Thanks to a huge rally in energy and precious metal-driven stocks in the morning, the DJIA (+41.19 +0.31 pct to 12255), S&P 500 (+6.95 +0.47 pct to 1333.7), and Nasdaq Composite (+12.53 +0.47 pct to 2272.8) closed higher on Wednesday.

The ADP employment report had a -23,000 decline in private sector jobs, which is the first ever jobs decline reported by ADP. Revised 4Q productivity and costs increased more than originally reported. Non-farm business productivity lifted +1.9 pct and unit labor costs jumped +2.6 pct. The non-manufacturing ISM reading jumped to 49.3 last month, which was higher than consensus, versus 44.6 in January.

Following the weekly Department of Energy inventory report showed a surprising decrease in stockpiles, Crude Oil skyrocketed +$5.00/bbl to $104.52.

The $USD dropped to a new low of 73.45 (-0.30 pct) and the Euro lifted to 1.5263 in response to the move in the oil price. Early this morning, the March Euro is at 1.5319.

$GOLD closed up +22.20 to 988.50, reversing the previous day’s decline. Spot gold, palladium, platinum, and silver this morning is 986.74, 537, 2228, and 20.80 (high earlier at 21.21).

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Comments & Outlook

These commodity price increases are not due to shortages, or even in fact to the declining $USD. It has mostly to do with the excessive printing of money by all nations over the past many years that when combined with the collapse of Humungous Bank & Broker (HB&B), leaves nowhere else to go.

Yesterday’s blog about India’s largest private bank, ICICI Bank (IBN), taking a large investment loss from a marked-to-market accounting system rather than simply a financial accounts provision for future losses based on the bankers’ traditional cost-based accounting system, really got me thinking about the growing disconnect between the Wealth Creators (the business owners, entrepreneurs) vs legal, accounting, banking and government Wealth Predators (the financial engineers and the politicians).

The latter group – we owners of capital call them variously the suits, the overhead, the floaters – make their income the old-fashioned way via control, manipulation, deception, obfuscation, and so forth. Sucking and blowing at the same time.

Apparent to everybody at the PDAC Convention is the fact that it is the Miners – the explorers and developers – who are true wealth creators in the world, and not the syndicators and the lawyers who created those schemes.

The capital markets are now in trouble because these interventionists (differentiated from agents or middle men) have gotten too powerful and that power has corrupted the system.

The very act of securitizing pools of assets of dubious economic value and then seemingly protecting themselves with a form of self-insurance called credit derivatives, neither of which the average person could possibly understand because there was an intent not to have us understand their charade, has brought the world to the brink. Aided and abetted by lawyers.

The only reason these problems came to light was because there was discord amongst the interventionists themselves, some of whom last June simply said, “enough is enough, I am not paying a dollar for twenty wooden nickels even if the seller is my colleague banker; I will instead buy commodities that have utility, and hence a measure of economic value, to my clients.”

There was a break-out session here on finance using a scheme that has been mastered by corporate finance lawyers who now want to supplant the investment bankers to become the dealmakers. As I watched these lawyers on the stage posturing and preening like gunslingers, I thought to myself, these people just don’t get it. They are all packaging and no content. In effect they are telling the owners of capital that the only way to access the wealth creators is via financially engineered products that only they can create. And I thought of all the nonsense these people and they bed-mates in politics have created like National Instrument 43-101, flow-through share tax shelters, USA Patriot Act, and so forth. For what purpose; to help create wealth or to enrich themselves by strengthening their control over the wealth creators and the owners of capital who are prepared to take the risk to help those who create wealth?

Yes, this may not make many friends for me, but what really pissed me was the swagger of these young lawyer studs who are in effect wealth predators. Without recognizing a drill bit if it was sitting on the ends of their noses, they come into the mining convention and act like God's gift. In the Financial Post free hand-outs at the PDAC, they also pushed their underwriting record as if anybody here cares. The only underwriter of record not associated with one of these self-promoting legal firms is Canaccord. Kuddos to Peter Brown.

I'm exercised about this because at the Rob McEwen party the other evening, I found myself in a nest of some of Toronto's top securities lawyers giving them a piece of my mind of the legal system that permitted an engineered fraud of Stelco. As long as they network and control matters, they earn fees far above what they should, which is fine, but when they hold their noses while their clients screw the shareholders and bondholders like what happened at Stelco, I have to speak up. And when I see their industry's marketing push here at PDAC, I want to scream.

Tomorrow, I'll calm down. Then when I gather my thoughts I intend to get right back into it because somebody has to stand up to the nonsense these lawyers are bringing to capital markets.

I'll even go so far to say that if bankers rejected the schemes offered up by the bright lights of the legal profession, HB&B wouldn't be in so much trouble today.

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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
ABX	52.81	89.53	68.10	59.13
PBR	116.76	89.04	58.23	47.64	Sell alert (trig. 4 days ago [on 2008-02-29 at $117.34, -0.49% chg], after a 2 day DZ)
GG	44.35	80.71	76.38	69.77	Sell alert (trig. 2 days ago [on 2008-03-04 at $42.71, +3.84% chg], after a 1 day DZ)
VCP	33.51	77.80	63.08	61.59
ABV	83.41	75.99	65.84	55.60	Sell alert (trig. 4 days ago [on 2008-02-29 at $81.48, +2.37% chg], after a 3 day DZ)
RIO	35.41	75.40	60.44	56.71
ATVI	27.34	75.33	62.06	55.49
NUE	69.45	74.03	74.03	71.31	Distribution Zone (for 1 days)
TT	45.55	73.97	69.16	66.64	Sell alert (trig. 4 days ago [on 2008-02-29 at $45.05, +1.11% chg], after a 1 day DZ)
GGB	32.56	73.84	63.34	57.30	Sell alert (trig. 2 days ago [on 2008-03-04 at $31.29, +4.06% chg], after a 1 day DZ)
ECA	77.77	73.53	76.17	75.06	Distribution Zone (for 1 days)
PDA	51.35	73.41	62.44	64.77
IMO	58.06	73.08	69.76	73.29
BBD	32.74	70.00	64.51	71.90
SLW	18.27	67.70	68.70	71.62
SU	108.51	63.37	65.37	76.06
AMAT	20.50	60.56	73.38	66.26
DNA	80.76	59.57	75.99	81.03
TS	48.88	57.33	66.93	92.46

At least one RSI value <30:

Ticker	Last	RSI-7M	RSI-7W	RSI-7D	Zone
UBS	30.83	14.10	22.87	23.05	Accumulation Zone (for 4 days)
SBUX	18.14	18.20	32.88	44.86
BC	16.04	20.98	34.90	37.52
SNDK	22.43	22.08	15.71	21.13	Accumulation Zone (for 4 days)
KB	58.01	24.11	30.36	23.86
GSK	42.40	25.43	27.86	30.07
GOL	17.24	27.00	26.14	34.51	Buy alert (trig. 3 days ago [on 2008-03-03 at $17.71, -2.65% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
KSS	44.68	27.50	43.58	45.04
PAYX	31.85	28.04	31.84	37.92	Buy alert (trig. 2 days ago [on 2008-03-04 at $31.93, -0.25% chg], after a 2 day AZ)
INFY	38.19	28.53	35.68	30.56
BMY	22.19	28.53	23.64	30.56	Buy alert (trig. 1 days ago [on 2008-03-05 at $22.19, +0.00% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
DELL	19.79	28.70	34.20	45.30
LEH	48.06	28.71	31.28	22.06
ADBE	32.42	30.12	25.69	24.10
GRMN	57.28	33.87	27.62	26.85
GS	164.97	34.11	27.51	31.03
GE	33.67	35.56	28.55	47.38
GOOG	447.70	36.32	17.67	22.63
OXPS	23.00	39.25	21.60	30.39
ORCL	18.80	43.98	26.57	43.42
RY	48.30	44.17	40.44	29.04
IBN	47.29	45.53	28.64	18.31
AET	50.06	46.65	29.82	43.50
COST	60.83	49.33	27.93	28.44

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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 14: 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
T	35.45	0.58	1.66%	0.71%	3.17%	-3.48%	-13.54%	-7.73%	-10.77%	-0.76%
CVX	88.79	2.06	2.38%	0.65%	2.84%	11.35%	-5.00%	-0.57%	0.49%	33.66%
JNJ	63.13	0.49	0.78%	0.14%	-0.16%	0.41%	-4.22%	-7.45%	2.40%	2.10%
MSFT	28.12	0.53	1.92%	-0.50%	-0.35%	-3.27%	-20.16%	-17.66%	-1.26%	2.11%
KO	59.68	0.31	0.52%	-0.62%	2.42%	3.97%	-2.31%	-5.34%	11.16%	28.93%
DD	47.30	0.87	1.87%	-0.65%	1.81%	6.03%	8.14%	1.29%	-2.27%	-5.13%
PG	66.70	0.65	0.99%	-0.76%	0.80%	2.56%	-7.75%	-9.63%	1.90%	6.23%
AA	38.71	0.71	1.87%	-0.79%	5.11%	18.49%	7.14%	8.71%	6.11%	22.00%
IBM	115.39	-0.32	-0.28%	-0.92%	6.99%	9.87%	10.22%	6.68%	-2.11%	25.68%
GE	33.67	0.15	0.45%	-1.03%	-2.01%	-1.58%	-8.41%	-8.28%	-13.11%	-2.55%
VZ	35.95	0.26	0.73%	-1.21%	2.01%	-2.39%	-16.80%	-19.25%	-14.30%	-0.50%
HPQ	48.31	-0.14	-0.29%	-1.29%	1.83%	12.40%	-3.01%	-6.48%	-3.57%	24.67%
MMM	78.93	0.52	0.66%	-1.93%	-1.26%	-0.20%	-4.57%	-5.77%	-12.22%	7.87%
XOM	87.19	0.50	0.58%	-2.46%	-1.03%	6.19%	-6.76%	-3.04%	-0.03%	24.59%
MCD	53.94	0.31	0.58%	-2.51%	-4.02%	0.19%	-7.16%	-9.36%	9.55%	25.70%
INTC	20.20	0.20	1.00%	-2.74%	-0.88%	0.40%	-20.32%	-25.79%	-22.28%	5.76%
PFE	22.05	-0.19	-0.87%	-3.09%	-1.88%	-3.98%	-3.77%	-8.06%	-10.78%	-10.74%
CAT	71.85	0.11	0.15%	-3.19%	0.84%	6.41%	1.73%	-1.18%	-4.88%	13.74%
WMT	49.55	-0.32	-0.64%	-3.65%	-0.30%	-0.02%	5.65%	1.33%	16.73%	4.39%
BA	80.71	1.09	1.37%	-3.86%	-3.91%	-1.20%	-6.82%	-11.01%	-15.78%	-7.25%
UTX	69.73	0.83	1.20%	-4.39%	-3.22%	-3.62%	-7.29%	-9.26%	-5.06%	9.74%
DIS	31.64	-0.23	-0.72%	-4.41%	-2.89%	5.22%	-0.63%	-3.39%	-7.05%	-6.17%
MRK	43.25	-0.51	-1.17%	-4.82%	-8.02%	-5.88%	-24.61%	-27.19%	-12.45%	-2.26%
HD	26.76	-0.11	-0.41%	-7.44%	-3.46%	-4.39%	2.49%	-7.63%	-26.71%	-30.80%
GM	22.97	-0.10	-0.43%	-7.45%	-10.06%	-13.22%	-5.90%	-18.26%	-26.07%	-24.54%
AXP	42.23	-0.42	-0.98%	-8.34%	-6.78%	-7.59%	-17.26%	-27.10%	-28.81%	-23.08%
BAC	37.55	-1.23	-3.17%	-12.43%	-12.61%	-11.38%	-7.42%	-16.98%	-24.82%	-24.36%
JPM	38.74	-0.45	-1.14%	-12.76%	-10.22%	-11.73%	-8.13%	-13.72%	-12.29%	-18.51%
C	22.15	0.05	0.23%	-13.88%	-13.10%	-18.11%	-23.41%	-34.25%	-51.85%	-55.03%
AIG	44.61	-1.22	-2.66%	-14.62%	-6.87%	-15.72%	-20.76%	-23.28%	-31.89%	-35.61%

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

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
XLE	77.40	1.90	2.52%	0.09%	1.64%	13.08%	-2.64%	3.81%	9.35%	39.71%
XLU	38.73	-0.11	-0.28%	-0.95%	-1.87%	-2.17%	-7.98%	-12.40%	-1.32%	3.09%
XLP	27.45	0.07	0.26%	-1.26%	0.26%	1.93%	-3.31%	-5.86%	2.77%	6.40%
XLI	36.83	0.48	1.32%	-1.76%	-0.65%	0.93%	-4.36%	-6.88%	-5.69%	5.99%
XLB	41.53	0.98	2.42%	-2.12%	-0.29%	6.16%	0.56%	-0.88%	6.49%	15.46%
IYZ	23.77	0.40	1.71%	-2.30%	-2.98%	-6.42%	-18.51%	-19.80%	-28.53%	-19.91%
IYH	65.48	-0.16	-0.24%	-2.39%	-1.96%	-1.99%	-6.59%	-10.03%	-4.96%	-0.11%
XLK	22.33	0.16	0.72%	-2.40%	-0.98%	-1.11%	-14.51%	-16.05%	-14.84%	-1.59%
SMH	28.95	0.32	1.12%	-3.08%	0.35%	1.86%	-7.68%	-12.46%	-24.57%	-13.19%
SPY	133.85	0.86	0.65%	-3.16%	-1.52%	-0.21%	-7.65%	-10.09%	-9.43%	-2.55%
XLY	31.21	0.01	0.03%	-4.85%	-3.10%	-0.89%	-3.07%	-9.22%	-15.01%	-16.28%
XLF	25.10	-0.24	-0.95%	-8.93%	-7.38%	-9.22%	-11.50%	-18.59%	-25.01%	-28.16%

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 XLK SPY . 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.

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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	108.51	3.36	3.20%	5.51%	9.34%	17.36%	-1.60%	7.65%	18.42%	59.25%
ECA	77.77	1.59	2.09%	3.57%	9.55%	17.02%	11.72%	18.73%	31.39%	66.50%
IMO	58.06	1.73	3.07%	2.76%	7.84%	16.14%	5.72%	15.87%	30.41%	69.32%
STO	31.12	0.48	1.57%	1.04%	4.18%	16.34%	-0.38%	-5.98%	2.37%	27.59%
CVX	88.79	2.06	2.38%	0.65%	2.84%	11.35%	-5.00%	-0.57%	0.49%	33.66%
RIG	141.16	4.31	3.15%	-0.37%	1.75%	16.53%	-3.28%	10.93%	31.31%	90.63%
SLB	87.85	3.30	3.90%	-0.45%	2.08%	14.19%	-12.66%	-8.30%	-11.36%	42.45%
TOT	76.06	1.53	2.05%	-0.95%	2.42%	7.86%	-8.67%	-7.48%	1.16%	18.99%
XOM	87.19	0.50	0.58%	-2.46%	-1.03%	6.19%	-6.76%	-3.04%	-0.03%	24.59%
PBR	116.76	4.21	3.74%	-6.60%	-3.14%	9.66%	-1.73%	13.76%	83.35%	176.09%
PTR	141.31	2.56	1.85%	-8.43%	-8.48%	-4.75%	-18.62%	-30.05%	-0.83%	28.99%
CEO	155.83	1.10	0.71%	-10.37%	-7.32%	3.46%	-6.92%	-17.73%	30.16%	99.09%

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Table 3: Senior metals and steel 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
TS	48.88	2.31	4.96%	11.09%	24.66%	23.47%	10.11%	5.82%	7.22%	13.15%
TCK	42.23	1.61	3.96%	5.71%	18.13%	17.63%	16.53%	17.76%	1.59%	-36.12%
NUE	69.45	2.77	4.15%	2.00%	5.24%	23.25%	19.80%	16.14%	31.16%	19.95%
RTP	461.00	13.95	3.12%	-0.21%	2.10%	9.37%	9.84%	0.55%	61.30%	126.34%
AA	38.71	0.71	1.87%	-0.79%	5.11%	18.49%	7.14%	8.71%	6.11%	22.00%
BHP	74.30	2.70	3.77%	-0.95%	2.61%	6.94%	5.52%	-2.33%	18.33%	82.65%
MT	78.68	1.83	2.38%	-1.42%	5.09%	19.39%	2.98%	10.65%	20.95%	60.31%
VCP	33.51	1.91	6.04%	-1.44%	1.27%	15.35%	12.83%	0.06%	39.86%	97.00%
RIO	35.41	1.45	4.27%	-3.38%	1.03%	19.27%	8.25%	-0.39%	-29.38%	11.18%
DOW	37.71	0.03	0.08%	-3.73%	-3.21%	-1.23%	-2.68%	-9.76%	-11.06%	-9.70%
GGB	32.56	1.27	4.06%	-5.38%	7.60%	28.04%	13.45%	14.13%	36.41%	108.58%
PKX	135.40	1.59	1.19%	-7.34%	-0.73%	5.83%	-7.55%	-16.98%	-10.42%	50.66%

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
KGC	26.43	1.47	5.89%	7.35%	11.85%	26.28%	31.17%	48.82%	113.66%	112.80%
EGO	6.729	0.129	1.95%	6.80%	12.14%	11.77%	8.53%	18.46%	29.40%	22.56%
AUY	19.35	0.85	4.59%	6.26%	16.85%	32.53%	39.51%	51.41%	65.95%	50.47%
AEM	73.05	3.41	4.90%	5.70%	9.41%	25.06%	29.25%	53.95%	65.42%	104.91%
GFI	15.09	0.36	2.44%	5.38%	5.08%	11.53%	-2.01%	-10.34%	-2.08%	-10.13%
AU	37.23	0.80	2.20%	4.93%	4.81%	-3.90%	-18.82%	-21.95%	-6.53%	-10.78%
LIHR	39.31	1.85	4.94%	3.86%	11.01%	30.95%	18.51%	19.09%	52.78%	67.49%
BVN	77.10	1.78	2.36%	3.45%	5.62%	22.09%	26.64%	42.17%	99.84%	195.63%
HMY	13.32	0.34	2.62%	3.02%	12.50%	39.92%	23.91%	26.38%	42.77%	1.99%
ABX	52.81	1.63	3.18%	2.64%	5.05%	10.64%	14.75%	33.26%	58.11%	89.49%
GG	44.35	1.64	3.84%	2.19%	13.40%	28.18%	21.04%	37.69%	84.95%	80.65%
NEM	51.33	1.13	2.25%	-0.12%	0.35%	3.74%	-2.02%	3.86%	21.38%	20.83%

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Table 4: Senior capital goods makers and transportation

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
FLR	142.25	5.53	4.04%	7.71%	13.83%	26.56%	-1.49%	-4.49%	8.27%	65.02%
UPS	72.30	1.25	1.76%	-0.01%	-0.47%	0.77%	4.54%	-1.42%	-4.06%	3.73%
FDX	90.35	0.04	0.04%	-0.53%	0.46%	1.52%	4.86%	-7.22%	-17.80%	-18.73%
HON	59.02	0.50	0.85%	-1.02%	4.74%	-0.03%	-1.47%	2.23%	6.84%	28.67%
GE	33.67	0.15	0.45%	-1.03%	-2.01%	-1.58%	-8.41%	-8.28%	-13.11%	-2.55%
TXT	56.37	1.09	1.97%	-1.62%	0.50%	2.72%	-15.63%	-21.97%	-1.19%	27.42%
ABB	25.48	0.26	1.03%	-1.92%	8.47%	6.66%	-11.03%	-12.86%	6.48%	59.65%
MMM	78.93	0.52	0.66%	-1.93%	-1.26%	-0.20%	-4.57%	-5.77%	-12.22%	7.87%
CAT	71.85	0.11	0.15%	-3.19%	0.84%	6.41%	1.73%	-1.18%	-4.88%	13.74%
BA	80.71	1.09	1.37%	-3.86%	-3.91%	-1.20%	-6.82%	-11.01%	-15.78%	-7.25%
UTX	69.73	0.83	1.20%	-4.39%	-3.22%	-3.62%	-7.29%	-9.26%	-5.06%	9.74%
ERJ	43.97	0.59	1.36%	-7.24%	-3.02%	4.22%	-2.57%	-4.62%	-2.87%	-1.19%

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25 (consumer discretionary: XLY)

Table 5: Senior consumer discretionary 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
NKE	60.81	0.38	0.63%	-2.52%	-0.64%	1.69%	-3.90%	-7.78%	9.63%	18.70%
JCP	48.11	0.89	1.88%	-3.02%	0.33%	5.88%	15.51%	4.93%	-26.64%	-37.92%
EBAY	26.74	0.49	1.87%	-3.12%	-1.84%	-3.74%	-17.70%	-19.82%	-24.10%	-11.92%
TGT	52.80	-0.26	-0.49%	-3.70%	-1.12%	0.09%	6.65%	-12.19%	-14.67%	-11.69%
DIS	31.64	-0.23	-0.72%	-4.41%	-2.89%	5.22%	-0.63%	-3.39%	-7.05%	-6.17%
GOL	17.24	-0.04	-0.23%	-5.01%	-4.17%	-9.97%	-28.14%	-32.39%	-19.78%	-34.89%
BDK	67.46	-1.27	-1.85%	-5.36%	-1.09%	-3.20%	-3.53%	-16.49%	-19.68%	-18.31%
BBBY	28.83	-0.31	-1.06%	-5.54%	-1.10%	-2.50%	1.66%	-9.88%	-14.73%	-26.32%
CCL	39.76	-0.29	-0.72%	-6.12%	-4.61%	-2.36%	-8.93%	-9.82%	-13.66%	-11.62%
TM	105.60	0.34	0.32%	-6.44%	-6.75%	0.22%	-0.81%	-5.99%	-8.39%	-17.44%
BC	16.04	0.29	1.84%	-9.58%	-6.20%	-11.82%	-5.20%	-19.84%	-34.29%	-49.37%
WHR	84.34	-3.53	-4.02%	-10.18%	-5.04%	-6.29%	5.58%	1.10%	-11.31%	-2.20%

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30 (consumer staples: XLP)

Table 6: Senior consumer staples 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
PDA	51.35	2.11	4.29%	3.95%	4.39%	15.16%	6.69%	-0.04%	35.38%	124.43%
KO	59.68	0.31	0.52%	-0.62%	2.42%	3.97%	-2.31%	-5.34%	11.16%	28.93%
PG	66.70	0.65	0.99%	-0.76%	0.80%	2.56%	-7.75%	-9.63%	1.90%	6.23%
BUD	46.94	0.17	0.36%	-1.20%	-2.31%	-0.19%	-9.08%	-10.28%	-3.36%	-2.15%
PEP	70.28	0.24	0.34%	-1.29%	-1.18%	3.43%	-6.65%	-7.85%	3.44%	11.96%
KR	25.11	0.10	0.40%	-1.37%	-4.52%	-0.95%	-2.18%	-11.12%	-2.18%	-0.40%
WFMI	35.66	0.03	0.08%	-1.74%	-5.29%	-10.20%	-10.31%	-15.78%	-17.82%	-23.08%
ABV	83.41	-0.10	-0.12%	-2.44%	6.73%	14.94%	15.08%	11.08%	23.35%	74.68%
WAG	36.28	-0.59	-1.60%	-3.02%	0.78%	3.81%	-2.84%	-0.49%	-19.63%	-17.38%
DEO	82.11	-0.18	-0.22%	-3.22%	0.63%	2.92%	-3.47%	-6.48%	-3.57%	8.64%
WMT	49.55	-0.32	-0.64%	-3.65%	-0.30%	-0.02%	5.65%	1.33%	16.73%	4.39%
SBUX	18.14	0.24	1.34%	-4.73%	-0.66%	-2.00%	-6.06%	-19.91%	-33.89%	-38.32%

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35 (healthcare: IYH)

Table 7: Senior healthcare 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
DNA	80.76	0.16	0.20%	5.35%	11.59%	14.10%	19.82%	21.83%	3.59%	-1.10%
NVO	69.16	0.64	0.93%	0.82%	4.02%	10.98%	8.40%	-48.90%	-39.37%	-17.31%
JNJ	63.13	0.49	0.78%	0.14%	-0.16%	0.41%	-4.22%	-7.45%	2.40%	2.10%
MDT	49.90	0.43	0.87%	-0.83%	0.99%	6.15%	0.81%	-2.56%	-6.99%	1.63%
NVS	48.54	0.43	0.89%	-2.76%	-2.24%	0.04%	-11.05%	-14.77%	-8.67%	-11.15%
AMGN	45.25	-0.39	-0.85%	-2.90%	-4.44%	-2.29%	-2.90%	-17.56%	-13.51%	-27.15%
PFE	22.05	-0.19	-0.87%	-3.09%	-1.88%	-3.98%	-3.77%	-8.06%	-10.78%	-10.74%
WLP	71.44	0.73	1.03%	-3.13%	-4.73%	-9.06%	-17.89%	-15.43%	-11.80%	-11.02%
AET	50.06	0.92	1.87%	-3.56%	-3.97%	-4.56%	-11.62%	-12.67%	-0.99%	15.21%
UNH	47.22	0.46	0.98%	-3.97%	-1.83%	-4.41%	-16.68%	-13.64%	-4.20%	-10.84%
BMY	22.19	0.05	0.23%	-4.35%	-3.77%	-5.29%	-15.08%	-24.16%	-23.08%	-15.79%
GSK	42.40	-1.26	-2.89%	-6.75%	-4.31%	-7.04%	-15.49%	-19.59%	-20.23%	-21.44%

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40 (financial: XLF)

Table 8: Senior financial company 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
BBD	32.74	1.15	3.64%	1.52%	14.68%	30.33%	7.59%	-0.52%	33.09%	89.69%
HBC	78.09	1.13	1.47%	-1.05%	6.56%	5.47%	-5.28%	-7.25%	-12.93%	-9.10%
CS	48.68	-0.66	-1.34%	-4.74%	-1.22%	-7.80%	-18.43%	-19.52%	-26.49%	-28.23%
DB	110.64	0.49	0.44%	-4.86%	-0.68%	2.83%	-14.27%	-15.20%	-12.13%	-12.41%
GS	164.97	1.37	0.84%	-8.76%	-6.93%	-13.11%	-20.53%	-24.42%	-7.22%	-13.17%
MER	49.32	-0.51	-1.03%	-9.03%	-4.87%	-9.51%	-6.53%	-14.60%	-33.36%	-38.33%
MS	41.47	0.12	0.29%	-9.61%	-4.78%	-8.98%	-18.61%	-17.24%	-33.71%	-42.11%
UBS	30.83	0.03	0.10%	-11.54%	-8.68%	-19.27%	-32.67%	-37.54%	-41.45%	-45.99%
JPM	38.74	-0.45	-1.14%	-12.76%	-10.22%	-11.73%	-8.13%	-13.72%	-12.29%	-18.51%
C	22.15	0.05	0.23%	-13.88%	-13.10%	-18.11%	-23.41%	-34.25%	-51.85%	-55.03%
IBN	47.29	0.38	0.82%	-15.16%	-18.91%	-18.09%	-23.91%	-21.69%	6.90%	24.95%
LEH	48.06	-0.29	-0.60%	-16.36%	-13.23%	-19.66%	-22.72%	-19.91%	-11.57%	-32.42%

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45 (technology, semiconductor: SMH)

Table 9: Senior technology 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
AAPL	124.49	-0.13	-0.10%	1.24%	0.56%	-3.76%	-36.11%	-32.89%	-8.97%	44.30%
ORCL	18.80	0.36	1.95%	-2.03%	-3.24%	-2.39%	-16.41%	-11.40%	-9.31%	14.84%
SAP	48.13	0.26	0.54%	-2.23%	-0.80%	3.84%	-5.13%	-7.46%	-10.54%	5.78%
CSCO	24.27	-0.02	-0.08%	-2.73%	4.61%	4.34%	-8.55%	-11.68%	-24.67%	-4.60%
INTC	20.20	0.20	1.00%	-2.74%	-0.88%	0.40%	-20.32%	-25.79%	-22.28%	5.76%
ADSK	31.51	1.61	5.38%	-4.49%	-17.93%	-20.93%	-34.68%	-35.33%	-32.73%	-18.86%
CTSH	31.14	0.66	2.17%	-4.97%	-5.75%	8.88%	-3.38%	-2.01%	-12.85%	-27.14%
QCOM	41.50	0.29	0.70%	-5.23%	-4.31%	1.92%	8.10%	2.80%	6.60%	6.03%
ADBE	32.42	-0.65	-1.97%	-8.57%	-7.50%	-4.53%	-22.27%	-26.15%	-25.90%	-15.81%
RIMM	101.73	-2.93	-2.80%	-8.76%	3.90%	15.21%	-10.54%	0.76%	22.18%	127.02%
INFY	38.19	0.76	2.03%	-9.07%	-7.40%	-4.17%	-14.04%	-11.06%	-20.24%	-25.77%
SNDK	22.43	-0.46	-2.02%	-11.07%	-12.02%	-17.18%	-32.39%	-40.90%	-59.84%	-39.61%

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50 (telecom: IYZ)

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International Equity Market USD-denominated ETF Review

Table 13: International equities 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	32.01	0.61	1.93%	-1.61%	3.15%	7.55%	-1.21%	1.26%	6.44%	30.01%
EWZ	86.15	2.33	2.78%	-2.36%	3.48%	16.62%	6.42%	3.30%	39.76%	101.76%
EWU	21.89	0.16	0.74%	-3.23%	-0.27%	1.48%	-8.33%	-14.96%	-12.12%	-1.13%
EWQ	34.14	0.46	1.37%	-3.23%	1.64%	5.93%	-10.02%	-12.60%	-5.11%	4.56%
EWG	30.93	0.37	1.22%	-3.79%	-0.89%	3.90%	-12.60%	-10.00%	-4.32%	17.21%
EWS	12.21	0.17	1.41%	-3.93%	-2.24%	2.52%	-9.49%	-16.94%	-7.99%	10.70%
EWJ	12.30	0.07	0.57%	-4.06%	-0.24%	-0.49%	-7.03%	-13.38%	-10.35%	-13.62%
EWH	18.45	0.24	1.32%	-4.11%	-3.86%	-2.28%	-15.33%	-22.02%	-0.65%	24.49%
EWA	26.60	0.52	1.99%	-5.74%	0.30%	0.53%	-7.57%	-11.89%	-3.62%	16.06%
TRF	60.32	1.06	1.79%	-5.91%	-3.52%	1.11%	-17.92%	-16.34%	-3.24%	-5.07%
IFN	48.26	0.77	1.62%	-7.90%	-8.04%	-5.19%	-22.04%	-25.46%	3.78%	30.22%

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Japanese equity market ETF: EWJ

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

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U.K. equity market ETF

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

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EWU Daily data:

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Canada's equity market

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

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Bonds & Yields Review

Table 10: Yahoo Finance U.S. Treasury Debt, Municipal and Corporate Bond Yields

US Treasury Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
3 Month	1.43	1.58	1.89	2.13
6 Month	1.67	1.70	1.94	2.13
2 Year	1.62	1.66	1.99	2.05
3 Year	1.59	1.62	1.98	2.04
5 Year	2.57	2.54	2.89	2.77
10 Year	3.69	3.61	3.85	3.64
30 Year	4.60	4.50	4.65	4.38

Municipal Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	2.60	2.71	2.67	2.36
2yr AAA	2.42	2.68	2.55	2.37
2yr A	2.73	2.88	2.80	2.49
5yr AAA	2.95	3.38	3.08	2.81
5yr AA	2.98	3.40	3.19	2.71
5yr A	3.36	3.37	3.22	3.09
10yr AAA	3.82	3.90	3.84	3.43
10yr AA	3.68	3.73	3.70	3.61
10yr A	4.30	4.38	3.86	3.66
20yr AAA	4.69	4.82	4.76	4.36
20yr AA	4.85	4.93	4.80	4.50
20yr A	5.02	5.13	4.99	4.68

Corporate Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	3.36	3.43	3.48	3.37
2yr A	3.21	3.22	3.41	3.40
5yr AAA	3.96	3.82	4.18	4.12
5yr AA	4.17	4.03	4.24	4.21
5yr A	4.47	4.39	4.67	4.28
10yr AAA	5.35	5.24	5.31	5.03
10yr AA	5.53	5.52	5.46	5.22
10yr A	5.97	5.91	5.95	5.38
20yr AAA	6.54	6.49	5.82	5.46
20yr AA	6.64	6.44	6.44	5.77
20yr A	6.41	6.36	6.40	6.05

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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
TIP	109.69	-0.07	-0.06%	1.55%	2.28%	0.66%	2.86%	4.16%	8.36%	8.66%
IEF	89.50	-0.41	-0.46%	0.83%	1.35%	-0.63%	2.13%	2.43%	6.99%	7.06%
TLT	91.61	-1.12	-1.21%	0.33%	0.08%	-3.54%	-2.93%	-2.14%	2.62%	1.46%
SHY	83.96	-0.05	-0.06%	0.31%	0.59%	0.41%	1.97%	1.86%	3.63%	4.52%
AGG	101.44	-0.65	-0.64%	-0.48%	0.14%	-1.75%	-0.21%	-0.11%	1.85%	0.85%
EQR	38.74	-0.07	-0.18%	-3.25%	-2.86%	6.11%	6.34%	2.60%	-3.87%	-17.04%
AVB	93.67	0.69	0.74%	-4.40%	-2.00%	2.16%	2.54%	-6.40%	-17.32%	-25.34%
DRE	22.55	-0.10	-0.44%	-6.43%	-3.71%	-2.08%	-11.98%	-16.42%	-31.60%	-46.88%
NLY	19.28	-0.45	-2.28%	-7.17%	-4.74%	-5.68%	6.52%	11.90%	35.11%	40.32%
FNM	24.27	-1.68	-6.46%	-10.99%	-18.63%	-26.95%	-35.20%	-32.82%	-61.34%	-54.30%
FRE	21.64	-0.93	-4.12%	-13.75%	-24.73%	-28.53%	-33.90%	-37.58%	-64.02%	-64.73%
CFC	5.700	-0.230	-3.88%	-18.34%	-18.10%	-13.64%	-36.67%	-45.30%	-69.70%	-83.81%

Consumer Finance -USA -- Interactive Daily Data Charts

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Commodities Review

$CRB Index

Open Futures Contracts

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Oil Review

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Gold & Precious Metals Review

Spot gold chart for the week

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Spot silver chart for the week

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Interactive chart of the Silver Bullion index.

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Spot platinum chart for the past three days

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Interactive chart of the Platinum metal index.

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Spot palladium chart for the week

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Interactive chart of the Palladium metal index.

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Interactive Chart of Weekly Copper EOD Continuous Contract Index:

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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
KGC	26.43	1.47	5.89%	7.35%	11.85%	26.28%	31.17%	48.82%	113.66%	112.80%
EGO	6.729	0.129	1.95%	6.80%	12.14%	11.77%	8.53%	18.46%	29.40%	22.56%
AUY	19.35	0.85	4.59%	6.26%	16.85%	32.53%	39.51%	51.41%	65.95%	50.47%
AEM	73.05	3.41	4.90%	5.70%	9.41%	25.06%	29.25%	53.95%	65.42%	104.91%
GFI	15.09	0.36	2.44%	5.38%	5.08%	11.53%	-2.01%	-10.34%	-2.08%	-10.13%
AU	37.23	0.80	2.20%	4.93%	4.81%	-3.90%	-18.82%	-21.95%	-6.53%	-10.78%
LIHR	39.31	1.85	4.94%	3.86%	11.01%	30.95%	18.51%	19.09%	52.78%	67.49%
BVN	77.10	1.78	2.36%	3.45%	5.62%	22.09%	26.64%	42.17%	99.84%	195.63%
HMY	13.32	0.34	2.62%	3.02%	12.50%	39.92%	23.91%	26.38%	42.77%	1.99%
ABX	52.81	1.63	3.18%	2.64%	5.05%	10.64%	14.75%	33.26%	58.11%	89.49%
GG	44.35	1.64	3.84%	2.19%	13.40%	28.18%	21.04%	37.69%	84.95%	80.65%
NEM	51.33	1.13	2.25%	-0.12%	0.35%	3.74%	-2.02%	3.86%	21.38%	20.83%

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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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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Wrap-up