Monday, February 27, 2012

Market Data: Week Ending 2/24/2012


Market Index 12/30/   2011 2/24/     2012 Week Change Simple YTD %
Dow Industrials Avg 12,217.56 12,982.95 0.26% 6.26%
S&P 500 1,257.60 1,365.74 0.33% 8.60%
Fed Funds Rate 0.04% 0.11% 0.00% 175.00%
10 yr T-note Yld 1.88% 1.97% -0.03% 4.79%
5 yr T-note Yld 0.83% 0.89% 0.03% 7.23%
5 yr TIPS - 'Real' Yld -0.89% -1.43% -0.12% -60.67%
Implied 5 yr Inflation % 1.72% 2.32% 0.15% 34.88%
2 yr T-note Yld 0.24% 0.30% 0.01% 25.00%
2-10 Yr Slope 1.64% 1.67% -0.04% 1.83%
90 day T-bill Yld 0.01% 0.10% 0.02% 900.00%
Gold ($/oz) $1,566.80 $1,773.60 $47.70 13.20%
WTI Oil ($/brl) $98.83 $109.50 $6.26 10.80%
VIX "Worry Index" 23.4 17.31 -0.47 -26.03%





Credit Spreads 12/30/   2011 2/24/     2012 Week Change Simple YTD %
Inv Grade Credit Idx 4.63% 4.26% -0.06% -7.99%
Low Grade Credit Idx 8.86% 7.11% -0.26% -19.75%
Markit CDX Inv Grd Idx 120 97 -2.02% -19.17%
Markit CDX Mid Grd Idx 247 194 -1.52% -21.46%
Low Grade to 10 yr T-Note Spread 698 514 -4.28% -26.36%