It's The Economy Stupid: Military says they're ready, stocks say they ain't

Nothing like the threat of a military intervention to drive stocks down and treasuries, crude oil, and gold up.

 

Description	Ticker	Last	Change	% Chg Today	% Chg 1Year
STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones Industrial Average	INDU Index	14881.790	-64.6700	-0.4327	13.3565
S&P 500 Index	SPX Index	1641.830	-14.9500	-0.9024	16.4393
NASDAQ 100 Index	NDX Index	3101.138	-21.5350	-0.6896	11.4453
NASDAQ Composite Index	CCMP Index	3628.159	-29.4120	-0.8041	18.0491
Russell 3000 Index	RAY Index	985.460	-7.2200	-0.7273	18.6496
Russell 1000 Index (Large Cap)	RIY Index	916.640	-6.5300	-0.7073	17.9859
Russell 2000 Index (Small Cap)	RTY Index	1028.580	-9.8900	-0.9524	26.9065
Wilshire 5000 Total Market	W5000 Index	17506.760	-126.8100	-0.7191	19.0446
TREASURIES	% Yield
3 Month Treasury	0.0507		0.0200	80.0000
6 Month Treasury	0.0659		0.0014	2.3891
2 Year Treasury	0.3642	99.781	0.0000	0.0000
5 Year Treasury	1.5536	99.148	0.1484	0.1499
10 Year Treasury	2.7524	97.813	0.2813	0.2884
30 Year Treasury	3.7435	97.844	0.3438	0.3526
ENERGY
Crude Oil, Brent Index	Brent Crude	113.050	2.3200	2.0952	5.8983
Crude Oil, Louisiana Lt. Sweet	LA Lt Sweet	111.150	2.0300	1.8603	-0.9500
Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index	Nat Gas	3.459	-0.0540	-1.5372	0.7282
PRECIOUS METALS
Spot Gold $/oz	GOLD	1419.250	14.5500	1.0358	-14.7269
Spot Silver $/oz	SILVER	24.616	0.2980	1.2255	-19.8584

 

 

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

225-342-0013

jbroussard@treasury.state.la.us