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| 5/10/2013Market Performance |
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S&P National Bond Index
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3.00% |
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S&P California Bond Index
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2.96% |
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S&P New York Bond Index
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3.13% |
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S&P National 0-5 Year Municipal Bond Index
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0.70% |
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400.09 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
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848.03 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (CAD)
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636.26 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR)
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1,701.05 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR) (CAD)
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1,276.26 |
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S&P REIT Index
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174.07 |
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S&P REIT Index (TR)
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425.30 |
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S&P MLP Index
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2,469.58 |
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S&P MLP Index (TR)
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5,428.50 |
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Demand for U.S. Long-Term Financial Assets Increased in July |
Bloomberg - Sept. 16, 2010 - By Vincent Del Giudice
Global demand for U.S. stocks, bonds and other long-term financial assets was stronger than forecast in July as investors abroad bought the most equities since February, Treasury Department statistics showed.
Net buying of equities, notes and bonds totaled $61.2 billion in July compared with net buying of $44.4 billion the previous month, according to data released today in Washington. Including short-term securities such as stock swaps, foreigners purchased a net $63.7 billion compared with net selling of $5.2 billion the previous month.
Financial market turmoil in Europe earlier in the year, as well as the recovery from the worst recession since the Great Depression, increased the flow of foreign investments into the U.S. in the first seven months of the year.
“There is recognition that there are good values in U.S. equities,” Gary Thayer, chief macro strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC in St. Louis, said. “We still have a lot of problems in the U.S. but the U.S. dollar is still considered a safe-harbor currency.”
Before today’s report was issued, economists in a Bloomberg News survey projected long-term U.S. financial assets would show a net increase of $47.5 billion in July. Six economists participated in the survey and their estimates ranged from net buying of $30 billion to $55 billion.
The Treasury’s reporting on long-term securities captures international purchases of government notes and bonds, stocks, corporate debt and securities issued by U.S. agencies such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which buy home mortgages.
China Biggest
China remained the biggest foreign investor in U.S. Treasuries, after its holdings rose by $3 billion to $846.7 billion in July, according to the Treasury’s statistics.
U.S. Treasuries returned 0.7 percent in July, according to an index compiled by Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch unit. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index jumped 6.9 percent that month, while the Dollar Index, a gauge of the U.S. currency’s strength against six other major currencies, dropped 5.2 percent.
The report today showed Japan, the second-largest foreign holder of Treasuries, increased its holdings by $17.4 billion to $821 billion in July, the most it has owned.
Purchases of U.S. Treasuries by foreigners were a net $30 billion in July, down from $33.3 billion in June.
For the complete article visit Bloomberg
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