The Consumer Discretionary sector (XLY – 0.90 pct) was worst hit.

But prices at the close finished mixed as Energy (XLE +0.96 pct) and Consumer Staples (XLP +0.84 pct) led a 2pm recovery.

The big news of the day was that Morgan Stanley (MS) (i) posted a 4Q loss of $3.59 billion vs net income of $2.21 billion a year earlier, and (ii) announced a sale of $5 billion in stock to China's Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF).

Also on the earnings front, General Mills (GIS) reported a +1.3 pct lift in fiscal 2Q net income to $391 million vs $385 million a year earlier, despite higher grain costs.

After the close, Oracle Corp (ORCL) reported 2Q income jumped +34 pct to $1.3 billion vs $967 million a year earlier. Both the revenue and income figures were well above estimates.

But all is not well in the technology industry in the US. Gartner is reporting that corporate technology sales will be up +8.0 pct for 2007, but only +5.5 pct in 2008. With inflation, the per share profits will no longer be in the high teens – unless of course these companies buy back huge amounts of common stock.

On the deal’s front today, it appears that Navistar will buy the truck division of General Motors.

Foreclosure filings in the US in November soared +68 pct Y/Y, but were down -10 pct M/M. There are some people who now believe foreclosures have hit a high-water mark, although others scoff at that suggestion. Even Ireland today is reporting problems in its housing market, and that is certainly the case in Britain.

After the weekly US Department of Energy report showed lower inventory estimates, Crude Oil contracts closed +$1.42/bbl higher at $91.50.

The $USD gained against the Euro, following the ECB move to lend about one-half a trillion dollars at low rates to any European bank that requested the funds, through the end of the year. Today there are reports that the ECB will not be able to stop the inflation, meaning that they will have to tow the line with the BoE and Fed in continuing to work liquidity back into the system to alleviate the pressure on banks that cannot borrow short-term funds to meet obligations as they come due.

This crisis among banks facing liquidity issues and financial losses is the worst since 1981. Today, like Morgan Stanley, another major play in the bond market, Bear Stearns (BSC), is likely going to report a loss for the first time in its 22 84 year history.

But the People’s Bank of China raised the reserve requirements and interest rates yet again today in an effort to hold back inflation. Best, say the US authorities, they do that by releasing the peg on the USD.

Long-term US Treasury bonds were bid higher after results from Monday's new Term Auction Facility.

Today, the US Leading Economic Indicators for November data are likely to be pointing south. Still, there are some die-hard economists who believe the US will not enter a recession or is not already turning numbers that ultimately will be seen as the start of a recession.

This morning, US equity futures are up a small bit, oil is up +1.16 (+1.27 pct), gold and silver are down a small bit.

Traders seem more focused on the festive season.

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Comments & Outlook

It’s high time that independent traders recognize the changing power structure of capital markets. We have moved from the period where the shareholders actually held effective control over corporations to a point where management is now in control. But the dynamics are complex.

Corporate law states that, through its common share votes, the risk-taking buy-side investor collectively controls the Board of Directors, so as to be in the position to change a company's management, reserve capital, and organizational infrastructure, to best suit its interests.

Then there was a period where pension funds and mutual funds organized among themselves voting blocks that effectively held the plurality interest so that the interests of the fund management would be best served.

At this point there was still a separation of interests between the Board and management where the Board held the power.

Unfortunately, schemers amongst some Fund managers and some executive managers discovered that their personal interests could be best served by working out deals before they hit the boardroom for discussion. Consequently, the ridiculous hundred million dollar executive compensation packages were worked out and the result was the loss of control of the Board over management.

This dynamic changed when specialized Funds called Private Equity Funds were created, which took the relationship to a higher level between a single executive on the outside and the CEO on the inside. CEO’s with perhaps 1 pct or less of the common stock, with the backing of Private Equity, now controlled the company, and there was a form of collusion where the two worked together to “maximize shareholder value”. That in effect was merely a sophisticated way of saying “pump and dump” – the precise same thing that goes on in the penny stock business.

You and I saw the result when we watched the dog and pony routines of senior corporate executives making the rounds of financial entertainment media, particularly CNBC TV. Soon after a period of months on the hustings, promoting share prices to new highs, the stock prices would collapse, the companies would run into “issues” and occasionally there would be criminal prosecutions that followed. The operative word here is ‘occasionally’.

The sell-side firms, Humungous Bank & Broker (HB&B) could never get involved as principals, of course, because their job is to sell the enhanced risk of these securities (enhanced by high valuations that often made little economic sense) to the buy-side. That is after all the job of HB&B and they are well-compensated. Do they think twice about the economic values and the incredible risks they foist on the unsuspecting buyer? For an answer just go back to the 1999 “dot con” era where fully half the Goldman Sachs Internet-related underwritings sank or went off the board within two years in what I think was the most disgusting example of bad corporate underwriting practice ever on Wall Street.

Fast forward to the top of the current market cycle with the development of a whole new group of financiers, one that can basically print its own money because of its political connections. This is the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF).

In case you have not been observing markets closely, and many of you I know have real jobs that put you out of the loop, these Sovereign Wealth Funds are now taking control of the world’s largest financial companies.

In a nutshell, here from the Wall St Journal is the situation and the concern:

Prodded by the U.S. and Europe, multilateral institutions are writing guidelines for sovereign-wealth funds that would keep the money flowing from oil nations and export-rich Asian governments. But the codes aren't likely to directly address the biggest political issue surrounding the funds: whether they will be used for strategic purposes rather than commercial ones.

The growing financial importance of the SWFs, as some have taken to calling the essentially government-owned investment vehicles, was demonstrated yesterday when China Investment Corp., with about $200 billion in assets, agreed to invest about $5 billion in Morgan Stanley, which has been reeling from the global credit crunch. That followed investments from the governments of Singapore and Saudi Arabia in UBS AG of Switzerland; Abu Dhabi in Citigroup Inc.; and China in Blackstone Group's initial public offering. In all of the cases, the foreign firms took minority stakes and said they wouldn't be active in management.

The words “wouldn't be active in management” run hollow, I think, because of the simple principle that money talks.

I believe we are going to be discussing these issues for some time. Politics and capital markets is the new game in town.

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Links & Charts

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International Economics Review

US Economic Calendar.

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Knobias Cara100 Tables

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Cara 100 Daily RSI-7 Charts

At least one RSI value >70:

Ticker	Last	RSI-7M	RSI-7W	RSI-7D	Zone
KO	62.85	95.56	74.42	49.11	Sell alert (trig. 4 days ago [on 2007-12-14 at $63.81, -1.50% chg], after a 2 day DZ)
VIP	37.73	93.99	78.93	54.40	Sell alert (trig. 7 days ago [on 2007-12-11 at $37.08, +1.75% chg], after a 4 day DZ)
MBT	94.92	88.19	74.30	55.20	Sell alert (trig. 7 days ago [on 2007-12-11 at $93.80, +1.19% chg], after a 1 day DZ)
LYO	47.80	87.97	73.80	69.69	Sell alert (trig. 8 days ago [on 2007-12-10 at $47.41, +0.82% chg], after a 1 day DZ)
PG	72.98	86.99	62.39	39.07
COST	68.40	86.51	62.66	44.97	Sell alert (trig. 7 days ago [on 2007-12-11 at $69.96, -2.23% chg], after a 5 day DZ)
HDB	123.17	84.06	51.65	35.56
GOOG	677.37	83.83	58.11	40.92	Sell alert (trig. 7 days ago [on 2007-12-11 at $699.20, -3.12% chg], after a 2 day DZ)
PBR	105.22	82.46	66.88	52.47	Sell alert (trig. 5 days ago [on 2007-12-13 at $110.59, -4.86% chg], after a 1 day DZ)
NOK	36.52	81.02	44.24	29.97
TEF	94.77	79.80	52.47	30.08
ATVI	26.80	79.75	74.28	70.25	Distribution Zone (for 1 days)
ABB	27.04	78.50	45.82	32.60
CHL	86.67	77.65	50.80	43.95
RIMM	102.13	75.84	46.73	44.99
AET	57.35	75.77	71.13	49.22	Sell alert (trig. 7 days ago [on 2007-12-11 at $57.92, -0.98% chg], after a 4 day DZ)
TT	45.93	74.99	75.81	88.32	Distribution Zone (for 3 days)
MICC	108.17	74.71	51.68	36.05
VCP	30.10	74.10	48.88	31.57
BBD	31.42	73.72	53.47	46.13	Sell alert (trig. 8 days ago [on 2007-12-10 at $34.25, -8.26% chg], after a 1 day DZ)
NKE	63.80	73.24	57.50	43.69
ECA	67.25	72.44	56.50	53.82
MFC	40.63	72.24	46.18	47.98
RIO	31.93	71.97	44.12	35.10
SU	104.09	71.67	57.64	62.20
EXC	83.50	70.51	60.14	48.56	Sell alert (trig. 7 days ago [on 2007-12-11 at $83.51, -0.01% chg], after a 1 day DZ)
IBN	57.66	70.36	47.46	36.12
OXPS	31.79	68.46	73.36	66.12

At least one RSI value <30:

Ticker	Last	RSI-7M	RSI-7W	RSI-7D	Zone
BC	17.82	17.36	24.16	21.80	Accumulation Zone (for 4 days)
SBUX	20.03	17.89	7.31	22.68	Accumulation Zone (for 5 days)
BBBY	29.37	18.29	31.19	32.82	Buy alert (trig. 3 days ago [on 2007-12-17 at $29.36, +0.03% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
KSS	45.52	18.96	21.86	26.22	Accumulation Zone (for 1 days)
MCO	38.01	19.63	28.26	47.00
JCP	44.04	21.51	26.92	46.33
MU	7.84	21.52	24.30	27.52	Accumulation Zone (for 3 days)
UBS	45.48	25.69	29.83	31.87
WAG	36.38	25.89	28.35	37.09
DNA	67.33	29.87	33.79	29.41
SNDK	35.30	32.59	24.75	28.11
SWK	47.52	33.13	26.60	27.24
BDK	71.38	33.61	26.79	24.15
TM	105.58	34.53	26.73	31.09
AMAT	17.59	35.19	26.13	35.78
GFI	14.27	37.82	18.09	25.32
YHOO	23.31	38.33	33.03	23.30
TCK	33.54	39.30	26.16	31.34
QCOM	38.28	41.69	35.78	29.82
CCJ	36.70	42.13	26.18	38.51
GE	36.57	45.71	28.15	39.28
TS	43.59	45.73	26.41	30.40
NTES	19.01	54.85	47.55	17.38
PTR	174.07	57.93	38.56	27.95
NOK	36.52	81.02	44.24	29.97

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International Equity Markets Review

Europe

Here is the latest session data for the bourses of Europe.

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Here is the latest session data for the London stock exchange FTSE.

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Here is the latest session data for the German DAX.

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Here is the latest session data for the French CAC 40.

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Here is the latest session data for the Milan Italy stock exchange MIBTEL.

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Here is the latest session data for the Swiss market index.

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Asia-Pacific

Here is the latest session data for the Asia-Pacific stock exchanges.

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Here is the latest chart for the Japanese Nikkei 225 index.

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Here is the latest chart for the Singapore index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Shanghai Composite index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Hong Kong Hang Seng index .

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Here is the latest chart for the India BSE 30 index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Australian All Ordinaries index .

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US Equity Markets Review

DJIA (interactive) chart

NASDAQ Composite (interactive) chart

Table: Dow 30 List

Sorted by 1-Week Price Performance

Symbol	Close	1Day Change	1Day %Change	1W %Change	2W %Change	4W %Change	YTD %Change	3M %Change	6M %Change	12M %Change
HON	61.09	0.50	0.83%	5.80%	5.82%	12.07%	35.45%	4.86%	5.56%	37.75%
MSFT	34.79	0.05	0.14%	0.93%	1.87%	0.61%	16.51%	21.35%	14.22%	16.01%
DIS	32.26	-0.76	-2.30%	-0.06%	-1.50%	2.25%	-5.67%	-6.66%	-7.19%	-7.43%
WMT	48.08	-0.16	-0.33%	-0.31%	-1.68%	5.67%	1.11%	7.44%	-1.50%	4.32%
BA	86.62	-0.55	-0.63%	-0.35%	-4.50%	-1.41%	-2.86%	-13.40%	-10.63%	-3.94%
XOM	91.43	0.01	0.01%	-0.53%	1.68%	4.11%	23.37%	-0.75%	6.51%	18.76%
JNJ	67.32	-0.39	-0.58%	-0.56%	-1.30%	-0.47%	1.39%	4.39%	7.85%	0.66%
MRK	59.34	-0.40	-0.67%	-0.64%	-0.10%	2.45%	34.80%	15.09%	17.93%	36.38%
HPQ	51.15	0.13	0.25%	-0.74%	-0.99%	3.21%	22.90%	2.75%	11.44%	26.51%
IBM	107.14	0.83	0.78%	-1.23%	-0.94%	3.60%	10.15%	-8.17%	0.60%	11.60%
UTX	75.80	-0.12	-0.16%	-1.28%	-1.37%	1.99%	20.68%	-3.93%	5.69%	21.32%
MO	76.68	0.75	0.99%	-1.33%	-1.44%	3.89%	18.11%	11.57%	10.30%	18.92%
KO	62.85	0.63	1.01%	-1.44%	-0.32%	0.10%	29.37%	11.00%	22.30%	28.87%
GE	36.57	-0.23	-0.63%	-1.83%	-0.38%	-3.86%	-3.69%	-12.45%	-6.92%	-3.79%
MMM	84.93	-0.92	-1.07%	-2.00%	1.40%	3.43%	8.52%	-7.64%	-3.29%	8.73%
PG	72.98	0.14	0.19%	-2.26%	-1.12%	-0.31%	13.08%	6.09%	18.05%	13.34%
AIG	56.89	0.19	0.34%	-2.27%	-2.17%	4.50%	-21.15%	-15.79%	-21.65%	-21.24%
PFE	23.27	-0.10	-0.43%	-2.27%	-2.96%	2.42%	-11.49%	-6.47%	-11.22%	-11.18%
GM	26.66	-0.27	-1.00%	-2.56%	-5.12%	1.41%	-9.47%	-23.79%	-22.77%	-8.95%
VZ	43.65	-0.16	-0.37%	-2.87%	-1.95%	1.14%	15.42%	-0.30%	1.35%	19.07%
INTC	26.19	0.28	1.08%	-4.00%	-3.78%	2.63%	28.70%	1.99%	8.67%	26.77%
C	30.21	-0.17	-0.56%	-4.00%	-10.33%	-3.79%	-45.32%	-37.41%	-44.32%	-45.30%
AXP	51.91	0.13	0.25%	-4.01%	-10.39%	-7.99%	-14.00%	-14.83%	-17.80%	-15.66%
CAT	70.84	-0.21	-0.30%	-4.04%	-2.57%	3.75%	15.83%	-9.07%	-14.12%	15.15%
T	39.94	-0.66	-1.63%	-4.24%	3.96%	5.02%	14.28%	-3.94%	-0.75%	14.15%
MCD	58.85	-0.98	-1.64%	-4.56%	-1.11%	0.63%	34.15%	6.21%	12.14%	33.78%
JPM	43.98	0.08	0.18%	-4.70%	-2.05%	5.64%	-8.51%	-7.55%	-13.51%	-8.89%
AA	34.49	0.09	0.26%	-6.48%	-3.15%	-2.52%	17.59%	-7.48%	-17.05%	13.16%
DD	42.58	-0.60	-1.39%	-7.13%	-8.82%	-5.38%	-13.17%	-14.64%	-18.44%	-13.26%
HD	26.24	-0.23	-0.87%	-7.90%	-9.42%	-7.93%	-36.11%	-27.47%	-31.43%	-33.80%

You can do this table yourself by entering the following string into the Summaries window at www.billcara2.com and then clicking on the link for Performance.

AA AIG AXP BA C CAT DD DIS GE GM HD HON HPQ IBM INTC JNJ JPM KO MCD MMM MO MRK MSFT PFE PG T UTX VZ WMT XOM

Here are the links to interactive Dow charts from Billcara2.com that I broke into groups of ten, which you can add technical indicators for as well. (list one) (list two) (list three)

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The Americas

Here is the latest session data for the exchanges of the Americas.

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Here is the latest chart for the Brazilian Bovespa stock exchange in Sao Paulo.

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Here is the latest session data for the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index.

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Sector ETF Summary for the US equity market

The tables I show in this section are for ten (GICS) Sector Index Funds (ETF's) only, but they cover the full spectrum of the US equity market.

Table 1: Cara ETF List is sorted by price performance Week over Week (W/W), i.e. 1W%N.

Sorted by 1-Week Price Performance

Symbol	Close	1Day Change	1Day %Change	1W %Change	2W %Change	4W %Change	YTD %Change	3M %Change	6M %Change	12M %Change
XLU	43.05	-0.11	-0.25%	-0.71%	-2.62%	1.75%	16.92%	4.92%	6.93%	16.86%
XLE	76.53	0.73	0.96%	-1.06%	2.64%	3.77%	35.26%	1.58%	7.58%	27.00%
XLP	28.93	0.24	0.84%	-1.09%	-0.79%	1.15%	10.08%	4.03%	6.24%	11.01%
IYH	70.97	-0.20	-0.28%	-2.04%	-2.49%	0.58%	6.79%	0.17%	-0.34%	6.19%
XLI	38.73	-0.13	-0.33%	-2.25%	-2.07%	1.10%	9.93%	-5.03%	-2.00%	9.87%
XLF	29.14	0.08	0.28%	-2.96%	-5.48%	0.34%	-21.07%	-17.40%	-22.44%	-20.71%
IYZ	29.03	-0.20	-0.68%	-3.04%	-2.06%	0.80%	-2.12%	-13.68%	-15.17%	-1.19%
XLY	32.90	-0.35	-1.05%	-3.15%	-4.30%	-1.17%	-14.59%	-13.15%	-17.32%	-14.41%
SMH	32.36	0.06	0.19%	-3.46%	-2.15%	0.97%	-3.60%	-15.18%	-14.86%	-3.98%
XLB	40.86	-0.06	-0.15%	-3.59%	-2.48%	2.87%	18.06%	-2.34%	-0.92%	15.85%

You can do this table yourself by entering the following string into the Summary window at Billcara2.com and then clicking on the link for Performance. XLE XLB XLI XLY XLP IYH XLF SMH IYZ XLU . You can also add more ETF’s – up to 30 in total.

For a list of components to any ETF, go to the AMEX.com web site, and click on ETF's.

10 (energy: XLE)

15 (basic materials: XLB)

20 (industrial: XLI)

25 (consumer discretionary: XLY)

30 (consumer staples: XLP)

35 (healthcare: IYH)

40 (financial: XLF)

45 (technology, semiconductor: SMH)

50 (telecom: IYZ)

55 (utilities: XLU)

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International Equity Market USD-denominated ETF Review

Table 13: International equities via the USD-denominated ETF perspective

Sorted by 1-Week Price Performance

Symbol	Close	1Day Change	1Day %Change	1W %Change	2W %Change	4W %Change	YTD %Change	3M %Change	6M %Change	12M %Change
EWC	31.17	0.17	0.55%	-0.73%	-0.10%	-1.11%	26.19%	-1.86%	2.47%	22.04%
SPY	145.88	0.00	0.00%	-2.34%	-2.01%	0.86%	3.19%	-4.88%	-4.78%	2.57%
QQQQ	49.88	-0.01	-0.02%	-3.67%	-3.28%	-0.04%	15.36%	-0.58%	4.44%	13.75%
EWU	24.62	-0.10	-0.41%	-5.75%	-4.36%	-1.13%	4.54%	-2.35%	-3.61%	1.43%
IEV	114.72	-1.18	-1.02%	-6.04%	-4.61%	-2.67%	8.64%	-1.52%	-2.63%	7.50%
EWJ	13.17	-0.09	-0.68%	-6.53%	-7.25%	-3.02%	-7.25%	-4.57%	-9.92%	-5.93%
FXI	170.49	0.12	0.07%	-7.09%	-12.90%	-3.90%	46.47%	3.80%	34.81%	67.28%
EWZ	78.40	0.26	0.33%	-7.85%	-6.00%	-3.66%	67.88%	14.40%	25.08%	69.92%
TRF	71.51	-5.77	-7.47%	-8.32%	-0.82%	6.15%	-19.24%	12.05%	3.26%	-15.66%
IFN	62.50	-1.55	-2.42%	-8.38%	-3.46%	8.70%	37.85%	25.00%	49.88%	37.91%

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Japanese equity market ETF: EWJ

Here is the Japanese (EWJ) equity market ETF Daily data charts:

Interactive EWJ Daily data:

Interactive EWJ Weekly data:

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U.K. equity market ETF

Here is the United Kingdom (EWU) equity market ETF Daily data charts:

Interactive EWU Daily data:

EWU Daily data:

Interactive EWU Weekly data:

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Canada's equity market

Here is the Canadian (EWC) equity market ETF Daily data charts:

Interactive EWC Daily data:

Interactive EWC Weekly data:

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Bonds & Yields Review

Table 10: US Treasury Yields

US Treasury Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
3 Month	2.76	2.93	2.74	3.23
6 Month	3.19	3.23	3.11	3.33
2 Year	3.10	3.19	3.13	3.16
3 Year	3.05	3.13	3.09	3.06
5 Year	3.43	3.51	3.46	3.55
10 Year	4.03	4.12	4.09	4.07
30 Year	4.45	4.53	4.54	4.48

Municipal Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	3.04	3.05	3.01	3.27
2yr AAA	3.07	3.07	3.06	3.31
2yr A	3.56	3.55	3.34	3.43
5yr AAA	3.32	3.34	3.29	3.41
5yr AA	3.27	3.39	3.21	3.40
5yr A	3.53	3.44	3.39	3.51
10yr AAA	3.78	3.81	3.74	3.83
10yr AA	3.48	3.55	3.60	3.74
10yr A	4.01	4.04	3.97	4.06
20yr AAA	4.40	4.42	4.39	4.45
20yr AA	4.19	4.21	4.19	4.33
20yr A	4.60	4.62	4.76	5.13

Corporate Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	4.37	4.41	4.25	4.19
2yr A	4.51	4.61	4.55	4.43
5yr AAA	4.59	4.70	4.59	4.60
5yr AA	4.91	4.93	4.75	4.86
5yr A	4.87	4.90	4.75	4.69
10yr AAA	5.14	5.19	5.21	5.12
10yr AA	5.43	5.49	5.43	5.57
10yr A	5.79	5.80	5.60	5.64
20yr AAA	5.25	5.49	5.53	5.56
20yr AA	5.70	5.82	5.77	5.74
20yr A	6.23	6.26	6.28	6.02

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Here is the $USB 30-year Treasury Bond chart.

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US Bond Funds -- Interactive Daily Data Charts

SHY Daily data series chart:

IEF Daily data series chart:

TLT Daily data series chart:

AGG Daily data series chart:

LQD Daily data series chart:

TIP Daily data series chart:

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Table 11: Interest-sensitive securities

Sorted by 1-Week Price Performance.

Symbol	Close	1Day Change	1Day %Change	1W %Change	2W %Change	4W %Change	YTD %Change	3M %Change	6M %Change	12M %Change
FNM	36.56	0.16	0.44%	13.82%	1.19%	29.42%	-38.92%	-42.86%	-47.00%	-39.16%
FRE	32.62	-0.60	-1.81%	7.23%	-5.91%	21.99%	-51.95%	-46.66%	-49.24%	-52.31%
TLT	93.23	1.27	1.38%	1.30%	-0.41%	0.34%	4.67%	4.95%	10.62%	4.00%
TIP	105.86	0.66	0.63%	0.78%	0.52%	-0.01%	6.68%	3.43%	7.49%	6.29%
IEF	87.09	0.69	0.80%	0.55%	-0.33%	0.69%	5.33%	3.73%	8.00%	4.71%
AGG	101.27	0.21	0.21%	0.22%	-0.28%	0.27%	1.36%	1.14%	3.05%	0.83%
SHY	82.28	0.21	0.26%	0.10%	-0.18%	0.05%	2.80%	1.39%	2.91%	2.62%
CFC	9.010	-0.170	-1.85%	-14.43%	-13.53%	-12.35%	-78.60%	-56.13%	-76.51%	-77.99%

Consumer Finance -USA -- Interactive Daily Data Charts

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Commodities Review

$CRB Index

Open Futures Contracts

Interactive Chart of Daily CRB Commodities Index:

Interactive Chart of Weekly CRB Commodities Index:

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Oil Review

Here is the e-miNY Jan-08 Crude Oil chart.

Interactive Chart of Daily Crude Oil:

Interactive Chart of Weekly Crude Oil:

Table 2: Senior oil & gas equities

Sorted by 1-Week Price Performance

Symbol	Close	1Day Change	1Day %Change	1W %Change	2W %Change	4W %Change	YTD %Change	3M %Change	6M %Change	12M %Change
SU	104.09	0.84	0.81%	0.95%	3.26%	-0.63%	40.83%	9.35%	12.86%	31.06%
IMO	52.04	0.14	0.27%	0.27%	3.85%	-1.42%	45.93%	6.60%	8.87%	41.37%
ECA	67.25	0.50	0.75%	-0.49%	2.67%	-0.93%	48.32%	7.69%	1.36%	39.90%
XOM	91.43	0.01	0.01%	-0.53%	1.68%	4.11%	23.37%	-0.75%	6.51%	18.76%
CVX	90.90	-0.29	-0.32%	-0.96%	1.79%	3.41%	28.08%	-3.41%	9.14%	22.03%
TOT	79.11	0.64	0.82%	-4.40%	-3.77%	-2.67%	11.47%	-2.39%	-0.18%	9.54%
STO	29.04	0.03	0.10%	-4.94%	-12.27%	-9.59%	13.04%	-13.85%	-2.12%	7.68%
PBR	105.22	0.88	0.84%	-6.03%	2.51%	0.21%	111.16%	47.99%	70.48%	116.41%
CEO	157.24	3.43	2.23%	-7.95%	-16.99%	-7.65%	66.80%	2.14%	38.38%	76.08%

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Gold & Precious Metals Review

Spot gold chart for the week

Interactive Chart of Daily Gold EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive Chart of Weekly Gold EOD Continuous Contract Index:

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Spot silver chart for the week

Interactive daily data

Interactive Chart of Daily Silver EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive chart of the Silver Bullion index.

Interactive Chart of Weekly Silver EOD Continuous Contract Index:

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Spot platinum chart for the past three days

Interactive Chart of Daily Platinum EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive Chart of Weekly Platinum EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive chart of the Platinum metal index.

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Spot palladium chart for the week

Interactive Chart of Daily Palladium EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive Chart of Weekly Palladium EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive chart of the Palladium metal index.

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Interactive Chart of Weekly Copper EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive Chart of Daily Copper EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive chart of the Copper metal index.

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Table 12: Senior gold equities

Sorted by 1-Week Price Performance

Symbol	Close	1Day Change	1Day %Change	1W %Change	2W %Change	4W %Change	YTD %Change	3M %Change	6M %Change	12M %Change
AEM	48.27	0.55	1.15%	-3.25%	1.73%	-6.69%	24.02%	-2.54%	29.79%	14.30%
NEM	47.28	-0.41	-0.86%	-4.08%	-4.33%	-7.38%	6.97%	1.26%	15.94%	0.11%
ABX	37.57	-0.55	-1.44%	-5.65%	-5.20%	-11.18%	25.95%	-3.02%	27.18%	22.34%
GG	30.87	0.02	0.06%	-7.88%	-4.16%	-6.31%	12.91%	6.60%	23.48%	9.31%
BVN	52.70	0.60	1.15%	-8.35%	-2.82%	-1.29%	90.87%	8.75%	43.05%	92.62%
MDG	33.52	-0.86	-2.50%	-9.06%	-5.76%	-9.09%	27.50%	3.36%	27.70%	16.71%
GFI	14.27	-0.19	-1.31%	-9.97%	-15.21%	-18.18%	-22.15%	-18.08%	-12.83%	-22.95%
AUY	11.95	-0.33	-2.69%	-11.15%	-6.49%	-10.89%	-3.08%	-4.25%	-8.50%	-8.29%
KGC	16.34	-0.13	-0.79%	-11.53%	-8.00%	-9.32%	43.08%	12.30%	23.98%	36.39%

To watch the moves in precious metal miners, you will have to monitor the individual stock charts, preferably in real-time, as follows:

NEM ABX AU GFI GG HMY AUY KGC BVN
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MDG LIHRY AEM BGO IAG EGO RGLD GOLD CDE GRS
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CBJ SSRI SIL NG KRY UXG GRZ TSE_HRG TSE_GUY TSE_AGI
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NXG GSS MNG DROOY MFN RNO RANGY MRB CLG
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Here are the key Silver miners and the SLV ETF:

SLV SIL CDE HL PAAS SSRI SLW MGN

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Interactive Weekly data

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Here are the Weekly and Daily Data charts of the indexes:

Interactive Chart of Daily U.S. Goldminers Index:

Weekly U.S. Goldminers Index:

Interactive Chart of Weekly U.S. Goldminers Index:

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The U.S. goldminer share trust ETF trades under the ticker symbol GDX.

Here are the U.S. Goldminer ETF (GDX) index Weekly and Daily data charts:

GDX Daily data:

GDX Weekly data:

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The Toronto Exchange-listed goldminer iUnits S&P/TSX Capped Gold Index ETF trades under the ticker symbol TSE:XGD. Yes, just like GDX on the AMEX, you can trade XGD on Toronto.

Here are the Weekly and Daily data charts for the TSX Goldshares (XGD) index:

Interactive Chart of XGD Daily data:

Interactive Chart of XGD Weekly data:

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Forex Review

Here is the chart of the week's trading in the $USD.

Interactive Chart of Daily U.S. Dollar Index:

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Interactive Chart of Daily Euro Dollar Index, priced in USD:

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Daily British Pound Index:

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Daily Japanese Yen Index:

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Daily Canadian Dollar Index:

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