Rbs - Round Up - 171109

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The Round Up 17 November 2009 Issue No. 219 The Round Up is a comprehensive daily note produced by the RBS Warrants team providing an overview of market movements along with quality ideas for warrant traders and investors.

In today’s issue Global Market Action

Scoreboard, commentary

Aussie Market Action

SPI Comment, Events & Dividends

CBA (CBAVZG/CBAWZX)

Trading Update – 1Q10 Update

NWS (NWSKZI)

MINI Investment Buy – Leverage to growth

QBE (QBESZX)

SFI Investment Buy – Investor Update

Round Up Corner

RBS Model Portfolio – Recovery Bias

Equities

ASX 200

Move

Last

% Move

Range

Volume

+48.8

4755.2

+1.0%

+49 to +49

$3.3 bn(L)

SPI - yesterday

+45.0

4771.0

+1.0%

+24 to +52

18,628(L)

Dow Jones

+136.5

10407.0

+1.3%

-3 to +164

Low

S&P 500

+15.8

1109.3

+1.4%

+1 to +20

Low

Nasdaq

+30.0

2197.9

+1.4%

+9 to +37

Low

FTSE

+86.3

5382.7

+1.6%

u.c to +101

Low

Commodities Move

Last

% Today

% Past Month

Oil-WTI spot

+2.5

78.9

+3.3%

+0.2%

Gold Spot

+21.0

1139.7

+1.9%

+8.0%

Nickel (LME)

+31.5

759.4

+4.3%

-10.2%

Aluminium (LME)

+3.8

90.6

+4.3%

+6.8%

Copper (LME)

+15.0

309.8

+5.1%

+10.0%

Zinc (LME)

+4.8

102.2

+4.9%

+11.2%

Silver

+0.9

18.4

+5.3%

+5.2%

Sugar

+0.5

22.6

+2.3%

-3.1%

Dual Listed Companies (DLC’s) Move

%Move

Last

AUD Terms

Diff to Aus

NWS (US)

0.30

0.02

+15.1 c

16.12

+6.6 c

RIO (UK)

172.00

0.05

+33.1 c

59.33

-1354.9 c

BLT (BHP UK)

48.00

0.03

+18.7 c

33.50

-660.2 c

BXB (UK)

9.25

0.02

+3.9 c

7.01

-3.4 c

American Depository Receipts (ADR’s) Move

%Move

Last

AUD Terms

Diff to Aus

BHP (US)

2.70

0.04

+76.0 c

40.52

+42.4 c

AWC (US)

0.06

0.01

+6.2 c

1.65

+1.8 c

TLS (US)

0.54

0.04

+15.9 c

3.38

+3.1 c

ANZ (US)

0.26

0.01

+21.1 c

22.45

+27.1 c

WBC (US)

-0.68

-0.01

+120.0 c

25.60

+30.7 c

NAB (US)

0.30

0.01

+27.1 c

28.85

+35.0 c

LGL (US)

1.47

0.05

+33.3 c

3.55

+5.4 c

RMD (US)

0.62

0.01

+51.1 c

5.45

+0.5 c

JHX (US)

1.01

0.03

+36.7 c

7.82

-2.0 c

PDN (CAN)

0.26

0.06

+4.3 c

4.36

+6.1 c

Overnight Commentary United States Commentary Heading into the close, it's tough to find a sector in the red. Leading the charge are the steel/metal/energy plays, which combine with a support role from growth and financials has the Dow well off highs but up 110pts. Elsewhere, the S&P up 1.2% and the Nasdaq trading 1.3% higher. Aerospace - Boeing trading up 3.2% and one of larger pt contributors after comments from Airbus and Boeing mgmt they expect Airlines will emerge from a slump, as early as next year. Resources/Materials - With gold setting new highs, oil enjoying its best day in 6 weeks, copper extending 13 month highs, the dolar lower and UK counterparts having a day out, US cyclicals were a standout. Alcoa vying for the Dow's top spot up 4%, so too Freeport Mc and US Golds trading 3% higher. Energy - Following the lead from the oil price, 39 of 40 S&P energy plays are set to post gains. Devon Energy and Baker Hughes both up over 5%, Exxon trading 3% higher(biggest pts adder on the Dow), Schlumberger up 3% and ConocoPhillips 2.3% higher. Steels - AK Steel up over 8%(one of the S&P's best) and US Steel just outside the top10 trading 5.6% higher, both names added to one broker's "Focus List", forecasting rising prices and a pick up in demand. Eco - Advance Retail Sales for October coming in at +1.4% vs +0.9% expected and a significant turnaround on -1.5% in the month prior. Less Autos was less spectacular,+0.2% vs +0.4% and down from +0.5% in August, so "Cash for Clunkers" a significant part of the better than expected equation. Retail - Nordstrom led the retailers, trading just shy of 4% higher post a bullish broker note. Predicting a turnaround in high-end discretionary spending heading into next year, the report identified Nordstrom as a key beneficiary, upgrading from "neutral" to "buy". Eco - Empire Manufacturing 23.51 vs consensus at 30 and down from 34.57 in October. Business Inventories -0.4% vs -0.7% expected. Bonds/FX -Despite a general sense of wellbeing around everything equities, yields down 4, 8 and 9bps across the 3 maturities after Bernanke reiterated that economic headwinds will keep interest rates at record lows. As per any recent overnight equities rally, the DXY index under pressure, down 0.7c.

United Kingdom & Europe Commentary The FTSE hit a fresh 14 month high, up 1.6% or 86pts, as miners followed metal prices higher on the back of a weaker $US. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was up 1.5%, the DAX jumped 2.1% and the CAC added 1.5%.

UK Banks - Heavyweight HSBC again led the way, up 2.6%, continuing its good run since it released a strong 3Q update. Barclays and Standard Chartered were up 1.3% and 1.5% respectively, Lloyds added 0.7% and RBS was flat. Euro Banks - The majors tracked the market higher but weakness came from Greek and Irish banking stocks worried about the health of the system when the ECB withdraws the cheap funding. Auto - European car sales were up 11% for October the biggest jump in 3 years. Peugeot jumped 4.5%, Renault added 3.2%, BMW climbed 3.4%, VW was up 1.1% and Daimler ended 4.4% higher after Aabar Investments said it was in talks to go to 15% from 9.1%. Materials - ThyssenKrupp added 4.5% after announcing the sale of its Safway US scaffolding unit. Salzgitter climbed 4.4% after a positive trading update and Arcelor tracked its peers ending up 4.3%.

Commodiites Commentary Miners - Gold hit a record high and base metals also took advantage of a weaker $US. BHP rose 2.6%, Rio jumped 5.5%, Anglo climbed 4.1%, Xstrata was up 7.8%, Lonmin soared 9.3% and Randgold added 4.8%. Energy - Crude jumped more than 3% helping the sector to strong gains. BP rose 1.2%, Shell was up 1.4%, BG Group climbed 2.4% and Tullow jumped 2.4%. In Europe Total rose 1.6%, Statoil was up 3.1% and Repsol added 0.5%.

SPI Commentary The SPI traded up 45pts or 0.95% to 4771. Open at 4764 with a high of 4778 and a low of 4750. Volume 20,108. Overnight the SPI traded up 49pts to 4820.

SPI Intraday

SPI Daily

*SPI report taken from the 9:50am open to the 4:30pm close on the previous trading day. Charts taken from IRESS

Upcoming Economic Events for the Week Monday

AUS US

Tuesday

AUS US

Wednesday

AUS US

Thursday

AUS US

Friday

Retail sales, NY Fed Empire PMI, Business Inventories RBA Governor Debelle speaks, Wage price index PPI, Industrial production, NAHB survey AWOTE, RBA Bulletin, RBA Governor Debelle speaks CPI, Housing starts

AUS US

Philadelphia Fed Survey

*Dates are indicative only and may change

Trading Update: Commonwealth Bank (CBAVZG/CBAWZX) – 1Q10 update CBA reported its 1Q10 trading update last week after the other banks reported results. 1Q10 benefited from lower BDDs and strong revenue growth. Revenue growth is unlikely to be as strong for the remainder of FY10, but CBA will still be a key beneficiary of falling BDDs. RBS Research have a hold recommendation with $55.65 target price. Technically CBA is consolidating the past 10 months rally with resistance at $56. Trade upside via CBAVZG or downside via CBAWZX.

Source: IRESS

1Q10 update For the September quarter, CBA reported t unaudited cash earnings of ~A$1.4bn. The BDD charge was A$700m, lower than RBS Research full-year run rate of A$2.9bn, and compares to a cA$800m charge in 4Q09. The Tier-1 ratio is now 8.7% following the Pearls V hybrid issue, putting CBA ahead of WBC but behind ANZ and NAB. The outlook statement mirrored the cautious optimism of the other banks. The only area of concern is the pick-up in CBA housing arrears, which we believe stems from aggressive market share gains driven by first home owners in late 2008 and early 2009.

RBS Trading Warrants over CBA Security CBAVZF

ExDate

ExPrc

26-Nov-09

CP 5300

ConvFac Call

Delta

5

Description 0.1452

Trading Call Warrant

CBAVZG

26-Nov-09

5500

Call

5

0.0822

Trading Call Warrant

CBAVZH

17-Dec-09

4600

Call

5

0.1975

Trading Call Warrant

CBAVZI

17-Dec-09

5200

Call

5

0.1486

Trading Call Warrant

CBAVZJ

28-Jan-10

5000

Call

5

0.1609

Trading Call Warrant

CBAWZU

26-Nov-09

3600

Put

5

0

Trading Put Warrant

CBAWZV

26-Nov-09

4200

Put

5

0

Trading Put Warrant

CBAWZW

17-Dec-09

4500

Put

5

-0.0014

Trading Put Warrant

CBAWZX

17-Dec-09

5000

Put

5

-0.0259

Trading Put Warrant

CBAWZY

28-Jan-10

5500

Put

5

-0.0976

Trading Put Warrant

RBS MINIs over CBA Security

ExDate

CBAKZA

4008.49

ExPrc

CP

ConvFac Long

1

Delta

Description 1

MINI Long

CBAKZK

1862.95

Long

1

1

MINI Long

CBAKZN

4501.59

Long

1

1

MINI Long

CBAKZO

3544.92

Long

1

1

MINI Long

CBAKZQ

6283.82

Short

1

1

MINI Short

CBAKZR

6818.8

Short

1

1

MINI Short

MINI Investment Buy: News Corporation (NWSKZJ) – Strong leverage to growth NWS raised guidance for FY10 operating profit growth of 'high single to low double digit' which RBS research still believe is conservative. RBS Research have a +16% forecast which is underpinned by strong ongoing cable growth and an improving outlook in NWS’s key advertising markets. The stock remains cheap on an SOTP and peer multiple basis. Buy NWSKZJ

Source: IRESS

RBS forecast 16% operating profit growth in FY10 1Q10 operating profit was up 9% on the pcp and EPS of US$0.22 was ahead of Bloomberg consensus of US$0.18. The company raised its FY10 operating profit growth guidance from ‘high single digit’ to ‘high single to low double digit’. RBS Research still see the guidance as conservative and raise FY10F operating income growth to +16% (previously +11%) and EPS by 5% to US$0.85. Cable continues to outperform, TV imporving The cable division was again the standout in the period, with operating profit up 41%. We now forecast cable operating profit will grow 23% to US$2.05bn in FY10. Cable makes up half of operating income and underpins overall group earnings growth in FY10 and FY11. TV is showing encouraging signs, with NWS saying October pacings are flat on last year and November up ‘mid teens’. Newspapers were weak in the quarter, but the company said Australian newspaper trends are improving and newspaper operating profit should be down only marginally for the full year. Sky Italia and FIM were both weak, but should not detract significantly in the full year. Stock remains cheap News Corp trades on an EV/EBITDA of 6.0x CY2010F, below both US peers (Disney on 7.8x, Viacom 7.6x on Reuters estimates) and Australian domestic media stocks (TEN on 9.5x). RBSprice target of $19.92 RBS MINIs over NWS Security

ExPrc

Stop Loss

CP

ConvFac

Delta

Description

NWSKZI

778.45

Long

1

1

MINI Long

NWSKZJ

1150.28

Long

1

1

MINI Long

NWSKZR

1981.63

Short

1

1

MINI Short

SFI Investment Buy: QBE Insurance Group (QBESZX) – Investor Update We believe the recent pullback in QBE is a buying opportunity. QBE has reiterated its FY09 guidance for an insurance margin of 17-18%. Management has also said it has additional debt capacity for cA$1bn in acquisitions. RBS Research have a target price of $26.11. Buy QBESZX

Source: IRESS

• • • • •

QBE reaffirmed its full-year FY09 guidance for an insurance margin of 17-18%. QBE says it has cA$1bn in debt capacity available for acquisitions with gearing currently only c30%. Bolt-on acquisitions appear to remain the most attractive, while management has not ruled out further agency purchases. QBE has said US and UK insurance markets remain soft, although they expect rates to harden in 2H10 QBE’s track record in underwriting and acquisition execution remains excellent. The company has reconfirmed its FY09 guidance and has a strong balance sheet with cA$1bn of debt capacity available for acquisitions. At A$22.15 the stock continues to trade at a discount to RBS price target of A$26.11. We see value in QBE at these levels Use the pullback to buy through QBESZX

RBS SFIs over QBE Security QBESZX

ExDate 4-Feb-19

ExPrc

CP

1140.01

ConvFac Call

Delta

1

Description 1

Self Funding Instalment

RBS MINIs over QBE Security QBEKZF

ExPrc

Stop Loss

CP

ConvFac

Delta

Description

1219

Long

1

1

MINI Long

QBEKZK

1124.7

Long

1

1

MINI Long

QBEKZL

1792.43

Long

1

1

MINI Long

QBEKZR

3147.08

Short

1

1

MINI Short

QBEKZS

3376.24

Short

1

1

MINI Short

RBS Round Up Corner: RBS Model Portfolio – Recovery bias October saw the A$ rally, bond yields move higher, the RBA hike rakes and the equity rally abate toward month-end on the back of mixed economic data. Since then the market has recovered in November while the $A has remained strong. RBS Research believe the recovery story remains intact, although it won't be without its setbacks. RBS model portfolio retains a cyclical bias

Portfolio positioning Full market valuations mean that any bad news will see a significant market reaction, as was evidenced towards the end of October. A 12-month forward PE of 16.6x for the market is pushing towards a standard deviation of 1.5 above its longrun mean. Other valuation metrics also look full, which means we need earnings growth to sustain the market rally. Given modest expectations for 2010, the market may increasingly look to 2011 for guidance. Key portfolio positions • RBS Research key portfolio Overweight positions are Consumer Discretionary and Mining & Services, which reflect our recovery bias. We trim our overweight Banks call in the short term, but will be looking to re-establish that over the medium term. • Key Underweight positions are in defensive sectors such as Consumer Staples, Financials and Property.

MINIs approaching stop loss Share Price

Approx. MINI Value

Share: Stop Loss

Underlying

MINI Code

MINI Type

Strike

Stop Loss

WES

WESKZU

Short

$32.21

$29.01

$

28.55

$

3.66

1.6%

LGL

LGLKZP

Short

$3.96

$3.56

$

3.50

$

0.46

1.7%

BHP

BHPKZR

Short

$45.67

$41.15

$

40.10

$

5.57

2.6%

DJS

DJSKZP

Short

$6.78

$6.10

$

5.91

$

0.87

3.2%

CBA

CBAKZQ

Short

$62.83

$56.60

$

53.96

$

8.87

4.9%

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Explanation of Warrant Tables: Security – refers to the code ascribed to the warrant, ExDate – refers to the date on which the warrant expires or is reset, ExPrc – refers to the exercise price, or second instalment payment, CP – tells you whether the warrant is a call or a put, ConvFac – the conversion factor of the warrant which tells you how many warrants you need to exercise in order to take possession of 1 share, Delta – tells you how much the warrant will move for a 1c move in the underlying security, Description – Tells you the type of warrant. All charts taken from IRESS unless indicated otherwise