An inflationary context, both local and global, leads to wanting to look for a safeguard of value and the unknowns grow about what is the best way to invest. For this reason, the closing of the first day of EFI WEEK brought together a panel of experts on the subject to analyze not only the Argentine and world panorama, but also the best options to diversify the portfolio.
The Research Manager of Invertir On Line (IOL) , José Ignacio Bano , recommended that in a scenario of inflation in the United States above 2% and in view of the tappeting announced by the Federal Reserve (FED), the best thing is to “invest in shares – variable income – than in fixed income ”.
“The FED showed enormous neatness in communication. The difference between what the FED says and what the market discounts is that the Reserve indicates that there will be a 50% probability of a single rate hike in 2022 , while the market speaks of a 93% probability that for September 2022 the rate will go up twice, ”explained Bano.
The IOL representative on the panel considered this estimate good news because it means that “the market is being more cautious than the Fed.”
In this regard, he pointed out that fixed income “is not a good scenario because collecting coupons is not a great business.”
For his part, the head Portfolio Manager of SBS Fondos , Cristian Brau , agreed with Bano regarding an inclination for equities when choosing what to invest in and stressed that the best way to understand it is by “disarming the rate component of interest”.
“ When one disarms the nominal rate, one realizes that it has been growing in terms of inflation expectations and not in real rates. This is the base scenario. If fixed income does not pay and you have an inflation path of around 4%, whoever has to put money in will continue to do so in equity ”, explained Brau.
Given this inflationary framework in the US and S&P reaching historical values, another point on the panel was whether or not it was worth investing in papers from emerging countries .
In this sense, the Head of Strategy at Balanz Capital , Ezequiel Zambaglione , highlighted: “In these contexts of global growth and inflation fears, the behavior of US stocks is more protective than those of emerging countries due to risk premiums. ”.
The dollar is rising worldwide, you have to be well positioned in the United States market. The emerging ones did not do well.
Jose Ignacio Bano
Bano adhered to this idea and remarked that the “dollar is rising worldwide”, for which he advised “to be well positioned in the United States market” and pointed out that “it did not do well for the emerging markets.”
“As long as the US market is pulling what it is pulling there is no need for a flow of funds. One should only think about moving to emerging markets if it stops growing. It is not yet the best time, ”said Bano.
However, the director of Portfolio Personal Investments (PPI), Lucas Gardiner , differentiated himself from the other exhibitors and pointed out that putting a percentage of the assets in Brazil or China could be an “interesting” proposal, although he did agree that “the market Americano is the most robust with a favorable growth expectation ”.
Putting a percentage of assets in Brazil or China can be an interesting proposition.
Lucas Gardiner
“It has to do with a percentage of the portfolio. In a small percentage, Brazil can be interesting despite the punishment to Emergents. Within the total equity, 10 or 15% is fine, but not ”, Gardiner pointed out.
With respect to the new players that were emerging in the capital market, all the exhibitors recognized that there is a real possibility of profit in the roles of companies linked to technology .
Bano mentioned IonQ, the first publicly traded company dedicated to quantum computing , whose main investors are Amazon, Microsoft and Google because “they want the quantum cloud to develop on their platform.”
Along the same lines, Gardiner from PPI recommended: “We should look for an ETF that is more technological than a particular paper because they are companies that move a lot and those who are not used to it can make bad decisions. It would have to be a small percentage of the portfolio ”. He gave the example of ArkInvest.
Zambaglione, for his part, supported the idea of investing in ETFs and mentioned Nvidia as one of the main platforms responsible for the growth of artificial intelligence. “It is a way of investing in the next technology.” In addition, Nvidia allows the operation with Cedears.
Another topic of the panel was the 2022 projection of the macroeconomy at the local level and what investors have to take into account from now on.
All the panelists, with their different nuances, indicated that they carried out their estimates on the basis that Argentina will finally agree with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Bano remarked that in a 2022 scenario, interest rates will continue to be below inflation and the depreciation of the exchange rate, which will lead investors to seek alternatives outside the fixed terms. CER bonds can be a good option, according to the IOL manager.
” Inflation this year is a floor for next year . There is going to be a real depreciation of the exchange rate but highly charged in the first months that should prompt the search for some type of coverage. The question we have to ask is how to attack the gap. Argentina needs a program to accumulate reserves or at least stop losing them, ”warned SBS’s Brau.
For Grardiner, in terms of investment, ” the best thing is to stop in dollars except for those who begin to think of a different Argentina by acquiring shares very cautiously “.
“Argentina must recover reserves for what it needs a real exchange rate depression and narrow the gap. The real rate cannot be in negative territory to reconcile a program between the fiscal and the monetary. I’m not telling you about success, but about survival ”, highlighted Zambaglione.
By way of conclusion, Bano underlined: ” When Argentina can demonstrate that at some point it will be able to balance its fiscal accounts, only then will the country risk be low enough to re-enter the capital market.”
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