Weekly Recap: What is Life?

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Equities

Major
DAX(DEU) -1.40%
CAC(FRA) -1.75%
UKX(GBR) -1.10%
NKY(JPN) -1.14%
SPX(USA) +0.75%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) +1.00%
INMEX(MEX) +0.60%
NGSEINDX(NGA) -1.08%
XU030(TUR) +2.55%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) +0.89%
SHCOMP(CHN) -13.32%
NIFTY(IND) +3.03%
INDEXCF(RUS) +0.65%
TOP40(ZAF) +0.09%

Commodities

Energy
Brent Crude Oil -1.87%
Ethanol +0.88%
Heating Oil -2.07%
Natural Gas +2.32%
RBOB Gasoline -3.63%
WTI Crude Oil -1.28%
Metals
Palladium -3.98%
Silver 5000oz +1.90%
Copper -3.70%
Gold 100oz +1.74%
Platinum -0.96%

Currencies

USDEUR:-0.67% USDJPY:-0.66%

MINTs
USDIDR(IDN) -0.03%
USDMXN(MEX) -0.38%
USDNGN(NGA) +0.05%
USDTRY(TUR) -0.77%
BRICS
USDBRL(BRA) -0.53%
USDCNY(CHN) +0.02%
USDINR(IND) -0.78%
USDRUB(RUS) -2.09%
USDZAR(ZAF) -1.78%
Agricultural
Coffee (Arabica) -4.41%
Coffee (Robusta) +6.65%
Lean Hogs -6.93%
Lumber +1.63%
Orange Juice -2.23%
Corn +0.00%
Cotton -0.84%
White Sugar +0.40%
Feeder Cattle -0.04%
Cattle -0.30%
Cocoa +0.62%
Soybean Meal +1.86%
Soybeans +3.33%
Sugar #11 -5.12%
Wheat -3.07%

Credit Indices

Index Change
Markit CDX EM -0.21%
Markit CDX NA HY -0.84%
Markit CDX NA IG +4.06%
Markit iTraxx Asia ex-Japan IG +2.43%
Markit iTraxx Australia +3.39%
Markit iTraxx Europe +9.01%
Markit iTraxx Europe Crossover +36.53%
Markit iTraxx Japan +4.22%
Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe +2.81%
Markit LCDX (Loan CDS) +0.00%
Markit MCDX (Municipal CDS) +0.97%
China is going through whatever India went through in the 90’s. Europe is going through their quarterly Greece-related gyrations. And Indian markets woke up…

Index Returns

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For a deeper dive into indices, check out our weekly Index Update.

Market Cap Decile Performance

Decile Mkt. Cap. Adv/Decl
1 (micro) +1.32% 68/58
2 +2.63% 64/62
3 +2.92% 67/59
4 +4.06% 65/60
5 +3.86% 67/59
6 +3.84% 76/50
7 +2.58% 66/59
8 +2.74% 63/63
9 +2.69% 68/58
10 (mega) +2.70% 63/63
Rally across the board…

Top Winners and Losers

EICHERMOT +11.73%
RELIANCE +12.00%
GLENMARK +12.36%
MCDOWELL-N -6.31%
VEDL -4.87%
CONCOR -4.65%
This stopped making sense a long time ago…

ETF Performance

NIFTYBEES +2.96%
JUNIORBEES +2.60%
CPSEETF +2.39%
BANKBEES +2.12%
PSUBNKBEES +1.52%
GOLDBEES +0.51%
INFRABEES -1.00%
There is talk about #gold #bonds being floated around by the RBI. After the tepid reaction to inflation-linked bonds and gold-deposits, you would think they would approach this topic with a bit more humility…

Yield Curve

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Bond Indices

Sub Index Change in YTM Total Return(%)
GSEC TB +0.13 +0.11%
GSEC SUB 1-3 +0.07 +0.20%
GSEC SUB 3-8 -0.16 +0.99%
GSEC SUB 8 -0.03 +0.59%
A smart recovery at the middle…

Investment Theme Performance

Equity Mutual Funds

Bond Mutual Funds

Thought for the weekend