Saturday, August 18, 2012

As The World Turns







Below you'll find snapshots of how major markets around the world ended the week:






U.S. - Dow Jones Industrial Average +.51%


China - Shanghai Composite Index -2.49%


Japan - Nikkei +3.05


UK - FTSE +.09%


Germany - DAX Composite +1.39%


Spain - Madrid General Index +6.95%

Brazil - Bovespa Stock Index -.33%


Israel - Tel Aviv 25 Index -.69%

Switzerland - Swiss Market Index -.69%

Gold -.25%

Silver -.04%

Crude Oil -2.56%

U.S. Dollar Index -.05%

Euro -.34%



2 comments:

  1. My Grandma Sylvia watched "As the World Turns," only she pronounced it as "As the Woild Toins."

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  2. Very nice charts, Bob.

    Big news -- we will see if it holds -- is the sharp rise in 10 and 30 year Treasury rates over the past month.

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