Weekly Recap: Profit Destroying Innovation

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Equities

Major
DAX(DEU) -0.01%
CAC(FRA) -0.40%
UKX(GBR) -0.29%
NKY(JPN) -0.26%
SPX(USA) -0.09%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) -3.23%
INMEX(MEX) +0.25%
NGSEINDX(NGA) -0.13%
XU030(TUR) -1.88%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) +0.44%
SHCOMP(CHN) +2.85%
NIFTY(IND) -1.62%
INDEXCF(RUS) +0.01%
TOP40(ZAF) +0.30%

Commodities

Energy
Natural Gas +6.59%
Ethanol -4.26%
Brent Crude Oil +1.08%
Heating Oil +0.94%
WTI Crude Oil +1.64%
RBOB Gasoline +4.58%
Metals
Copper -0.74%
Gold 100oz +1.02%
Palladium -1.90%
Platinum +0.16%
Silver 5000oz -0.63%

Currencies

USDEUR:-1.33% USDJPY:-1.77%

MINTs
USDIDR(IDN) +0.34%
USDMXN(MEX) -2.04%
USDNGN(NGA) +0.22%
USDTRY(TUR) +1.75%
BRICS
USDBRL(BRA) -1.09%
USDCNY(CHN) +0.09%
USDINR(IND) +0.48%
USDRUB(RUS) -2.13%
USDZAR(ZAF) -1.56%
Agricultural
Cattle -0.28%
Cocoa +0.05%
White Sugar -0.97%
Cotton +0.61%
Lumber +1.45%
Orange Juice +5.35%
Corn -2.15%
Feeder Cattle +0.90%
Coffee (Arabica) -2.01%
Coffee (Robusta) +0.17%
Lean Hogs -0.61%
Soybean Meal +4.00%
Soybeans +0.13%
Sugar #11 -2.98%
Wheat -2.65%

Credit Indices

Index Change
Markit CDX EM -0.48%
Markit CDX NA HY -0.19%
Markit CDX NA IG +0.14%
Markit iTraxx Asia ex-Japan IG +1.99%
Markit iTraxx Australia +1.42%
Markit iTraxx Europe +1.14%
Markit iTraxx Europe Crossover +0.36%
Markit iTraxx Japan +2.32%
Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe +0.28%
Markit LCDX (Loan CDS) -0.02%
Markit MCDX (Municipal CDS) -0.16%
A huge wave of volatility consumed pretty much all asset classes this week. Bonds – down, equities – down, rupee – down; euro – up. Are we done yet?

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) -8.21% 59/68
2 -2.71% 58/70
3 -2.35% 58/70
4 -3.39% 61/67
5 -2.31% 58/70
6 -2.26% 61/67
7 -2.15% 57/71
8 -3.77% 58/70
9 -2.61% 58/70
10 (mega) -1.82% 60/68
A total bloodbath across market caps…

Top Winners and Losers

GLENMARK +4.08%
ICICIBANK +4.17%
OFSS +4.18%
BANKBARODA -8.30%
PNB -8.21%
BOSCHLTD -7.71%
Bosch was once a boring old manufacturing company but they had to go and include it in the Nifty and ruin it for everyone…

ETF Performance

INFRABEES +0.43%
BANKBEES +0.21%
GOLDBEES +0.01%
JUNIORBEES -1.45%
CPSEETF -1.58%
NIFTYBEES -1.58%
PSUBNKBEES -2.63%
PSU banks back to being kicked around…

Yield Curve

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Bond Indices

Sub Index Change in YTM Total Return(%)
GSEC TB -0.63 +0.33%
GSEC SUB 1-3 -0.29 +0.84%
GSEC SUB 3-8 -0.07 +0.17%
GSEC SUB 8 +0.29 -2.69%
Are long bonds reflecting global liquidity jitters or are they signalling higher inflation?

Investment Theme Performance

Equity Mutual Funds

Bond Mutual Funds

Thought for the weekend

We may have entered a great period of profit destroying innovation where the benefits accrue more and more to the customers and not the providers.

For instance, for almost every SaaS company that charges for features there are now new companies being built that give the features away with the goal of charging for some activity in the network that they are looking to build.

Source: Valuations, Profit Destroying Innovation and Winner’s Curse