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Equities
Commodities
Energy |
Ethanol |
+6.67% |
Heating Oil |
+7.38% |
Natural Gas |
+7.49% |
Brent Crude Oil |
+2.90% |
RBOB Gasoline |
+0.68% |
WTI Crude Oil |
+6.55% |
Metals |
Copper |
-7.49% |
Platinum |
-8.82% |
Silver 5000oz |
-10.11% |
Gold 100oz |
-5.52% |
Palladium |
-12.65% |
Agricultural |
Lean Hogs |
+3.33% |
Lumber |
+2.78% |
Orange Juice |
+20.00% |
Wheat |
-2.56% |
White Sugar |
+2.88% |
Coffee (Robusta) |
+6.04% |
Corn |
+2.81% |
Cotton |
+0.28% |
Soybean Meal |
+18.55% |
Soybeans |
+5.17% |
Cattle |
-2.34% |
Cocoa |
-3.81% |
Coffee (Arabica) |
+1.70% |
Feeder Cattle |
+5.01% |
Sugar #11 |
+7.46% |
Credit Indices
Index |
Change |
Markit CDX EM |
-0.78% |
Markit CDX NA HY |
-0.24% |
Markit CDX NA IG |
+0.19% |
Markit iTraxx Asia ex-Japan IG |
+0.55% |
Markit iTraxx Australia |
-4.39% |
Markit iTraxx Europe |
-0.16% |
Markit iTraxx Europe Crossover |
+3.18% |
Markit iTraxx Japan |
-4.31% |
Markit MCDX (Municipal CDS) |
-2.00% |
The US Dollar rallied, NIFTY was the best performing equity index…
International ETFs (USD)
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Nifty Heatmap
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Index Returns
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Market Cap Decile Performance
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Top Winners and Losers
Mirroring the performance of sector indices…
ETF Performance
Infrastructure caught a bid. But for how long?
Yield Curve
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Bond Indices
Sub Index |
Change in YTM |
Total Return(%) |
0 5 |
-0.03 |
+0.73% |
5 10 |
-0.01 |
+0.73% |
10 15 |
-0.10 |
+1.38% |
15 20 |
-0.00 |
+0.71% |
20 30 |
-0.01 |
+0.79% |
Bonds put in a decent performance…
Investment Theme Performance
Low Beta/Volatility outperformed momentum…
Equity Mutual Funds
Bond Mutual Funds
Indian bonds are cheap…
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Institutional flows
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Book of the Month
Everything is interpreted through the prism of our own experiences.
![The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time](https://portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net/wordpress/2016/06/Screenshot_2016-05-14-19-24-53.png)
The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It… Every Time by Maria Konnikova (Amazon)