Saturday, December 24, 2011

Market Data: Week Ending December 23, 2011


Market Index 12/31  Close 12/23  Close Week Change Simple YTD %
Dow Industrials Avg 11,577.50 12,294.00 0.90% 6.19%
S&P 500 1,257.64 1,265.33 0.81% 0.61%
Fed Funds Rate 0.10% 0.07% 0.00% -30.00%
10 yr T-note Yld 3.29% 2.02% -0.04% -38.60%
5 yr T-note Yld 2.01% 0.98% 0.09% -51.24%
5 yr TIPS - 'Real' Yld -0.06% -0.83% 0.05% -1283.33%
Implied 5 yr Inflation % 2.07% 1.81% 0.04% -12.56%
2 yr T-note Yld 0.59% 0.28% 0.06% -52.54%
2-10 Yr Slope 2.70% 1.74% -0.10% -35.56%
90 day T-bill Yld 0.12% 0.01% 0.01% -91.67%
Gold ($/oz) $1,421.40 $1,606.00 -$110.80 12.99%
WTI Oil ($/brl) $91.38 $99.68 $0.27 9.08%
VIX "Worry Index" 17.75 20.73 -5.65 16.79%





Credit Spreads 12/31  Close 12/23  Close Week Change Simple YTD %
Inv Grade Credit Idx 4.78% 4.79% -0.03% 0.21%
Low Grade Credit Idx 8.32% 8.92% -0.04% 7.21%
Markit CDX Inv Grd Idx 85 122 -3.17% 43.53%
Markit CDX Mid Grd Idx 131 245 2.51% 87.02%
Low Grade to 10 yr T-Note Spread 503 690 0.00% 37.18%