1 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: This is Bloomberg surveillance. One of the stories that hasn't 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: gotten a lot of inc is how poorly the Republicans 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: are doing on fundraising for congressional candidate. The political environment 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: is awful, and I think this is one of the 5 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: things trading markets dot one people say the market spottom 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: me now to me that implies we'll have a big 7 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: secical rebound, and that I don't see Bloomberg surveillance. You're 8 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: linked to the world of economics, finance, and investment on 9 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Radio. This is Bloomberg surveillance. Sim David Gura in 10 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: for Tom Keane, going solo here for the final hour. 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 1: The four X Brief brought to you by Interactive Broker's 12 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: winner of FX Week's two thou fifteen award for the 13 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: best retail Forex trading platform, visit ib at ib k 14 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: r dot com slash four x. Wrapping up a week 15 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: here with a lot of central banking news. The dollar 16 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: continuing to be weak, heading the dollar in next declining 17 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: for the fifth straight day. It is down point for 18 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: seven percent at ninety three. The n strengthening just a 19 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: little bit here at one oh seven point to three. 20 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: The year in the pound weakening as well. UH. Dave 21 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: Wilson is here with a look at the markets here 22 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: ahead of their open. Here about thirty minutes away from 23 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: the opening. Bill Dave Wilson, Bloomberg Stocks Editor, Well, we 24 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: gotta start with Amazon dot Com if you want to 25 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: talk about what's going on today. Shares up twelve percent 26 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: first quarter sales and profit, top to animists average estimates 27 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: in new Bloomberg survey. The results showed robust demand for 28 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: faster delivery of items bought online, all with cloud computing 29 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:38,199 Speaker 1: services and gadgets such as the voice activated at home assistant, 30 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: the Amazon Echo. It's also a big day for oil earnings. 31 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: You've got x On Mobile shares just up half a 32 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: percent at the moment. UH, even though earnings at the 33 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,919 Speaker 1: company fell for the sixth straight quarter, and this decline 34 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: was actually the biggest at sixty UH left Xion with 35 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: its smallest quarterly profits. Suppose the key here is that 36 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: x On was pro football, Chevron was not. In fact, 37 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: h X the biggest US rival post the first quarter 38 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: loss of thirty nine cents of share, which was more 39 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: than double the average loss estimate among analysts we survey 40 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,519 Speaker 1: and Chevron shares are down one percent. You also heard 41 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,959 Speaker 1: from Philip sixty six down three percent. First quarter earnings 42 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: dropped six as profit margins narrowed from oil refining and 43 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: chemicals production. We've also had a number of biotechnology company 44 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: earnings out. Gilead Science is down five and a half percent. 45 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: Their revenue failed to meet the average projection for the 46 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: first time in three years. Earnings also trailed estimates. The 47 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: shortfalls resulted from disappointing sales of gileads block blockbuster hepatitis 48 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: C pills Savaldi and harvony m Gen. On the other end, 49 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: up a half a percent. UH their first quarter earnings 50 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: and revenue beat estimates, and m JAM raised it's full 51 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: your profit projection and backs. Altens up three and a 52 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: half percent. The drug company's first quarter profit in sales 53 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: surpass estimates, backs halted the target of a thirty five 54 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 1: billion dollar takeover offer from uk A drugmaker Shire Moving 55 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: to the online world, Expedia up eleven percent. The online 56 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: travel agency reported a surprise first quarter profit sales surpassed estimates. 57 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: Expeed A benefited from a takeover of home rental site 58 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: home Away sooner than the company expected, and linked In's 59 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: up seven and a half percent the professional networking websites 60 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: first quarter earnings. The revenue b AN estimates LinkedIn second 61 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: quarter profit forecast also top projections. A couple more for you, David, 62 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 1: TiVo up six percent. The digital video recording pioneer accepted 63 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: a takeover offer from ROV, provider of on screen guides 64 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: for television listings. The cash and stock deal that at 65 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: one point one billion dollars. Uh Roby shares also higher, 66 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: up about seven percent, and eight K Steel holding the 67 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: most active stock and early trading down nine percent. The 68 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: steelmaker raised twenty nine million dollars by selling the equipment 69 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: of a twenty two and a half percent stay BML 70 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: Cattle Market said the share sale may prompt their medals 71 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: and mining companies to follow suit. Just really quickly. Here, David, 72 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: looking at that Amazon number, everyone was focused on Amazon 73 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: Web services, the cloud computing portion of this an amazing 74 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: beat when you look at how fast that that part 75 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: of the business has grown. Revenue up sixty from a 76 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 1: year ago. We're talking about a billion dollars worth of 77 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: increase there, uh profit surging even more than that. It's 78 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 1: an area that doesn't require the kind of expense that 79 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: goes into providing all these items online, you know, having 80 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: to build distribution centers here, there and everywhere. Uh, it's 81 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 1: a less capital intensive business, you might say, and Amazon 82 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: is reaping the benefits of growth in that area. All right, 83 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 1: Tave Wilson, Bloomberg Stocks head, are you wanting me here? 84 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 1: I really appreciate it. I want to turn now to 85 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: Richard Dobbs. He's a director, a senior partner with McKenzie 86 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: and an author of a fascinating new report here called 87 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: Diminishing Returns Why investors may need to lower their expectations. 88 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: He joins us now here on bloombergs Veillance. Richard, good 89 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: to have you with us. Good morning. I want to 90 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: start with the the thesis, if you will, that being 91 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: investment returns over the next twenty years are likely to 92 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 1: fall short of the returns of two thousand and fourteen period. 93 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: You kind of characterize that as a as a real 94 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: golden age for a variety of reasons. And before we 95 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 1: get into what what might be coming down the pike, 96 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: talk a bit about what contributed to that level of growth, 97 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: that level of investment returning here over the last thirty years. 98 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously short term we have ups and downs 99 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 1: in the market, and that they are lot of movements. 100 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: What we're studying here is long term trends, and actually 101 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: you can link longer term trends much more to the 102 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: global economy. And it's been a it's been a wonderful 103 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 1: thirty year pearage in terms of the underlying trends that 104 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: have actually supported great. We've had our falling information um 105 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: inflation effects is being killed and that that's helped provide 106 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: a big up particulate of staff the period we've had 107 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: pulling interest rates, capsules become progressively cheaper. We've had good 108 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: GDP growth, so the vast majority that there is global 109 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: GDP grace and somewhere around through in a half per center, 110 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 1: that's really helped PARA great. And finally, corporations have done 111 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: really well. Corporates have grown their profitability. There there's income 112 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: SEMENTI five to them more than GDP because they've had 113 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: the benefit of new customers around the world. They've had 114 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: the benefit of automation and global supply chains bringing their 115 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: costs down, and they've had falling taxes and falling interest rates. 116 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: And that all of that mixed together means that the 117 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: returns that we've seen in the last the last thirty 118 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: years for both exts and bombs have been on average 119 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: around two pc for extis and four cent for bombs, 120 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: more than the hundred year average. It's been a great 121 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 1: period in terms of returns of those of those numbers 122 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 1: of a real returns. Talk a bit about your process 123 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: here than the numbers that you crunched. Pe ratio is 124 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: hugely important here in the mouth, but you can you 125 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: can work out what what drives the PE ratio. It's 126 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: a forward expectation of growth and return on invested gastal 127 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: and so we built that up and we've looked at 128 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 1: growth rates in comparison to GDP growth rates, and you 129 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: can say, well, how much is GDP gonna grow going forwards? 130 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 1: And we can get different scenarios and then you can 131 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 1: link that back to prasias and they are we likely 132 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: to get the saving mansion of bratias of the P 133 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: ratios contracted it. And you know, we all know that 134 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: the world is going to grow slower to begin with, 135 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: you know, in the short term because the secular stagnation 136 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: of the problems at dead levels. And in the longer 137 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: term we're going to have the impact of that we're 138 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: no longer growing our workforce globally. Now obviously some parts 139 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: of the world will still be, but other parts are 140 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: gonna have a shrinking word China is gonna have a 141 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: hunder and fifty million fewer workers, So we're not going 142 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: to have that benefit driving growth. And you can link 143 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: that Mathemasky back to what does that mean for the 144 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: B ratio and so we can talk about, you know, 145 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: how how might that change and that we're going to 146 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: see any expansion going forward, or that we're going to 147 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: see a contraction and and that change in the employment picture. 148 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: They're driven largely by technology, in part by technology. Uh well, 149 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: technology is another factor. I mean we look going forward, 150 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: I mean there's going to be the basically on GDP 151 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: growth is that we're actually gonna be having a shrinking 152 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: number of workers in many countries because of falling fertility 153 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: rates for aging, and you know we will if you 154 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: think about it, countries like China because of the single 155 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: child policy coming through. When the single child single children 156 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: all retire, they're going to have fewer children. And you 157 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: can see that sort of coming through and there will 158 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: be a hundred and fifty million you're working age people now. 159 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: Technology is another factors. Technology is going to change the 160 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: nature of competition. UM companies are going to be competing 161 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: with technology companies doing step out from the step out 162 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: companies are going to create a lot of value, but 163 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: typically they destroyed four times as much or five times 164 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: as much in the industries they disrupt. We're also going 165 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: to see technology allowing small and medium sized enterprises to 166 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: compete globally. A small enterprise historic who couldn't compete with 167 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: a large company, but I bought the other day is 168 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: just an example. I bought some garden seas on Amazon. 169 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,079 Speaker 1: When they arrived, I actually realized I hadn't brought on 170 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: on Amazon. I bought them on Amazon Marketplace, and it 171 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: was the most small enterprise in China that was selling 172 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: globally and being able to complete. Do you think about it? There? 173 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: You know, and this was you see it a aut 174 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: it Barbara and others. Well, we're now seeing these small 175 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 1: enterprises compete with large RUMs and these guys have a 176 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: very different constructure. I mean, these seeds were in Britain, 177 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:11,439 Speaker 1: there were a pound of package. You know, my local 178 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: garden center was five pounds of packets of similar seeds 179 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: because you know, it's a different structure, and these small 180 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,959 Speaker 1: enterprises and compete or you think about people with B 181 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: and B being able to compete with the big established 182 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: hotel team. So we're seeing that's happening. We're also seeing 183 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: the rise of emerging market companies, and these companies are 184 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: much less concerned about return on invest gaps, are much 185 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: more about growth and when these companies come in, and 186 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: that's going to be a drag on possibilities. When you 187 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: put all that together, we don't think corporate profitability is 188 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: going to go up nearly as fast, and ddps going 189 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 1: up less fast. Corporate profitabilities going up there faster, That 190 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:49,679 Speaker 1: means less in the in the long run, less exty returns. 191 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: We're gonna keep talking to you here in the in 192 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:52,719 Speaker 1: the next portion of the show before we get to 193 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: the break on, ask you you looked here at the 194 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: US and Europe. They're pretty similar. Yes, actually more similar 195 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 1: than we so pastly because of course you know US companies. 196 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: Now when you look at most jobs, you know US companies, 197 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: they actually have a big Europe and that's similar in 198 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: the European So so we're actually seeing a much greater 199 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: convergence between those two markets that we've actually expected. Um, 200 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,079 Speaker 1: but but when you actually get behind the island of 201 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: lying sales, you find that there is that different that similarity. 202 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: All right, Richard, stay with us. That's Richard Dobbs. He's 203 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: a director at McKinsey, the author of a new report 204 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,719 Speaker 1: Diminishing Returns why investors need to lower their expectations of 205 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 1: fascinating new report. We're gonna continue talking to him about 206 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 1: here on Bloomberg Surveillance. I'm David Gura in for Tom 207 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: Keene and Mike McKee today, just taking a quick look 208 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: at futures here. They're continuing to weaken. We're looking at 209 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: the Dow down sixty two points, the Nasdaq futures down 210 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: twenty points, sp SMP down seven. This is Bloomberg Surveillance 211 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 1: on Bloomberg Radio now Michael barfers and national and international headlines. David, 212 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,439 Speaker 1: thank you very much. There's word rebels have Sheldon Mosque 213 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: in the government held area the northern Assyrian city of Aleppo. 214 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: At least fifteen people are dead and thirty others are wounded. 215 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 1: This morning's assaults came after Friday's prayers. It comes after 216 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: days of deadly violence that opposition activists say has claimed 217 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: the lives of more than two hundred civilians. At least 218 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: twenty people were arrested outside of Donald Trump rally last 219 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: night in Coasta Mesa, California. 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They posted better than estimated results 250 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: X on Mobile Little Change. That's earnings beat estimates, though 251 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 1: it did post the smallest profits since n and we 252 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: had to Economic report app this morning at a thirty 253 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: showed consumers spending grows less than forecast in March. That 254 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: wraps up the weakest quarter at a year for the 255 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: biggest part of the U S economy, even as incomes accelerated. 256 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: And right now SMP futures and down seven that's down 257 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: four tenths of a present, the down futures down sixty five, 258 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: that's down four tens, and the NASD index down twenty two. 259 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 1: Then as day futures that's down half a percent. The 260 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: euro one fourteen thirty eighth to a weekening dollar. The 261 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: yen also right now one or seven twenty four, the 262 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 1: event getting stronger, that's up about eight tense continuing, it's 263 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 1: a strength from earlier this morning. And that was a 264 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: Bloomberg business. I'm John Tucker. We bring your market updates 265 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: every fifteen months during the tradeing date right here on 266 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: Bloomberg and David, I feel sorry for you. It's like 267 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: everybody has abandoned you in the studio to feel that 268 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: way a little bit here David Gura on Blueberg Surveillance 269 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: in for Michael McKee who's on assignmon and Tom Keane 270 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: enjoying the last few hours of a well deserved vacation. 271 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: I'm talking with Richard Dobbs. He is a director at McKinsey, 272 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: author of a new report, Diminishing Returns Why investors need 273 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: to lower their expectations. Let's talk a bit about those 274 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: expectations now, Richard, you write for UH many investors have 275 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 1: lived their entire professional lives during this golden era, and 276 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: a long period of lower returns would require painful adjustments. 277 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: What exactly are you forecasting? What do you think might 278 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: be coming down the pike? I mean, if we look 279 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: at XTSE again average pier of European and US ext 280 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: we've lived in a world of nearly eight percent real 281 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: returns the last thirty years. I you going forward is 282 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: that will be going into a world or somewhere between 283 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: four and six defense um one or three percent less um. 284 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: And if we if we look at bombs um, we've 285 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: we've lived in this wonderful bond period five and a 286 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 1: half percent real returns. Our sons going forward is that 287 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: it will be somewhere between in the next twenty years 288 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: zero and two percent, so much lower returns um. And 289 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: if you look at us a portfolio, the portfolio over 290 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: the about two to four percent less than than we've 291 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: had over the last thirty years. The problem is the 292 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: thirty years we've been in has been wonderful. I mean, 293 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: if you know, the numbers we have aren't two out 294 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: of line with what we've seen over last hundred. It's 295 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: just we had a very good year, but good thirty 296 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: year period. But it's the period most of us us 297 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: as a benchmark because it's one we've lived to. You say, 298 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: get used to. What what does that look like? To 299 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: define that for going to have to do so? So 300 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: take a thirty year old a thirty year old, now, 301 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: I mean it is quite I mean in some ways 302 00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: it's quite bleak. A first year old instead of having 303 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: to put in into their pension maybe should be putting 304 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: in twenty into their pension and planning to work for 305 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: another five years plus. That also the impact of life expectancy. Um. 306 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: You know, it requires just you know, putting a bit 307 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: more money, but are to retire less unless um you know, 308 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: if you take us UM, city and state local pensions, 309 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: employee government employee pensions that they current believe there's a 310 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: DEFICITI about a trillion dollars. Unfortunately, they're pretty optimistic on 311 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: the returns. They assume they're still going to get somewhere 312 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: between seven and eight the nominal um when we put 313 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: our returns in. We think those deficits they have, which 314 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: you know everyone's obviously upset worried about, are going to 315 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: be closer to instead of the one trillion, somewhere between 316 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: two and three trillion. And that means that governments are 317 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: going to have to, you know, follow the example of 318 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: Illinois and have these conversations about over putting in more 319 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: money or removing benefits or or other types of measures, 320 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: and it's quite a challenge. Now there's also, you know, 321 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: the third group who are going to be hit by this, 322 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: a u sum educational endowments. We think that payments from 323 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 1: some of these educational allowments could fall in total by 324 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: about thirteen billion dollars um and for some universities that 325 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: something like thirty thousands of students. These education endowments have 326 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: really supported a lot of great universities. Those universities can't 327 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 1: assume that those those payments are going to be still there. 328 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: Now that that's sort of the negative side of needing 329 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 1: to be um lower expectations and put more money in 330 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: and all of that. There is also a bolstered side 331 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 1: that people do need to start thinking through first of 332 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 1: all cost base. Um it's interesting in the UK there 333 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: are a lot of very very small local government pension schemes. 334 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: They've all been merged into six major funds. About ninety 335 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: funds have been merged into six to get more cost efficiency. 336 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I was looking at some of my investments 337 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: the other day and the discovered I had a whole 338 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: group that I've taken up many years ago and I 339 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: was playing two present year charges on it. You know, 340 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:11,959 Speaker 1: we all need to sort of you know, the personal 341 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 1: sides in the government side, just have to look at 342 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: our charges and and and pair a bit less. And 343 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 1: finally we've got to find other assets. Um, it's the 344 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: main large extreme markets are not going to do well. 345 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: We need to think about emergant markets so obviously have 346 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: ups and downs too, and and other opportunities to invest 347 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 1: in other types of assets infrastructure, etcetera. I'll be able 348 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: to look at that. And finally, if there are funds 349 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: that are able to deliver also consistently, the value of 350 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 1: outsa in this world is going to be much harder 351 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 1: than the value of you know, in a lower beat 352 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: of returns world than it would have been none in 353 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: the higher world. You know. Hearing you talk about college endowments, 354 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: I'm reminded of some comments that Larry Summer is the 355 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: former president of Harvard's course Emility Economy, just a couple 356 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:53,679 Speaker 1: of weeks ago, saying that's Harvard, which is paid out 357 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: about five percent of its endowment for a while now, 358 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: might have to reevaluate that in light of your rate 359 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: environment we're in right now. He his his his argument 360 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: was based on the returns you get in on cash. 361 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 1: Actually he was saying cash and bonds. But you know, 362 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:09,880 Speaker 1: we're we're we're making the argument that this is also 363 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 1: the case on nextus. So we would agree with his division, 364 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 1: and you know us educational abstinence have had a very 365 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: wonderful period. Now obviously part of what they can also 366 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 1: do is use the start to try and get more 367 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: um more donations from some of their alumni. As an 368 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: alumni standpard, I know how effective they can be asking 369 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: for more money, but you just need to need to 370 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 1: set that up as well, because you know the returns 371 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,719 Speaker 1: are going to be less. Good Richard, thank you very 372 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 1: much for joining us today. Really appreciate that. Is Richard 373 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 1: Dabs there of McKenzie, he's the author of a new 374 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: report Diminishing Returns Why investors may need to lower their 375 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 1: expectations are published by McKenzie. Joining us there from London today, 376 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 1: you're listening to Bloomberg Surveillance on Bloomberg Radio. I'm David 377 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 1: Grewery in for Tom Keane, who was on vacation, Mike McKee, 378 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 1: who is on assignment. More and Berg surveillance coming up 379 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: here on Bloomberg Radio. 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