Wednesday, November 23, 2011

It's The Economy Stupid: In the words of Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On?"

Deutschland, Deutschland Über Alles! 

 

Okay, considering what’s going on, the markets are not THAT bad.  In Germany today the bund auction failed to find buyers for 35 percent of the bonds it offered at an auction.  A preliminary gauge indicated China’s manufacturing contracted by the most since March 2009.  Concern that the debt crisis will weigh on the global economic recovery was amplified by data showing European

services and manufacturing output shrank for a third month.  In the U.S., durable goods orders fell and jobless claims topped forecasts.

 

So…in response Stocks sank, costs to insure European government debt rose to a record, and Treasuries rallied.

 

“Evidence is slowly mounting that ’containment’ is a pipe dream,” Peter Cecchini, head of institutional equity derivatives strategy at Cantor Fitzgerald LP in New York, said

in a note to clients. “We continue to see downside in the U.S. equity markets to 1,000 on the S&P.”  It’s at 1167, so that’s another 11% decrease.

 

 

Description

Ticker

Last

CHANGE

% Chg Today

Pct Chg 1Yr

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOCK MARKETS

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average

INDU Index

11304.710

-189.0100

-1.6445

2.4889

S&P 500 Index

SPX Index

1167.220

-20.8200

-1.7525

-1.0714

NASDAQ Composite Index

CCMP Index

2471.150

-50.1300

-1.9883

-0.8325

Russell 3000 Index

RAY Index

689.320

-13.1100

-1.8664

-1.7306

Russell 2000 Index (Small)

RTY Index

677.930

-18.3300

-2.6326

-5.7450

S&P 400 Mid Cap Index

MID Index

819.090

-19.5200

-2.3277

-3.1296

S&P 600 Small Cap Index

SML Index

378.460

-9.0000

-2.3228

-1.0391

TREASURIES

% Yield

 

 

 

 

3 Month Treasury

0.0203

 

0.0000

0.0000

 

6 Month Treasury

0.0610

 

0.0000

0.0000

 

2 Year Treasury

0.2618

99.977

-0.0078

-0.0078

 

5 Year Treasury

0.8910

99.930

0.0273

0.0274

 

10 Year Treasury

1.8964

100.953

0.2031

0.2016

 

30 Year Treasury

2.8410

105.688

0.7969

0.7597

 

ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

Crude Oil, Brent Index

Brent

107.550

-1.4800

-1.3574

25.1051

Crude Oil, Louisiana Light Sweet

LA Light Sweet

107.950

-0.5100

-0.4702

26.5500

Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index

Nat Gas

3.459

0.0440

1.2884

-32.5959

PRECIOUS METALS

 

 

 

 

 

Spot Gold $/oz

GOLD

1690.570

-9.2500

-0.5442

23.0820

Spot Silver $/oz

SILVER

31.784

-0.9412

-2.8761

16.0291

CURRENCIES

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

EUR Curncy

1.333

-0.0175

-1.2958

-0.2394

Japanese Yen

JPY Curncy

77.400

0.4300

0.5587

7.4696

British Pound

GBP Curncy

1.551

-0.0128

-0.8188

-1.6101

Swiss Franc

CHF Curncy

0.921

0.0066

0.7220

8.4130

Canadian Dollar

CAD Curncy

1.048

0.0099

0.9536

-2.1392

Chinese Yuan

CNY Curncy

6.363

-0.0030

-0.0471

4.4385

FOREIGN INDICIES

 

 

 

 

 

FTSE 100 INDEX

UK

5139.780

-67.0400

-1.2875

-7.9104

CAC 40 INDEX

FRANCE

2822.430

-48.2500

-1.6808

-24.2183

DAX INDEX

GERMANY

5457.770

-79.6200

-1.4379

-18.6015

NIKKEI 225 INDEX

JAPAN

8314.740

-33.5300

-0.4016

-17.7995

HANG SENG INDEX

HONG KONG

17864.430

-387.1600

-2.1212

-22.4091

 

 

 

Boudin Chaud. Cous Cous Froide. Allons Tigres--Poussez Poussez Poussez

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

Ph:  225-342-0013

Fx:  225-342-9721

Email:  jbroussard@treasusry.state.la.us

Street Address:

445 North Blvd, 7th Floor

Baton Rouge, LA 70802

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 44154 Capitol Station

Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4154

Physical Location:

One City Plaza, 7th Floor

Corner of North Blvd & 4th Street

Exit 1B I-110 Convention Street, Turn Left to get to North Blvd

 

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