1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 1: This is Bloomberg surveillance. A terrorist attack slows economic activity. 2 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 1: Somebody doesn't take a trip to people change behavior. There 3 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: are an awful lot of antagonists who don't like the FET, 4 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:18,279 Speaker 1: who want to occur the FET's authority. Even if the 5 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: FET is only projecting a couple of hikes through the 6 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: balance of the year, that's still about twice as much 7 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: as what's in the money market. 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David Sowerby 26 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: with Lomas sales Um has a lot of good perspective 27 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: on not only where valuations are going, but particularly valuations 28 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: off the market. We talked about our reward of Gamica earlier, 29 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: about the visible stocks that they grows box soerby looking 30 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: for things a little more obscure. David, good morning, Good 31 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: morning Tom. Are you enthusiastic about the acquisition as shares 32 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: here or are we overpriced? I would I would try 33 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: to take at least a twelve month view and think 34 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: that stocks are still the best performing asset class. I 35 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: think high yield can give them a run for their 36 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: money on a risk reward basis, but the likelihood that 37 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 1: you can still get equity returns between seven to eight 38 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: percent annualized, particularly when you value them on a company's 39 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: cash flow versus their knitted net income, that the market 40 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: still has potential even though off the February eleventh lows, 41 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: stocks are rallied anywhere from eleven too. But it's not 42 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: all stocks. I mean, there's there's there's the big you know, 43 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: the fifty big names of the hundred big names that 44 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 1: we're guilty of talking about them too much. Is there 45 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: value in nitcap or do they escape the carnage of January? 46 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: I think there's always value in the mid cap. And 47 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: if you go to what we affectionately refer to as 48 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: SMIT cap combination as small in mid if, it always 49 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: amazes me how many stocks can potentially double in a 50 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: in a in a part of the market that we 51 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: call the Russell Index, the Russell two thousand index. Small 52 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: cap stocks have actually modestly outperformed large cap stocks on 53 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: those February lows. And I always like to think that 54 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: I'm going to get to a little closer home next 55 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 1: to the beach on the back of small cap stocks 56 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: when it comes time to hang it up in this industry, David, 57 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: when you look at how what actually do you look 58 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: at to understand the direction of the markets? Right? You say, 59 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: equities are are doing fine, and they'll do fine. But 60 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: this all has to do with central back action, right, 61 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: A good chunk of it certainly does. Anytime you have 62 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: still after the FED began to embark on an incredible 63 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: easing in November two eight, you still have short term 64 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: interest rates in this country at less than fifty basis 65 00:03:55,640 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: points subtract the one point seven percent inflation, right, and 66 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: for better than roughly close to eight years, we've had 67 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: negative real interest rates. That is monetary that's monetary stimulus 68 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: on steroids. But but it goes beyond. I think simply 69 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 1: that the FET has been incredibly stimulative. I still believe 70 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 1: that companies today are much more sensible at what we'd 71 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 1: like to call allocating their capital or how they're spending 72 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: their cash flow in the spirit of being good for 73 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: shareholders and companies. Allocation on the back of good free 74 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: cash flow growth, I think still is a is a 75 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 1: tailwind and and a net plus for stocks to move higher. 76 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: Because companies are are spending their cash wisely, whether it's 77 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: UH in pursuit of a new piece of capital, hiring, 78 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: doing an acquisition UH. Companies are are much better at 79 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: delivering shareholder value with the use of their cash. Are 80 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: they dead? Because I mean a lot of the companies 81 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: that we've which may be a little bit bigger than 82 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: what you invest in A are sitting on cash. And 83 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: for me, we need a catalyst so that they start 84 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 1: spending more. You know, Tom makes a point that maybe 85 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: there's that's gonna spread M and A. But if if 86 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: you're not spending your cash, and it means that they're 87 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: not seeing a great rosy world out there, well let's 88 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 1: politely disagree a little bit that they're sitting on cash, 89 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: perhaps because there's still a little bruised from the near 90 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: armor getting economic experience of two thousand eight. But but nevertheless, um, 91 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: I think they're spending their cash. We know that dividends 92 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: are growing at a double digit pace, share re purchase 93 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: remains quite healthy. Capital spending outside of energy is growing 94 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: in a high single digit uh. Commercial loan growth because 95 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 1: if companies capital spending is running about ten for commercial 96 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: and industrial loan growth year over year levels. Employment growth 97 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: in two thousand fifteen was the best probably in about 98 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: fifteen years. So I would contend that companies are indeed 99 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: spending their cash in various ways, and still likely most 100 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,159 Speaker 1: of them on an individual basis and the best interests 101 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: of shareholders. What about FED policy? How does that come 102 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: into your thinking? We had the Feds basically say no, 103 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: they're not looking at for interest rate hikes, are looking 104 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: at two. That gives a lot of companies an extra lifeline. 105 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 1: I'm always interested in FED policy, but I'll take a 106 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 1: step back and say it's usually the micro analysis of 107 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: individual companies that will lead me to the best investment decisions. 108 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: But having said that, I think as a portfolio manager, 109 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: one of the rules that then you should think about 110 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: with respect to the Federal Reserve is certainly be cognizant 111 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 1: of what the FED is doing with with money, particularly 112 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: the high powered money, the monetary base. But also what 113 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 1: I've learned over the years is one rule of thumb 114 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: with the FETE is they traditionally overdo it, whether it's 115 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: the tightening side or the using side. And if I 116 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: stick to that rule, and in this page is the 117 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 1: easing site has been very, very aggressive. That's a key. 118 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: Let me ask you the money question. I ask this 119 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 1: of Howard Ward with Microsoft Alphabet the rest of them earlier. 120 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: Let me ask you, with a smaller cap of you, 121 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: David Sowerby, can you link equity performance to tap adenominal GDP. 122 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: You a low terminal value or our corporates so adept 123 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: they can manage for that reality and keep the cash 124 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: flow stream going if I promise I look at free 125 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: cash flow as it's not the silver bullet, but it's 126 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: probably one of the best metrics for finding good companies. 127 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: Free cash flow yields are better than five for the 128 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: broader market from any of the stocks on buying. It's 129 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: it's it's well in excessive that I'm I am still 130 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: concourage that free cash flow growth is healthy, healthy as 131 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: it is when nominal GDP is let's call it at 132 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: best three and a half percent. We're gonna have you 133 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: back for another section. Let's get it started right now. 134 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: David Swerby, Looma Sales, give me a stock I've never 135 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: heard of. That's what's your best at you've never heard of? Um? Well, 136 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: Liberty Interactive is that it QBC great retailer, competes with 137 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: Walmart in a different way. High loyalty Uh better than 138 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: six percent free cash But isn't that old technology? But 139 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: it's loyal technology because they know exactly what they're selling 140 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,839 Speaker 1: the minute by minute. Uh that they can they can 141 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: move their merchandise quite quickly. They don't have bricks and 142 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: mortar light the Amazon, but in a smaller way. I 143 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: think spinouts in the small MidCap area are still a 144 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,719 Speaker 1: very successful way to buy money. And out of all 145 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:49,079 Speaker 1: the liberty businesses, Liberty Interactive uh QVC has been a 146 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 1: very good long term spinout. Stocks weaker this year, it's 147 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: down ten percent, but I think there's there's valuation. But 148 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: in ther bullmarket it's only up thirty nine percent per year. 149 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, con David, you gotta do a 150 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: better performance. It's going from five to thirty John Tucker, 151 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: why didn't David Swerby tell us about this? And March 152 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: of nine? Well, and while David sorry, Loomis Sales, see Francine, 153 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: it's amazing you listen to Bloomberg Surveillance and you get 154 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: equity ideas always four years behind the moment. That's what 155 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: we like to do here, folks. We're gonna come back 156 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: and hopefully look forward back. David Sarry's gonna come back. 157 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: We're gonna try to look forward here a year or 158 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,079 Speaker 1: three or four to look for the next qv C 159 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: A as well. He is with Lomas Sales We love 160 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: having him on because it's not about John Nameless, Stock, Apple, Facebook, 161 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: General Electric. It's like six. If you look to folks 162 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: at Bloomberg Surveillance at the percentage of time we spend 163 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: on the top ten stocks we talk about, it'd be 164 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: like eight. We're so guilty of the big stock bias. 165 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,199 Speaker 1: And it's wonderful, seriously wonderful that David Sowerby of Loomin's 166 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,559 Speaker 1: Sales on fancying any chance we can get George Osborne 167 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: on today for sure. Yeah, he's about to do a 168 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 1: phoner with us. How bad is the world for the Chancellor? 169 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 1: It's pretty bad also because he put a you know, 170 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: budget together last week. He unveiled it last week and 171 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: then there was public outcry because he caught benefits to 172 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: the poor and the disabled, and of course Ian Duncan 173 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: Smith had to resign. So look, he's facing Brexit and 174 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: he this means that his leadership contest is taking a 175 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: step back. If he had ambitions to become Prime minister 176 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 1: one day. Interesting that big a deal. We'll have to 177 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: we'll have to do more on that next week, particularly 178 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: in our five am hour here in New York ten 179 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: am primetime in London futures negative eleven down futures negative 180 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: eighty four on this Thursday, and now to the news 181 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: in New York. Here's Michael Barr, Tom, thank you very much. 182 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,559 Speaker 1: There may be a second suspect on the loose following 183 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 1: this week's bombings and Brussels Belgians State media reports that 184 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: an attacker is seen on surveillance cameras in the Brussels subway, 185 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: carrying a large bag and walking alongside the man who 186 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: has been identified as the actual suicide bomber. The lawyer 187 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: for the chief Paris attacks suspect says Salah Abd a 188 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: Slam is not fighting extradition to France and wants to 189 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: leave Brussels as quickly as possible. A Slam was captured 190 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: in Brussels last week after four months on the run 191 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: to following the November Paris terror attacks. Heavy snow and 192 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: strong winds could hit the Plane States today thanks to 193 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 1: a powerful spring snowstorm that closed Denver's airports. Global News 194 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: twenty four hours a day, powered by our twenty four 195 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: hundred journalists more than a hundred fifty news bureaus from 196 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: around the world. I'm Michael Barr, Tom, Michael thanks so much. 197 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: We're look at equities, bonds, currencies, commudities, wait to the market, 198 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: not risk off. That's maybe too strong a statement. Dollars 199 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: stronger euro one eleven sixty This morning, Francy Lakwan, London. 200 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 1: I'm Tom keenan New York. Stay with us Bloomberg Surveillance, 201 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: The News by Mercedes Vans. This month here merced sans 202 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: trisag others Welcome Spring with living a time offers and 203 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: select models like the Scories c l A and Versatile 204 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: g l A, each engineered in price to move a 205 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 1: visit m B USA dot com Today Global business news 206 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: twenty four hours a day at Bloomberg dot com, the 207 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: Radio plus mobile app and on your radio. This is 208 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: a Bloomberg Business Flash and I'm Karen Moscow. US dot 209 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 1: index futures are falling this morning. Let's go to the 210 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: First Word Breaking news desk for today's morning call. And 211 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 1: here's Bill Maloney. Good morning, Good morning, Karen. That's right, 212 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: US future remain under pressure. Doubt You're just currently lowered 213 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: by eighty points, says the futures drop eleven and NAZAC 214 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 1: futures declined by two. The US ten yeel falls to 215 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: one point eight six percent, and main US per markets 216 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: are also training to the downside. France falls one point 217 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: eight percent on the US Economic Fronday eight thirty initial Jobs, 218 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:05,959 Speaker 1: Claims and Durable Goods Orders and Market U S Services 219 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: p m I. At ten thirty, natural gas storage change, 220 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: and at eleven o'clock, Kansas City fed after develops night, 221 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: Kavey Home and PVH BAT and regarding earnings this morning, 222 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: finish line europs view trailed estimates, Whinnebago was mixed and 223 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: accenture boosted sixteen at jse EPs and revenue forecasts. Another 224 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: News Starboard nominates nine directors to Yahoo's board, and finally, 225 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 1: some of your Wall Street upgrades and downgrades. At Bank 226 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,199 Speaker 1: of America, all Tree a cut to neutral, Philip Morris 227 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: raised to buy Range Resources, cut the underweight at Barkley's 228 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 1: General Dynamics cut to hold over at Deutsche Bank, fantast 229 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: cut and neutral at Bowman Sacks, and at Raymond James, 230 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: United Continental cut to market reform, and American Airlines raised 231 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,079 Speaker 1: to outperform. Live from the First Breaking news desk on 232 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: bow Maloney, Karen all Right, thanks sa Bailan to hear 233 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 1: live breaking news over her Bloomberg type squawk a goo 234 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: on your terminal, and that's a Bloomberg business flash, Tommy, 235 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: Francy Karen, thanks so much Bloomberg Surveillance. This morning brought 236 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: you by invest Go. Investing isn't about meeting benchmarks, It's 237 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: about achieving goals. Find out how Investco's high conviction approach 238 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: can help. Visit investco dot com slash high conviction. Francy 239 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: Laquai in London. I'm Tom keenan New York. We're looking 240 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: at the equity market and the rationalization of owning stocks. 241 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: Giving all the columa out there and tempid G d P. 242 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: David sour me with us with Loomis sales. David, give 243 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: us an example of how free cash flows developed. Give 244 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: us a MidCap stock with maybe so so revenue growth, 245 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: but down the income statement the free cash has developed. 246 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: What's one good example of that. Um Harris makes set 247 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: top boxes, communication equipment that makes stuff they make stop. 248 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: They just are doing more business globally. The stock, whether 249 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: it's on a price to earnings or on a free 250 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: cash flow heel basis, is still generating uh good cash 251 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: flow from operations. Subtract their capital spending is the simplest 252 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: way to calculate free cash flow. And here's a here's 253 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: an example of a company that is not widely followed 254 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: by Wall Street and their free cash flow is attractive. 255 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: And I think to the broader market. We we talked 256 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: before the break that there is no silver bullet to 257 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 1: kicking good companies. But I think if you value companies 258 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: on a cash flow basis versus on a what more 259 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: Wall Street analysts do on that traditional price to earnings, 260 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: price to book, price to sales. That long term, but 261 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: particularly in the last ten years, valuing valuing a company 262 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: on its cash flow has proven to be superior for 263 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: I kind of line. Not just good stocks, Tom, but 264 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: I think good good credit as well, good bonds. So Dave, 265 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: that's one way of making money, right, But we also 266 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: have to make sure you don't lose money. So how 267 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: do you see how do you analyze companies that you 268 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: should be staying away from? Most likely it's when when 269 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 1: views are to euphoric, when you're ready to be canonized sainthood. 270 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: Few companies are that's reflected in in the valuation. I 271 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: think that that is very often one of the one 272 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: of the areas of the market to avoid. But but 273 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: at the same time, I think companies that that do 274 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: not deploy their cash in the best interest to shareholders, 275 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 1: that is always a metric that you you should look at. 276 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: Two for companies that you don't want to own versus 277 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: and a portfolio of plane to win in a modest 278 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: number of securities. I think that that's a key ingredient too. 279 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: But really looking at there's a great book by Thorndyke 280 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: called The Outsiders where he talks about ten individual ceo 281 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: some we've heard of, some we haven't, but that the 282 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 1: common threat throughout is individuals who really practiced good capital 283 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 1: allocation in the pursuit of shareholder return. Yeah. I look, David, 284 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: it's sector analysis and and I'm I'm fascinating, sort of 285 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: like auto parts when Steve Rattner was the cars are. 286 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: Tell me about oil smaller companies. I mean everybody knows 287 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 1: Geez oils down, Exxon oils down, Chevron. Tell me about 288 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:48,640 Speaker 1: the smalleries in American oil that I don't know about. Well, 289 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:52,439 Speaker 1: if you look at the filings with the with hopeful 290 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: approval for my compliance, we own a company called uh 291 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: golf Coort Energy operates oil and gas properties in Louisiana 292 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: Gulf Coast that the market capitalization is less than five 293 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 1: billion dollars. And I'll say again, look at our violence. 294 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: You'll see that we're an owner of stock and from 295 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: our perspective in a in a tough industry, particularly when 296 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: when in the smaller cap names, uh, you have to 297 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: see your balance sheets that this is a stock that 298 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: we've we've owned in. We have a good opinion on 299 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: David Sarvey, thank you so much with Louma sales. Greatly 300 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 1: appreciated different, different approach mid cap and small cap stock today. Francine, 301 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: that's a real clinic we spend I don't know about 302 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: you know what you do in London, Francine, But over 303 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 1: here there's just this huge bias to talk about the 304 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: big names, and a lot of good research has been 305 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: done showing mid cap can be a point of value 306 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: from time to time. Yeah. Here it's a very similar. 307 00:18:56,119 --> 00:19:00,360 Speaker 1: I think we I guess benchmarks the markets a lot 308 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 1: like in the US. I guess you just need to 309 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 1: be assure that you also know management. Right. It's easier 310 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: if if it's a big company then you have more 311 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: research notes fail. Yeah, I mean I'm looking at the 312 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: foot seat one hundred, which I think is a hundred stocks. 313 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: Figure that out, folks think, But but I mean, I 314 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: mean to me, it's completely devoid. I mean we we 315 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,880 Speaker 1: don't even we don't even look at it, and particular 316 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: a market cap basis. You know, I know Barclays, I 317 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: know Ls. Okay, come and spend some time with me 318 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: here in London, Tom, Patty Power, bet Fair Plc. You 319 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 1: don't know Patty Power. They're better, They're spreadbetters. They're the spreadbetters. Right. 320 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: So so when you know, if Kate Middleton and her 321 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: Prince Charming have another baby and you want to put 322 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,400 Speaker 1: a bet on the name, that's who you go to. Tom. 323 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 1: Come on my word, folks, I believe this is our 324 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: The next time I'm in London. This was an hour 325 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: on Patty Power spread bet This is where you get 326 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 1: bet on everything. They bet on everything. Yeah, you know, 327 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 1: well there we are. Francy Lacroian, Tom Keene, stay with 328 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 1: us coming up. The all due respect Highlight brought to 329 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: you by Land Rober. 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