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It is not a quarter or a year. It is an entire Investment Life.

Los maestros de la inversión como Warren Buffett lo tienen grabado a sangre y fuego en su ADN: Invertir es como jugar a cualquier deporte centrándonos en el desarrollo del juego, mientras que hacerlo centrándonos en el marcador es pura especulación. Los partidos, los campeonatos y las glorias merecidísimas se las llevan quienes se concentran en el terreno de juego, en el desarrollo de una constante mejora de estrategia y habilidad competitiva a la hora de seleccionar empresas en las que invertir, y no en la especulación absurda de administrar un dígito reflejado en un luminoso, que por otra parte es tan volátil como nuestra propia incompetencia.

Buffet -como el resto de primeras espadas multimillonarias del mundo de la inversión- no se cansa de repetirlo una y otra vez, por activa y por pasiva, como en su última carta anual, donde además comenta sus escasas inversiones inmobiliarias realizadas a lo largo de su vida. Bueno, escasas si no tenemos en cuenta que todo inversor, cuando compra acciones de una empresa, a la vez está adquiriendo partes proporcionales de los activos inmobiliarios que ésta posee, claro. (more…)

Beware of Developed Markets

La fiesta sigue. Después de los rallys de bolsas americanas y europeas -especialmente la española- parece que la mayoría de inversores va a volver a tropezar con la piedra de siempre. Cuándo? No se puede precisar, pero lo que es seguro es que la piedra está ahí y los inversores, ebrios de tanta subida, corren alocados como pollos sin cabeza. ¿Y cuál es la piedra en la que van a tropezar muchos? Pues lógicamente unas valoraciones de bolsas desarrolladas que para nada son ya baratas, por no decir que empiezan a estar ya caras. Sobre todo si tenemos en cuenta que los beneficios empresariales están en máximos y los tipos de interés en mínimos, lo cual inevitablemente nos acerca a su fin e inicio del ciclo inverso.

Además debemos distinguir entre bolsa desarrollada europea y americana: El mercado europeo se enfrenta a una deflación persistente, quizá con recorrido mayor si el BCE se ve obligado a tomar medidas extraordinarias al estilo de las tomadas por la FED en estos últimos semestres. Pero con nubarrones de solvencia y de recesión en la periferia que no le van a sentar nada bien a sus bolsas. Es cierto que la bolsa alemana cotiza a precios más razonables que la española, pero a pesar de sus esfuerzos para blindarse, no debemos olvidar que todavía vamos en el mismo barco, centroeuropeos, norteuropeos y periféricos del sur. Y eso puede ser una fuente de contagio de conflictos en las bolsas europeas, aunque lógicamente la peor parte se la llevarán las del sur, por estar en el epicentro de los problemas financieros por ende cotizando a casi 20 años de beneficios. (more…)

A one-off wealth levy.

It has been almost a year since we had already warned that the council of German experts advising Chancellor Merkel recommended that the leaders of southern Europe confiscate a portion of the value of property from owners in the EU’s periphery in order to prevent the collapse of the peripheral financial system. At that time, this body – known as the «five wise men» – argued that whenever a bailout of banks or southern European states was necessary, it should be carried out internally (a «bail-in»), that is, using money from the citizens themselves living in the countries in distress. And that confiscating a proportion of the value of property was the easiest, most practical and simplest way to obtain the money needed to prevent the collapse of peripheral states and the financial system. This was because doing it the Cypriot way – by confiscating a portion of bank accounts – caused greater public alarm, and it was also easier for ‘the targets’ to avoid confiscation by transferring the money out of the country (as the better-advised Cypriots did). Property, on the other hand, is tied up; it cannot be transferred overnight to Luxembourg, Switzerland or Germany, and at the same time it is viewed more favourably to steal to confiscate property from property owners – who are presumed to have greater wealth – rather than from savers or investors who live in rented accommodation. (more…)

If you win the Christmas Lottery jackpot…

Estamos en épocas en las que millones de personas sueñan en la posibilidad de que la Lotería de Navidad les haga ricos. La creencia habitual es que una vez sucedido el milagro, los problemas les desaparecerán para siempre, y la felicidad será la norma hasta el fin de sus días. Pero todo dependerá de la actitud y las decisiones que tomen los agraciados a partir del momento en el que los Niños de San Ildefonso canten sus números. No tanto de la cantidad de dinero que suponga el premio, sino de la forma en la que decidan gestionar esa riqueza súbita.

Hace ya 5 años que publicamos un artículo titulado «Jurassic Park«, también por estas fechas navideñas, que «la coexistencia de una escasa capacidad para generar riqueza y una fortuna súbita, será en casi todos los casos una unión contranatura que buscará su reequilibrio». Es decir, que la unión de un montón de dinero caído del cielo, con personas que no han sido capaces de generarlo con su esfuerzo, suele durar pocos años, lamentablemente.

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Financial Repression: A lifeline for debtors and a death sentence for investors.

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Many people will already be familiar with the term ‘financial repression’, but for most it will still be something unfamiliar – just another technical term in these times when we have learnt to talk quite naturally about subprime mortgages, deleveraging, the ‘new normal’ or the now overused term ‘stagflation’. The scenario in which we find ourselves – and in which we will continue to operate over the coming years – is one of ‘financial repression’. And this has been agreed upon by those who once dominated the economy but are now desperately trying not to drown in their own vomit – that is to say, their almost infinite debt: Europe, the USA and Japan. (more…)

What is an Outpost Family Office?

The concept is new and meets a logical and increasingly common need in a globalised world. It is common knowledge that Family Offices are companies or groups of professionals that are essentially dedicated to the management and control of the assets of one or several families, as well as to attending to all aspects that may affect these family groups, such as taxation, legal advice or assistance in family logistics and concierge services (concierging), among others. But the new figure that has appeared for the users of a Family Office (whether they are Clients of a Multi-Family Office, or owners of a Single-Family Office), is that of the Outpost FO, or global support network for a Family Office.  (more…)

How does the machinery of the economy work? Video by Ray Dalio

Here’s the 30-minute video by global macro management guru Ray Dalio (Bridgewater) has been created to explain, in a very clear and educational way, not only the economic dynamics that have led us to the current situation, but, more importantly, the roadmap for emerging from the great recession through a “graceful deleveraging”.

The video is in English (I haven’t managed to find it in Spanish or with subtitles yet) and is accompanied by some very pleasant and illustrative animations. Furthermore, its unhurried pace makes it easy to understand all the concepts explained in it. It is probably a suitable response or a different take on the famous video “Money as Debt“, which went viral a while ago. Hope you enjoy it: (more…)

The Shanghai Free Trade Zone and the RMB as a global reserve currency.

China’s new financial experiment covers an area of 29 km²: Shanghai FTZ. A «free trade zone» in which the Communist Party’s economic restrictions are lifted as if by a stroke of political policy. In this financial centre, international investors will be exempt from the investment restrictions that apply elsewhere in China. And, note this: in this artificial oasis, the Chinese currency, the Renminbi (RMB), will be freely traded, as will its interest rates!

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First Cyprus, now Poland, tomorrow…

Me da la sensación de que, a pesar de haber sido publicada at diversos medios, ha pasado bastante desapercibida por los inversores en general. Pero la pasada semana se anunció discretamente la confiscación nada menos que de más de la mitad de los planes de pensiones privados de todos los polacos. Así es, los ahorros de toda una vida, en previsión de poder cubrir las necesidades de la vejez, reducidos a la mitad de la noche a la mañana.  (more…)

Recovery and stability are here... eppur si muove!

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It appears that August 2013 is marking the start of the Eurozone’s economic recovery. Peripheral risk premiums are shrinking like raisins, whilst the price of German government bonds is falling (yields rising), mirroring US Treasury bonds. The political class and the establishment The Western media are hailing it as such, whilst keeping their fingers crossed that the prophecy will become a self-fulfilling one.

However, mathematics is stubborn. And so is economics. Despite the faith and the malicious or ignorant opinions of politicians and analysts, as Galileo said: e pur si muove. In other words, Spain’s deficit, its economic recession and its unpayable debt reveal the harsh reality: we are far, very far from achieving growth and regaining solvency. That is why reductions in the risk premium are nothing more than mirages in a desert of recession and deleveraging that we have barely begun to navigate. A temporary and unjustified improvement that is the result of political propaganda and the well-known inefficiency of the markets.  (more…)

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