Weekly Recap: Theoretical, Practical, Poetical

world.2015-02-28.2015-03-05

Equities

Major
DAX(DEU) +1.31%
CAC(FRA) +0.26%
UKX(GBR) -0.50%
NKY(JPN) +0.92%
SPX(USA) -1.58%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) +1.18%
INMEX(MEX) -1.69%
NGSEINDX(NGA) +3.14%
XU030(TUR) -4.96%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) -3.11%
SHCOMP(CHN) -2.09%
NIFTY(IND) +0.40%
INDEXCF(RUS) -1.73%
TOP40(ZAF) +0.16%

Commodities

Energy
Brent Crude Oil -4.55%
WTI Crude Oil +0.53%
Natural Gas +5.13%
Heating Oil -4.87%
RBOB Gasoline -4.74%
Ethanol +0.14%
Metals
Gold 100oz -4.11%
Platinum -2.33%
Silver 5000oz -3.64%
Copper -2.95%
Palladium +0.12%

Currencies

USDEUR:+3.27% USDJPY:+1.00%

MINTs
USDIDR(IDN) +0.34%
USDMXN(MEX) +3.67%
USDNGN(NGA) -1.42%
USDTRY(TUR) +4.60%
BRICS
USDBRL(BRA) +7.84%
USDCNY(CHN) -0.10%
USDINR(IND) +0.54%
USDRUB(RUS) -2.14%
USDZAR(ZAF) +3.30%
Agricultural
Cocoa -0.29%
Corn -0.91%
White Sugar +0.64%
Coffee (Arabica) -4.00%
Orange Juice -0.99%
Soybean Meal -4.37%
Soybeans -4.83%
Sugar #11 -3.31%
Cattle +1.93%
Feeder Cattle +3.76%
Lean Hogs -2.39%
Coffee (Robusta) -2.03%
Cotton -1.98%
Lumber -4.72%
Wheat -5.37%

Credit Indices

Index Change
Markit CDX EM -0.35%
Markit CDX NA IG +0.41%
Markit iTraxx Asia ex-Japan IG +2.92%
Markit iTraxx Australia -0.54%
Markit iTraxx Europe +0.53%
Markit iTraxx Europe Crossover +1.62%
Markit iTraxx Japan -0.27%
Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe -0.48%
Markit LCDX (Loan CDS) -0.04%
Markit MCDX (Municipal CDS) +1.08%
The Nifty barely managed to keep its head above water this week.
The ECB finally announced the details of its QE program and it looks like it fell short of what the market expected.

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) -0.78% 64/68
2 +0.39% 70/62
3 +0.02% 68/65
4 +0.53% 63/68
5 +0.01% 64/68
6 +0.39% 71/61
7 +1.16% 70/63
8 +0.99% 62/69
9 +1.12% 66/66
10 (mega) +1.09% 73/60
Market cap performance was encouraging…

Top Winners and Losers

CIPLA +8.42%
BAJAJFINSV +8.65%
SUNPHARMA +14.02%
NMDC -8.45%
COALINDIA -7.62%
CAIRN -6.12%
Pharma was on fire this week…

ETF Performance

JUNIORBEES +1.39%
INFRABEES +0.90%
GOLDBEES +0.71%
BANKBEES +0.19%
NIFTYBEES +0.16%
CPSEETF -0.84%
PSUBNKBEES -0.99%
The Juniors outperformed the Nifty…

Yield Curve

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Bond Indices

Sub Index Change in YTM Total Return(%)
GSEC TB +0.00 +0.13%
GSEC SUB 1-3 -0.28 -0.18%
GSEC SUB 3-8 -0.13 +0.82%
GSEC SUB 8 -0.09 +0.72%
The rate cut was more of a shock than a surprise…

Equity Mutual Funds

Bond Mutual Funds

Thought for the weekend

Aristotle talked about three kinds of work: theoretical, practical, and poetical.
The first searches for truth.
The second is practical with an objective around action.
The third, however, is lost in our modern culture.

Source: Produce More by Removing More