Saturday, January 21, 2012

Market Data: Week Ending January 20, 2012


Market Index 12/30   /2011 1/20     /2012 Week Change Simple YTD %
Dow Industrials Avg 12,217.56 12,720.48 2.40% 4.12%
S&P 500 1,257.60 1,315.38 2.04% 4.59%
Fed Funds Rate 0.04% 0.08% 0.01% 100.00%
10 yr T-note Yld 1.88% 2.02% 0.16% 7.45%
5 yr T-note Yld 0.83% 0.89% 0.10% 7.23%
5 yr TIPS - 'Real' Yld -0.89% -1.00% 0.02% -12.36%
Implied 5 yr Inflation % 1.72% 1.89% 0.08% 9.88%
2 yr T-note Yld 0.24% 0.24% 0.02% 0.00%
2-10 Yr Slope 1.64% 1.78% 0.14% 8.54%
90 day T-bill Yld 0.01% 0.04% 0.02% 300.00%
Gold ($/oz) $1,566.80 $1,664.00 $33.20 6.20%
WTI Oil ($/brl) $98.83 $98.33 -$0.37 -0.51%
VIX "Worry Index" 23.4 18.28 -2.63 -21.88%





Credit Spreads 12/30   /2011 1/20     /2012 Week Change Simple YTD %
Inv Grade Credit Idx 4.63% 4.50% -0.01% -2.81%
Low Grade Credit Idx 8.86% 8.05% -0.07% -9.14%
Markit CDX Inv Grd Idx 120 108 -6.09% -10.00%
Markit CDX Mid Grd Idx 247 227 -2.16% -8.10%
Low Grade to 10 yr T-Note Spread 698 603 -3.67% -13.61%