Weekly Recap: We Are All Charlatans!

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Equities

Major
DAX(DEU) -1.14%
CAC(FRA) -0.67%
UKX(GBR) -1.38%
NKY(JPN) -2.68%
SPX(USA) -1.69%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) -1.65%
INMEX(MEX) -0.89%
NGSEINDX(NGA) +0.96%
XU030(TUR) -0.78%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) -7.82%
SHCOMP(CHN) +0.69%
NIFTY(IND) -0.29%
INDEXCF(RUS) -2.39%
TOP40(ZAF) -1.86%

Commodities

Energy
Brent Crude Oil -3.03%
Ethanol -2.97%
Heating Oil -1.53%
Natural Gas +1.03%
RBOB Gasoline -7.99%
WTI Crude Oil -2.79%
Metals
Copper +0.00%
Gold 100oz -0.16%
Palladium +0.80%
Platinum -0.69%
Silver 5000oz -1.15%

Currencies

USDEUR:+0.22% USDJPY:-0.59%

MINTs
USDIDR(IDN) +1.02%
USDMXN(MEX) -0.07%
USDNGN(NGA) -0.37%
USDTRY(TUR) +0.71%
BRICS
USDBRL(BRA) +2.67%
USDCNY(CHN) +0.22%
USDINR(IND) +0.74%
USDRUB(RUS) +1.33%
USDZAR(ZAF) -0.05%
Agricultural
Cattle +2.83%
Cocoa -4.47%
Coffee (Arabica) +8.16%
Coffee (Robusta) +5.12%
Corn -0.54%
Cotton -1.32%
Feeder Cattle +3.22%
Lean Hogs +0.54%
Lumber +5.46%
Orange Juice +0.35%
Soybean Meal -0.72%
Soybeans +0.96%
Sugar #11 +3.35%
Wheat +1.74%
White Sugar -2.27%

Credit Indices

Index Change
Markit CDX EM -1.00%
Markit CDX NA HY -0.63%
Markit CDX NA IG +5.15%
Markit CDX NA IG HVOL +10.77%
Markit iTraxx Asia ex-Japan IG +6.34%
Markit iTraxx Australia +3.53%
Markit iTraxx Europe +5.31%
Markit iTraxx Europe Crossover +15.46%
Markit iTraxx Japan +2.44%
Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe +1.45%
Markit LCDX (Loan CDS) -0.06%
Markit MCDX (Municipal CDS) +6.13%
Rate sensitives took a dive. Credit spreads widened across the board. The dollar continued to strengthen. Indian IT and pharma continued to rally…

Nifty Heatmap

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Index Returns

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Sector Performance

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Advance Decline

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Market Cap Decile Performance

Decile Mkt. Cap. Adv/Decl
1 (micro) -4.54% 76/59
2 +1.48% 74/61
3 +1.06% 71/65
4 +0.99% 66/68
5 +2.01% 70/65
6 -0.04% 70/65
7 +1.61% 71/64
8 +1.52% 72/63
9 +0.52% 64/71
10 (mega) -0.11% 65/71
Small and Mid-caps bounced back while Mega-caps remained under pressure.

Top Winners and Losers

COLPAL +5.87%
BAJAJFINSV +6.42%
SUNPHARMA +6.72%
DLF -7.47%
JINDALSTEL -7.15%
BANKINDIA -6.45%
RBI’s steadfast focus on inflation means we are in a holding pattern on rates. Whatever hopium that real-estate and banks were smoking is quickly fading away…

ETFs

INFRABEES +1.32%
JUNIORBEES +1.24%
PSUBNKBEES +0.26%
GOLDBEES -0.28%
NIFTYBEES -0.42%
CPSEETF -0.89%
BANKBEES -1.93%
Gold is getting totally pummeled by a rising US Dollar…

Gold Since 2008

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Yield Curve

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Bond Indices

Sub Index Change in YTM Total Return(%)
GSEC TB -0.10 +0.14%
GSEC SUB 1-3 +0.02 +0.20%
GSEC SUB 3-8 +0.09 -0.17%
GSEC SUB 8 +0.21 -1.57%
Is this the start of the curve getting steeper?

Nifty OI

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Bank Nifty OI

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Theme Performance

Thought for the weekend

We all make forecasts about the future. All of our portfolios are constructed by making forecasts and implicit assumptions about how certain asset class weightings will help us achieve our financial goals.

Of course, the future is extremely difficult to forecast. We don’t deal in certainties in life. We deal in probabilities.

Constructing a portfolio is a lot like forecasting the weather where you want to get married. You pick a place where it likely won’t rain, a time of year where it doesn’t rain much and then you cross your fingers and hope that your probabilistic forecast was smart. But you don’t just go and get married anywhere in the world just because the weather is difficult to predict.

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