Michael C. Schlachter, CFA Managing Director & Principal Andrew Junkin, CFA, CIMA, CAIA Managing Director & Principal September 2009 1
Overview • US consumers still retrenching • US production and employment will not recover until consumers start to spend again • Equity, Fixed Income, Commodites markets continue to rebound from lows • More losses ahead for Private Equities and Real Estate as prices catch up to reality • Fixed Income has had several outperforming months in a row as prices begin to reflect economic value more than illiquidity • CalPERS’ underweight to Global Equities helped during the stock market collapse but has led the fund to under‐participate in the market rally over the last few months
Perspective – Fear versus Reality
Post WWII Real GDP Growth Gross domestic product 20 15 10 5 0 ‐5 ‐10 ‐15
Pre‐1983 Average Growth Rate = 3.5% Pre‐1983 Standard Deviation = 4.9%
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Post‐1983 Average Growth Rate = 3.0% Post‐1983 Standard Deviation = 2.7%
Data sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis
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Consumer Weakness
Data sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis