Friday, February 3, 2012

It's The Economy Stupid: The Finish

I’ve gotten a couple of emails about this morning’s economic numbers and the veracity of them.  Look, all the actual number-numbers are BS more or less.  They don’t measure every job, every household, every consumer, every employer, etc.  Don’t get caught up in the numbers.  Think of them as an indicator of direction and velocity. 

 

So many of these numbers have been refigured and changed over the years to make them almost incomparable to previous periods of economic expansion and contraction. 

 

So just don’t get caught up in the minutia.  Just look at the direction and the velocity of change as your economic indicator.

 

Description

Ticker

Last

CHANGE

% Chg Today

Pct Chg 1Yr

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOCK MARKETS

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average

INDU Index

12862.230

156.8200

1.2343

6.6220

S&P 500 Index

SPX Index

1344.900

19.3600

1.4605

2.8858

NASDAQ Composite Index

CCMP Index

2905.660

45.9800

1.6079

5.5115

Russell 3000 Index

RAY Index

801.040

12.2300

1.5504

2.9470

Russell 2000 Index (Small)

RTY Index

831.100

18.2100

2.2402

4.0570

S&P 400 Mid Cap Index

MID Index

971.440

15.7000

1.6427

3.4321

S&P 600 Small Cap Index

SML Index

463.770

9.9400

2.1903

9.5689

TREASURIES

% Yield

 

 

 

 

3 Month Treasury

0.0763

 

-0.0050

-6.6667

 

6 Month Treasury

0.0966

 

0.0000

0.0000

 

2 Year Treasury

0.2342

100.031

-0.0234

-0.0234

 

5 Year Treasury

0.7757

100.492

-0.3281

-0.3255

 

10 Year Treasury

1.9276

100.656

-0.9375

-0.9228

 

30 Year Treasury

3.1297

99.969

-2.4219

-2.3653

 

ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

Crude Oil, Brent Index

Brent

114.600

2.5300

2.2575

10.6025

Crude Oil, Louisiana Light Sweet

LA Light Sweet

112.560

1.3000

1.1684

8.7600

Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index

Nat Gas

2.509

-0.0450

-1.7619

-49.5185

PRECIOUS METALS

 

 

 

 

 

Spot Gold $/oz

GOLD

1725.430

-34.0500

-1.9352

27.4006

Spot Silver $/oz

SILVER

33.618

-0.6900

-2.0112

16.3169

CURRENCIES

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

EUR Curncy

1.314

-0.0002

-0.0152

-3.5866

Japanese Yen

JPY Curncy

76.560

0.3400

0.4461

6.6362

British Pound

GBP Curncy

1.582

0.0010

0.0633

-1.9769

Swiss Franc

CHF Curncy

0.919

0.0019

0.2072

2.9617

Canadian Dollar

CAD Curncy

0.993

-0.0061

-0.6104

-0.2416

Chinese Yuan

CNY Curncy

6.306

0.0004

0.0063

4.4085

FOREIGN INDICIES

 

 

 

 

 

FTSE 100 INDEX

UK

5901.070

105.0000

1.8116

-1.3750

CAC 40 INDEX

FRANCE

3427.920

51.2600

1.5181

-15.0788

DAX INDEX

GERMANY

6766.670

111.0400

1.6684

-5.9359

NIKKEI 225 INDEX

JAPAN

8831.930

-44.8900

-0.5057

-16.2336

HANG SENG INDEX

HONG KONG

20756.980

17.5300

0.0845

-13.1833

 

 

 

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

 

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