Monthly Recap: You and Your Research

world equity markets 2014-05-30.2014-06-30

The Nifty ended the month a whopping +5.28% (+3.42% in USD terms)

Equities

Major
DAX(DEU) -1.11%
CAC(FRA) -2.14%
UKX(GBR) -1.47%
NKY(JPN) +4.80%
SPX(USA) +2.06%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) -0.54%
INMEX(MEX) +2.20%
NGSEINDX(NGA) +2.43%
XU030(TUR) -1.07%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) +3.32%
SHCOMP(CHN) +0.28%
NIFTY(IND) +5.55%
INDEXCF(RUS) +2.85%
TOP40(ZAF) +2.98%

Commodities

Energy
Brent Crude Oil +2.92%
Ethanol -10.38%
Heating Oil +3.42%
Natural Gas -2.66%
RBOB Gasoline +1.63%
WTI Crude Oil +2.98%
Metals
Copper +1.59%
Gold 100oz +6.58%
Palladium +1.06%
Platinum +2.49%
Silver 5000oz +12.83%

Currencies

USDEUR:-0.34% USDJPY:-0.29%

MINTs
USDIDR(IDN) +1.21%
USDMXN(MEX) +0.95%
USDNGN(NGA) -0.18%
USDTRY(TUR) +1.16%
BRICS
USDBRL(BRA) -1.31%
USDCNY(CHN) -0.71%
USDINR(IND) +1.79%
USDRUB(RUS) -2.62%
USDZAR(ZAF) +0.49%
Agricultural
Cattle +11.07%
Cocoa +1.54%
Coffee (Arabica) -2.68%
Coffee (Robusta) +6.90%
Corn -9.97%
Cotton -7.64%
Feeder Cattle +9.12%
Lean Hogs +16.89%
Lumber +8.05%
Orange Juice -11.85%
Soybean Meal -8.93%
Soybeans -6.41%
Sugar #11 -4.26%
Wheat -10.15%
White Sugar +0.40%

Nifty Heatmap

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Index performance

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Top winners and losers

GAIL +22.56%
RELCAPITAL +24.02%
BHARATFORG +24.79%
MCDOWELL-N -14.98%
UBL -7.46%
M&M -7.15%
A pretty board-based rally…

ETFs

BANKBEES +9.16%
JUNIORBEES +6.06%
NIFTYBEES +5.65%
PSUBNKBEES +5.25%
INFRABEES +4.93%
GOLDBEES +4.60%
No ETF left behind!

Investment Theme Performance

All strategies ended in the green this month.

Sector Performance

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Yield Curve

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Interbank lending rates

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Thought to Sum up the Month

“Knowledge and productivity are like compound interest.” Given two people of approximately the same ability and one person who works ten percent more than the other, the latter will more than twice outproduce the former. The more you know, the more you learn; the more you learn, the more you can do; the more you can do, the more the opportunity – it is very much like compound interest.

Source: You and Your Research, by Richard Hamming