Thursday, August 29, 2013

It's The Economy Stupid: Market Close

TGIF!  Well, it’s my Friday.

 

The stock market eked out a close on the upside.   Crude was down, Gold was down, Dollar was higher, and Bonds were all over the place today.  That about sums it up, not much more to say.  Oh, yeah, we didn’t launch any missiles today.  Yet.

 

Description

Ticker

Last

Change

% Chg Today

% Chg 1Year

STOCK MARKETS

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average

INDU Index

14840.950

16.4400

0.1109

13.2575

S&P 500 Index

SPX Index

1638.170

3.2100

0.1963

16.1462

NASDAQ 100 Index

NDX Index

3093.360

21.1860

0.6896

11.2260

NASDAQ Composite Index

CCMP Index

3620.303

26.9530

0.7501

17.5580

Russell 3000 Index

RAY Index

981.620

3.1200

0.3189

18.1397

Russell 1000 Index (Large Cap)

RIY Index

912.880

2.3400

0.2570

17.5456

Russell 2000 Index (Small Cap)

RTY Index

1026.940

10.4400

1.0271

25.4561

Wilshire 5000 Total Market

W5000 Index

17438.590

55.7400

0.3207

18.4970

TREASURIES

% Yield

 

 

 

 

3 Month Treasury

0.0253

 

-0.0050

-20.0000

 

6 Month Treasury

0.0558

 

-0.0050

-9.0909

 

2 Year Treasury

0.3947

99.961

0.0000

0.0000

 

5 Year Treasury

1.5995

99.492

-0.0234

-0.0236

 

10 Year Treasury

2.7544

97.766

0.0625

0.0640

 

30 Year Treasury

3.7039

98.531

0.5156

0.5261

 

ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

Crude Oil, Brent Index

Brent Crude

114.380

-2.2300

-1.9124

7.0105

Crude Oil, Louisiana Lt. Sweet

LA Lt Sweet

112.300

-1.0500

-0.9263

0.7300

Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index

Nat Gas

3.611

0.0290

0.8096

4.9870

PRECIOUS METALS

 

 

 

 

 

Spot Gold $/oz

GOLD

1407.130

-10.3800

-0.7323

-15.0945

Spot Silver $/oz

SILVER

23.875

-0.4850

-1.9910

-22.4264

CURRENCIES

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

EUR Curncy

0.755

0.0055

0.7336

-5.3878

Japanese Yen

JPY Curncy

98.280

0.6400

0.6555

-19.8819

British Pound

GBP Curncy

0.645

0.0009

0.1397

2.0741

Swiss Franc

CHF Curncy

0.931

0.0088

0.9542

2.9759

Canadian Dollar

CAD Curncy

1.054

0.0049

0.4672

-6.0304

Chinese Renminbi

CNY Curncy

6.121

0.0003

0.0049

3.7971

FOREIGN INDICIES

 

 

 

 

 

FTSE 100 INDEX

UK

6483.050

52.9900

0.8241

12.8757

CAC 40 INDEX

FRANCE

3986.350

25.8900

0.6537

16.7686

DAX INDEX

GERMANY

8194.550

36.6500

0.4493

16.8885

NIKKEI 225 INDEX

JAPAN

13459.710

121.2500

0.9090

49.8223

HANG SENG INDEX

HONG KONG

21704.780

180.1300

0.8369

11.0054

SHANGHAI COMP INDEX

CHINA

2097.227

-4.0740

-0.1939

2.1749

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

225-342-0013

jbroussard@treasury.state.la.us

 

It's The Economy Stupid: Life Gets A Little Better Because College Football Starts Tonight

Life gets a little better today because college football starts tonight.  The South Carolina Gamecocks, led by Jadeveon Clowney (#7 in your program, #1 in the hearts of SC fans and pro scouts everywhere), the pride of ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA, plays one of those border wars football games against North Carolina.  Nice!  Geaux Cocks!

 

Oh yeah, Jobless Claims were released today.  So was GDP.  You know, some of that economic stuff.

 

Economic Event

Period

Economic Survey

Actual Reported

Original Prior

Revised Prior

Initial Jobless Claims

Aug 24

332K

331K

336K

337K

Continuing Claims

Aug 17

2988K

2989K

2999K

3003K

GDP Annualized QoQ

2Q S

2.2%

2.5%

1.7%

--

Personal Consumption

2Q S

1.7%

1.8%

1.8%

--

GDP Price Index

2Q S

0.7%

0.8%

0.7%

--

Core PCE QoQ

2Q S

0.8%

0.8%

0.8%

--

Bloomberg Consumer Comfort

Aug 25

--

--

-28.8

--

 

These are good numbers.  Jobless Claims are now well below 350K at 331K, and Continuing Claims are now below 3000K at 2989K.  These are good numbers.    GDP is up to 2.5%.  Personal Consumption is better than expected. 

 

Not bad, sometimes you just got to look at the glass as being half full.

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

225-342-0013

jbroussard@treasury.state.la.us

 

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

It's The Economy Stupid: Market Close

Yay!  We’re up!  At least until the rockets start flying in Syria…

 

Description

Ticker

Last

Change

% Chg Today

% Chg 1Year

STOCK MARKETS

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average

INDU Index

14824.900

48.7700

0.3301

13.1565

S&P 500 Index

SPX Index

1637.660

7.1800

0.4404

16.2358

NASDAQ 100 Index

NDX Index

3072.174

12.5960

0.4117

10.4122

NASDAQ Composite Index

CCMP Index

3593.350

14.8260

0.4143

16.7818

Russell 3000 Index

RAY Index

978.540

2.7900

0.2859

17.8692

Russell 1000 Index (Large Cap)

RIY Index

910.580

2.5900

0.2852

17.3049

Russell 2000 Index (Small Cap)

RTY Index

1016.500

3.0100

0.2970

24.8539

Wilshire 5000 Total Market

W5000 Index

17383.270

47.0300

0.2713

18.2219

TREASURIES

% Yield

 

 

 

 

3 Month Treasury

0.0304

 

-0.0350

-58.3333

 

6 Month Treasury

0.0609

 

-0.0050

-8.3333

 

2 Year Treasury

0.3947

99.961

-0.0391

-0.0391

 

5 Year Treasury

1.5820

99.031

-0.2891

-0.2910

 

10 Year Treasury

2.7763

97.625

-0.5625

-0.5729

 

30 Year Treasury

3.7479

97.828

-0.9688

-0.9805

 

ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

Crude Oil, Brent Index

Brent Crude

115.890

1.5300

1.3379

7.9862

Crude Oil, Louisiana Lt. Sweet

LA Lt Sweet

113.350

1.5400

1.3773

2.2700

Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index

Nat Gas

3.567

0.0330

0.9338

5.6263

PRECIOUS METALS

 

 

 

 

 

Spot Gold $/oz

GOLD

1416.150

1.0600

0.0749

-15.0597

Spot Silver $/oz

SILVER

24.309

-0.1615

-0.6600

-21.3827

CURRENCIES

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

EUR Curncy

0.750

0.0029

0.3884

-5.8055

Japanese Yen

JPY Curncy

97.730

0.7100

0.7318

-19.6582

British Pound

GBP Curncy

0.644

0.0006

0.0933

1.8823

Swiss Franc

CHF Curncy

0.922

0.0043

0.4687

3.6547

Canadian Dollar

CAD Curncy

1.048

0.0010

0.0955

-5.7421

Chinese Renminbi

CNY Curncy

6.120

-0.0015

-0.0245

3.8234

FOREIGN INDICIES

 

 

 

 

 

FTSE 100 INDEX

UK

6430.060

-10.9100

-0.1694

11.3293

CAC 40 INDEX

FRANCE

3960.460

-8.2700

-0.2084

15.4132

DAX INDEX

GERMANY

8157.900

-84.6600

-1.0271

16.4968

NIKKEI 225 INDEX

JAPAN

13338.460

-203.9100

-1.5057

47.0644

HANG SENG INDEX

HONG KONG

21524.650

-350.1200

-1.6006

8.7735

SHANGHAI COMP INDEX

CHINA

2101.301

-2.2660

-0.1077

2.3410

 

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

225-342-0013

jbroussard@treasury.state.la.us