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The Round Up
17 September 2009
Issue No. 178
The Round Up is a comprehensive daily note produced by the RBS Warrants
team providing an overview of market movements along with quality ideas for
warrant traders and investors.
In today’s issue
Global Market Action Scoreboard, commentary
Aussie Market Action SPI Comment, Events & Dividends
PDN (PDNKZJ) Trading Update – Capital raising
WDC (WDCKZG) MINI Investment Buy– Bottom of cycle?
CSR (CSRKZA) MINI Trading Buy – A sweet trade
Round Up Corner Portfolio Protection using MINIs
Equities
Commodities
Overnight Commentary
United States Commentary
Déjà vu in the US, another round of consensus beating economic numbers, bolstering the bull case that the worst is behind us and the
US economy is on the improve. By the bell, the Dow just shy of highs up 108pts led by both the growth proxies and the financials, the
Nasdaq and S&P both finishing 1.5% higher.
Eco - CPI for August +0.4% vs +0.3%, Ex Food&Energy in line at +0.1%, CAD -$98.8bln vs $ 92.0bln expected but an improvement on
-$101.5bln in Q1. Of most interest and getting the most air time, better than expected Industrial Production, August coming in at +0.8%
vs consensus +0.6%.NAHB for Sept in line at 19.
Growth Proxies - Another day, another round of healthy gain from the US growth proxies. GE up over 6% and the Dow's best, Alcoa
not far behind up 3.5%, Du Pont, IBM and Caterpillar all finishing around 2% higher.
Financials - For the first time in a little while, financials and cyclical plays moved in unison. Comments from Citi's Pandit that he had
"little doubt" the bank would return to profitability and repay bailout funds once there are "concrete signs" of an economic recovery
seemed to add to confidence, BoNY up 6.6%, Amex and JP's up 3.4% and BoA finished 2.7% higher.
Homebuilders - On the back better than expected IP and the in line result from the NAHB index, US homebuilders were one of the
standouts. Lennar up 6.2%, Pulte and DR Horton up 5%.
UK Banks - The sector added the most points to the index as upbeat comments from Bernanke saying the recession was over in the
US helped investor confidence. Barclays rose 3%, HSBC jumped 4.4%, Lloyds climbed 4.3% and RBS was up 0.6%.
Euro Banks - The sector was boosted by comments from SocGen saying that banks were in a better-than-expected position to meet
the ECB's new capital requirements. SocGen climbed 5.7%, BNP was up 5.1%, Deutcshe Bank rose 3.5% and Commerzbank added
4.7%.
Financials - The London Stock Exchange, up 6.5%, was up more than 10% at one stage after bid rumours. One story doing the
rounds was that a potential bidder had approached Borse Dubai and Qatar Investment Authority, which own 20% and 15% stakes
respectively of LSE.
Retail - Britain's second largest retailer Next rose 6.8% after it reported a rise in first-half profit, at the top end of expectations, although
it forecast a tougher second half and a flat full-year outcome. Defensive supermarkets Sainsbury and Tesco were off 0.4% and 0.6%
respectively.
Eco - Britain's jobless rate climbed to its highest level in almost 13 years. The amount of people who joined the unemployment queue
rose by 24.4k which was lower than the 25 k expected. Analysts however cautioned that unemployment queues could lengthen for
some time.
Resources Commentary
Miners - Stronger US data for the second night in a row again boosted metal prices. BHP climbed 3.2%, Rio was 2.85% higher, Anglo
added 2.7% and Xstrata ended 3.4% higher after also being upgraded by RBS.
Energy - Crude climbed back above $70 per barrel lifting the sector. Tullow soared 9.2% after an oil find off Sierra Leone, BP added
0.7%, Shell was up 0.5%, BG Group jumped 3.1% and in Europe Statoil was 0.45% higher, Repsol gained 1.9% as it is also in the
Sierra Leone consortium.
SPI Commentary
The SPI traded up 115pts or 2.5% to 4662. Overnight the SPI traded up another 53pts to 4715.
*SPI report taken from the 9:50am open to the 4:30pm close on the previous trading day. Charts taken from IRESS
Monday AUS
US
Tuesday AUS Dwelling commencements, RBA Board Minutes
US PPI, retail sales, NY Fed Empire PMI, Business inventories
Wednesday AUS
US CPI, Current account balance, Industrial production
Thursday AUS RBA Bulletin, customs imports
US NAHB survey, housing starts
Friday AUS
US Philadelphia Fed Index
*Dates are indicative only and may change
Upcoming Dividends
Source: IRESS
• PDN completed an institutional placement of ~15% of issued capital with a price of $4.60.
• PDN said that the funds will be used to advance M&A and other growth opportunities, progress Langer Heinrich
Stage 3, expand exploration programs, and strengthen the balance sheet
• The raising will take PDN's net debt down to US$166m from US$520mln with gearing falling to 17% (previously
46%).
• RBS Research believe the placement should be well received by investors, and expect the stock to rerate post
issue as balance sheet concerns are removed.
Source: IRESS
RBS Research expect the level of cap rate expansion for WDC to ease materially and the NOI decline across the UK and
US portfolios to cease in the 2H09. RBS see ongoing rerating from here as evidence mounts of a stabilisation and slow
improvement in property markets and move to a Buy with a longterm positive disposition on quality property companies
such as WDC.
WDC reported negative revaluations of A$2.9bn across the portfolio which were not unexpected. The cut in the dividend
payout from 100% of operational earnings to 70-75% would no doubt have caught those expecting an equity raising by
surprise but we see this and the deferred development schedule positioning WDC well to respond to any upturn in the
broader property market.
Source: IRESS
CSR is trading in a strong uptrending channel since hitting lows in March. The stock has recently pulled back to the lower
end of the uptrend channel and appears to have found support at $1.90.
Source: IRESS
The chart above shows the returns on CSR vs the returns on sugar. It can be seen that there is a historical correlation
with sugar and CSR, however this relationship has diverged in 2009 with sugar significantly outeprforming sugar.
CSR vs other builders and the S&P/ASX 200
Source: IRESS
The chart above compares recent returns of CSR and other building materials stocks. It can be seen that CSR has
underperformed both JHX and BLD as well as the broader market. The reason for the divergence of sugar and CSR as
shown on the previous page in 2008 was the weakness in building materials…. However this sector of the market has
rallied, and CSR has been left behind.
We believe that the underperformance of CSR in both sugar and building materials is set to converge with CSR
outperforming. CSR also has an aluminium business and has also underperformed AWC.
An Index MINI short is a listed derivative product issued by RBS over the SFE SPI 200 ™ futures contract (SPI). The
SPI is the benchmark equity index futures contract in Australia which is based on the XJO. The XJO consists of over
90% of the total market capitalisation of all companies, unit trusts, stapled securities listed on the ASX and is comprised
of the largest 200 ASX listed companies by market capitalisation (plus liquidity considerations). The SPI futures have a
high degree of correlation to the XJO. Buying an Index MINI short gives you upside exposure to falls in the SPI and is a
great way to hedge a stock portfolio or take a bearish trading view on the stock market
The price of an Index MINI short tracks the price of the nearest month SPI futures contract. The value of an index MINI
short is calculated by taking the strike price of the MINI short and subtracting the current SPI futures level and then
dividing by 100. The Index MINI short will move 1c for every 1 point movement in the SPI, and will increase in value as
the SPI falls and decrease in value as the SPI rises. Therefore, if you think that the Index level will go down you may
decide to buy an Index MINI Short.
Value of Index MINI Short = [Strike Price - Level of SPI Futures] / 100
The Strike Price is the amount that RBS funds on behalf of the Holder (in other words, it is the leverage incorporated
into the Index MINI) and is the amount that a holder has to pay to RBS if they want to exercise the Index MINI. The
strike price can be converted to a dollar amount by dividing by 100. Holders can choose from a range of Strike Prices,
each of which provides a different level of leverage. Index MINI shorts trade between the hours of 10am to 4pm on
trading days (although RBS will generally be quoting markets from 9:50am – 4pm)
The first line in the table shows a position of 1,000 Index MINI Shorts purchased for a price of $3.23 where the Index was
trading at 4400. The Strike Price of the Index MINI is 4895.97, with a Stop Loss Level at 4655.
The second line shows the outcome of a decrease in the Level of the Index Futures to 4300, a 100 point drop. The Index
MINI price has increased to $5.95, with the Strike Price and Stop Loss Levels remaining unchanged. The sale of 1,000
Index MINIs has realised a 20% profit if sold on the same day. If the holder sells their Index MINI Shorts two weeks after
the date of purchase the Strike Price has decreased to 4890.32, to reflect the two weeks funding costs. The sale of 1,000
Index MINIs at $5.90 has realised a 19% profit.
The next two lines demonstrate the P&L impact if the SPI index were to rise to 4500, a 100 point rise.
If the SPI index level were to trade at or above the stop loss level of 4655, RBS will buy back the SPI futures underlying
the index MINI shorts and the holder will get back the difference between the strike price and the price which RBS buys
the SPI futures back at. A stop loss event will only occur if the SPI futures hit the stop loss level between 10am and 4pm
on a trading day. If the SPI futures were to gap through the strike price, then the holder will have no further obligation to
pay additional funds or margin… thus losses are limited to the initial capital outlay
Hedging a diversified portfolio of shares with Index MINIs
The Multiplier for Index MINIs is 100. This means that the price of one Index MINI is equivalent to one hundredth of the
level of the SPI.
Now lets assume 2,500 MINIs (100 X 25) = 1 SPI Future contract
2,500 MINIs = 4,400 x 25
100 MINIs =4,400 x 1
1 MINI = 44 X $1
= $40 worth of index exposure
If you owned a diversified portfolio of shares worth $1,000,000 and want to hedge against the downside with MINI shorts.
The number of MINI shorts you must buy = $1,000,000 / $44 ($ value of 1 Index MINI)
= 22,727 MINI shorts needed to hedge portfolio
Note: The easy way to determine the index exposure of a MINI is to divide the spot index level by the MINI multiplier of
100.
So… the formula for calculating the number of MINI shorts needed to hedge a $ value portfolio is:
For further information please do not hesitate to contact us on the details below
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