Monday, November 21, 2011

It's The Economy Stupid: The Close

Okay, the pundits are saying that the economy is doing better (not great, but better), that there is a lot of value in stocks, and that the two biggest risks to the economy are Europe and the U.S. Congress.  The Super Committee is not so super.

 

As bad as the numbers below look, they are near the best levels of the day.  That’s called putting lipstick on a pig.

 

Description

Ticker

Last

CHANGE

% Chg Today

Pct Chg 1Yr

 

 

 

 

 

STOCK MARKETS

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average

INDU Index

11547.310

-248.8500

-2.1096

3.0778

S&P 500 Index

SPX Index

1192.990

-22.6600

-1.8640

-0.5518

NASDAQ Composite Index

CCMP Index

2523.140

-49.3600

-1.9188

0.2228

Russell 3000 Index

RAY Index

705.630

-13.4500

-1.8705

-0.8959

Russell 2000 Index (Small)

RTY Index

701.910

-17.5100

-2.4339

-3.0468

S&P 400 Mid Cap Index

MID Index

843.830

-17.2100

-1.9988

-0.7644

S&P 600 Small Cap Index

SML Index

391.580

-8.2800

-2.0707

1.9526

TREASURIES

% Yield

 

 

 

 

3 Month Treasury

0.0102

 

#N/A N/A

#N/A N/A

 

6 Month Treasury

0.0458

 

0.0050

14.2857

 

2 Year Treasury

0.2621

99.973

0.0273

0.0274

 

5 Year Treasury

0.9092

100.430

0.0547

0.0545

 

10 Year Treasury

1.9688

100.266

0.3594

0.3597

 

30 Year Treasury

2.9561

103.359

0.7813

0.7616

 

ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

Crude Oil, Brent Index

Brent

107.300

-0.2600

-0.2417

24.0861

Crude Oil, Louisiana Light Sweet

LA Light Sweet

107.890

-1.8200

-1.6589

24.5400

Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index

Nat Gas

3.408

0.0860

2.5888

-31.9017

PRECIOUS METALS

 

 

 

 

 

Spot Gold $/oz

GOLD

1682.070

-41.8800

-2.4293

24.3639

Spot Silver $/oz

SILVER

31.613

-0.7475

-2.3100

15.7620

CURRENCIES

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

EUR Curncy

1.350

-0.0022

-0.1627

-0.9173

Japanese Yen

JPY Curncy

76.950

0.0100

0.0130

8.2630

British Pound

GBP Curncy

1.565

-0.0156

-0.9870

-1.9115

Swiss Franc

CHF Curncy

0.917

0.0000

0.0000

7.9878

Canadian Dollar

CAD Curncy

1.038

0.0098

0.9536

-1.8404

Chinese Yuan

CNY Curncy

6.365

0.0064

0.1007

4.3048

 

 

 

Boudin Chaud. Cous Cous Froide. Allons Tigres--Poussez Poussez Poussez

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

Ph:  225-342-0013

Fx:  225-342-9721

Email:  jbroussard@treasusry.state.la.us

Street Address:

445 North Blvd, 7th Floor

Baton Rouge, LA 70802

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 44154 Capitol Station

Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4154

Physical Location:

One City Plaza, 7th Floor

Corner of North Blvd & 4th Street

Exit 1B I-110 Convention Street, Turn Left to get to North Blvd

 

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