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Week of June 29th - July 3rd, 2009

 
     

Premarket Report

Financial Indicators

Economic Calendar
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The Story Behind the Numbers
Tom Haugh's Dollar$ & Sen$e
 

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The Ghost of Progress Past

Good morning. Very slow week for the market on a weekly basis, but complete with a significant down day on Monday and a large up day on Wednesday. The market continues to move somewhat violently within a range based on whatever news seems to be significant on a given day. On that same theme, the market continues to make news based significant moves, followed by literally hours of very slow and static trading...

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The Story Behind the Numbers:

 

The Federal Reserve did a masterful job of placating both the economic doves and the inflation hawks this week. Its mastery over the grumbling adversaries had nothing to do with what was actually done during the two-day policy-setting meeting held on Tuesday and Wednesday. As expected, the central bank kept the federal funds rate, the short-term rate over which it has direct control, at the near zero level set back in December...

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Financial Indicators:

 

Interest Rates June 26 Week Ago Month Ago Year Ago
3 MONTH TREASURY BILL 0.17% 0.16% 0.13% 1.66%
6 MONTH TREASURY BILL 0.29 0.31 0.27 2.12
3 MONTH LIBOR 0.60 0.61 0.66 2.79
2 YEAR TREASURY NOTE 1.10 1.20 0.91 2.63
5 YEAR TREASURY NOTE 2.55 2.80 2.34 3.35
10 YEAR TREASURY NOTE 3.53 3.77 3.46 3.97
30 YEAR TREASURY NOTE 4.34 4.51 4.34 4.52

 Tax Exempt Revenue Bonds (Triple A) 

5 YEAR 2.22 2.31 1.89 3.55
10 YEAR 3.54 3.57 3.14 4.23
30 YEAR 4.86 4.89 4.62 5.06

Mortgage Rates

30 YEAR FIXED 5.42 5.38 4.91 6.45
15 YEAR FIXED 4.87 4.89 4.53 6.04
1 YEAR ADJUSTABLE 4.93 4.97 4.69 5.27

Stock Market

DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL 8438.39 8539.73 8500.33 11346.51
S&P 500 918.90 921.23 919.15 1278.38
NASDAQ 1838.22 1827.47 1774.33 2315.63

Commodities

GOLD ($) - 100 OZ FUTR

941.00 935.20 979.00 931.20

OIL($/BARREL)-CRUDE FUTURES (NY MERC)

69.34 69.60 66.37 140.86
 

Economic Indicators

New Home Sales (May) - 000s of units 342 344 335 346
Existing Home Sales (May) - 000s of units 4770 4660 4550 4653
Durable Goods Orders (May) - % change 1.8 1.8 -2.2 -1.6
Personal Incomes (May) - % change 1.4 0.7 -0.3 0.2
Savings Rate (May) - Percent 6.9 5.6 4.3 4.9

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PTI's Protected Index Program® Performance

PIP vs. S&P 500

Performance indicates cumulative gains since inception, YTD, 1-month, 1,3,5 and 10-year records ending May 31, 2009, that the PIP has produced consistent returns in a hedged portfolio.

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SPX PIP

Cumulative since inception March 1998

+ 4.28% + 52.39%
Year to Date + 3.21% - 1.02%
1 Month + 5.31% + 0.45%
1 Year - 32.42% - 6.67%
3 Year - 21.25% + 7.93%
5 Year - 6.92% + 25.13%
10 Year - 13.51% + 29.58%
 

PIP vs. Russell Index

Performance indicates cumulative gains since inception, YTD, 1-month, 1,and 3-year records ending May 31, 2009, that the PIP has produced consistent returns in a hedged portfolio.

PIP Disclaimer

IWM PIP
Cumulative since inception July 2005 - 21.56% + 18.90%
Year to Date + 2.17% - 1.29%
1 Month + 3.20% + 0.97%
1 Year - 31.59% - 5.69%
3 Year - 26.77% + 11.77%

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