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Week of May 5, 2008

 

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SPX Performance

PIP Performance

Cumulative since inception March 1998:

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Year To Date:

- 9.38%

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3 Year:

+ 10.55%

 + 21.77%

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- 3.48%

 + 2.16%

         
 
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ECONOMIC COMMENTARY for Week Ending May 2, 2008
First the numbers...  then the story...
~ Financial Indicators ~
INTEREST RATES May 2 PRIOR WEEK MONTH AGO YEAR AGO
3 Month Treasury Bill 1.49% 1.37% 1.37% 4.87%
6 Month Treasury Bill 1.69 1.71 1.52 5.01
3-month LIBOR 2.77 2.91 2.73 5.36
2 Year Treasury Note 2.45 2.42 1.82 4.67
5 Year Treasury Note 3.17 3.18 2.61 4.55
10 Year Treasury Note 3.86 3.87 3.47 4.64
30 Year Treasury Note 4.58 4.59 4.31 4.81

 Tax Exempt Revenue Bonds (Triple A)  
5 Year 3.20 3.12 3.12 3.76
10 Year 4.03 3.93 4.06 3.98
30 Year 4.90 4.88 5.19 4.46

 Mortgage Rates
30 Year Fixed Mortgage Rate 6.06 6.03 5.88 6.16
15 Year Fixed Mortgage Rate 5.59 5.62 5.42 5.87
1 Year Adjustable Rate 5.29 5.29 5.19 5.42

STOCK MARKET

May 2

PRIOR WEEK

MONTH AGO

YEAR AGO
Dow Jones Industrial 13058.20 12891.86 12609.42 13264.62
S&P 500 1413.90 1397.84 1370.40 1505.62
NASDAQ 2476.99 2422.93 2370.98 2572.15
Commodities
Gold ($) - 100 OZ FUTR 858.00 889.70 913.12 689.70
Oil ($/barrel)-Crude Futures (NY Merc) 116.29 118.58 106.16 61.93

 
~ Economic Indicators ~
 
Personal Income (March) - % change 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3
Personal Consumption (March) - % change 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.4
GDP (Q1) - % change, Saar 0.6 0.6 4.9 2.1
ISM Manufacturing Index (April) 48.6 48.6 48.3 49.1
Nonfarm Payrolls (April) - change in 000s -20 -81 -83 27
Unemployment Rate (April) - Percent 5.0 5.1 4.8 4.9
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The Story Behind the Numbers

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