USA
US economy
- No decision from the Federal Open Market Committee’s 19-20 Jun 2012 meeting on how to fix the US economy. There was limited support for QE3 in the Jun 2012 minutes, because it will have only a limited effect, because the problems in USA are not solvable by monetary policy. QE3 ain’t gonna happen today – it will take more bad news on employment for the Federal reserve to fire its last silver bullet.
- The trade deficit for May 2012 was down 3.8% to $48.7bn from $50.5bn in Apr 2012. The May result was in line with expectations.
Commodities
- Gold Futures (Aug): $1,576/oz, down $4.10 from $1,580/oz
- Oil Futures (WTI LSC Aug – NY trading): $85.81/barrel, up $1.90 (2.3%) from $83.91/barrel
Treasury yields
Fitch Ratings has re-affirmed its AAA rating on USA government debt.
- 30-year: 2.62%, up 2 points from 2.60%
- 10-year: 1.52%, up 2 points from 1.50%
- 5-year: 0.64%, up 2 points from 0.62%
Share market indices
A fifth straight day of losses.
- S+P 500: 1,341 -0.00%
- DJIA: 12,605 -0.38%
- NASDAQ: 2,888 -0.49%
Tech stock price movements
- Groupon [NASDAQ:GRPN]: down 6.50% to $7.77 (Post IPO low)
- Yelp [NYSE:YELP]: down 5.61% to $21.36
- Jive [NASDAQ:JIVE]: down 2.20% to $18.92
- Advanced Micro Devices [NYSE:AMD]: down 2.00% to $4.89
PORTFOLIO
Portfolio index
We underperformed the market again today.
- Portfolio Index (USD): 1.058 -0.68%
- AUD 1.00 = USD 1.0308 +0.68%
- Portfolio Index (AUD): 1.026 -1.35%
NASDAQ
- Apple [AAPL] $604.43 -0.62%
- Amazon [AMZN] $218.37 -0.51%
- Google [GOOG] $571.19 -1.81%
NYSE
- Linkedin [LNKD] $101.08 +1.56%
- VMware [VMW] $81.78 -0.78%