know that.
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, Canada's just about over a hundred percent debt to GDP,
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the US at 123% of GDP.
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These numbers are unsustainable.
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, if anything bad happens, again, you're not going
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to be able to see the government step in and,
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and sort of finance, finance the future.
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, so, so, you know, again, right now it's kind of okay,
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you know, the markets have kind of stabilized.
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I think we can return, but if something does happen
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to black swan events which there's always a threat of,
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, that's a significant risk factor going forward.
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And then last but not least inflation.
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Brent talked, you talked about
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it doesn't look like we've conquered it yet.
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, you know, if the US economy continues to grow,
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like we expect and tariffs are in, in place,
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these are all inflationary forces.
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, and it would be very, very disastrous
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for the central banks, the Fed
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that if inflation rears its ugly head again,
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and all of this hard work, these last two years of, of
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stress and strain trying to engineer this soft landing
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if inflation bounces back
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up again like it did in the seventies.
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, so yeah, we're, we're trying
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to keep our finger on that one.
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The market's keeping, keeping its eye on, on CPI
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watching for any sort of uptick in the trends.
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Brent, any, any comments on my only comment is that,
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that, you know, we, we haven't really seen a, a, a normal,
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normal economic cycles in about 25 years.
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And, and, you know, central banks prevented,
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, prevented recessions in the past
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because, you know, they, they didn't have
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to worry about inflation since 2000,
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basically 2000 when China joined the
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World Trade Organization.
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Right. You know globalization has taken off.
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Globalization was inherently deflationary.
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So if central banks did not have
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to worry about cutting rates, which would lead to inflation,
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it's a different story today.
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Right? Right. Central banks are concerned about inflation.
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Yeah. But the biggest one,
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and you talked about this, this is, is debt
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and it is unsustainable.
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I don't know what the impact on GDP growth is being
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from the massive amount of government debt
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that's being taken on.
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Mm-hmm. But that is just not sustainable going forward.
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And what impact will that have
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on GDP growth longer term?
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I think it could be pretty substantial for sure.
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And with higher interest rates
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and higher debt load
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interest payments are going to start creeping up
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as, as part of the budget.
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And that's you know, there's worries of a debt spiral.
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So, again, we'll see how it all plays out. Yep.
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But very interesting stuff. Okay.
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, next up, we've got a very short little deep dive
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special, special feature into the US equity markets.
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, just a very couple interesting charts here.
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so what we're looking at here on the left is,
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, the current valuation of the s
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and p 500, which is the blue line.
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So that's where we are on the, on that, on the X axi there.
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And then on the left, we've got one year forward returns.
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And on the right we've got 10 year forward returns.
508
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Now, as you'll notice,
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the one year chart doesn't tell you a whole lot.
510
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Right. And what that tells us in is, in the short term,
511
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we don't really know what's going to happen.
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The one year forward returns kind of bounce around
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and, you know, things can persist.
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However, if you look at the right chart here,
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you see a definite trend develop.
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Brent, can you tell us a little more about this trend?
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Yeah, I mean, to your point, one year, you know,
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pe current PE ratios have zero predictability
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for over short term periods, but over longer term periods.
520
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, it is very, very predictable.
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And as, if you look at this, basically
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what this is saying today, that where the,
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where the current valuations are on the s
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and p 500, that the it it is, it is saying that
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10 year future returns are going to be
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pretty mediocre anywhere from, you know,
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but they have never, they have never been good.
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No, no.
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There has never been a period in history
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where 10 year returns with a, with a current PE of o
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of whatever, 22 times have led to a 10 year rate of return
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of over three or 4%.
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Most of them were negative returns. Mm-hmm.
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So that's, that's where we are today.
535
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Take that with a grain of salt, but, and,
536
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and what do they say that, well, history doesn't repeat it,
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it, it, it definitely rhymes.
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Yeah. Something like that. It rhymes. Yeah. Yeah.
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I yeah, I appreciate it.
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And that's, that's kinda what we're looking at.
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So again, you never know,
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but this this chart is, you know,
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there's a very significant trend here.
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, and something that we're keeping an eye on
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doesn't mean there's not money to be made.
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And by the, by the way, I, I should point out
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that this does not mean that s and p or or
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or US stocks are in, in for a, a,
549
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a rude awakening over the next decade.
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This is focused on the s and p 500 index, right.
551
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Which is very top heavy with 30 to 40% in technology.
552
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And these stocks are trading at elevated multiples.
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If you look at the s
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and p, probably 490,
555
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they're trading on more reasonable valuation.
556
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Exactly. So I think what this chart is saying is that
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active management in the future is where you probably want
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to be, right?
559
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Yeah, I hear that. Absolutely.
560
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, just another little fun chart
561
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talking about valuations seems
562
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that we can't do anything but talk about it,
563
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but I mean, it is the, the name of the day, this is,
564
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, the price to book ratio.
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So it's a valuation metric of the s and p 500.
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, the last time we've seen price to book ratios this high
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was right at the end of 1999.
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Now, Brent, I wasn't really investing around then,
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but do you remember what happened?
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Yeah, I, if I, if I can go back 25 years ago.
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Yeah. It was a pretty, any,
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and I'm sure a lot of our, our clients experienced
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you know, the, the technology bubble and burst
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and anyone who owned Nortel back in,
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back in the day, which represented 30%
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of the TSX knows what happened.
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But yeah.
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Any, anytime, you know
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all we're all we're saying is, is that
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the valuations currently on the s
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and p 500 pr, pr sustain?
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Yeah. We're, we're, we're near all time highs in everything.
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And usually there, there's two ways that you,
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that valuations can become normalized, where
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stock prices don't do anything for a decade, and,
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and stock price and earnings kind of go up.
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And the other is you get a very,
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very sharp decline in the price of stocks,
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which resets valuation, right?
590
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Yeah. One of the two is going to happen. Yeah, I hear you.
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Not sure which one. Not sure which one. Yeah.
592
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, and then this is the other
593
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the other interesting chart that we wanted to show
594
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that is very telling actually,
595
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because one of the names of the game is tariffs,
596
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, and, you know, so there's talk
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of all this US exceptionalism, but this is very interesting
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because this is the share of s
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and p 500 revenues derived from outside the us IE trade,
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IE cross border, IE potentially affected by tariffs.
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, the only time they've been this high is what?
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Just after the, the
603
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financial crisis, little financial crisis.
604
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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So, again, another very interesting chart, Brent,
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you got any anything else to add?
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Yeah, it's just that, you know, while e even, even if,
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if we all, all, you know, argument's sake,
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say the US economy is going to continue
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to fire on all cylinders
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but what happens if the global economy, the rest
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of the globe, goes into a recession?
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Well, there's 40%, over 40% of revenue
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of the s and p 500 companies is derived from
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outside of the us.
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So that would certainly be impacted as well.
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So I, I, I think the, the, the, the story we're trying
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to craft here is that, you know, while the us, the s
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and p 500 has done phenomenally well over the past decade
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with some of these headwinds
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that we're seeing from valuations to, you know
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potential tariffs on, on outside of the us, you know,
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I, I think we have to pause and, and,
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and look at, you know, how much risk is there currently in,
625
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in s and p 500?
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Yeah. And I think this is an important chart, mainly just
627
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because it talks about the fact that, you know, we,
628
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we all talk about US exceptionalism,
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but the US benefits from globalization, right?
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Almost half the revenues derived from abroad
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and a trade war would be bad, would be very bad, very bad
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for most of the companies in the s and b 500.
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, that concludes our little special feature.
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Very, very positive, very upbeat for sure.
635
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, do you want to talk about the, the outlook
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that we have for the private markets?
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Yeah. , you know, obviously all
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of our clients know that, that we're, I think our,
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our value proposition lies within private,
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the private areas you know, private equity
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infrastructure, real estate, et cetera.
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And I thought it's, it's important to provide a bit
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of an outlook on, and this is not necessarily just
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for the next 12 months,
645
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but I think that this is going forward.
646
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And I mean, in, you know, we we're, we're,
647
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I'm just going to talk a bit about, about
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data centers here in a second,
649
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but I, I just wanted to mention that if you look,
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and I, I, I've read about articles on, you know,
651
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how much spending has
652
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to be done over the next 20 years on infrastructure,
653
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and it, it's like in the 25 to $30 trillion,
654
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and governments don't have the ability
655
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to spend money on infrastructure.
656
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So it's going to be,
657
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we're going to be relying on the private sector to,
658
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to do those infrastructure projects.
659
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So, outside of what I'm going to mention,
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there are still massive opportunities in infrastructure,
661
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but I thought I would just, just focus
662
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on one area of, of infrastructure,
663
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which is becoming a massive area.
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And, and that is, that is data centers, you know,
665
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we talked about, about artificial intelligence
666
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and the way it's transforming the world around us.
667
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And, you know, and,
668
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and all you have to look at is the demand
669
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that it's a surging demand for, for data centers, which is
670
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really the backbone of AI housing, these immense
671
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computer you know, or the amount of computing power
672
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and storage needed for AI is staggering.
673
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And so that's where we see this,
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this massive opportunity is just in data centers.
675
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And one article I read by 2030,
676
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global spending on data center infrastructure
677
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is expected to exceed.
678
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So 2030 is just five years from now is expected
679
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to exceed $1.5 trillion.
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So massive opportunities there.
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, and, and not, not only is it for data centers,
682
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and you talked about the amount of power consumption
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required, so which is leading
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to other opportunities within infrastructure, a nuclear
685
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gas, and anyone in Alberta has probably read about,
686
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you know, bringing data centers here
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because of our, our cheap energy.
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So there, there's just going to be massive opportunities
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within within infrastructure in general,
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and in particularly data centers driven
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by artificial intelligence build Dupixent troubles.
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Right? Yep. That's that's a great idea.
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If we go through the, the, you know, private,
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private credit, it, it's come,
695
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it's certainly come a long way over the past 10 or 15 years
696
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because private credit, probably even, even six
697
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or seven years ago was one, essentially one thing
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direct lending, well, direct lending still today,
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I think remains a, a, a cornerstone.
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, when you look at private credit in general, it has
701
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expanded significantly.
702
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It's just not private lending.
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It includes distressed debt,
704
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it includes mezzanine financing, asset backed lending,
705
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as well as other niche areas like, like royalties
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and infrastructure debt.
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And, and here at Kin State, we, we happen to have exposure
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to all of these areas, but these developments are really
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driven by a growing, growing demand, in particular
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for flexible financing.
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, solutions given banks really exited lending
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back just post financial crisis.
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As a result, private credit has, has really evolved,
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and it offers incredible income,
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potential diversification opportunities, as well as
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as great capital appreciation opportunities as well.
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So, very excited about the prospects within private credit
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for sure, as you can tell.
719
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Yeah. And, you know, private equity, obviously,
720
00:34:29.105 --> 00:34:33.475
private equity has had probably three
721
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of its worst years over the past 25 years.
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00:34:38.025 --> 00:34:41.125
Mm-hmm. The, the past three, it's been a bit of a, a, a bit
723
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of a struggle for private equity venture capital over the
724
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past several years.
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00:34:45.525 --> 00:34:48.645
A lot of that was due to ri to
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the rise in interest rates.
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Private equity is, is an asset class that, that you,
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that needs private equity, either for acquisitions
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or for, for growth.
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And, and the higher interest rates certainly had an impact
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over the past several years.
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That said, we do think we're starting,
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we're going to start seeing much more m
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and a activity over the next, you know, 12
735
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to 18 months Yeah.
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More IPOs, et cetera, given that financing costs have, have,
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or financing conditions have certainly improved over the
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little past a while.
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And credit availability makes it more
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easier to support cer certain, you know, deal making
741
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and driving transactions forward.
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So I think
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that the buyers are in a very strong positions
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with discounts.
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You know, if you're going to buy a secondary fund discounts,
746
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you can buy, you know, great quality private equity funds
747
00:35:50.125 --> 00:35:54.045
that probably 10 to 20% discounts versus it's fair value.
748
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So we think there's going to be a lot
749
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of opportunities within private equity
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over the next little while.
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00:36:00.355 --> 00:36:02.365
Well, and as you mentioned
752
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as we talked about the normalization in, you know,
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the economy a little bit more certainty a little bit,
754
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you know, everyone kind of going, okay, we've kind
755
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of figured this out potentially.
756
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, that's, that opens the environment up for m
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and a IPOs and exits.
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00:36:16.905 --> 00:36:18.605
And, and I should point out as this chart,
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I didn't mention this, but,
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but valuations in private equity
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are certainly much more attractive than they are
762
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in the public markets.
763
00:36:27.035 --> 00:36:28.645
Just this, this chart here
764
00:36:29.215 --> 00:36:33.965
using enterprise value over e EBITDA a shows
765
00:36:34.035 --> 00:36:37.525
that they're the private markets are selling at about a
766
00:36:37.525 --> 00:36:41.445
3.8 multiple lower than the public market.
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00:36:41.665 --> 00:36:45.005
So lots of, lots of I, I, I think there's lots
768
00:36:45.005 --> 00:36:46.005
of opportunities there.
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And we're, we're going to get into a couple here in a moment.
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00:36:48.725 --> 00:36:50.325
I was going to say. Yeah. Okay.
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00:36:50.715 --> 00:36:54.285
Last but not least, and, and private real estate. Sorry.
772
00:36:54.545 --> 00:36:59.215
, you know, we're, we're starting to see
773
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as, as this chart shows here, let me just, that, that
774
00:37:04.715 --> 00:37:06.775
you bottom me out, obviously real estate took a,
775
00:37:06.775 --> 00:37:10.335
took a beating over the past number of years, again,
776
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because of rising interest rates.
777
00:37:12.715 --> 00:37:15.095
But we've seen things starting
778
00:37:15.155 --> 00:37:17.015
to flatten out and to improve.
779
00:37:17.395 --> 00:37:19.415
That's not to say that all areas
780
00:37:19.635 --> 00:37:21.015
of real estate have suffered
781
00:37:21.085 --> 00:37:22.375
over the past three to four years.
782
00:37:22.375 --> 00:37:25.775
Certain areas, office buildings has been the one area
783
00:37:25.775 --> 00:37:28.015
that has taken the biggest Yeah.
784
00:37:28.235 --> 00:37:29.575
, biggest hit.
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00:37:29.995 --> 00:37:34.985
And, you know, I, I don't know if there's any, I I, I, I'm,
786
00:37:34.995 --> 00:37:36.985
we're not sure if that is bottomed out yet,
787
00:37:36.985 --> 00:37:40.785
but other areas like industrials and multi residentials and
788
00:37:40.805 --> 00:37:44.105
and logistics, all offer pretty,
789
00:37:44.525 --> 00:37:47.465
pretty compelling investment opportunities going forward.
790
00:37:48.055 --> 00:37:50.345
Yeah. Well, and what we've seen you know,
791
00:37:50.365 --> 00:37:53.705
the market reacts is you know, we we're seeing more
792
00:37:53.705 --> 00:37:54.745
and more it's happening just
793
00:37:54.745 --> 00:37:57.105
outside office conversions, right?
794
00:37:57.105 --> 00:38:00.465
There's a lack of housing and we've got a glut of office.
795
00:38:00.775 --> 00:38:02.745
Well, why don't we take that building
796
00:38:02.765 --> 00:38:03.945
and turn it into a residential?
797
00:38:04.325 --> 00:38:07.985
, you know, so as we see these opportunities arise
798
00:38:08.255 --> 00:38:10.385
with every door closing, a new one opens.
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00:38:10.805 --> 00:38:13.065
, so that's another area that we're looking at,
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00:38:13.565 --> 00:38:14.905
, has bottomed out.
801
00:38:15.045 --> 00:38:16.505
It certainly appears so.
802
00:38:16.605 --> 00:38:18.905
But you know, again, you never,
803
00:38:19.475 --> 00:38:21.785
never dive in head first
804
00:38:21.845 --> 00:38:22.945
you know, dip a toe in the water.
805
00:38:22.945 --> 00:38:23.985
Before, before we,
806
00:38:23.985 --> 00:38:28.655
before we jump in we were talking about some stories,
807
00:38:28.925 --> 00:38:30.815
some interesting events that happened.
808
00:38:31.315 --> 00:38:34.335
, Brent, can you walk us through some of the exits
809
00:38:34.335 --> 00:38:35.725
that have, are happening or, yeah.
810
00:38:35.745 --> 00:38:39.565
You know, I'm going to go through these relatively quickly just
811
00:38:39.565 --> 00:38:41.965
to leave some time, hopefully for some, some q and a.
812
00:38:42.425 --> 00:38:44.925
But, you know, if you've heard me talk for the past couple
813
00:38:44.925 --> 00:38:48.775
of years, even going back four years, five years ago, one
814
00:38:48.775 --> 00:38:50.215
of the things I've always said is that we,
815
00:38:50.215 --> 00:38:53.175
when you're investing in private assets, you need patients.
816
00:38:54.235 --> 00:38:58.455
We, we do have a lot of exposure to, to primary funds.
817
00:38:58.675 --> 00:38:59.815
And, and what does that mean?
818
00:38:59.975 --> 00:39:03.855
A primary fund is where that manager could take up to four
819
00:39:03.855 --> 00:39:06.455
to five years to build up that portfolio.
820
00:39:06.995 --> 00:39:09.895
And usually they will, they will buy an asset,
821
00:39:10.445 --> 00:39:14.535
they will nurture that asset until they believe it's fair.
822
00:39:14.685 --> 00:39:16.495
It's, it's, they, they've grown it to
823
00:39:16.495 --> 00:39:18.575
where they believe it's, it's fully valued,
824
00:39:18.755 --> 00:39:20.495
and then they will sell that business.
825
00:39:20.715 --> 00:39:25.295
Mm-hmm. And so we're now just at the cusp of starting to see
826
00:39:26.045 --> 00:39:29.415
some of our managers exiting
827
00:39:29.475 --> 00:39:31.415
or selling some of their assets.
828
00:39:31.795 --> 00:39:34.975
And in fact, the next three I'm going to mention are three
829
00:39:34.975 --> 00:39:35.975
of the funds we own.
830
00:39:36.505 --> 00:39:39.215
These were the first exits for some of these funds,
831
00:39:39.275 --> 00:39:41.655
and we expect to see a lot more of this going forward.
832
00:39:42.035 --> 00:39:46.055
So here's one, it's , called Hoag,
833
00:39:46.335 --> 00:39:47.335
LNG Partners.
834
00:39:47.365 --> 00:39:48.535
It's a lead.
835
00:39:48.535 --> 00:39:51.175
It was a leading owner operator of floating storage
836
00:39:51.235 --> 00:39:53.255
and regasification units over in Europe.
837
00:39:54.495 --> 00:39:57.155
And through our partnership with North Haven,
838
00:39:57.155 --> 00:40:00.715
which is a Morgan Stanley firm we acquired a,
839
00:40:00.875 --> 00:40:04.555
a 50% stake in the business in 2021 at a value
840
00:40:04.575 --> 00:40:06.795
of $201 million.
841
00:40:06.945 --> 00:40:09.035
Well, at the end of December,
842
00:40:09.255 --> 00:40:12.795
or in December, they, they signed a deal to sell
843
00:40:12.795 --> 00:40:17.115
that business for 512 $0.9 million.
844
00:40:17.535 --> 00:40:20.555
And over that period that holding
845
00:40:20.855 --> 00:40:22.515
or that partnership with North Haven,
846
00:40:23.135 --> 00:40:26.475
the companies EBITDA grew by over 40%.
847
00:40:26.895 --> 00:40:28.035
And I should point out
848
00:40:28.065 --> 00:40:32.915
that this transaction was done at a 34.5%
849
00:40:32.915 --> 00:40:36.515
premium to its valuation in September.
850
00:40:36.935 --> 00:40:40.715
So this, this December valuation on this particular holding
851
00:40:40.715 --> 00:40:44.195
will be 34.5 0.5% higher than it was in September.
852
00:40:44.655 --> 00:40:48.515
If we go to the next the next one,
853
00:40:48.905 --> 00:40:50.155
this is Sila services.
854
00:40:50.265 --> 00:40:52.915
This, this is through the,
855
00:40:52.935 --> 00:40:54.635
the prior one was infrastructure.
856
00:40:54.945 --> 00:40:56.275
This is private equity.
857
00:40:56.545 --> 00:40:59.355
They were a leading provider of, of as you could see,
858
00:40:59.355 --> 00:41:02.675
residential and commercial HVAC in certain areas.
859
00:41:02.875 --> 00:41:04.355
A boring, boring business,
860
00:41:04.415 --> 00:41:06.355
boring business, absolutely boring.
861
00:41:06.495 --> 00:41:08.235
No one wants to have anything to do with it.
862
00:41:08.455 --> 00:41:11.395
But these are the businesses that a lot of the firms
863
00:41:11.465 --> 00:41:14.315
that we deal with love,
864
00:41:14.385 --> 00:41:18.075
because they are very low risk, low volatile assets,
865
00:41:18.705 --> 00:41:21.035
they'll, you know, north Haven goes in there,
866
00:41:22.185 --> 00:41:26.055
buys the business adds their value,
867
00:41:26.225 --> 00:41:27.655
their private equity value.
868
00:41:27.955 --> 00:41:31.935
And as you can see in 0.4, over a three year period, three
869
00:41:31.935 --> 00:41:35.045
and a half year period, they increased ebitda a from
870
00:41:35.045 --> 00:41:37.085
15 million to a hundred million dollars.
871
00:41:37.795 --> 00:41:40.005
This so they made
872
00:41:40.475 --> 00:41:44.605
they sold this again in the fourth quarter at 3.4 times
873
00:41:45.035 --> 00:41:48.245
what they bought it for in 2021,
874
00:41:48.675 --> 00:41:52.765
this was sold at a 21 point half percent premium to its
875
00:41:53.285 --> 00:41:54.525
September valuation.
876
00:41:55.145 --> 00:42:00.045
And the last one I'm going to talk about is ECOS is,
877
00:42:00.145 --> 00:42:03.885
, is a digital infrastructure
878
00:42:04.275 --> 00:42:05.525
firm out of Europe.
879
00:42:06.225 --> 00:42:07.805
Our partnership with Schroeders.
880
00:42:08.075 --> 00:42:11.205
Schroders is a very, very large European firm
881
00:42:11.205 --> 00:42:13.045
that many people have not ever heard of,
882
00:42:13.065 --> 00:42:16.245
but I think they have about $700 billion under management.
883
00:42:16.865 --> 00:42:19.525
, they bought this one in 2022.
884
00:42:19.745 --> 00:42:22.805
It was sold at the beginning of the fourth quarter,
885
00:42:23.385 --> 00:42:26.245
and it was sold at a 36% premium
886
00:42:27.225 --> 00:42:28.645
to its last valuation.
887
00:42:29.065 --> 00:42:33.375
So the takeaway is from this is that
888
00:42:33.555 --> 00:42:37.975
if you talk to a lot of these managers, they forget about
889
00:42:37.975 --> 00:42:41.015
what you read on LinkedIn, forget about what you read on,
890
00:42:41.115 --> 00:42:44.535
in, in the news is about the lack of transparency
891
00:42:44.755 --> 00:42:48.015
or these, these assets are trading at, you know, they're,
892
00:42:48.035 --> 00:42:50.135
no one knows how they value these things.
893
00:42:50.675 --> 00:42:53.255
The reality is most managers
894
00:42:54.225 --> 00:42:57.695
value their assets very, very conservatively.
895
00:42:58.435 --> 00:43:01.015
And we're starting to see, when I,
896
00:43:01.015 --> 00:43:02.255
when I talk about conservative
897
00:43:02.395 --> 00:43:04.415
and they're sold at a 30% premium
898
00:43:04.515 --> 00:43:08.495
or a 20% premium, that's, that's a fact that a lot
899
00:43:08.495 --> 00:43:11.535
of these assets that they are, we are holding currently
900
00:43:12.155 --> 00:43:16.415
in our funds are probably being held at a much lower
901
00:43:16.605 --> 00:43:18.095
valuation than what they,
902
00:43:18.155 --> 00:43:20.855
we will get when they are eventually sold.
903
00:43:21.195 --> 00:43:23.975
And that should turn into performance
904
00:43:24.155 --> 00:43:25.575
for our funds going forward.
905
00:43:26.575 --> 00:43:28.415
Absolutely. Awesome. Awesome.
906
00:43:28.595 --> 00:43:31.535
So yeah, we're coming up on q and a time here.
907
00:43:31.635 --> 00:43:33.215
So just, just a quick summary.
908
00:43:33.555 --> 00:43:38.215
, you know, key points the higher our thesis of hire
909
00:43:38.215 --> 00:43:41.735
for longer still staying intact honestly,
910
00:43:41.735 --> 00:43:45.255
hopefully it does, because hire for longer means growth.
911
00:43:45.675 --> 00:43:47.215
, you know, a return
912
00:43:47.215 --> 00:43:49.975
to a zero interest rate environment would be predicated on
913
00:43:49.975 --> 00:43:51.775
recession, and no one wants to see that.
914
00:43:52.315 --> 00:43:55.575
, we do expect potential challenges in the US equity
915
00:43:55.575 --> 00:43:58.775
market, pri not because the companies are bad necessarily,
916
00:43:58.995 --> 00:44:00.335
but it's driven by valuation.
917
00:44:00.635 --> 00:44:04.335
, you know, euphoria just like the.com bubble
918
00:44:04.595 --> 00:44:07.055
you know, kind of getting over our skis a little bit.
919
00:44:07.355 --> 00:44:09.895
, that's, that's been a consistent worry of ours.
920
00:44:10.395 --> 00:44:13.175
well for the last, you know, kind
921
00:44:13.175 --> 00:44:16.175
of two years at this point geopolitical tensions,
922
00:44:16.175 --> 00:44:17.415
there's always geopolitical tensions,
923
00:44:17.435 --> 00:44:21.335
but with the new guy in the White House, I mean,
924
00:44:21.335 --> 00:44:23.815
we're sitting here rudderless without a,
925
00:44:23.815 --> 00:44:25.455
without a captain up in Canada here,
926
00:44:25.455 --> 00:44:26.735
we don't have anyone running the country.
927
00:44:27.235 --> 00:44:31.645
, you know, there's potential, you know, Taiwan, China,
928
00:44:32.425 --> 00:44:34.525
, we got two major wars going on.
929
00:44:34.565 --> 00:44:36.005
I mean, there's a lot of stuff going on.
930
00:44:36.005 --> 00:44:37.005
There always will be.
931
00:44:37.225 --> 00:44:39.925
, but these are kind of existential
932
00:44:40.225 --> 00:44:41.885
crises waiting to happen.
933
00:44:41.945 --> 00:44:43.725
And so we gotta keep our eyes on that
934
00:44:43.745 --> 00:44:45.165
and try to, to make sure that we're,
935
00:44:45.455 --> 00:44:46.805
we're not over leveraging a little bit,
936
00:44:47.065 --> 00:44:48.165
, too much into those.
937
00:44:48.985 --> 00:44:51.325
, and the key points
938
00:44:51.395 --> 00:44:54.005
that Brent talked about here is we are going to ex,
939
00:44:54.025 --> 00:44:56.165
you know, we expect to see higher deal activity in private
940
00:44:56.165 --> 00:44:57.165
markets and public markets.
941
00:44:57.745 --> 00:45:00.445
, but as we return to this normalized world,
942
00:45:01.085 --> 00:45:02.985
things should, you know, we should start being able
943
00:45:02.985 --> 00:45:04.985
to see exits, valuations, return to normal.
944
00:45:05.485 --> 00:45:09.505
, and just, you know, hopefully it's going to be
945
00:45:10.545 --> 00:45:14.705
a kind of a golden age of, of, you know, normal rates,
946
00:45:15.325 --> 00:45:18.425
normal growth, and just kind of a return
947
00:45:18.485 --> 00:45:19.705
to, to normalcy.
948
00:45:20.285 --> 00:45:22.985
, Brent, anything add on that?
949
00:45:24.285 --> 00:45:26.655
Yeah, we're, we're, we're pretty excited about, you know,
950
00:45:26.935 --> 00:45:30.175
when, when listen, I, I'm just excited about a lot
951
00:45:30.235 --> 00:45:32.615
of the areas that we're currently invested in.
952
00:45:32.615 --> 00:45:33.855
And when you mentioned about hire
953
00:45:33.915 --> 00:45:36.135
for longer higher interest rates, you know,
954
00:45:36.135 --> 00:45:40.745
when I talked about private credit, private credit as you,
955
00:45:40.745 --> 00:45:44.545
if, if you think back to 2022 when traditional bonds sold
956
00:45:44.545 --> 00:45:46.545
off pretty significantly
957
00:45:46.585 --> 00:45:48.265
private credit did exceptionally well,
958
00:45:48.455 --> 00:45:49.545
it's one of their better years.
959
00:45:49.565 --> 00:45:52.785
And you go, well, how can, how can private credit,
960
00:45:52.835 --> 00:45:57.825
which is like a private bond, do do well when public,
961
00:45:58.045 --> 00:45:59.985
you know, traditional bonds sold off.
962
00:45:59.985 --> 00:46:04.065
And that's because most private credit is floating.
963
00:46:04.415 --> 00:46:05.825
Yeah. A floating rate,
964
00:46:06.085 --> 00:46:08.865
and there's a base rate, it's called SOFR,
965
00:46:08.885 --> 00:46:10.625
the secured overnight funding rate.
966
00:46:10.645 --> 00:46:12.345
And, and that, that is the base rate.
967
00:46:12.765 --> 00:46:16.305
And so you, you do get this fixed rate over
968
00:46:17.165 --> 00:46:20.185
the floating rate, and if the floating rate goes up, which,
969
00:46:20.185 --> 00:46:22.905
which happened over the past couple of years, that that loan
970
00:46:22.905 --> 00:46:26.865
that you were, you were getting that was yielding,
971
00:46:27.165 --> 00:46:30.705
you know, let's call it 6.5% three years ago,
972
00:46:30.765 --> 00:46:32.585
is now yielding you 10 point a half percent.
973
00:46:32.585 --> 00:46:34.345
Right. Because the base rate had gone up.
974
00:46:34.405 --> 00:46:36.665
So if it's higher for longer, that means
975
00:46:36.665 --> 00:46:39.505
that the base rate will remain higher for longer.
976
00:46:39.675 --> 00:46:42.225
Right. Which means private credit will continue
977
00:46:42.385 --> 00:46:44.705
to pay higher yields over the longer term.
978
00:46:44.855 --> 00:46:47.505
Yeah. And that's we do have a question.
979
00:46:48.355 --> 00:46:49.375
, it's on rates.
980
00:46:49.635 --> 00:46:53.095
, so what does the current trend in the bond market
981
00:46:53.615 --> 00:46:55.095
indicate from an investment perspective?
982
00:46:55.155 --> 00:46:57.135
And I'm, I'm guessing the current trend he is talking about
983
00:46:57.135 --> 00:47:01.095
is a steepening in the yield
984
00:47:01.095 --> 00:47:04.435
curve, right?
985
00:47:05.135 --> 00:47:07.955
Oh what does it indicate
986
00:47:08.105 --> 00:47:09.395
from an investment perspective?
987
00:47:10.405 --> 00:47:13.415
Yeah. Well, can I talk about the US and you could talk
988
00:47:14.205 --> 00:47:16.095
because Chris and Yeah, yeah.
989
00:47:16.585 --> 00:47:18.335
Chris and I, were, we're, we're, we're,
990
00:47:18.335 --> 00:47:20.215
we're talking about this and we, we had a chart
991
00:47:20.215 --> 00:47:22.215
that we were going to going to highlight,
992
00:47:22.515 --> 00:47:25.375
and it's it, which is a really interesting chart.
993
00:47:25.655 --> 00:47:30.205
'cause historically, when central banks start cutting rates,
994
00:47:31.895 --> 00:47:33.885
right, why do they cut rates?
995
00:47:34.345 --> 00:47:38.645
Is because economic activity is beginning to slow
996
00:47:38.745 --> 00:47:40.885
and they wanna engineer a soft landing,
997
00:47:40.895 --> 00:47:42.005
which, which never happens.
998
00:47:42.315 --> 00:47:45.645
Yeah. But what's very interesting, historically in the us,
999
00:47:45.785 --> 00:47:49.645
you cut rates over the past, I think it's 25
1000
00:47:49.665 --> 00:47:53.605
or 30 years, that once they began to cut rates,
1001
00:47:54.605 --> 00:47:56.735
bond yields longer and longer.
1002
00:47:56.955 --> 00:47:58.855
End of the yield curve, let's call it 10 year bonds,
1003
00:47:59.375 --> 00:48:00.815
their yields went down as well.
1004
00:48:01.685 --> 00:48:03.585
But interesting, over the past,
1005
00:48:04.195 --> 00:48:07.385
since the feds started cutting rates back in the fall,
1006
00:48:08.285 --> 00:48:10.265
the long end has actually gone up.
1007
00:48:10.365 --> 00:48:12.065
So they've cut short term rates,
1008
00:48:13.125 --> 00:48:16.025
but longer 10 year bond rates have gone off.
1009
00:48:16.135 --> 00:48:18.705
Have gone up. And, and, and why is that?
1010
00:48:19.015 --> 00:48:20.505
Well, I think the market is sending,
1011
00:48:20.685 --> 00:48:22.025
is sending a couple messages.
1012
00:48:22.125 --> 00:48:26.185
One is, okay, you've got full employment, economic
1013
00:48:26.745 --> 00:48:27.785
activity is still strong.
1014
00:48:28.095 --> 00:48:31.185
What was the rationale for cutting rates? Yeah. Right.
1015
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And I think the market was concerned
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00:48:33.225 --> 00:48:36.105
that cutting rates too soon in, in, in a,
1017
00:48:36.105 --> 00:48:39.345
in a strong economic environment, could be,
1018
00:48:39.925 --> 00:48:41.545
, could be inflationary.
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00:48:41.545 --> 00:48:43.665
And that's why the long end of the yield curve is,
1020
00:48:43.805 --> 00:48:45.025
has, has gone up.
1021
00:48:45.025 --> 00:48:47.545
Mm-hmm. And I think there's another part that's, that
1022
00:48:48.245 --> 00:48:52.305
may start to be, be leaking into pricing of bonds,
1023
00:48:52.525 --> 00:48:54.625
and that is fiscal stability
1024
00:48:54.725 --> 00:48:59.265
or the amount of debt that is, is there, is there a a,
1025
00:48:59.505 --> 00:49:03.025
a debt premium being being thrown in there or,
1026
00:49:03.105 --> 00:49:06.705
or premium or, or however you wanna frame it?
1027
00:49:06.885 --> 00:49:10.225
So I don't, did you wanna tackle the,
1028
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because I tend to look at more more of the US
1029
00:49:13.205 --> 00:49:14.505
as opposed to Canadian bonds?
1030
00:49:14.895 --> 00:49:17.465
Yeah, I mean, you know, you're still seeing a bit
1031
00:49:17.465 --> 00:49:19.905
of normalization that un inversion
1032
00:49:19.905 --> 00:49:21.985
of the yield curve as, as we say.
1033
00:49:22.125 --> 00:49:23.545
, the, the question is
1034
00:49:23.545 --> 00:49:25.345
what does it indicate from an investment perspective?
1035
00:49:25.965 --> 00:49:28.745
, we, what we believe is that thesis
1036
00:49:28.845 --> 00:49:30.025
of higher for longer, right?
1037
00:49:30.025 --> 00:49:32.825
With interest rates normalizing, you get a flatter curve,
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00:49:32.845 --> 00:49:35.265
you get a return of term pre what we call term premium.
1039
00:49:35.565 --> 00:49:37.345
So that's longer rates
1040
00:49:37.525 --> 00:49:39.225
are higher than short term rates,
1041
00:49:39.565 --> 00:49:40.865
and you get compensated for,
1042
00:49:40.865 --> 00:49:43.465
for holding those longer tenor bonds.
1043
00:49:44.045 --> 00:49:47.225
, from an investment perspective, we think, you know,
1044
00:49:47.405 --> 00:49:51.425
it just means income is here to stay, bonds are,
1045
00:49:51.765 --> 00:49:55.305
are going to be you know, nice, provide nice cushion
1046
00:49:55.485 --> 00:49:56.705
you know, the, the overall income
1047
00:49:56.705 --> 00:49:58.145
environment is very strong.
1048
00:49:58.805 --> 00:50:01.265
, the growth environment, you know, could pose,
1049
00:50:01.795 --> 00:50:04.505
could pose weaker, I guess, you know, for the next,
1050
00:50:04.725 --> 00:50:06.865
in the short term as valuations come back to normal.
1051
00:50:07.325 --> 00:50:10.425
, but overall, we aren't leaning heavily into anything.
1052
00:50:10.645 --> 00:50:12.545
, we got diversified portfolios here
1053
00:50:12.545 --> 00:50:15.265
and we're, we're not trying to try, trying to play
1054
00:50:15.815 --> 00:50:17.065
play a yield curve play.
1055
00:50:17.535 --> 00:50:21.025
Yeah. Yeah. I think what's the 10 year yielding right
1056
00:50:21.025 --> 00:50:22.225
now, Chris?
1057
00:50:22.425 --> 00:50:26.825
I didn't check. Today it's over 4%. Over 4%. So yeah.
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00:50:27.705 --> 00:50:28.715
Yeah. Canada is three
1059
00:50:28.715 --> 00:50:30.075
and a half, I think, somewhere in the, okay.
1060
00:50:30.075 --> 00:50:31.475
So three and half, let's call it
1061
00:50:31.475 --> 00:50:32.555
three and a half percent in Canada.
1062
00:50:32.715 --> 00:50:34.715
I can't, I, I haven't looked at it recently, but three
1063
00:50:34.715 --> 00:50:36.315
and a half percent in Canada 10 year.
1064
00:50:36.345 --> 00:50:39.155
That means if you hold it for the next 10 years, you,
1065
00:50:39.215 --> 00:50:40.595
you are will have made three
1066
00:50:40.595 --> 00:50:44.035
and half percent utilize over, over a decade.
1067
00:50:44.935 --> 00:50:49.155
, now it are, are people buying bonds today
1068
00:50:49.155 --> 00:50:51.555
because of that amazing three and a half percent yield?
1069
00:50:51.695 --> 00:50:53.715
Or is it because of the expectations
1070
00:50:53.815 --> 00:50:57.955
of a weakening economic environment driving sh ,
1071
00:50:57.985 --> 00:51:01.315
inflation lower driving interest rates lower,
1072
00:51:01.695 --> 00:51:05.955
and then that 10 year bond will, you know, we'll trade at,
1073
00:51:05.975 --> 00:51:07.235
at, at a much higher rate.
1074
00:51:07.235 --> 00:51:08.795
So you, you'll be capturing some of
1075
00:51:08.795 --> 00:51:11.435
that capital appreciation Yeah.
1076
00:51:11.615 --> 00:51:12.995
Of it short term. And
1077
00:51:12.995 --> 00:51:15.635
that's if only if you actually sell it at some point.
1078
00:51:15.635 --> 00:51:19.115
Yeah. So we, we don't wanna play that, that game of,
1079
00:51:19.655 --> 00:51:21.355
we anticipate we're going to buy a,
1080
00:51:21.635 --> 00:51:23.835
a 10 year bond at a 4% yield
1081
00:51:23.835 --> 00:51:27.435
because we think we can do 10% for animal
1082
00:51:27.775 --> 00:51:31.235
10% on it next year as interest rates go down, we're we,
1083
00:51:31.235 --> 00:51:32.595
we try not to play that game.
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00:51:35.675 --> 00:51:40.175
Alright. Any other questions? Looks like that's all.
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Yeah. ,
1086
00:51:42.105 --> 00:51:45.205
we must have answered everything people wanted, I guess, so.
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00:51:45.895 --> 00:51:47.465
Well that's, that's good for us. All right.
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00:51:47.465 --> 00:51:49.905
Well yeah, thank you everyone for joining.
1089
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, there will be a recorded version sent out.
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, please, if you have any questions
1091
00:51:54.825 --> 00:51:58.105
and you're, you know, shy don't hesitate to reach out
1092
00:51:58.165 --> 00:52:01.545
to your wealth counselor or, or Brent directly.
1093
00:52:01.565 --> 00:52:04.865
He loves that. , I do. Yeah, I know, I know he does.
1094
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But yeah, thank you for taking the time
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to be with us today.
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, and we'll give you eight minutes back.
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Oh, oh, sorry. We just got one last one on.
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Oh, you, here we go.
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Bitcoin and welcome your thoughts on Bitcoin. Bitcoin ETFs.
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How about anonymous attendee? Brent, did you write that?
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That's for you, Chris. I think it was directed at you.
1102
00:52:31.605 --> 00:52:34.705
Oh, boy. , so yeah, Bitcoin, right?
1103
00:52:34.735 --> 00:52:38.305
It's the we have not taken
1104
00:52:39.595 --> 00:52:42.545
large stances in the cryptocurrency market
1105
00:52:43.285 --> 00:52:44.345
for a number of reasons.
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00:52:44.965 --> 00:52:46.825
, you know, the, the primary
1107
00:52:46.925 --> 00:52:49.705
and most easily explainable one is valuation
1108
00:52:50.085 --> 00:52:53.065
of these instruments, these smart contracts
1109
00:52:53.685 --> 00:52:56.625
is nearly impossible because you're buying something
1110
00:52:56.625 --> 00:53:00.425
and you are only, you know, it's only as good
1111
00:53:00.425 --> 00:53:01.785
as being able to sell it to someone else.
1112
00:53:02.445 --> 00:53:05.625
, historically it's done, you know, it's done really well
1113
00:53:05.655 --> 00:53:07.585
because it's, it's a new technology,
1114
00:53:08.205 --> 00:53:12.065
but most of the portfolios that we operate
1115
00:53:12.325 --> 00:53:15.385
and our job is to make sure that we are
1116
00:53:15.905 --> 00:53:18.785
maintaining capital preservation with responsible growth.
1117
00:53:19.605 --> 00:53:21.545
And you've got an asset class here
1118
00:53:21.735 --> 00:53:22.785
just talking about Bitcoin.
1119
00:53:22.885 --> 00:53:25.525
Not even the, the other stuff that we, you know,
1120
00:53:25.525 --> 00:53:27.325
don't even need to get into like the Trump coins
1121
00:53:27.325 --> 00:53:29.085
and the meme coins, but just Bitcoin itself,
1122
00:53:29.585 --> 00:53:30.965
, has volatility.
1123
00:53:31.105 --> 00:53:32.685
That's I believe two
1124
00:53:32.685 --> 00:53:34.525
or three times as much as the stock market.
1125
00:53:35.025 --> 00:53:37.245
That's that's a dangerous game to play.
1126
00:53:37.785 --> 00:53:41.365
, you know, we invest not really in a casino environment.
1127
00:53:41.905 --> 00:53:46.125
, you know, as, as the smart contract,
1128
00:53:46.225 --> 00:53:48.285
the Bitcoin blockchain world evolves.
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00:53:48.625 --> 00:53:50.925
We are looking at it, we are aware of it.
1130
00:53:51.265 --> 00:53:53.125
, trust me, we're, we're paying attention,
1131
00:53:53.625 --> 00:53:55.765
but we need to have a lot more certainty
1132
00:53:55.765 --> 00:53:57.365
around long-term valuations
1133
00:53:57.425 --> 00:54:00.045
and, you know, decrease volatility
1134
00:54:00.545 --> 00:54:03.165
before we start to invest in it in client
1135
00:54:03.175 --> 00:54:04.805
portfolios, if that makes sense.
1136
00:54:05.525 --> 00:54:08.925
I would mention that, that anyone who's been on these calls
1137
00:54:08.945 --> 00:54:13.395
for a number of years knows that we, we do have exposure
1138
00:54:13.495 --> 00:54:16.795
to a private company that is a crypto exchange.
1139
00:54:17.305 --> 00:54:20.075
Yeah. , so they will make money regardless
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00:54:20.175 --> 00:54:22.875
of the direction of cryptocurrencies.
1141
00:54:23.145 --> 00:54:25.075
Yeah. And, and we do believe,
1142
00:54:25.175 --> 00:54:28.875
or we're hoping that that company does go public over
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00:54:28.875 --> 00:54:32.195
that we, we do know that it has filed to
1144
00:54:33.215 --> 00:54:34.635
its initial public offering.
1145
00:54:35.085 --> 00:54:37.275
We're hoping it's going to be in the first half of this year,
1146
00:54:37.295 --> 00:54:39.555
and we're very optimistic on the outlook.
1147
00:54:39.735 --> 00:54:43.915
So that's how we, how we get our exposure to Bitcoin.
1148
00:54:44.015 --> 00:54:47.555
And, and I do know that this particular company at last I
1149
00:54:47.555 --> 00:54:51.055
checked, had about $1.5 billion of bit
1150
00:54:51.115 --> 00:54:52.575
of Bitcoin in its treasury.
1151
00:54:52.795 --> 00:54:54.815
So that's, that's how we're getting exposure.
1152
00:54:54.955 --> 00:54:57.375
But to, you know, to echo Chris's,
1153
00:54:58.465 --> 00:55:00.845
and it is a very small portion of the portfolio, again,
1154
00:55:00.845 --> 00:55:03.405
because we have risk budgets to meet and
1155
00:55:03.905 --> 00:55:08.215
and you know, the risk, the risk of,
1156
00:55:08.275 --> 00:55:11.175
of these instruments where it could fall you know,
1157
00:55:11.175 --> 00:55:14.175
we just don't know is, is is dangerous
1158
00:55:14.175 --> 00:55:16.495
and not within the, the confines
1159
00:55:16.495 --> 00:55:18.015
of fiduciaries such as ourselves.
1160
00:55:18.325 --> 00:55:21.055
Yeah. Conrad had a question on the Canadian dollar versus
1161
00:55:21.275 --> 00:55:24.995
us, and I think we, we did answer that earlier that
1162
00:55:25.455 --> 00:55:26.795
you know, I think
1163
00:55:27.365 --> 00:55:30.675
Chris mentioned structurally over the long term
1164
00:55:30.685 --> 00:55:32.835
there tends to be a reversion to the means.
1165
00:55:32.855 --> 00:55:37.355
So we do think that we, we just don't think that a 1.4
1166
00:55:37.495 --> 00:55:40.435
to 1.5 is sustainable longer term.
1167
00:55:40.855 --> 00:55:44.075
But from a short term perspective, you know,
1168
00:55:44.955 --> 00:55:47.355
currency is a big, big part of pricing or,
1169
00:55:47.375 --> 00:55:50.155
or foreign exchange is interest rate differentials.
1170
00:55:50.155 --> 00:55:52.395
And right now the differentials certainly favor
1171
00:55:52.535 --> 00:55:53.555
the US dollar.
1172
00:55:53.945 --> 00:55:55.395
Yeah. The, the Bank
1173
00:55:55.395 --> 00:55:57.435
of Canada cut rates a quarter percent today,
1174
00:55:57.535 --> 00:55:59.395
the US will probably not cut.
1175
00:55:59.975 --> 00:56:03.315
, but if we do see the us if,
1176
00:56:03.335 --> 00:56:05.755
if inflation remains sticky
1177
00:56:05.775 --> 00:56:09.875
and maybe even increases in the us you know,
1178
00:56:10.115 --> 00:56:14.155
interest rates, the Fed may have to, in increase rates,
1179
00:56:14.165 --> 00:56:17.355
which will expand that, that interest rate differential.
1180
00:56:17.455 --> 00:56:19.035
So I think over the, you know,
1181
00:56:19.085 --> 00:56:21.835
let's call it cyclically over the next year
1182
00:56:21.835 --> 00:56:24.805
or two, there, there could still be a bit
1183
00:56:24.945 --> 00:56:26.925
bit more strength in the US versus,
1184
00:56:27.305 --> 00:56:30.565
versus the CAD based on just solely on
1185
00:56:30.725 --> 00:56:31.805
interest rate differentials.
1186
00:56:31.865 --> 00:56:35.565
Now, if oil goes to $140, all bets are off.
1187
00:56:35.725 --> 00:56:38.125
I mean, we, we tend to be, Canadian dollar tends
1188
00:56:38.125 --> 00:56:41.925
to be viewed as a cryptocurrency , not a curr
1189
00:56:42.105 --> 00:56:44.965
, energy or oil oil ,
1190
00:56:45.415 --> 00:56:47.285
petro currency is what I was looking for.
1191
00:56:47.435 --> 00:56:51.165
It's funny how crypto is, how crypto is replaced Petro.
1192
00:56:51.345 --> 00:56:56.215
, anyway, a as far as as far as the euro, we,
1193
00:56:56.215 --> 00:57:00.835
we don't really, you know, we, we have, we don't have, well,
1194
00:57:00.835 --> 00:57:05.075
we do have some exposure to European funds.
1195
00:57:05.375 --> 00:57:06.835
We, we tend to hedge those.
1196
00:57:07.735 --> 00:57:12.515
And so we're not we don't really look at the u
1197
00:57:13.295 --> 00:57:15.475
CAD versus Euro, so apologies for that.
1198
00:57:16.325 --> 00:57:17.825
, well, the, the, yeah.
1199
00:57:17.965 --> 00:57:21.745
CAD versus Euro, I mean, again, structurally speaking
1200
00:57:22.155 --> 00:57:23.865
we've got stagnant growth in Europe.
1201
00:57:24.395 --> 00:57:26.385
We've got, you know, some inflation.
1202
00:57:26.635 --> 00:57:28.185
We've got, you know
1203
00:57:28.585 --> 00:57:29.865
interest rates coming down in Europe.
1204
00:57:30.525 --> 00:57:32.225
, you know, the outlook isn't,
1205
00:57:32.595 --> 00:57:34.105
isn't rosy, I'll tell you that.
1206
00:57:34.465 --> 00:57:35.785
Hmm. , you know,
1207
00:57:35.925 --> 00:57:39.265
but with some normalization, with a little bit of,
1208
00:57:39.265 --> 00:57:42.425
of an uptick, hopefully, you know, Europe can kind of get,
1209
00:57:43.125 --> 00:57:44.145
get their ducks in a row.
1210
00:57:44.405 --> 00:57:46.265
, and we could see a little bit more strength.
1211
00:57:46.265 --> 00:57:49.025
But, you know, in the short term, I, I don't expect,
1212
00:57:49.025 --> 00:57:51.785
you know, we're not, we're not running a, a, you know,
1213
00:57:51.785 --> 00:57:54.585
long USD short euro carry trade or anything like that.
1214
00:57:54.835 --> 00:57:57.745
We're, we're just going to you know, try to try
1215
00:57:57.745 --> 00:57:59.225
to hedge our bets
1216
00:57:59.285 --> 00:58:01.825
and focus on, on, you know, what we're good at.
1217
00:58:02.165 --> 00:58:04.665
, if that makes, Chris, we got two minutes. Yeah.
1218
00:58:04.665 --> 00:58:07.705
And we got one more thoughts on, given your deal, the,
1219
00:58:07.705 --> 00:58:09.505
the local oil and gas expert,
1220
00:58:09.665 --> 00:58:10.705
I thought I'd have that one over to you.
1221
00:58:10.975 --> 00:58:12.065
Sure. Well, yeah.
1222
00:58:12.065 --> 00:58:16.305
Experts, I guess , sentiment, do you,
1223
00:58:16.365 --> 00:58:17.945
so the question is, what are your thoughts on
1224
00:58:17.945 --> 00:58:18.985
oil and gas in Canada?
1225
00:58:19.485 --> 00:58:21.065
Do you believe sentiment is changing?
1226
00:58:21.685 --> 00:58:25.225
, I'm not sure if you mean sentiment politically
1227
00:58:25.285 --> 00:58:27.105
or sentiment economically.
1228
00:58:27.145 --> 00:58:28.185
I can talk about both. I mean,
1229
00:58:28.225 --> 00:58:30.345
I think sentiment politically is changing
1230
00:58:30.485 --> 00:58:34.225
and that we're starting to realize that oil
1231
00:58:34.225 --> 00:58:37.665
and gas is part of the, part of the system
1232
00:58:37.695 --> 00:58:38.945
part of the program here.
1233
00:58:39.205 --> 00:58:43.985
, and with the energy demands
1234
00:58:44.485 --> 00:58:45.865
as we've talked about at length,
1235
00:58:45.865 --> 00:58:48.865
and I'm sure you've heard about there, you know,
1236
00:58:48.865 --> 00:58:50.665
we're not going to look at it as Scott Beon said,
1237
00:58:50.665 --> 00:58:52.025
there isn't a clean energy, race,
1238
00:58:52.225 --> 00:58:54.505
anywhere there's an energy race, we're looking at oil,
1239
00:58:54.595 --> 00:58:56.545
we're looking at gas, we're looking at nuclear,
1240
00:58:56.555 --> 00:58:58.465
we're looking at green, we're looking at solar, wind.
1241
00:58:58.495 --> 00:58:59.665
Doesn't matter what it is,
1242
00:59:00.285 --> 00:59:02.345
the the world is becoming more power hungry.
1243
00:59:02.565 --> 00:59:05.305
And so that is a definite, definite tailwind for Canada.
1244
00:59:05.885 --> 00:59:10.505
, the fact that we are not going to be the 51st states,
1245
00:59:10.765 --> 00:59:13.825
but you've got a significant you know, one
1246
00:59:13.825 --> 00:59:16.665
of the largest oil, oil and gas reserves in the world
1247
00:59:16.735 --> 00:59:19.705
sitting in our backyard right beside the right,
1248
00:59:19.705 --> 00:59:20.825
you know, right beside our, our
1249
00:59:20.825 --> 00:59:22.045
power hungry neighbor of the us.
1250
00:59:22.285 --> 00:59:23.885
I think that is structurally positive.
1251
00:59:24.385 --> 00:59:27.445
, the big question is what tariffs are going to look like,
1252
00:59:27.865 --> 00:59:29.165
but overall structurally
1253
00:59:29.265 --> 00:59:32.525
and secularly on a, you know, on a longer term basis, I'm,
1254
00:59:32.925 --> 00:59:34.805
I, I believe the basin is back.
1255
00:59:35.045 --> 00:59:38.565
I think that there's, there's a lot of positive things to,
1256
00:59:38.705 --> 00:59:40.645
to look for in Canadian oil and gas.
1257
00:59:41.185 --> 00:59:45.845
, and with this nearshoring, you know, worries about
1258
00:59:46.395 --> 00:59:47.765
wars in, in Russia
1259
00:59:47.905 --> 00:59:51.205
and the Middle East you know, we got it right here.
1260
00:59:51.505 --> 00:59:55.445
, let's, let's try to, try to capitalize on,
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on it while we can and use it as a transition bridge fuel,
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, regardless of your view.
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I hope that answers your question,
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and I think we're, I think we've hit our time, everyone.
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So thanks again. , again, there will be a recording.
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, appreciate your time
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and , yeah, everyone have a great day.
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All right. Thanks everyone for attending. Thanks, Chris.
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Thanks. Bye. Alright, bye.
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