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| 5/24/2013Market Performance |
| Municipal Bonds |
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S&P National Bond Index
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3.04% |
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S&P California Bond Index
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2.99% |
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S&P New York Bond Index
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3.18% |
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S&P National 0-5 Year Municipal Bond Index
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0.72% |
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| S&P/BGCantor US Treasury Bond |
398.92 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
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844.35 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (CAD)
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646.46 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR)
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1,696.77 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR) (CAD)
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1,299.09 |
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S&P REIT Index
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168.86 |
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S&P REIT Index (TR)
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413.00 |
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S&P MLP Index
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2,479.15 |
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S&P MLP Index (TR)
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5,452.10 |
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S&P 500 Cheapest to Bonds on Zero Fed Rates |
Bloomberg - Feb. 21, 2012 - By Whitney Kisling and Katia Porzecansk
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is approaching the cheapest level ever compared with bonds as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s zero-percent interest rates drive investors and companies from cash.
Profits that doubled since 2009 pushed the index’s so- called earnings yield to 7.1 percent, close to the highest on record when compared with the 10-year Treasury rate, according to data compiled by Bloomberg since 1962. American companies have boosted capital spending 35 percent over six quarters, the most since 2006.
“Conditions are almost ideal for equity investors relative to all other investments,” Keith Wirtz, who oversees $14.6 billion as chief investment officer for Fifth Third Asset Management in Cincinnati, said in a Feb. 14 telephone interview. “The Fed’s keeping rates low for the foreseeable future to try to stimulate the environment for employee hiring and business activity. What does that mean for capital markets? Savers are not being rewarded.”
The U.S. government and the Fed lent, spent or guaranteed as much as $12.8 trillion to end the worst recession since the 1930s. That and Bernanke’s three-year effort to drive down interest rates are paying off with rising consumer confidence and expanding factory output. The S&P 500 is off to its best annual start since 1997 as riskier assets lure money from savings accounts offering some of the lowest yields on record.
Bailed Out
Individuals are responding with indifference amid the slowest economic recovery in at least six decades. New York Stock Exchange volume fell to the lowest level in 13 years last month. While unemployment slipped to 8.3 percent in January from 9 percent in September, joblessness remains more than two percentage points above its average level since 1990, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Existing home sales reached an annual rate of 4.6 million in December, 23 percent below the average between 1999 and 2006.
The S&P 500 climbed 1.4 percent to 1,361.23 last week, within three points of a three-year high. Reports showed housing starts increased more than forecast and claims for U.S. jobless benefits slipped to a four-year low. Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT), the biggest maker of equipment for semiconductor plants, increased as much as 5.5 percent after saying sales this quarter may be 20 percent above analysts’ estimates.
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