,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,INVESTMENTS,|,BODIE,KANE,MARCUS,17-,*,CHAPTER 17,Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis,A firms value comes from its earnings prospects,which are determined by:,The global economic environment,Economic factors affecting the firms industry,The position of the firm within its industry,Fundamental Analysis,2,Stock markets around the world responded in unison to the financial crisis of 2008.,Performance in countries and regions can be highly variable.,It is harder for businesses to succeed in a contracting economy than in an expanding one.,The Global Economy,3,Political risk:,The global environment may present much greater risks than normally found in U.S.-based investments.,Exchange rate risk:,Changes the prices of imports and exports,.,The Global Economy,4,Table 17.1 Economic Performance,5,The Domestic Macroeconomy,Stock prices rise with earnings.,P/E ratios are normally in the range of 12-25.,The first step in forecasting the performance of the broad market is to assess the status of the economy as a whole.,6,Figure 17.2 S&P 500 Index versus Earnings Per Share,7,Gross domestic product,Unemployment rates,Inflation,Interest rates,Budget deficit,Consumer sentiment,The Domestic Macroeconomy:Key Variables,8,Demand and Supply Shocks,Demand shock,-an event that affects demand for goods and services in the economy,Supply shock,-an event that influences production capacity or production costs,9,Demand-side Policy,Fiscal policy the governments spending and taxing actions,Monetary policy manipulation of the money supply,10,Fiscal Policy,Most direct way to stimulate or slow the economy,Formulation of fiscal policy is often a slow,cumbersome political process,11,Fiscal Policy,To summarize the net effect of fiscal policy,look at the budget surplus or deficit.,Deficit stimulates the economy because:,it increases the demand for goods(via spending)by more than it reduces the demand for goods(via taxes),12,Monetary Policy,Manipulation of the money supply to influence economic activity.,Increasing the money supply lowers interest rates and stimulates the economy.,Less immediate effect than fiscal policy,Tools of monetary policy include open market operations,discount rate,reserve requirements.,13,Supply-Side Policies,Goal:To create an environment in which workers and owners of capital have the maximum incentive and ability to produce and develop goods.,Supply-siders focus on how tax policy can be used to improve incentives to work and invest.,14,Business Cycles,The transition points across cycles are called peaks and troughs.,A peak is the transition from the end of an expansion to the start of a contraction.,A trough occurs at the bottom of a recession just as the economy enters a recovery.,15,The Business Cycle,Cyclical Industries,Above-average sensitivity to the state of the economy.,Examples include producers of consumer durables(e.g.autos)and capital goods(i.e.goods used by other firms to produce their own products.),High betas,Defensive Industries,Little sensitivity to the business cycle,Examples include food producers and processors,pharmaceutical firms,and public utilities,Low betas,16,Leading indicators,tend to rise and fall in advance of the economy.,Coincident indicators,move with the market.,Lagging indicators,change subsequent to market movements.,Economic Indicators,17,Figure 17.4 Indexes of Leading,Coincident,and Lagging Indicators,18,Table 17.4 Useful Economic Indicators,19,Economic Calendar,Many sources,such as,The Wall Street Journal,and Yahoo!Finance,publish the public announcement dates of various economic statistics.,20,Figure 17.5 Economic Calendar at Yahoo!,21,Industry Analysis,It is unusual for a firm in a troubled industry to perform well.,Economic performance can vary widely across industries.,22,Figure 17.6 Return on Equity,2009,23,Figure 17.7 Industry Stock Price Performance,2009,24,Defining an Industry,North American Industry Classification System,or NAICS codes,Firms with the same four-digit NAICS codes are commonly taken to be in the same industry.,25,Table 17.5 Examples of NAICS Industry Codes,26,Sensitivity to the Business Cycle,Sensitivity of sales:,Necessities vs.discretionary goods,Items that are not sensitive to income levels(such as tobacco and movies)vs.items that are,(such as machine tools,steel,autos),Three factors determine how sensitive a firms earnings are to the business cycle.,27,Figure 17.9 Industry Cyclicality,28,Sensitivity to the Business Cycle,Firms with low operating leverage(less fixed assets)are less sensitive to business conditions.,Firms with high operating leverage(more fixed assets)are more sensitive to the business cycle.,Operating leverage,:the split between fixed and variable costs,29,Table 17.6 Operating Leverage of Firms A and B Throughout the Business Cycle,30,Sensitivity to the Business Cycle,Interest is a fixed cost that increases the sensitivity of