But after that rough start, the indexes turned stronger with higher closing numbers across the board: the DJIA (+51 +0.40% to 13020), S&P 500 (+11 +0.77% to 1418), and NASDAQ Composite (+19 +0.78% to 2483).

On the economics front, the week ended May 3 ICSC-UBS Chain Store Sales Index fell modestly -0.2%.

The sector leaders were Energy (XLE +2.7%), Technology (XLK +1.2%) and Financials (XLF +1.1%). The laggard was Utilities (XLU), which was flat. Natural Gas ($XNG +3.3%) and Airlines (-2.7%) were the strongest and weakest, obviously affected by the weak USD and stronger energy prices.

After the prior day close, (Cara 100’s) Disney (DIS) and Cisco (CSCO) posted strong quarterly reports. The leading gainers were Cameco (CCJ +5.8%) and Yahoo (YHOO +5.5%). The YHOO move was on a volume of 180 million shares (+337% average daily volume). The losers included a number of international banks: South Korea’s Kookmin (KB -3.4%), Brazil’s Bradesco (BBD -3.2%), India’s ICICI (IBN -1.9%) and UBS of Switzerland (-1.6%).

The US long bond was down ($USB -0.61%) at $115.42. Yields lifted across the board: $TYX 30-year +1.3% to 4.642; $TNX 10-year +1.3% to 3.893; $FVX +0.3% to 3.145; and T-Bills +2.9% to 1.595.

With presumably more Fed pumping, and a non-believable Treasury Secretary telling the world that the credit/banking crisis is almost over, the US Dollar weakened again ($USD -0.26%) to 73.00. The Euro (+0.24% to 1.5530), Yen (+0.08% to 95.43) and Cdn Loonie (+1.17% to 99.79) were stronger, lifting commodity prices and also being lifted by rising commodity prices.

Crude Oil ($WTIC) gained 1.87/bbl to close at 121.84 after hitting a session high of 122.73.

$GOLD gained +3.60/oz to 877.70 yesterday, but is a bit softer this morning.

Asia-Pacific equity markets were soft overnight except for Japan, which was catching up (+0.38% to 14102) after a vacation day. The Aussie All-Ords lost -0.35% to 5758; Shanghai -4.13% to 3579; Hong Kong -2.48% to 25610 and India’s BSE 30 -0.19% to 17339.

In trading at mid-session in Europe, there were gains of +0.7% to +0.9%. The June Dow 30 futures are down a bit to 13016.

June Crude Oil is down -0.31% to 121.46 and the June Euro -0.66% to 1.5397. Slovenia will be joining the Euro in June 2009. Like Austria, the banks in Slovenia are well run.

Spot prices for precious metals are a little weaker due to this morning’s strength in the $USD: gold -0.70% to 870.84; palladium -0.95% to 419; platinum -0.41% to 1932; and silver -0.82% to 16.70. But most of these prices are close to yesterday morning.

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Comments & Outlook

Prices of equities did not back off on account of record oil prices, as I thought would be the case. To compound that, Talking Heads yesterday were discussing the prospects of $200 oil, which I think is irresponsible chatter or paid infomercial – take your pick.

Whatever anybody says that the US economy can grow through further spikes in crude oil prices, I disagree. In effect the tax rebates in the US will just go to paying the higher cost at the fuel pumps for a few months. Who wins by that other than the already booming oil companies?

I think we are all agreed at this point that Fed pumping is what is keeping the equity market afloat in the face of calamity in the Financials and record high fuel costs. But the Fed money is simply more debt, which is supposed to be temporary. Can we trust the Fed statements that these transactions with the commercial and investment banks (loans and dubious asset-backed paper purchases) will one day be reversed. We already have evidence of being misled.

So the bottom line is that many traders are waiting out the present speculation in the equity market. Yes, it’s hard on the psyche when central banks can simply print money and use it to boost the fortunes of the bankers. But, there is no need to act imprudently.

What it does mean is that bankers have made day-trading in vogue. That’s not good because the majority of the public are not equipped to trade against the best brains and computers of the largest banks.

At least this blog is trying to fight back for the People.

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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
PBR	130.29	88.82	66.60	71.44
GGB	42.54	83.31	74.66	78.26	Distribution Zone (for 3 days)
NUE	79.01	81.96	75.59	71.53	Distribution Zone (for 1 days)
SYT	59.98	80.64	60.24	48.59
RIO	40.90	80.48	68.65	69.95
PDA	57.80	78.63	66.69	68.37	Sell alert (trig. 1 days ago [on 2008-05-06 at $57.80, +0.00% chg], after a 2 day DZ)
BHP	86.83	77.21	70.69	69.39
ECA	83.92	76.05	67.93	61.35
TT	46.37	76.04	66.21	52.33
WMT	56.35	75.18	66.42	39.68	Sell alert (trig. 5 days ago [on 2008-04-30 at $57.98, -2.81% chg], after a 7 day DZ)
RIMM	132.10	75.07	72.86	66.58	Sell alert (trig. 1 days ago [on 2008-05-06 at $132.10, +0.00% chg], after a 1 day DZ)
ATVI	27.42	75.03	61.79	58.00
NKE	67.58	74.76	60.40	51.07
CHRW	67.27	74.75	84.75	85.13	Distribution Zone (for 4 days)
BBD	23.65	73.50	69.96	62.68	Sell alert (trig. 1 days ago [on 2008-05-06 at $23.65, +0.00% chg], after a 2 day DZ)
ABB	30.81	72.28	75.78	71.09	Distribution Zone (for 9 days)
EXC	86.06	71.78	67.98	54.91
COST	72.65	70.79	72.36	79.50	Distribution Zone (for 5 days)
STO	37.70	70.35	82.06	74.62	Distribution Zone (for 3 days)
CHL	88.10	68.08	72.29	63.00
CVX	96.87	67.88	79.09	74.22
MICC	120.30	65.72	67.37	79.72
TOT	85.07	65.64	76.96	73.51
NTES	23.67	65.35	77.71	92.15
LLTC	35.98	64.71	83.52	73.72
CHA	71.84	61.97	57.43	72.71
IBKR	32.24	61.44	60.86	77.12
DIS	33.73	60.68	65.67	77.20
WBK	121.92	59.98	64.25	74.39
HBC	87.26	57.49	69.26	71.69
GOOG	586.36	56.68	68.27	70.62
INTC	23.58	56.45	67.82	70.56
DOW	40.91	55.11	66.42	71.56
INFY	45.80	54.41	69.56	75.62
ADBE	40.25	52.89	68.09	76.31
GS	197.61	52.29	62.51	71.41
PTR	156.73	51.72	62.23	79.15
BA	86.15	49.58	67.81	81.25
CTSH	33.75	49.24	65.53	80.33
TM	105.66	42.84	55.73	77.16
OXPS	22.65	40.99	50.45	79.13
BMY	23.18	39.02	58.96	70.46
SNDK	29.74	38.51	65.47	74.01

At least one RSI value <30:

Ticker	Last	RSI-7M	RSI-7W	RSI-7D	Zone
SBUX	16.36	17.68	30.92	41.57	Buy alert (trig. 8 days ago [on 2008-04-25 at $15.86, +3.15% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
UBS	33.77	27.79	45.52	42.10
BC	16.74	28.17	51.10	60.72
GRMN	43.85	28.29	27.94	47.09	Buy alert (trig. 4 days ago [on 2008-05-01 at $43.12, +1.69% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
DELL	19.19	29.12	40.79	54.24
DNA	68.17	37.00	29.61	31.27
KO	58.27	58.31	38.39	25.91

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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
AA	38.00	1.11	3.01%	9.67%	6.44%	2.21%	5.18%	17.25%	-1.48%	6.56%
AXP	50.96	0.54	1.07%	6.14%	15.90%	9.66%	-0.16%	11.10%	-12.99%	-19.61%
GM	22.34	-0.02	-0.09%	5.38%	8.92%	6.48%	-8.48%	-13.11%	-38.22%	-27.66%
MRK	38.84	-0.14	-0.36%	4.58%	0.86%	-5.04%	-32.30%	-15.03%	-30.63%	-25.19%
INTC	23.58	0.33	1.42%	4.24%	7.23%	11.86%	-6.98%	18.37%	-14.22%	7.67%
MSFT	29.70	0.62	2.13%	3.70%	-1.82%	3.30%	-15.67%	4.14%	-18.43%	-2.81%
BAC	39.24	0.27	0.69%	3.65%	6.05%	2.24%	-3.25%	-7.30%	-13.87%	-23.42%
AIG	48.40	1.01	2.13%	2.98%	6.91%	3.53%	-14.03%	-7.10%	-22.00%	-31.69%
DIS	33.73	0.44	1.32%	2.96%	7.80%	8.56%	5.94%	7.08%	-1.03%	-5.91%
T	39.56	-0.29	-0.73%	2.51%	4.63%	1.96%	-3.51%	8.68%	-1.20%	0.20%
JPM	48.20	0.20	0.42%	2.38%	5.59%	7.45%	14.30%	10.25%	9.27%	-8.42%
CVX	96.87	1.25	1.31%	2.25%	3.02%	8.50%	3.65%	24.98%	6.87%	22.16%
UTX	74.68	0.06	0.08%	2.15%	4.54%	4.01%	-0.70%	3.91%	-2.53%	9.82%
CAT	83.23	0.48	0.58%	2.11%	1.49%	7.27%	17.84%	22.43%	11.09%	13.86%
DD	49.65	-0.05	-0.10%	2.01%	-1.02%	0.38%	13.51%	10.97%	2.63%	-3.10%
VZ	38.89	-0.01	-0.03%	1.78%	8.84%	5.82%	-10.00%	5.97%	-11.09%	-4.35%
HPQ	48.64	0.36	0.75%	1.67%	0.98%	5.58%	-2.35%	15.37%	-8.93%	11.08%
MMM	77.76	0.21	0.27%	1.17%	-4.21%	-2.65%	-5.98%	-1.79%	-9.00%	-7.66%
PG	66.65	0.00	0.00%	1.14%	-1.22%	-5.66%	-7.83%	2.05%	-5.42%	6.79%
PFE	20.42	-0.10	-0.49%	0.89%	3.18%	-2.76%	-10.87%	-9.61%	-14.67%	-24.59%
BA	86.15	0.23	0.27%	0.72%	9.66%	14.84%	-0.54%	7.81%	-11.82%	-7.97%
JNJ	67.58	-0.32	-0.47%	0.58%	0.88%	1.90%	2.53%	7.18%	4.60%	4.81%
GE	33.00	-0.18	-0.54%	0.55%	2.07%	-10.69%	-10.23%	-3.51%	-17.87%	-11.17%
MCD	60.49	-0.38	-0.62%	0.48%	3.67%	8.27%	4.11%	12.58%	1.26%	21.17%
IBM	122.82	0.79	0.65%	-0.02%	-0.69%	5.63%	17.32%	18.56%	8.53%	19.29%
HD	29.28	-0.09	-0.31%	-0.27%	2.66%	3.90%	12.14%	5.90%	-2.59%	-24.73%
KO	58.27	-0.11	-0.19%	-0.77%	-2.70%	-3.70%	-4.62%	0.97%	-4.49%	9.51%
C	25.87	0.12	0.47%	-1.71%	2.99%	8.88%	-10.55%	-3.90%	-26.25%	-52.17%
XOM	90.07	0.56	0.63%	-1.87%	-4.58%	0.51%	-3.68%	10.60%	-0.34%	11.82%
WMT	56.35	-0.62	-1.09%	-3.86%	-0.35%	3.49%	20.15%	15.40%	27.23%	16.74%

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	84.84	2.19	2.65%	4.55%	0.33%	8.09%	6.72%	25.67%	9.12%	31.23%
XLB	43.79	0.50	1.16%	3.74%	-0.32%	1.81%	6.03%	12.72%	1.34%	11.14%
IYZ	26.19	0.23	0.89%	3.60%	9.72%	7.91%	-10.22%	3.64%	-16.41%	-20.13%
XLK	24.98	0.28	1.13%	3.10%	5.18%	8.23%	-4.36%	12.12%	-11.61%	-0.12%
XLF	27.46	0.23	0.84%	2.88%	6.93%	4.85%	-3.17%	0.88%	-13.07%	-27.20%
SMH	31.80	0.23	0.73%	2.55%	5.82%	7.94%	1.40%	13.98%	-7.59%	-15.25%
SPY	142.05	1.22	0.87%	2.14%	2.98%	3.81%	-1.99%	6.76%	-6.56%	-5.88%
XLI	38.95	0.26	0.67%	1.88%	3.40%	2.15%	1.14%	6.92%	-4.25%	2.55%
XLY	32.96	0.17	0.52%	1.17%	4.67%	3.45%	2.36%	6.25%	-7.23%	-16.56%
XLU	40.42	-0.01	-0.02%	0.70%	0.57%	2.07%	-3.97%	2.28%	-4.71%	-3.97%
IYH	64.10	-0.20	-0.31%	0.45%	2.20%	-0.47%	-8.56%	-4.13%	-9.64%	-11.37%
XLP	28.19	0.06	0.21%	0.21%	1.15%	0.04%	-0.70%	4.95%	-0.25%	2.88%

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
PBR	130.29	3.75	2.96%	11.56%	2.08%	14.39%	9.66%	22.90%	37.10%	155.37%
SU	120.44	5.45	4.74%	8.89%	1.04%	15.89%	9.22%	31.97%	6.15%	46.22%
RIG	157.85	3.98	2.59%	7.40%	-0.16%	9.73%	8.15%	29.06%	21.76%	74.79%
STO	37.70	0.63	1.70%	6.29%	5.93%	17.01%	20.68%	42.21%	10.56%	29.46%
ECA	83.92	2.97	3.67%	6.12%	-1.20%	7.99%	20.56%	29.09%	13.77%	48.40%
PTR	156.73	0.46	0.29%	5.92%	14.08%	14.43%	-9.74%	11.50%	-31.68%	24.47%
SLB	103.58	2.02	1.99%	4.35%	-2.20%	15.58%	2.98%	38.36%	5.53%	38.83%
CVX	96.87	1.25	1.31%	2.25%	3.02%	8.50%	3.65%	24.98%	6.87%	22.16%
TOT	85.07	0.97	1.15%	1.97%	2.97%	9.46%	2.15%	20.51%	5.43%	12.66%
CEO	183.47	8.22	4.69%	1.96%	2.85%	15.43%	9.59%	28.39%	-3.45%	105.55%
IMO	57.99	2.48	4.47%	1.59%	-3.43%	6.95%	5.59%	15.59%	-1.44%	47.63%
XOM	90.07	0.56	0.63%	-1.87%	-4.58%	0.51%	-3.68%	10.60%	-0.34%	11.82%

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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
GGB	42.54	0.47	1.12%	16.45%	10.67%	14.39%	48.22%	67.88%	35.69%	106.20%
TCK	48.07	2.02	4.39%	12.31%	1.84%	1.24%	32.64%	43.92%	-3.24%	-41.29%
RIO	40.90	0.59	1.46%	11.02%	3.36%	10.15%	25.04%	36.52%	8.34%	-6.79%
AA	38.00	1.11	3.01%	9.67%	6.44%	2.21%	5.18%	17.25%	-1.48%	6.56%
BHP	86.83	1.90	2.24%	9.36%	4.63%	9.91%	23.32%	31.36%	4.01%	68.18%
RTP	512.44	8.84	1.76%	9.16%	1.92%	8.74%	22.10%	25.18%	39.25%	95.49%
TS	55.28	0.41	0.75%	8.20%	0.77%	6.64%	24.53%	44.79%	6.92%	16.33%
MT	94.29	3.39	3.73%	7.98%	6.82%	10.35%	23.42%	40.63%	21.85%	66.97%
PKX	128.25	2.85	2.27%	6.81%	11.10%	0.41%	-12.43%	2.19%	-26.82%	20.72%
NUE	79.01	2.16	2.81%	5.23%	5.87%	10.70%	36.29%	41.14%	33.73%	20.85%
VCP	31.56	0.85	2.77%	4.78%	1.02%	-2.44%	6.26%	10.20%	-3.93%	52.32%
DOW	40.91	0.13	0.32%	2.02%	4.10%	4.90%	5.57%	7.52%	-8.66%	-8.93%

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
AU	38.31	3.50	10.05%	14.22%	4.61%	6.36%	-16.46%	-3.91%	-15.51%	-13.33%
LIHR	30.05	0.08	0.27%	13.83%	0.97%	-5.41%	-9.41%	-1.73%	-24.48%	20.06%
AUY	13.94	0.59	4.42%	11.70%	0.07%	-1.90%	0.50%	-4.26%	-10.01%	-2.72%
AEM	64.39	0.42	0.66%	10.07%	-6.04%	-6.07%	13.92%	7.35%	11.00%	79.56%
EGO	7.120	0.360	5.33%	9.71%	-2.47%	-3.65%	14.84%	17.69%	7.72%	15.21%
KGC	19.85	0.13	0.66%	9.31%	-11.38%	-14.22%	-1.49%	-6.06%	-4.75%	43.11%
HMY	12.03	0.16	1.35%	7.22%	-2.67%	6.74%	11.91%	25.44%	5.71%	-26.29%
NEM	45.97	0.62	1.37%	7.08%	2.96%	-1.27%	-12.25%	-7.82%	-15.65%	9.58%
GG	36.86	0.18	0.49%	6.93%	-8.54%	-6.61%	0.60%	4.45%	-0.59%	47.79%
ABX	39.39	0.48	1.23%	5.04%	-7.77%	-8.44%	-14.41%	-18.72%	-16.16%	29.19%
GFI	13.59	0.43	3.27%	2.03%	-4.63%	-1.24%	-11.75%	-1.59%	-25.00%	-24.37%
BVN	64.83	1.34	2.11%	1.41%	-6.27%	-6.30%	6.49%	2.42%	6.38%	94.28%

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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	162.50	4.51	2.85%	4.24%	1.58%	6.58%	12.53%	44.53%	5.64%	64.56%
TXT	62.02	0.04	0.06%	2.19%	3.44%	7.69%	-7.17%	13.92%	-11.70%	20.12%
UTX	74.68	0.06	0.08%	2.15%	4.54%	4.01%	-0.70%	3.91%	-2.53%	9.82%
CAT	83.23	0.48	0.58%	2.11%	1.49%	7.27%	17.84%	22.43%	11.09%	13.86%
ERJ	41.96	0.30	0.72%	2.04%	-0.40%	-3.78%	-7.02%	-0.47%	-14.26%	-11.38%
ABB	30.81	-0.21	-0.68%	1.85%	9.92%	13.06%	7.58%	27.84%	-3.14%	53.97%
HON	60.80	0.21	0.35%	1.57%	2.37%	6.31%	1.50%	3.63%	-0.31%	8.34%
MMM	77.76	0.21	0.27%	1.17%	-4.21%	-2.65%	-5.98%	-1.79%	-9.00%	-7.66%
BA	86.15	0.23	0.27%	0.72%	9.66%	14.84%	-0.54%	7.81%	-11.82%	-7.97%
GE	33.00	-0.18	-0.54%	0.55%	2.07%	-10.69%	-10.23%	-3.51%	-17.87%	-11.17%
FDX	97.67	2.21	2.32%	0.32%	4.38%	1.69%	13.36%	9.04%	-5.93%	-10.80%
UPS	73.33	0.59	0.81%	0.19%	1.99%	0.03%	6.03%	2.19%	-1.21%	3.15%

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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
GOL	17.01	-0.58	-3.30%	11.76%	15.95%	6.65%	-29.10%	-8.70%	-38.41%	-41.51%
TM	105.66	0.54	0.51%	3.79%	5.07%	9.57%	-0.75%	-1.97%	-5.65%	-12.63%
DIS	33.73	0.44	1.32%	2.96%	7.80%	8.56%	5.94%	7.08%	-1.03%	-5.91%
CCL	40.55	-0.42	-1.03%	2.12%	0.57%	-2.41%	-7.12%	-0.12%	-10.98%	-15.43%
BBBY	33.80	0.25	0.75%	0.72%	7.78%	9.28%	19.18%	16.39%	6.86%	-16.63%
JCP	43.90	0.58	1.34%	0.53%	10.14%	8.66%	5.40%	0.41%	-15.38%	-45.17%
BC	16.74	0.01	0.06%	-0.30%	9.41%	0.00%	-1.06%	-5.69%	-25.10%	-49.33%
WHR	73.78	0.10	0.14%	-0.90%	-8.73%	-17.56%	-7.64%	-18.47%	-4.19%	-33.66%
BDK	67.15	-0.23	-0.34%	-0.93%	-0.67%	-4.41%	-3.98%	-2.24%	-21.06%	-27.30%
EBAY	30.79	-0.07	-0.23%	-0.93%	-0.32%	-3.36%	-5.23%	10.80%	-9.68%	-9.84%
NKE	67.58	0.60	0.90%	-0.95%	-0.66%	1.58%	6.80%	12.58%	5.61%	26.82%
TGT	53.44	0.25	0.47%	-1.22%	1.54%	0.34%	7.94%	4.78%	-9.33%	-9.39%

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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	57.80	-0.85	-1.45%	15.83%	9.62%	15.09%	20.09%	31.07%	1.47%	79.78%
ABV	78.66	-0.49	-0.62%	11.54%	4.67%	1.17%	8.53%	9.02%	-3.60%	28.42%
BUD	52.04	0.63	1.23%	5.32%	9.79%	7.72%	0.79%	10.25%	1.78%	3.05%
WFMI	34.00	-0.19	-0.56%	3.28%	5.59%	1.19%	-14.49%	-14.53%	-30.03%	-24.86%
DEO	82.07	-0.66	-0.80%	2.77%	-0.73%	-3.29%	-3.52%	2.50%	-11.32%	-3.49%
PG	66.65	0.00	0.00%	1.14%	-1.22%	-5.66%	-7.83%	2.05%	-5.42%	6.79%
SBUX	16.36	0.02	0.12%	0.99%	-7.57%	-9.01%	-15.28%	-9.86%	-34.43%	-46.71%
PEP	68.57	0.00	0.00%	0.54%	-0.77%	-3.80%	-8.93%	2.76%	-6.69%	1.71%
WAG	35.39	-0.01	-0.03%	-0.62%	0.34%	-5.93%	-5.22%	2.52%	-8.27%	-21.04%
KO	58.27	-0.11	-0.19%	-0.77%	-2.70%	-3.70%	-4.62%	0.97%	-4.49%	9.51%
KR	27.04	-0.22	-0.81%	-0.77%	9.78%	9.52%	5.34%	6.71%	-2.87%	-8.40%
WMT	56.35	-0.62	-1.09%	-3.86%	-0.35%	3.49%	20.15%	15.40%	27.23%	16.74%

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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
BMY	23.18	-0.07	-0.30%	5.75%	8.72%	6.14%	-11.29%	-2.69%	-20.70%	-22.78%
NVO	69.05	0.44	0.64%	5.45%	2.30%	-5.45%	8.23%	14.42%	-43.72%	-34.23%
WLP	51.83	-0.20	-0.38%	3.95%	11.34%	11.29%	-40.43%	-34.33%	-34.40%	-36.35%
NVS	51.29	0.62	1.22%	2.09%	4.44%	2.56%	-6.01%	4.82%	-3.10%	-12.55%
AMGN	43.00	0.21	0.49%	2.07%	2.14%	3.64%	-7.73%	-7.59%	-25.72%	-32.54%
PFE	20.42	-0.10	-0.49%	0.89%	3.18%	-2.76%	-10.87%	-9.61%	-14.67%	-24.59%
GSK	44.75	-0.14	-0.31%	0.74%	2.33%	3.49%	-10.80%	-2.46%	-12.22%	-22.71%
JNJ	67.58	-0.32	-0.47%	0.58%	0.88%	1.90%	2.53%	7.18%	4.60%	4.81%
DNA	68.17	0.38	0.56%	0.35%	-7.99%	-13.75%	1.14%	-3.33%	-9.48%	-16.27%
AET	43.74	-0.09	-0.21%	-0.59%	8.32%	3.45%	-22.78%	-17.91%	-19.89%	-10.22%
MDT	49.01	-0.03	-0.06%	-1.43%	-0.49%	-2.84%	-0.99%	4.45%	5.06%	-8.72%
UNH	32.80	-0.27	-0.82%	-1.80%	-3.95%	-13.87%	-42.12%	-33.58%	-33.86%	-38.77%

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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	23.65	-0.77	-3.15%	12.62%	8.29%	-23.19%	-22.28%	-5.55%	-29.06%	5.44%
CS	54.56	-0.71	-1.28%	3.16%	3.22%	-3.59%	-8.58%	5.33%	-12.91%	-30.19%
MER	51.35	-0.40	-0.77%	3.07%	10.43%	9.72%	-2.67%	-2.71%	-8.91%	-44.61%
GS	197.61	0.49	0.25%	2.56%	9.93%	10.46%	-4.81%	5.58%	-11.45%	-13.08%
DB	122.19	0.39	0.32%	2.51%	1.44%	2.68%	-5.32%	12.54%	-2.42%	-21.59%
JPM	48.20	0.20	0.42%	2.38%	5.59%	7.45%	14.30%	10.25%	9.27%	-8.42%
HBC	87.26	0.11	0.13%	1.76%	3.45%	3.76%	5.85%	21.13%	-7.47%	-7.41%
IBN	45.34	-0.89	-1.93%	0.47%	3.97%	12.06%	-27.05%	-20.12%	-33.09%	8.31%
MS	49.05	0.33	0.68%	0.18%	3.94%	3.00%	-3.73%	9.12%	-10.02%	-43.34%
LEH	46.31	0.51	1.11%	-0.56%	3.90%	6.05%	-25.53%	-20.40%	-22.00%	-40.09%
C	25.87	0.12	0.47%	-1.71%	2.99%	8.88%	-10.55%	-3.90%	-26.25%	-52.17%
UBS	33.77	-0.54	-1.57%	-2.03%	-4.55%	-3.27%	-26.25%	-10.92%	-30.70%	-46.86%

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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
SNDK	29.74	-0.04	-0.13%	10.19%	9.62%	16.40%	-10.34%	13.90%	-28.09%	-32.64%
AAPL	186.66	1.93	1.04%	6.63%	16.52%	22.13%	-4.20%	53.00%	-2.67%	85.16%
ADBE	40.25	0.10	0.25%	6.59%	11.28%	9.29%	-3.50%	22.86%	-15.49%	-2.61%
CTSH	33.75	0.51	1.53%	5.07%	12.13%	18.34%	4.72%	23.63%	5.47%	-19.55%
RIMM	132.10	-1.08	-0.81%	4.60%	8.88%	9.19%	16.17%	57.07%	0.81%	187.11%
INFY	45.80	1.44	3.25%	4.33%	10.82%	25.14%	3.08%	15.05%	0.77%	-15.03%
INTC	23.58	0.33	1.42%	4.24%	7.23%	11.86%	-6.98%	18.37%	-14.22%	7.67%
CSCO	26.33	0.05	0.19%	3.21%	5.66%	9.89%	-0.79%	14.08%	-22.74%	-5.66%
QCOM	44.55	0.62	1.41%	1.81%	7.22%	5.87%	16.05%	12.36%	7.19%	1.02%
ADSK	39.29	0.94	2.45%	0.95%	15.32%	16.90%	-18.55%	1.47%	-20.96%	-5.78%
ORCL	21.50	-0.05	-0.23%	-1.19%	-1.29%	7.93%	-4.40%	9.25%	-5.83%	12.98%
SAP	50.34	0.03	0.06%	-4.02%	-1.43%	-4.35%	-0.77%	7.56%	-5.96%	5.03%

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50 (telecom: IYZ)

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55 (utilities: XLU)

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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
EWZ	94.40	0.55	0.59%	12.47%	5.82%	11.58%	16.62%	28.70%	11.18%	72.01%
EWC	33.75	0.71	2.15%	5.50%	0.96%	6.53%	4.17%	13.10%	-7.33%	18.96%
EWA	28.84	0.23	0.81%	5.03%	3.52%	4.23%	0.21%	9.79%	-14.34%	3.52%
EWH	20.10	0.13	0.65%	4.25%	6.69%	7.43%	-7.76%	8.24%	-11.49%	17.68%
EWS	14.05	0.10	0.72%	3.69%	2.48%	6.12%	4.15%	19.88%	-7.26%	3.77%
IFN	51.42	-0.55	-1.06%	3.67%	6.68%	12.05%	-16.93%	2.84%	-15.43%	23.46%
EWU	23.36	0.28	1.21%	2.77%	2.50%	3.78%	-2.18%	8.65%	-11.85%	-8.28%
EWG	33.32	0.11	0.33%	2.30%	2.05%	3.00%	-5.85%	10.81%	-6.80%	4.94%
EWQ	37.12	0.35	0.95%	1.95%	2.15%	2.94%	-2.16%	14.67%	-6.03%	-3.83%
EWJ	13.45	0.06	0.45%	1.74%	5.00%	6.07%	1.66%	10.25%	-4.34%	-6.79%
TRF	59.91	0.04	0.07%	1.73%	0.76%	2.24%	-18.48%	0.77%	-17.72%	-14.11%

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

US Treasury Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
3 Month	1.54	1.52	1.41	1.29
6 Month	1.70	1.66	1.68	1.47
2 Year	2.38	2.42	2.35	1.81
3 Year	2.31	2.34	2.29	1.71
5 Year	3.16	3.16	3.11	2.61
10 Year	3.92	3.87	3.82	3.47
30 Year	4.66	4.60	4.55	4.31

Municipal Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	2.39	2.37	2.44	2.56
2yr AAA	2.52	2.34	2.33	2.40
2yr A	2.81	2.72	2.66	3.06
5yr AAA	3.06	2.95	2.93	3.07
5yr AA	3.08	2.99	2.96	3.25
5yr A	3.48	3.47	3.46	3.26
10yr AAA	3.70	3.70	3.72	3.75
10yr AA	3.72	3.93	3.70	3.72
10yr A	3.82	3.74	3.86	4.16
20yr AAA	4.72	4.71	4.46	4.67
20yr AA	4.37	4.41	4.85	4.86
20yr A	4.53	4.59	4.65	4.78

Corporate Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	4.09	4.12	4.13	3.82
2yr A	3.77	3.82	3.87	3.68
5yr AAA	4.51	4.22	4.54	3.75
5yr AA	4.81	4.79	4.99	4.20
5yr A	4.95	4.97	5.14	4.90
10yr AAA	5.70	5.36	5.31	5.67
10yr AA	5.80	5.82	5.76	5.55
10yr A	5.60	5.54	5.53	5.33
20yr AAA	6.15	6.07	6.10	6.41
20yr AA	6.03	5.90	6.03	5.90
20yr A	6.40	6.32	6.35	6.28

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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	30.81	2.52	8.91%	8.68%	13.56%	6.24%	-17.75%	-1.63%	-44.38%	-49.65%
FRE	27.33	1.81	7.09%	6.92%	6.80%	7.34%	-16.52%	-6.18%	-44.66%	-58.78%
DRE	26.34	0.36	1.39%	3.86%	12.61%	11.00%	2.81%	14.32%	-12.87%	-38.43%
NLY	17.25	0.26	1.53%	3.67%	1.35%	5.89%	-4.70%	-15.61%	-0.06%	9.52%
EQR	43.98	0.60	1.38%	3.65%	6.44%	4.44%	20.72%	17.31%	13.64%	-3.53%
AVB	103.98	-0.05	-0.05%	0.43%	3.18%	1.70%	13.83%	13.21%	-5.31%	-12.64%
TIP	106.49	-0.08	-0.08%	-0.11%	-1.34%	-1.82%	-0.14%	-2.16%	2.33%	5.72%
SHY	83.08	0.05	0.06%	-0.14%	-0.29%	-0.71%	0.90%	-0.66%	2.13%	3.71%
AGG	101.64	-0.34	-0.33%	-0.33%	-0.51%	-0.78%	-0.01%	-1.48%	1.31%	1.57%
IEF	88.01	-0.28	-0.32%	-0.99%	-1.64%	-2.62%	0.43%	-2.06%	3.72%	6.06%
TLT	90.95	-0.66	-0.72%	-1.62%	-2.69%	-3.65%	-3.63%	-3.94%	0.43%	2.65%
CFC	5.340	-0.020	-0.37%	-8.72%	-4.81%	-6.64%	-40.67%	-19.21%	-64.45%	-85.95%

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 Mar-08 Crude Oil chart.

Interactive Chart of Daily Crude Oil:

Interactive Chart of Weekly Crude Oil:

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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
AU	38.31	3.50	10.05%	14.22%	4.61%	6.36%	-16.46%	-3.91%	-15.51%	-13.33%
LIHR	30.05	0.08	0.27%	13.83%	0.97%	-5.41%	-9.41%	-1.73%	-24.48%	20.06%
AUY	13.94	0.59	4.42%	11.70%	0.07%	-1.90%	0.50%	-4.26%	-10.01%	-2.72%
AEM	64.39	0.42	0.66%	10.07%	-6.04%	-6.07%	13.92%	7.35%	11.00%	79.56%
EGO	7.120	0.360	5.33%	9.71%	-2.47%	-3.65%	14.84%	17.69%	7.72%	15.21%
KGC	19.85	0.13	0.66%	9.31%	-11.38%	-14.22%	-1.49%	-6.06%	-4.75%	43.11%
HMY	12.03	0.16	1.35%	7.22%	-2.67%	6.74%	11.91%	25.44%	5.71%	-26.29%
NEM	45.97	0.62	1.37%	7.08%	2.96%	-1.27%	-12.25%	-7.82%	-15.65%	9.58%
GG	36.86	0.18	0.49%	6.93%	-8.54%	-6.61%	0.60%	4.45%	-0.59%	47.79%
ABX	39.39	0.48	1.23%	5.04%	-7.77%	-8.44%	-14.41%	-18.72%	-16.16%	29.19%
GFI	13.59	0.43	3.27%	2.03%	-4.63%	-1.24%	-11.75%	-1.59%	-25.00%	-24.37%
BVN	64.83	1.34	2.11%	1.41%	-6.27%	-6.30%	6.49%	2.42%	6.38%	94.28%

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
Interactive Daily data
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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

Interactive Daily 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:

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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:

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

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ADDENDUM

I have always said that creating financial products, packing them with fees, and using the bank's so-called financial advisors or wealth managers is a fatally conflicted system without market checks and balances. The system is broken, and will soon pull down some of the largest banks in the world. They cannot afford the lawsuits and criminal prosecutions that will arise from the sleazy practices.

May 7 (Bloomberg) -- UBS AG, reeling from record losses, said the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether the world's biggest money manager for the wealthy helped clients evade American taxes. One senior bank employee was "briefly detained'' by U.S. authorities as a ``material witness,'' the firm said in an e-mailed statement. The Financial Times reported that the employee was Martin Liechti, the Zurich-based head of UBS's international wealth management business for the Americas. Rohini Pragasam, a UBS spokeswoman in New York, declined to comment on the FT report. Liechti could not immediately be reached for comment.

Battered by $38 billion of writedowns, UBS said yesterday clients pulled a net $12.8 billion from its asset and wealth-management units, the first withdrawal in almost eight years. UBS's U.S. private bank pledges on its Web site to help meet objectives including "tax minimization.'' German prosecutors said in March they're weighing a criminal investigation into whether UBS helped clients evade taxes. "UBS has been hit by a perfect storm,'' said Edwin Merner, who oversees $2 billion at Atlantis Investment Research Corp. in Tokyo. "Clients may run away if they think they'll leak information to tax authorities in Germany and the U.S.''

Department of Justice

UBS fell 1.8 percent to 34.58 francs by 11:40 a.m. in Swiss trading. The bank said yesterday it plans to cut about 5,500 jobs, including as many as 2,600 at its investment-banking unit, which had 18.2 billion francs of first-quarter losses. CEO Marcel Rohner told analysts he expects "tough business conditions'' to continue.
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating UBS's conduct in relation to services provided by Swiss-based client advisers to U.S. clients between 2000 and 2007, the bank said. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is also investigating whether UBS employees in Switzerland who advised U.S. clients failed to register with the agency as required.
UBS is cooperating with the U.S. investigations, it said. The employee who was detained hasn't been charged with any wrongdoing, though will remain in the U.S. "pending discussions with the U.S. authorities regarding resolution of his status as a witness,'' the bank said. The bank said damage to its reputation because of subprime losses led to an 82 percent drop in net new money inflows to its private bank in the first quarter compared with the fourth.

German Probe

Prosecutors in Germany are considering opening a criminal probe into allegations that UBS offered Germans help in hiding funds from local tax authorities, the Mannheim Prosecutors' Office said March 31. The Swiss bank is also among banks investigated by U.S. state officials into how they marketed auction-rate bonds to investors. Auction-rate failures led to surging costs for some borrowers after dealers stopped bidding for bonds investors didn't want.

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