Equities
Commodities
| Energy |
| Heating Oil |
+3.51% |
| Ethanol |
-0.06% |
| Brent Crude Oil |
+2.61% |
| Natural Gas |
+9.66% |
| RBOB Gasoline |
+2.36% |
| WTI Crude Oil |
+3.93% |
| Metals |
| Gold 100oz |
+0.07% |
| Palladium |
+0.62% |
| Copper |
+6.91% |
| Platinum |
+0.85% |
| Silver 5000oz |
+1.90% |
| Agricultural |
| Cocoa |
+0.61% |
| Coffee (Arabica) |
-7.30% |
| Coffee (Robusta) |
-3.84% |
| Cotton |
+1.74% |
| Cattle |
-7.32% |
| Lean Hogs |
+6.12% |
| Lumber |
-1.59% |
| Orange Juice |
-0.83% |
| Soybeans |
-0.05% |
| Sugar #11 |
-1.75% |
| Feeder Cattle |
-0.68% |
| Wheat |
-3.04% |
| White Sugar |
-0.35% |
| Corn |
-1.17% |
| Soybean Meal |
+0.13% |
Credit Indices
| Index |
Change |
| Markit CDX EM |
-0.13% |
| Markit CDX NA HY |
-0.15% |
| Markit CDX NA IG |
+1.38% |
| Markit iTraxx Asia ex-Japan IG |
-0.23% |
| Markit iTraxx Australia |
+0.03% |
| Markit iTraxx Europe |
+0.76% |
| Markit iTraxx Europe Crossover |
+7.53% |
| Markit iTraxx Japan |
+0.72% |
| Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe |
-0.02% |
| Markit LCDX (Loan CDS) |
+0.00% |
| Markit MCDX (Municipal CDS) |
-0.41% |
Are world markets prepping for “sell in May and go away?”
Nifty Heatmap
Index Returns
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Sector Performance
Advance Decline
Market Cap Decile Performance
| Decile |
Mkt. Cap. |
Adv/Decl |
| 1 |
-8.22% |
64/68 |
| 2 |
-5.11% |
56/75 |
| 3 |
-5.87% |
50/81 |
| 4 |
-3.93% |
57/74 |
| 5 |
-4.40% |
62/69 |
| 6 |
-3.90% |
61/70 |
| 7 |
-3.51% |
56/75 |
| 8 |
-4.70% |
64/67 |
| 9 |
-4.26% |
59/72 |
| 10 |
-1.21% |
70/62 |
An ocean of red, nary a green in sight…
Top Winners and Losers
ETF Performance
Have banks found a bottom?
Yield Curve
Bond Indices
| Sub Index |
Change in YTM |
Total Return(%) |
| GSEC TB |
-0.18 |
+0.18% |
| GSEC SUB 1-3 |
-0.04 |
+0.34% |
| GSEC SUB 3-8 |
-0.00 |
+0.26% |
| GSEC SUB 8 |
+0.02 |
+0.12% |
Rates went down a smidgen…
Investment Theme Performance
Magic Formula turned into Tragic Formula thanks to the cliff dive in KPIT stock. But the specks of green may be indicating that the current correction is on its last legs…
Equity Mutual Funds
Bond Mutual Funds
Thought for the weekend
The issue of inequality has never been about the fairness of the results, but should focus on the equality of opportunity.
The neo-classical solutions that the markets will take care of everything risks the kind of social instability seen in places like Ferguson, Baltimore, or worse.
You can use comparative advantages, such as low labor costs and convenient geographic proximity to markets, to spur development. But the Porter-Jacobs framework doesn’t explain why India and China succeeded and Kenya and Egypt didn’t.
You are left with culture: both the Jews and the Romani (Gypsies) have historically been outcasts in Europe. How did one group succeed and acquire power (e.g., the Rothchilds) and the other remains shunned throughout the region?
Source: May Day thoughts on inequality (and development)