It's The Economy Stupid: Month End Total Returns

MONTH END NUMBERS
Description	Last	CHANGE	% Chg Today	YTD Total Ret	1Yr Total Ret	3 Yr Total Ret	5 Yr Total Ret
STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones Industrial Average	15115.570	-208.9600	-1.3636	17.4151	26.0299	17.5228	6.7591
S&P 500 Index	1630.740	-23.6700	-1.4307	16.3756	28.3817	17.1427	5.6032
S&P 400 Mid Cap Index	1184.290	-10.9900	-0.9195	17.3879	31.1305	17.8112	7.9621
S&P 600 Small Cap Index	466.570	-2.3100	-0.4900	17.5098	32.3427	18.0735	8.6593
NASDAQ 100 Index	2981.756	-30.0760	-0.9986	13.3375	20.6918	18.7698	9.1747
NASDAQ Composite Index	3455.913	-35.3840	-1.0135	15.6041	24.8176	16.8345	7.8211
Russell 3000 Index	969.990	-13.2400	-1.3466	16.2023	28.8045	17.0890	5.8705
Russell 1000 Index (Large Cap)	904.440	-12.5900	-1.3729	16.1462	28.5299	17.1766	5.7368
Russell 2000 Index (Small Cap)	984.150	-10.2800	-1.0338	16.8609	31.5323	15.7936	7.2189
Wilshire 5000 Total Market	17212.400	-231.0200	-1.3244	15.3832	25.9198	14.6409	3.9373
FOREIGN INDICIES
FTSE 100 INDEX UK	6583.090	-73.9000	-1.1101	13.8248	29.0176	12.7852	6.1542
CAC 40 INDEX France	3948.590	-47.7200	-1.1941	11.0579	36.3983	8.3684	-0.6599
DAX INDEX Germany	8348.840	-51.3600	-0.6114	9.6744	33.2748	11.8520	3.2993
NIKKEI 225 INDEX Japan	13774.540	185.5100	1.3652	33.4921	66.2557	13.7925	1.2414
HANG SENG INDEX Hong Kong	22392.160	-92.1500	-0.4098	-0.0923	24.5434	7.4358	1.5368

 

It's The Economy Stupid: Market Close

At one point the Dow Jones was up 67 points before closing down -208.42!  Quite a reversal.  The market sold off strong into the close on tons of volume. 

 

Description	Ticker	Last	CHANGE	% Chg Today	Pct Chg 1Yr
STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones Industrial Average	INDU Index	15115.570	-208.9600	-1.3636	23.6998
S&P 500 Index	SPX Index	1638.500	-15.9100	-0.9617	26.1477
S&P 400 Mid Cap Index	MID Index	1188.990	-6.2900	-0.5262	29.3303
S&P 600 Small Cap Index	SML Index	466.570	-2.3100	-0.4900	30.1824
NASDAQ 100 Index	NDX Index	2981.756	-30.0760	-0.9986	19.4307
NASDAQ Composite Index	CCMP Index	3455.913	-35.3840	-1.0135	23.5377
Russell 3000 Index	RAY Index	969.980	-13.2500	-1.3476	26.8290
Russell 1000 Index (Large Cap)	RIY Index	904.440	-12.5900	-1.3729	26.5412
Russell 2000 Index (Small Cap)	RTY Index	984.140	-10.2900	-1.0348	30.3996
Wilshire 5000 Total Market	W5000 Index	17212.380	-231.0400	-1.3245	26.8215
TREASURIES	% Yield
3 Month Treasury	0.0304		0.0050	20.0000
6 Month Treasury	0.0659		0.0000	0.0000
2 Year Treasury	0.3012	99.906	-0.0078	-0.0078
5 Year Treasury	1.0564	99.867	-0.1016	-0.1016
10 Year Treasury	2.1675	96.609	-0.1641	-0.1695
30 Year Treasury	3.3166	92.375	-0.0938	-0.1014
ENERGY
Crude Oil, Brent Index	Brent Crude	100.190	-2.0000	-1.9571	2.5190
Crude Oil, Louisiana Lt. Sweet	LA Lt Sweet	100.950	-1.1600	-1.1360	2.8200
Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index	Nat Gas	3.990	-0.0330	-0.8203	17.8551
PRECIOUS METALS
Spot Gold $/oz	GOLD	1386.270	-27.8800	-1.9715	-10.4971
Spot Silver $/oz	SILVER	22.221	-0.5600	-2.4582	-19.2528
CURRENCIES
Euro	EUR Curncy	0.770	0.0032	0.4176	-4.6742
Japanese Yen	JPY Curncy	100.420	-0.3100	-0.3078	-22.3731
British Pound	GBP Curncy	0.658	0.0017	0.2589	1.5098
Swiss Franc	CHF Curncy	0.956	0.0027	0.2833	1.2615
Canadian Dollar	CAD Curncy	1.036	0.0064	0.6215	-0.2222
Chinese Renminbi	CNY Curncy	6.135	0.0036	0.0587	3.8324
FOREIGN INDICIES
FTSE 100 INDEX	UK	6583.090	-73.9000	-1.1101	23.7223
CAC 40 INDEX	FRANCE	3948.590	-47.7200	-1.1941	30.8776
DAX INDEX	GERMANY	8348.840	-51.3600	-0.6114	33.2748
NIKKEI 225 INDEX	JAPAN	13774.540	185.5100	1.3652	63.2006
HANG SENG INDEX	HONG KONG	22392.160	-92.1500	-0.4098	20.6582