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When Will We Start Making Money?CFA Society of Nashville 2009 Annual Forecasting Dinner

January 30, 2009

Long-Term Interest Rates - 1900 to 2007

Bianco Research L.L.C.An Arbor Research & Trading Affiliated Company

Independent · Objective · Original———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 2

A Bad Decade

S&P 500 Total Return IndexTrailing 10 year rate of return

0.50%9/30/74

19.49%8/31/00

-4.95%8/31/39

21.43%5/31/59

-1.38%12/31/08

8.53%03/31/03

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Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 3

Epic Housing Collapse

Case-Shiller Nominal Home Price IndexAnnual Change

200412.09%

1900-9.79% 1914

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1921-19.81%

1932-22.02%

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Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 4

Almost $1 Trillion In Losses

Q1 2009 Q4 2008 Q3 2008Losses Capital Losses Capital Losses Capital Losses Capital Losses Capital Losses Capital Losses Capital

Banks/Brokers 796.9 830.3 0.0 19.6 118.3 388.1 172.2 95.6 122.2 157.2 152.9 84.6 207.0 54.1Insurance Cos 145.1 94.1 0.0 1.7 1.0 52.6 35.5 1.6 13.4 27.4 42.1 3.2 52.0 7.6GSEs 114.5 36.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.8 38.3 0.0 29.0 7.1 24.6 0.0 22.6 15.5Wordwide 1056.5 960.8 0.0 21.3 119.3 454.5 246.0 97.2 164.6 191.7 219.6 87.8 281.6 77.2Source: Bloomberg

In Billions of DollarsTotal Q2 2008 Q1 2008

Worldwide Financial System Losses and Capital RaisedAs of January 27, 2009

Prior

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Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 5

Measuring The Size Of Securitization - 1

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Total Banks Loans And Advances(Including Consumer Loans)

Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 6

Measuring The Size Of Securitization - 2

The Rise And Fall Of Securitization

Q3 '0810.84%

Q2 '0727.78%

Q2 '01, 43.46%

Q3 '08, 2.91%

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Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 7

Measuring The Size Of Securitization - 3

Total ABS IssuanceMonthly Issuance ($Billions)

Dec-083.20

Jun-06$164.00

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Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 8

The Credit Crisis: The Largest Outlay In American History

From Our Newsclips/Daily Commentary

Marshall Plan: Cost: $12.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $115.3 billion•Louisiana Purchase: Cost: $15 million, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $217 billion•Race to the Moon: Cost: $36.4 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $237 billion•S&L Crisis: Cost: $153 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $256 billion•Korean War: Cost: $54 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $454 billion•The New Deal: Cost: $32B (Est), Inflation Adjusted Cost: $500 billion (Est)•Gulf War II / War on Terror: Cost: $551b, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $597 billion•Vietnam War: Cost: $111 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $698 billion•NASA (Cumulative): Cost: $416.7B, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $851.2 billion

Collectively, all the “big budget items” above totaled $3.92 trillion.

•World War II: Original Cost: $288 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $3.6 trillion

Program (Description) Maximum Amount Current AmountNet Portfolio Commercial Paper Funding(Purchases ST Debt directly from corporate issuers)Term Auction Facility (TAF)(Banks get loans for as many as 28 days by posting collateral)Other Assets $601.9 $613.9MMIFF(Money Market Investor Funding Facility)

MBS/FHLB/Agency In Reverse Auctions $600.0 $0.0Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF)(Allows primary dealers to borrow Tsys by posting collateral)Other Credit Extensions(The AIG Loan)Primary Credit Discount(Original Fed lending program for commercial banks)Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP) Liquidity(Loans to banks to buy ABCP from mutual funds) $61.9 $61.9Primary Dealers and others(A discount window for all primary dealers and securities firms)

Net Portfolio Maiden Lane (Bear Stearns Assets) $38.8 $26.9Securities Lending Overnight(one-day loans to banks on collateral)Secondary Credit $0.1 $0.1 Federal Reserve Total $5,057.8 $1,904.9

FDIC liquidity guarantees(Guarantees bank-to-bank loans)Loan Guarantee To Lending Arm of GE $139.0 $139.0 FDIC Total $1,539.0 $139.0

TARP $700.0 $350.0Fannie Mae/ Freddie Mac (bailout) $350.0 $100.0Stimulus Package (Spring 2008) $168.0 $168.0Treasury Exchange Stabilization Fund(Buys and sells Foreign currencies to moderate their fluctuation)Tax Break For Banks $29.0 $29.0Citibank Asset Backstop $306.0 $0.0TALF $200.0 $8.0 Treasury Total $1,803.0 $705.0

Hope for Homeowners(provides loan guarantees for struggling mortgage borrowers)

Auto Loans (via Dept. of Energy) $25.0 $0.0 Grand Total $8,699.8 $3,048.9

Other

Sources: CNBC, Bloomberg, WSJ

The Federal Reserve

The FDIC

Treasury Department

FHA

$900.0 $421.0

$540.0 $0.0

Measuring The Size Of The BailoutsAs of December 29, 2008

$1,800.0 $325.8

$250.0 $190.2

$122.8 $122.8

$86.3 $86.3

$45.7 $45.7

$10.3 $10.3

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$300.0 $300.0

Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 9

A Parabolic Deficit

Federal Budget Deficit/Surplus(Rolling 12-Month Sum)

Dec-08, -816.01

May-07-169.65

Aug-83-199.01

Apr-92-332.08

Apr-04-454.57

Apr-01$277.66

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Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 10

The Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet

Total Federal Reserve Bank Credit

1/21/2009, 2177.56

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Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 11

Banks Are Lending!

Year-over-year Change in Total Loans of Total Banks

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Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 12

Banks Are Lending!

Total Domestic Banking Assets and the Year-over-year Change in Total Domestic Banking Assets

1/14/09$12.36

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Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 13

The Stock Market Decline Now Rivals The 1930s

SPX Draw Down(The Percentage From High Since March 24, 2000, Closes only)

8/12/1982-27.11%6/27/1962

-27.59%

5/26/1970-36.06%

10/19/1987-33.17%

6/13/1949, -57.43%

4/28/1942, -76.53%

7/8/1932, -86.15%

11/17/1949

11/20/2008-51.93%

10/9/2002-49.15%

10/4/1974-48.15%

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Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 14

Record Volatility

S&P 500 VolatilityPercentage Of Days With At Least A 2% Move (up or down) Over The Previous 1 Month

12/5/2008, 77.30%

11/15/192972.70%

8/19/1932, 72.70%

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Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 15

Worst Corporate Spreads Since 1933

Moody's Interest Rates

Sept-1981,15.49

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Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 16

It Is All The Same Trade

S&P 500

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Investment Grade OAS0

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The MOVE Index0

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Emerging Market Spreads(EMBI+ OAS)

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Euro

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Correlation to the S&P 500 = 92.35%

Crude Oil

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60

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160

0

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Correlation to the S&P 500 = 94.41%

Yen

80

90

100

110

120

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80

90

100

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120

130

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Correlation to the S&P 500 = 93.11%

Chinese Stocks

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6,000

0

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4,000

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Correlation to the S&P 500 = 76.28%

Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 17

It Is All The Same Trade - 2

Does Everything Trade Like The S&P 500?

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The eight markets are: 1. Brazilian Stocks 2. Investment Grade Spreads3. Bond Market Volatiltiy4. Stock Market Volatiltiy5. Commodities (Reuters/Jeffries CRB Index)6. Freight Rates (Baltic Dry Index)7. The Euro8. Emerging Market Spreads9. Chinese Stocks10. Japanese Yen11. Crude Oil12. Currency Volatility

Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 18

It’s All The Same Sector

S&P 500/ Financial Sector

0

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600

0

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Correlation to S&P 500 = 97.05%

S&P 500/ Materials Index

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50

100

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200

250

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Correlation to S&P 500 = 99.29%

S&P 500/ Information Technology Sector

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1,200

Correlation to S&P 500 = 99.25%

S&P 500/ Utilities Sector

70

90

110

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190

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230

70

90

110

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150

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Correlation to S&P 500 = 96.60%

S&P 500/ Industrial Sector

40

80

120

160

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280

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360

40

80

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Correlation to S&P 500 = 99.72%

S&P 500/ Consumer Staples Sector

50

100

150

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250

300

350

50

100

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250

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350

Correlation to S&P 500 = 97.84%

S&P 500/ Consumer Discretionary Sector

50

100

150

200

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300

350

50

100

150

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250

300

350

Correlation to S&P 500 = 98.35%

S&P 500/ Energy Sector

0

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700

0

100

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Correlation to S&P 500 = 97.44%

S&P 500/ Telecommunications Sector

0

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350

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96

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97

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2008

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350

Correlation to S&P 500 = 91.57%

S&P 500/ Health Care Sector

0

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Correlation to S&P 500 = 98.55%

Standard & Poors 500

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Bianco Research, L.L.C January 30, 2009 19

It’s All The Same Sector - 2

Measuring Stock Market "Similarity"

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This chart shows the least correlated Sector to the S&P 500 from a selection of ten S&P 500 Sectors. The correlation is calculated on a rolling 6-month basis.

6. Energy7. Telecommunications8. Consumer Staples9. Health Care10. Utilities

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