Equities
The Nifty ended the week -0.54% (-1.01% in USD terms)
| MINTs | |
|---|---|
| JCI(IDN) | -0.21% |
| INMEX(MEX) | -0.56% |
| NGSEINDX(NGA) | -0.03% |
| XU030(TUR) | -1.65% |
| BRICS | |
|---|---|
| IBOV(BRA) | +3.45% |
| SHCOMP(CHN) | +2.01% |
| NIFTY(IND) | -0.54% |
| INDEXCF(RUS) | +1.09% |
| TOP40(ZAF) | +1.95% |
Commodities
| Energy | |
|---|---|
| Brent Crude Oil | +3.58% |
| Ethanol | -0.09% |
| Heating Oil | +4.00% |
| Natural Gas | +1.06% |
| RBOB Gasoline | +4.01% |
| WTI Crude Oil | +4.01% |
| Metals | |
|---|---|
| Copper | -0.98% |
| Gold 100oz | +1.85% |
| Palladium | -3.62% |
| Platinum | -1.21% |
| Silver 5000oz | +2.63% |
Currencies
| MINTs | |
|---|---|
| USDIDR(IDN) | -0.35% |
| USDMXN(MEX) | +0.76% |
| USDNGN(NGA) | -0.38% |
| USDTRY(TUR) | +2.02% |
| BRICS | |
|---|---|
| USDBRL(BRA) | -1.14% |
| USDCNY(CHN) | -0.64% |
| USDINR(IND) | +1.00% |
| USDRUB(RUS) | -0.02% |
| USDZAR(ZAF) | +0.82% |
| Agricultural | |
|---|---|
| Cattle | +4.81% |
| Cocoa | +1.08% |
| Coffee (Arabica) | +1.60% |
| Coffee (Robusta) | +4.04% |
| Corn | -2.14% |
| Cotton | +2.55% |
| Feeder Cattle | +3.65% |
| Lean Hogs | +0.77% |
| Lumber | +1.41% |
| Orange Juice | +1.01% |
| Soybean Meal | -4.22% |
| Soybeans | -2.21% |
| Sugar #11 | +0.24% |
| Wheat | -5.37% |
| White Sugar | +1.04% |
Nifty heatmap
Index Returns
Top winners and losers
While you were not looking, Asian Paints suddenly went from being a laggard to one of the best performers this week.
ETFs
| GOLDBEES | +1.57% |
| NIFTYBEES | +0.28% |
| PSUBNKBEES | -0.88% |
| BANKBEES | -1.58% |
| INFRABEES | -2.05% |
| JUNIORBEES | -2.89% |
A healthy correction or is the Iraq problem going to tip us over?
Investment Theme Performance
| Long Term Equity* | +4.11% |
| Market Elephants | +2.15% |
| Balance-sheet Strength | +1.44% |
| Efficient Growth | +0.91% |
| Enterprise Yield | +0.72% |
| IT 3rd Benchers | +0.50% |
| Momentum 200 | -0.63% |
| Growth with Moat | -0.84% |
| Financial Strength Value | -1.07% |
| Quality to Price | -1.32% |
| Consistent10* | -2.05% |
| Magic Formula Investing | -2.10% |
| Industrial Value | -2.81% |
| Market Fliers | -8.25% |
High beta meltdown and the revenge of a diversified portfolio. In the worlds of Howard Marks: “Almost everything about superior investing is a two edged sword: If you concentrate your portfolio, your mistakes will kill you. If you diversify, the payoff from your successes will be diminished.”
Sector Performance
Why are paper companies rallying?
Yield Curve
Advance Decline
Thought for the weekend
The strategy for winning in tennis is to avoid mistakes. The way to avoid mistakes is to be conservative and keep the ball in play, letting the other fellow have plenty of room in which to blunder his way to defeat, because he, being an amateur will play a losing game and not know it.
Source: Avoiding Stupidity is Easier than Seeking Brilliance