Weekly Recap: The Side-Effect of Socialism

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Equities

Major
DAX(DEU) +2.33%
CAC(FRA) +1.97%
UKX(GBR) +1.33%
NKY(JPN) -3.70%
SPX(USA) -0.01%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) -2.49%
INMEX(MEX) -0.35%
NGSEINDX(NGA) -2.49%
XU030(TUR) +2.04%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) -0.03%
SHCOMP(CHN) +5.18%
NIFTY(IND) -1.47%
INDEXCF(RUS) -0.47%
TOP40(ZAF) -0.30%

Commodities

Energy
WTI Crude Oil -4.88%
Brent Crude Oil -3.01%
Ethanol +1.60%
Heating Oil -3.34%
Natural Gas +0.11%
RBOB Gasoline +1.27%
Metals
Gold 100oz -0.63%
Palladium -4.98%
Copper -2.67%
Platinum -4.71%
Silver 5000oz +0.00%

Currencies

USDEUR:-0.53% USDJPY:+0.00%

MINTs
USDIDR(IDN) -0.04%
USDMXN(MEX) -0.03%
USDNGN(NGA) -0.75%
USDTRY(TUR) -0.90%
BRICS
USDBRL(BRA) +0.72%
USDCNY(CHN) +0.06%
USDINR(IND) -0.06%
USDRUB(RUS) +0.93%
USDZAR(ZAF) +1.10%
Agricultural
Coffee (Robusta) +0.16%
Soybean Meal +2.27%
Soybeans -0.19%
Sugar #11 +0.98%
Wheat -2.13%
White Sugar +0.59%
Cattle -2.51%
Cocoa +1.16%
Coffee (Arabica) -2.38%
Cotton -2.92%
Feeder Cattle -2.73%
Orange Juice +3.84%
Corn +1.55%
Lean Hogs +0.03%
Lumber +2.32%

Credit Indices

Index Change
Markit CDX EM -0.81%
Markit CDX NA HY -0.81%
Markit CDX NA IG +5.25%
Markit iTraxx Asia ex-Japan IG +11.27%
Markit iTraxx Australia +11.48%
Markit iTraxx Europe +7.27%
Markit iTraxx Europe Crossover +23.03%
Markit iTraxx Japan +7.04%
Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe +2.68%
Markit LCDX (Loan CDS) +0.02%
Markit MCDX (Municipal CDS) +1.76%
I think the market has had enough of Greece and China. The next few weeks are going to be all about earnings and how badly companies are going to disappoint investors…

Index Returns

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Market Cap Decile Performance

Decile Mkt. Cap. Adv/Decl
1 (micro) +7.34% 77/57
2 +6.18% 79/54
3 +7.31% 77/57
4 +5.66% 77/56
5 +4.21% 74/59
6 +2.25% 67/67
7 +1.04% 71/62
8 +1.12% 73/61
9 +0.60% 63/70
10 (mega) -1.05% 76/58
Large caps bled but midcaps seemed to buck the trend…

Top Winners and Losers

UNIONBANK +5.35%
RCOM +5.37%
CROMPGREAV +12.68%
VEDL -14.28%
CAIRN -7.86%
TATAMOTORS -7.21%
Tata Motors got pummelled by China worries.

ETF Performance

INFRABEES +2.48%
PSUBNKBEES +1.78%
JUNIORBEES +0.98%
BANKBEES +0.31%
GOLDBEES +0.13%
NIFTYBEES -0.90%
CPSEETF -1.82%
Who is buying PSU banks?

Yield Curve

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Thought for the weekend

The absence of free markets leads to competition for the market, which leads to competition for political office, which leads to the corruption of politics. That’s the basic story of crony capitalism — a side-effect of socialism.

Source: Socialism, Competition and Politicians