Where Would IHSG Close In November?

Key Summary:
- IHSG has been trading range bound at 7,000-7,100 in the past few weeks
- Big caps have been the main driver from october low
- 3Q22 GDP, FOMC would be key events this month to decide the direction
IHSG has been driven upwards primarily by the big caps stock in the past 2 weeks, where 5 of the biggest stocks with positive contributions coming from big-4 banks (BBCA, BBRI, BMRI and BBNI) and AMRT, which drove IHSG up 3-4% from its low in October (6,700-6,800) to close around 7,000. Decent earnings results by the banks gave optimism for traders and investors especially guidance on 2023F that is still broadly positive for loan and asset quality.
We disagree, as we think 2023 would be a major slow down from 2022 pulled by lower trade (lower commodity prices), consumption (decrease in purchasing power, inflation) and investment (high interest rate, uncertainty of Presidential election in 2024). The only growth could come from government consumption that would likely be targeted for infrastructure and lower-income.