Monday, January 9, 2012

Market Data: Week Ending January 6, 2012


Market Index 12/30/2011 1/6/2012 Week Change Simple YTD %
Dow Industrials Avg 12,217.56 12,359.02 1.16% 1.16%
S&P 500 1,257.60 1,277.81 1.61% 1.61%
Fed Funds Rate 0.04% 0.07% 0.03% 75.00%
10 yr T-note Yld 1.88% 1.96% 0.08% 4.26%
5 yr T-note Yld 0.83% 0.85% 0.02% 2.41%
5 yr TIPS - 'Real' Yld -0.89% -0.99% -0.10% -11.24%
Implied 5 yr Inflation % 1.72% 1.84% 0.12% 6.98%
2 yr T-note Yld 0.24% 0.26% 0.02% 8.33%
2-10 Yr Slope 1.64% 1.70% 0.06% 3.66%
90 day T-bill Yld 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
Gold ($/oz) $1,566.80 $1,616.80 $50.00 3.19%
WTI Oil ($/brl) $98.83 $101.56 $2.73 2.76%
VIX "Worry Index" 23.4 20.63 -2.77 -11.84%





Credit Spreads 12/30/2011   1/6/2012 Week Change Simple YTD %
Inv Grade Credit Idx 4.63% 4.63% 0.00% 0.00%
Low Grade Credit Idx 8.86% 8.20% -0.66% -7.45%
Markit CDX Inv Grd Idx 120 120 0.00% 0.00%
Markit CDX Mid Grd Idx 247 242 -2.02% -2.02%
Low Grade to 10 yr T-Note Spread 698 624 -10.60% -10.60%