Monthly Recap: Don’t Follow Your Passion

world.2015-04-30.2015-05-29

Equities

Major
DAX(DEU) -0.35%
CAC(FRA) -0.76%
UKX(GBR) +0.34%
NKY(JPN) +5.69%
SPX(USA) +1.05%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) +2.55%
INMEX(MEX) +0.49%
NGSEINDX(NGA) -1.15%
XU030(TUR) -1.35%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) -6.17%
SHCOMP(CHN) +3.83%
NIFTY(IND) +3.08%
INDEXCF(RUS) -4.69%
TOP40(ZAF) -3.96%

Commodities

Energy
Natural Gas -2.94%
Brent Crude Oil -1.50%
Heating Oil -1.61%
WTI Crude Oil +1.09%
Ethanol -4.82%
RBOB Gasoline +0.90%
Metals
Gold 100oz +0.67%
Palladium -0.28%
Platinum -2.68%
Copper -4.50%
Silver 5000oz +3.73%

Currencies

USDEUR:+2.00% USDJPY:+3.80%

MINTs
USDIDR(IDN) +1.94%
USDMXN(MEX) +0.12%
USDNGN(NGA) -0.13%
USDTRY(TUR) -0.46%
BRICS
USDBRL(BRA) +5.45%
USDCNY(CHN) -0.09%
USDINR(IND) +0.63%
USDRUB(RUS) +1.47%
USDZAR(ZAF) +2.06%
Agricultural
Cattle -4.39%
Cocoa +5.87%
Coffee (Arabica) -7.84%
Coffee (Robusta) -6.74%
Sugar #11 -8.74%
Wheat +1.92%
Feeder Cattle +2.52%
Lean Hogs +9.14%
Lumber +7.22%
Orange Juice +1.92%
White Sugar -7.19%
Corn -2.83%
Cotton -5.45%
Soybean Meal -4.16%
Soybeans -4.69%

Credit Indices

Index Change
Markit CDX EM +0.52%
Markit CDX NA HY -0.09%
Markit CDX NA IG +0.14%
Markit iTraxx Asia ex-Japan IG +0.03%
Markit iTraxx Australia +2.12%
Markit iTraxx Europe +0.71%
Markit iTraxx Europe Crossover +2.06%
Markit iTraxx Japan +2.85%
Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe -1.04%
Markit LCDX (Loan CDS) -0.05%
Markit MCDX (Municipal CDS) +4.83%
The US Dollar rallied, Nifty put in a decent show and gold flat lined.

Nifty Heatmap

CNX NIFTY.2015-04-30.2015-05-29

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) -2.14% 64/65
2 -0.23% 64/64
3 -0.66% 60/68
4 +3.15% 68/60
5 -0.13% 61/67
6 -0.16% 66/62
7 -0.04% 61/67
8 +1.24% 67/61
9 +0.23% 58/70
10 (mega) +2.38% 70/59
Large and mid-caps turned in a good show…

Top Winners and Losers

INFRATEL +19.32%
UNIONBANK +20.58%
EICHERMOT +24.39%
SRTRANSFIN -15.08%
TECHM -10.77%
EXIDEIND -10.41%
Bullet the blue sky…

ETF Performance

CPSEETF +6.50%
NIFTYBEES +2.88%
JUNIORBEES +2.85%
PSUBNKBEES +2.11%
BANKBEES +1.66%
INFRABEES +1.42%
GOLDBEES -0.98%
Interesting to see Nifty out-performing private banks…

Yield Curve

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Bond Indices

Sub Index Change in YTM Total Return(%)
GSEC TB +0.24 +0.56%
GSEC SUB 1-3 +0.53 +0.31%
GSEC SUB 3-8 -0.05 -0.27%
GSEC SUB 8 +0.09 -0.05%
Indian gilts were not immune to the global dislocations in the bond market…

Investment Theme Performance

Equity Mutual Funds

Bond Mutual Funds

Thought to sum up the month