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July 2019
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Please refer the important disclaimer given at the end of this presentation.
Key message
• Overall domestic equity market outlook – marginally positive
• Currency outlook – Stable
• Rate outlook – expect more easing
• Asset allocation
• Equity - Overweight
• Debt – Underweight, mix of accrual and credit
• Gold – include in strategic allocation
• Strategy
• Equity: Prefer quality midcap to overvalued large cap. Invest in revival of corporate
lenders and infra builders & capital goods.
• Debt: A mix of accrual of credit
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Market Outlook
Overall market outlook - Marginally Positive
Outlook for key market parameters
• Macroeconomic environment - Stable to positive
• Global markets and flows - Positive
• Technical positioning - Neutral
• Corporate earnings and valuations - Neutral
• Return profile and prospects for alternative assets like gold, real
estate, fixed income tec. - Neutral
• Greed and fear equilibrium - Positive
• Perception about the political establishment - Positive
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1H2019 Indian Market Performance
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Fear remained the dominant sentiment
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Flows drying up
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Market breadth as narrow as it could
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Market breadth as narrow as it could
Top Gainers (NIFTY50)
Company Value (24-06-19) YTD % Gain
Titan Company 1300.05 39.6%
Bajaj Fin. 3545.35 34.0%
Bajaj Finserv 8354.65 29.0%
UPL 936.55 23.5%
Axis Bank 762.85 23.1%
Bharti Airtel 345.1 20.3%
TCS 2275.5 20.2%
St Bk of India 353.2 19.4%
ICICI Bank 429.45 19.2%
Kotak Mah. Bank 1470.6 17.0%
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0.055
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0.075
0.085
0.095
FY97 8.0%
FY98 4.3%
FY99 6.7%
FY00 6.0%
FY01 4.4%
FY02 5.8%
FY03 3.8%
FY04 8.5%
FY05 7.6%
FY06 9.5%
FY07 9.6%
FY08 9.3%
Real GDP Growth (%,yoy) FY09 6.7%
FY10 8.4%
FY11 8.4%
FY12 6.7%
FY13 5.5%
5yr CAGR
FY14 6.4%
FY15 7.5%
Long term growth trend remains flat
FY16 8.0%
Economic Growth Trend stable, no acceleration seen in near term
FY17 8.2%
FY18 7.2%
FY19E 6.8%
FY20E 7.0%
FY21E 7.3%
FY22E 7.6%
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Recent weakness driven by poor investment growth
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Economic activity slows down in recent months
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Fiscal improvement stagnate
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External vulnerability rises a tad
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Household stress rising
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Inflation remains benign, signs of bottoming
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Monetary easing continues, as growth remains below potential
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1H2019 Corporate Performance
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Nifty earnings remain disappointing, seen bottoming
• 12/50 companies beat estimates while 14/50 companies missed estimates in Q4.
Nifty Earnings for full year FY19
• Nifty revenue grew by 18% yoy in FY19 while PAT grew by 12% yoy.
• EBITDA Margin for Nifty universe came to 18% in FY19.
• Nifty FY19 diluted EPS from continued operations came to INR 488.
NSE 500 earnings
• Broad markets earnings were also driven by financials.
• Revenue growth in 4QFY19 was ~11%.
• EBIDTA margins, ex financials, improved ~18%.
• PAT growth was negative at -5%. However, ex BFSI, PAT growth came at healthy 30%.
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Nifty earnings remain disappointing, recovery seen
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Demand slowdown widespread, as trend normalizes
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Earnings downgrades accelerate, financials key to recovery
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Bank asset quality begins to improve
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Margins show early signs of improvement
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Strong order back log, deleverage to drive infra sector earnings
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Nifty Valuations high but nor alarming, midcap reasonable
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Bonds yields fell sharply despite stronger INR
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1H2019 Global Market Performance
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Global Equities: China & US best despite all trade war shenanigans
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USD, Bonds, Gold, Cryptoes, Crude all gain
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USD, Bonds, Gold, Cryptoes, Crude all gain
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