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Interest Rates
March 5
Week ago
Month ago
Year ago
3 MONTH TREASURY BILL
 0.14% 0.12% 0.09% 0.19%
6 MONTH TREASURY BILL
 0.19 0.18 0.15 0.38
3 MONTH LIBOR
 0.25 0.25 0.25 1.29
2 YEAR TREASURY NOTE
 0.89 0.80 0.76 0.95
5 YEAR TREASURY NOTE
 2.34 2.31 2.24 1.88
10 YEAR TREASURY NOTE
 3.68 3.62 3.57 2.87
30 YEAR TREASURY NOTE
 4.64 4.56 4.52 3.55
 Tax Exempt Revenue Bonds (Triple A)

5 YEAR

1.47 1.54 1.60 2.15

10 YEAR

3.00 3.10 3.17 3.45

30 YEAR

 4.44 4.45 4.44 4.96
Mortgage Rates
30 YEAR FIXED
4.97 5.05 5.04 5.15
15 YEAR FIXED
4.33 4.40 4.40 5.08
1 YEAR ADJUSTABLE
 4.27 4.15 4.22 4.86
Stock Market
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL
 10566.20 10325.26 10012.23 6626.94
S&P 500
 1138.70 1104.49 1066.19 683.38
NASDAQ
 2326.35 2238.26 2141.12 1293.85
Commodities
GOLD ($) - 100 OZ FUTR
 -- 1116.90 1066.70 939.50
OIL ($/BARREL) FUTURES (NY MERC)
 -- 79.69 71.84 45.79
Economic Indicators
ISM Manufacturing Index (February)
56.5
58.4
54.9
55.2
ISM NonManufacturing Index (February)
53.0
50.5
49.8
50.3
Nonfarm Payrolls (Feb) - change in 000s
-36
-26
-109
-93
Unemployment Rate (Feb) - Percent
9.7
9.7
10.0
9.9
Personal Income (January) - % change
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.3
Personal Consumption (Jan) - % change
0.5
0.3
0.5
0.4
Personal Savings Rate (Jan) - Percent
3.3
4.2
4.1
3.9

 
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PIP

Cumulative since inception March 1998
+ 19.91%
+ 52.30%
Year to Date
+ 26.10%
+ 0.74%
1 Month
- 3.70%
+ 0.74%
1 Year
+ 26.10%
+ 0.80%
3 Year
- 15.76%
+ 3.96%
5 Year
+ 2.35%
+ 20.27%
10 Year
 - 9.88%
+ 25.54%
Performance indicates cumulative gains since inception, YTD, 1-month, 1,3,5 and 10-year records ending January 31, 2010, that the PIP has produced consistent returns in a hedged portfolio.
 
IWM
PIP

Cumulative since inception July 2005

- 6.06%
+ 22.81%
Year to Date
- 3.73%
+ 0.12%
1 Month
- 3.52%
+ 0.12%
1 Year
+ 36.76%
+ 5.54%
3 Year
- 21.26%
+ 7.50%
Performance indicates cumulative gains since inception, YTD, 1-month, 1,and 3-year records ending January 31, 2010, that the PIP has produced consistent returns in a hedged portfolio.

 

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