Tuesday, December 17, 2013

It's The Economy Stupid: Market Close

Taper.  That’s what it’s all about.  When will the Fed start cutting back on its monthly purchase of $85 Billion in securities?  Will they announce their intentions tomorrow?  Will the Fed be transparent and give a clear signal, or will they be obtuse and bury it in Fed speak? 

 

Economic Event

Period

Economic Survey

Actual Reported

Original Prior

Revised Prior

CPI MoM

Nov

0.1%

0.0%

-0.1%

--

CPI Ex Food and Energy MoM

Nov

0.1%

0.2%

0.1%

--

CPI YoY

Nov

1.3%

1.2%

1.0%

--

CPI Ex Food and Energy YoY

Nov

1.7%

1.7%

1.7%

--

CPI Core Index SA

Nov

235.179

235.24

234.877

--

CPI Index NSA

Nov

233.13

233.069

233.546

--

Current Account Balance

3Q

-$100.2B

-$94.8B

-$98.9B

-$96.6B

Look at CPI Year Over Year.  1.2%!  CPI Ex Food and Energy Year Over Year is UNCHED at 1.7%.  Inflation ain’t a problem.

 

U.S. stocks were down, Foreign stocks were down, Treasuries were up, Gold & Silver were down, Crude & Gas were down, Currencies were mixed.  No one is willing to be real bullish ahead of the Fed’s announcement tomorrow.  Treasuries were a safe harbor play.

 

Description

Ticker

Last

Change

% Chg Today

% Chg 1Year

 

STOCK MARKETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average

INDU Index

15875.260

-9.3100

-0.0586

19.9455

 

S&P 500 Index

SPX Index

1781.380

-5.1600

-0.2888

24.5344

 

NASDAQ 100 Index

NDX Index

3469.319

-6.4750

-0.1863

30.2170

 

NASDAQ Composite Index

CCMP Index

4023.680

-5.8380

-0.1449

33.6503

 

Russell 3000 Index

RAY Index

1067.980

-2.7000

-0.2522

26.1493

 

Russell 1000 Index (Large Cap)

RIY Index

993.070

-2.6600

-0.2671

25.5097

 

Russell 2000 Index (Small Cap)

RTY Index

1118.890

-0.9600

-0.0857

33.9988

 

Wilshire 5000 Total Market

W5000 Index

18971.620

-43.2200

-0.2273

26.6037

 

TREASURIES

% Yield

 

 

 

 

 

3 Month Treasury

0.0659

 

0.0000

0.0000

 

 

6 Month Treasury

0.0913

 

0.0459

117.3910

 

 

2 Year Treasury

0.3184

99.867

0.0234

0.0235

 

 

5 Year Treasury

1.4964

98.828

0.1719

0.1742

 

 

10 Year Treasury

2.8372

99.250

0.3516

0.3555

 

 

30 Year Treasury

3.8704

97.875

0.4063

0.4168

 

 

ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crude Oil, Brent Index

Brent Crude

108.320

-1.0900

-0.9963

6.6772

 

Crude Oil, Louisiana Lt. Sweet

LA Lt Sweet

102.220

-0.4100

-0.3995

-5.2600

 

Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index

Nat Gas

4.274

-0.0050

-0.1169

5.9494

 

PRECIOUS METALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spot Gold $/oz

GOLD

1230.880

-10.4200

-0.8394

-27.5164

 

Spot Silver $/oz

SILVER

19.921

-0.0665

-0.3327

-38.2980

 

CURRENCIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

EUR Curncy

0.726

-0.0003

-0.0413

-4.3833

 

Japanese Yen

JPY Curncy

102.630

-0.3800

-0.3689

-18.2598

 

British Pound

GBP Curncy

0.615

0.0012

0.1956

-0.3889

 

Swiss Franc

CHF Curncy

0.885

-0.0024

-0.2705

3.6953

 

Canadian Dollar

CAD Curncy

1.061

0.0009

0.0849

-7.2695

 

Chinese Renminbi

CNY Curncy

6.071

-0.0004

-0.0066

2.8034

 

FOREIGN INDICIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

EURO STOXX 600 INDEX

EUROPE

311.310

-2.3300

-0.7429

11.5087

 

EURO STOXX TOTAL MARKET

EUROPE

304.620

-2.1400

-0.6976

11.9433

 

FTSE 100 INDEX

UK

6486.190

-36.0100

-0.5521

9.7095

 

CAC 40 INDEX

FRANCE

4068.640

-51.2400

-1.2437

11.8342

 

DAX INDEX

GERMANY

9085.120

-78.4400

-0.8560

19.4634

 

NIKKEI 225 INDEX

JAPAN

15278.630

125.7200

0.8297

53.9717

 

HANG SENG INDEX

HONG KONG

23069.230

-45.4300

-0.1965

2.5539

 

TEL AVIV 100 INDEX

ISRAEL

2151.079

-9.7820

-0.4527

-0.5265

 

SHANGHAI COMP INDEX

CHINA

2151.079

-9.7820

-0.4527

-0.5265

 

RUSSIAN RTS INDEX

RUSSIA

1414.460

-0.2200

-0.0156

-5.1468

 

 

Last

Chg Today

% Chg Today

3 Mo Tot Ret

6 Mo Tot Ret

YTD Tot Ret

S&P 500 INDEX

1781.380

-5.160

-0.2888

5.0354

9.827

27.485

S&P 500 CONSUMER DISCRETION

511.300

-1.680

-0.3275

6.7814

15.071

37.955

S&P 500 CONSUMER STAPLES

430.840

-1.990

-0.4598

2.5938

3.601

22.531

S&P 500 ENERGY

625.480

-3.800

-0.6039

2.5630

6.534

20.024

S&P 500 FINANCIALS

283.880

-1.690

-0.5918

3.4865

7.938

30.533

S&P 500 HEALTH CARE

619.700

-2.720

-0.4370

4.3628

11.346

36.403

S&P 500 INDUSTRIALS

433.890

-0.160

-0.0369

7.6716

16.423

34.647

S&P 500 INFO TECHNOLOGY

561.930

0.160

0.0285

8.4262

11.995

23.259

S&P 500 MATERIALS

279.080

1.440

0.5187

5.0235

11.489

20.041

S&P 500 TELECOM SERVICES

150.560

-1.240

-0.8169

-0.8420

-3.267

7.870

S&P 500 UTILITIES

189.800

-0.400

-0.2103

1.3811

0.868

11.073

 

 

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“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” ~ Thomas Alva Edison

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

225-342-0013

jbroussard@treasury.state.la.us

 

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