It's The Economy Stupid: The Greece, is it time to change it?

Markets took a dive on questions about the Greece bailout/Greece austerity/Greece government/Euro future.

 

Gee, the markets were surprised that the Greeks can’t manage an austerity program any better than they have managed their economy for the last couple of decades???

 

Description	Ticker	Last	CHANGE	% Chg Today	Pct Chg 1Yr
STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones Industrial Average	INDU Index	11657.96	-297.0500	-2.4847	4.7942
S&P 500 Index	SPX Index	1218.29	-35.0100	-2.7934	2.8631
NASDAQ Composite Index	CCMP Index	2606.96	-77.4500	-2.8852	4.0769
Russell 3000 Index	RAY Index	720.22	-21.4400	-2.8908	2.7975
Russell 2000 Index (Small)	RTY Index	713.95	-27.1100	-3.6583	2.2088
S&P 400 Mid Cap Index	MID Index	858.71	-29.2200	-3.2908	3.6300
S&P 600 Small Cap Index	SML Index	394.58	-13.8000	-3.3792	6.3497
TREASURIES	% Yield
2 Year Treasury	0.2156	100.2773438	0.0117	0.0117
5 Year Treasury	0.8170	103.171875	0.3125	0.3038
10 Year Treasury	1.9005	110.6015625	1.3281	1.2154
30 Year Treasury	2.9471	128	3.6875	2.9663
ENERGY
Crude Oil, Brent Index	Brent	108.33	-1.2300	-1.1227	23.5381
Crude Oil, Louisiana Light Sweet	LA Light Sweet	109.14	-2.5500	-2.2831	26.4700
Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index	Nat Gas	3.788	-0.1460	-3.7112	-23.2266
PRECIOUS METALS
Spot Gold $/oz	GOLD	1719.15	4.3000	0.2508	26.9823
Spot Silver $/oz	SILVER	33.27	-1.0275	-2.9959	34.7483
CURRENCIES
Euro	EUR Curncy	1.3709	-0.0148	-1.0681	-1.3676
Japanese Yen	JPY Curncy	78.34	0.1700	0.2175	2.7569
British Pound	GBP Curncy	1.5957	-0.0130	-0.8081	-0.5051
Swiss Franc	CHF Curncy	0.8864	0.0095	1.0834	11.8403
Canadian Dollar	CAD Curncy	1.0174	0.0166	1.6587	-0.2260
Chinese Yuan	CNY Curncy	6.359	-0.0005	-0.0079	5.2036
OTHERS OF INTEREST:
Copper	Copper Per LBS	321.9	16.4500	0.0539	-14.7400

 

 

 

 

 

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, 7^th 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