REFERENCE: Stocks, Bonds, & Prec. Metals

[unlawflcombatnt]

Last Partial Update 7/18/15
For easy reference, this post contains links to selected Market indexes and prices.

Index/Price categories are in descending order as follows:
1. Precious Metals (Gold, Silver, Platinum, & Palladium).
2. Currency Prices & U.S. Dollar Index
3. Treasury & Bond rates and prices.
4. Mortgage & Loan Rates
5. Stocks (Domestic):
——Dow Jones Industrial,
——S & P 500,
——NASDAQ,
——Russell 2000,
——Investment Banks,
——Homebuilders Index,
——Government Sponsored Entities (GSEs—i.e., Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac),
——Commercial Banks (Bank of America & Citigroup)
6. Stocks (Foreign)

The posts AFTER this one contains additional stock price links (Countrywide, Washington Mutual, Home Depot, etc.)





Quick links to 3-day precious metal prices.
gold
silver
platinum
palladium

(If the above links don't work, try the 4 below.)

24-hour Gold from Kitco.com
24-hour Silver
24-hour Platinum
24-hour Palladium

Below is current chart from Kitco.com showing gold prices in both Euros and US $$.



Link to the above chart:
www.kitconet.com/charts/metals/gold/2a-euro-us-d-Large.gif

Below is a graph of gold prices in both US dollars & the Chinese Yuan. Notice that the price change in Yuans and Dollars is exactly the same. (I'm sure glad China has stopped "pegging" the Yuan to the Dollar. )



The same type of chart is available for different time intervals by changing "d" to "30d", "60d", "6m", "1y", "10y".

http://www.kitconet. com/charts/metals/gold/2a-euro-us-d/30d/6m/etc.-Large.gif

www.kitconet.com/charts/metals/gold/2a-euro-us-30d-Large.gif
www.kitconet.com/charts/metals/gold/2a-euro-us-60d-Large.gif
www.kitconet.com/charts/metals/gold/2a-euro-us-6m-Large.gif
www.kitconet.com/charts/metals/gold/2a-euro-us-1y-Large.gif
www.kitconet.com/charts/metals/gold/2a-euro-us-5y-Large.gif

Also, by substituting for the "euro" in the above links, the price of gold can be shown in
Swiss Francs (substitute "chf"),
British Pounds (substitute "gbp"),
Japanese Yen (substitute "jpy"),
Canadian currency (substitute "cad"),
Chinese Yuan (substitute "cny"),
Mexican Peso (substitute "mxn"),
Australian currency (substitute "aud"), and
South African Rand (substitute "zar").

http://www.kitconet. com/charts/metals/gold/2a-euro-us-d-Large.gif

http://www.kitconet. com/charts/metals/gold/2a-jpy-us-d-Large.gif

http://www.kitconet. com/charts/metals/gold/2a-chf-us-d-Large.gif

http://www.kitconet. com/charts/metals/gold/2a-cad-us-d-Large.gif

http://www.kitconet. com/charts/metals/gold/2a-gbp-us-d-Large.gif

For example, Gold price in British Pounds for 1 day can be found at:
www.kitconet.com/charts/metals/gold/2a-gbp-us-d-Large.gif

Gold (GLD) Index vs Silver (SLV) Index 3-month
Gold (GLD) Index vs Silver (SLV) Index 7-month
Gold (GLD) Index vs Platinum (PLTM) Index 7-month

*
Currency changes can also be measured in gold price changes. The change in gold price in US$ vs. another currency indicates currency revaluation. For example a +2% rise in US$ gold price, with a 0% change in Euro gold price, indicates the dollar lost 2% against the Euro. From the above, the difference between the red US$ price, & the blue Euro price, is the valuation change between the US$ & Euro.

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CURRENCIES:

USD Exchange Rates
USD Exchange Rate

from Yahoo Finance
Combined graph of 4 currencies, showing how many US dollars it takes to buy each foreign currency. An , or +value for a currency indicates the dollar 'd in value.
(For example, a 0.2% in the Euro means the US$ has 'd in value by 0.2% against the Euro -- it takes 0.2% more $$ to buy 1 Euro. )


_{(EUR=Euro, GBP=UK Pound, JPY=Jap. Yen, CNY=China Yuan)}

(Link to above chart — 1 day)

Link to above chart — 1 month time period
Link to above chart — 2 month time period


^{6 month time period}


US Dollar vs. Euro: 1-day
(in number of US$ needed to buy 1 Euro) from Yahoo

US Dollar vs. British Pound: 1-day
(in number of US$ needed to buy 1 Pound) from Yahoo

US Dollar vs. Swiss Franc: 1-day
(in number of US$ needed to buy 1 Pound) from Yahoo

* To get currency changes in %, instead of the actual number, 2 or more currencies must be used

Japanese Yen vs. US Dollar
(in number of Yen needed to buy 1 US$ - time period 1d to 5yr)

Chinese Yuan vs. US Dollar
(in number of US$ it takes to buy 1 Chinese Yuan.)

USD vs. the 6 currencies composing US Dollar Index
(SEK=Swedish Krona, CHF=Swiss Franc, CAD=Canadian)

USD vs Euro/British Pound/Jap.Yen/Canadian Dollar/Chinese Yuan

Indian Rupee & Euro vs. US Dollar

US Dollar vs. Euro
(in number of Euros needed to buy 1 US $)
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From x-rates.com

Currency Calculator

EURO ( € ) (# of $$ to purchase 1 Euro)
www.x-rates.com/d/USD/EUR/hist2008.html
EURO: Monthly Bar Graph 2010


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Chinese Yuan (# of $$ to purchase 1 Yuan)
www.x-rates.com/d/USD/CNY/hist2008.html
YUAN: Monthly Bar Graph 2008
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British Pound ( £ ) (# of $$ to purchase 1 Pound)
www.x-rates.com/d/USD/GBP/hist2007.html
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(The media usually refers to the price of the Yen in the inverse of the way it does prices of other currencies. Whereas British Pounds & Euros are usually referred to in # of US $$ needed to purchase 1 Pound or 1 Euro, the Yen is usually referenced as # of Yen needed to purchase 1 U.S. dollar)

Japanese Yen (# of Yen purchase $1)
www.x-rates.com/d/JPY/USD/hist2008.html
^*Yen measure here is the inverse of all the others (i.e., yen/dollar, instead of dollar/Euro, dollar/Pound, etc.)
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(Regarding the Yen, it is also helpful to see it in the same terms used for the Pound, the Euro, and other currencies.)

Japanese Yen (# of $$ to purchase 1 Yen)
www.x-rates.com/d/USD/JPY/hist2007.html
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Canadian Dollar (# of $$ to purchase 1 Canadian Dollar)
www.x-rates.com/d/USD/CAD/hist2008.html
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Mexican Peso (# of $$ to purchase 1 Peso)
www.x-rates.com/d/USD/MXN/hist2008.html
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US Dollar Index:

Dollar Index 1-day

Dollar Index 3-day

Dollar Index 3-month

Dollar Index 1-year

Dollar Index 2-year

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Treasuries, Bonds, Bills, & Notes:

10-year Treasury Note Graph: 3-month

10-yr Treasuries

10-yr Treasuries: 2-day change

10-year Treasury 5-day change

10-yr Treasuries: 5-day % change

10-yr Treasuries: 1-month % change

10-yr Treasuries: 3-month change

10-yr Treasuries: 6m

10-yr Treasuries: 1y

10-yr Treasuries: 2y

10-yr Treasuries: 5y

(from Reuters):
Treasury/Bond Market Overview

(from AOL Money):
10-year Treasury Note


3-month to 30-year securities & bond yields:

from Yahoo:
U.S. Treasury Bonds/Securities (only)

U.S. Treasury Bonds/Securities vs. Municipal Bonds vs. Corporate Bonds

from BondsOnline:
U.S. Treasuries vs. Municipal Bonds vs. Corporate Bonds

1-month Treasury Yield, current
1-month Treasury Yields, daily historical report, from Fed Reserve

from fxstreet.com
Treasury Yields (since January 2002 & from 2006)—5y/10y/30y

Treasury Yields (since January 1997)—5y/10y/30y

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Mortgage & Loan Rates
from Bankrate.com

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Stock Market Indexes—U.S.

_NEW-11/17/09
Major Sectors of Stock Market (i.e., ^BKX, ^XOI (oil), etc.)


From CNN Money:

The next 4 links are for selected time periods with the following 7 stocks shown on the same chart:
1. Dow Jones Industrial
2. S & P 500
3. NASDAQ
4. Freddie Mac (FRE)
5. Fannie Mae (FNM)
6. Bank of America (BAC)
7. Citigroup (C)

DJI/S & P 500/NASDAQ/Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac/Bank of America/Citigroup—5-day

DJI/S & P 500/NASDAQ/Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac/Bank of America/Citigroup: Year-to-date

DJI/S & P 500/NASDAQ/Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac/Bank of America/Citigroup—3-month
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Dow Jones Industrial Average (from Yahoo Finance)

Dow Jones Industrial Average (from Bloomberg News)

NASDAQ (from Yahoo Finance)

S & P 500 (from Yahoo Finance)

Dow Jones Industrial Average—1 month (from Market Watch)

Russell 2000 (from CNN Money)

DJI/NASDAQ/S&P 500 1-day Comparison (from MSN Money Central)

DJI/NASDAQ/S&P 500 Comparison 1-day & Variable Time Periods (from MSN Money Central)

DJI/NASDAQ/S&P 500 5-day Comparison (from MSN Money Central)

DJI/NASDAQ/S&P 500 10-year Comparison (from MSN Money Central)


(from Yahoo Finance)

DJI/NASDAQ/S&P 500 5-day Comparison

DJI/NASDAQ/S&P/ConsGds(IYK) 5-day Comparison

DJI/NASDAQ/S&P/ConsumerGds(IYK) 3-month Comparison


(from Big Charts)

1-year
Russell 2000: 1-year

Russell 2000: 3-month

Russell 2000: 1-month

Russell 2000: 10-day

Russell 2000: 1-day


(from NYSE)

DJI 30-day

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HOUSING
_{14-year DJI Homebuilders Index}




Below is a graph of the 5-year DJI Homebuilders Index


DJI Homebuilders Index-10 year

Below are links to other time-frame graphs of the DJI Homebuilders Index

1-day price DJI Homebuilders Index
2-day DJI Homebuilders Index
5-day DJI Homebuilders Index
1-month DJI Homebuilders Index
3-month DJI Homebuilders Index
1-year DJI Homebuilders' Stock
2-year DJI Homebuilders Index
5-year DJI Homebuilders Index
15-year DJI Homebuilders Index

3-year DJI Homebuilders Index-Alternate

S & P Homebuilders Index/ SPDR (XHB)

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Dow Jones Consumer Goods Index (IYK)
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Investment Bank Stocks

Bear Stearns
Charles Schwab
Goldman Sachs
Lehman Brothers
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley

Investment Brokerage National-Combined Index (YOh760)

Investment Brokerage- Amex Combined (^XBD)

Investment Banks (5)—Individually—year-to-date

Investment Banks: Year-to-Date (from MSN)

S & P Financials (from Reuters)

S & P Financials (from Yahoo)

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BANKS, Commercial

BKX/KBW Bank Index

Citigroup 1-day

Bank of America 1-day

JP Morgan Chase

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GSEs

from MSN:

Freddie Mac + Fannie Mae

Fannie Mae

Freddie Mac

from Yahoo:

Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac

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New York Commodities Index
_{definition/components}

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Foreign stock Markets

Asian Stock Markets
European Stock Markets

Shanghai=000001.SS
Britain=^FTSE
Germany=^GDAXI
Dow Jones=^DJI
Japan (Nikkei)=^N225

<sub>5-day


1-month


9-month



2-month</sub>
ichart.finance.yahoo.com/z?s=%5EN225&t=2m&q=l&l=on&z=m&c=%5EFTSE,%5EGDAXI,000001.SS,%5EDJI&a=v&p=s

_3-month
ichart.finance.yahoo.com/z?s=%5EN225&t=3m&q=l&l=on&z=m&c=%5EFTSE,%5EGDAXI,000001.SS,%5EDJI&a=v&p=s

_4-month
ichart.finance.yahoo.com/z?s=%5EN225&t=4m&q=l&l=on&z=m&c=%5EFTSE,%5EGDAXI,000001.SS,%5EDJI&a=v&p=s

_6-month
ichart.finance.yahoo.com/z?s=%5EN225&t=6m&q=l&l=on&z=m&c=%5EFTSE,%5EGDAXI,000001.SS,%5EDJI&a=v&p=s

[jeffolie]

www.livecharts.co.uk/MarketCharts/silver.php

Good charts for indexes in real time.

[unlawflcombatnt]

I think the Financial Times has the most informative chart information on individual stocks. If you know the market symbols for a specific stock, you can substitute the symbols for those that follow the "asp?s=us:XYZ". For example, you can replace the CFC for Countrywide with the LOW of Lowes


markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:CFC LOW--->


markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:LOW


Here are a few of them:

Countrywide
Countrywide
markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:CFC

Lowes:

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:LOW
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Click on the Company Name itself, not the "http://markets.ft..." to go directly to the site


Circuit City

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:CC
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Office Depot

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:ODP
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Office Max

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:OMX
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Best Buy

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:BBY
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Home Depot

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:HD
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The Gap

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:GPS
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General Motors

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:GM
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Hewlett Packard

markets.ft.com/Research/Markets/Tearsheets/Summary?s=HPQ:NYQ

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Target

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:TGT
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Sears (Parent of Kmart

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:SHLD
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WalMart

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:WMT
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CVS

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:CVS
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Bank of America

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:BAC
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Walgreens

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:WAG
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Citigroup

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:C
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Washington Mutual

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:WM
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JC Penney

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:JCP
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Staples

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:SPLS
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Starbucks

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:SBUX
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Unilever (Parent of Suave)

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:UN
(Most Suave products are labeled "Made in USA")
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Yahoo

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:YHOO
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Google

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:GOOG
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Halliburton

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:HAL
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Time Warner

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:TWX
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Wachovia

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:WB
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Fannie Mae

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:FNM
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Freddie Mac

markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:FRE

[jeffolie]

Thanks for the links.

[unlawflcombatnt]

Commodity Prices from the International Herald Tribune

*There are frequent problems with this site, and commodity price listings may suddenly become unavailable when viewing them, for no apparent reason.

[unlawflcombatnt]

2-day Charts

from Marketwatch.com

It's often helpful to have a 2-day version of the indexes. Many economic data reports (GDP, Personal Income, Nonfarm Payroll Employment, CPI, etc.) are released at 8:30 AM, which is before markets open. As a result, it is difficult to determine the effect of the data on the markets, as the economic report(s) for the day may have already affected, causing the market to start out low.

Though the effect of a pre-market-opening data reports can be seen from 5-day market charts, a 2-day report is more useful.


DJIA (INDU) + SP500

DJIA (INDU) + Gold/Silver (XAU)

FNM + DJIA (INDU) 2-day

Freddie Mac + Fannie Mae

Dow Jones (INDU) + Gold/Silver (XAU) + 10yrTreas (TNX)


Gold/Silver Index (XAU) vs. 10yr Treasury (TNX) vs.
Investmt Bank/Broker (XBD) vs. Investmt Services (8777)


Gold/Silver Index (XAU - blue dot) vs.
10yr Treasury (TNX - maroon) vs.
Investmt Bank/Broker (XBD - orange) vs.
Oil & Gas (0001 - pink/beige) vs.
Dow Jones Industrial (INDU - light green) vs.
JP Morgan (JPM - lavender) vs.
Bank of America (BAC - dark green)

Below is an example of what these charts look like:










The above chart legend is as follows:
Gold-Silver Index (XAU)
Investment Brokers (XBD)
Oil (0001)
Dow Jones (INDU)
10-year Treasury (TNX)
Fannie Mae (FNM)
Sallie Mae (SLM)

[unlawflcombatnt]

Below are 2 Treasury yield charts from bondsonline, separated by a chart showing the effective Fed funds rate. ( *It may take a few seconds for all 3 graphics to load completely.)

3-month Treasury yield, from 1/16/2008 to 1/10/2010

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The link to the above chart is:
yieldandincome.com/graphing/treasury_maturitySpread.asp?date1=1/16/2008&date2=1/10/2010&maturity1=bc_3month&maturity2=bc_10year.png

The date in the link can be changed to the current date to get the latest date available. (e.g., the "7/3/2008" part of the above link, which is not visible without right-clicking on the above link. For example, "4/15/2008" could be substituted for the "7/3/2008".)


Fed Funds Rate from 1990 to 2010--taken from 4/21/08) (link to most current chart)



from 4/21/08 (not live)



10-year Treasury yield, from 1/16/1990 to 1/10/2010 (live)

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A combined graphic, with both the 3-month and 10-yr Treasuries shown on the same chart, can be found at:

yieldandincome.com/graphing/treasury_maturitySpread.asp?date1=1/16/1990&date2=1/10/2010&maturity1=bc_3month&maturity2=bc_10year


Below is a link to historic Fed Fund rates.

www.economagic.com/em-cgi/charter.exe/fedstl/fedfunds+1990+2008+0+0+0+290+545++0

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10-year AAA Corporate Bond


The Corporate Bond graph above can be found at:
yieldandincome.com/graphing/ValuBond_maturitySpread.asp?type=C&date1=1/10/2008&date2=1/10/2010&maturity1=10A&maturity2=10A

(Dates can be changed for the above graph to cover different time periods.)

[unlawflcombatnt]

Below is a sample of the composite chart from bondsonline showing Treasuries vs. Municipal Bonds vs. Corporate Bonds vs. Certificates of Deposits. The Corporate bond section also shows the spread between the Treasury yield and Corporate Bond yields.




The direct link to the current chart is:
www.bondsonline.com/Todays_Market/Composite_Bond_Yields_table.php

[unlawflcombatnt]

from Yahoo Finance:

Oil, Investment Brokers, 10-year Treas (^XOI, ^XBD, ^TNX)

[unlawflcombatnt]

10-year Corporate Bond Yield vs.
10-year Treasury Bond Yield:

*Disregard the word "spread" on the graphs below. The charts were designed to show 2 variables, instead of just 1. (Hence, they were designed to show the "spread" between the 2 variables.)



*Note: The scale is different between the Treasury & Corporate Bond graphs above

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These charts can also be done for shorter periods of time, by substituting for the month, day, and/or year. For example, here's the link for Corporate bonds for
May 14, 2008 thru June 20, 2008 as shown below.

www.bondsonline.com/Todays_Market/Chart_Center.php?FA=maturitySpread&type=C&maturity1=10A&maturity2=10A&date1=5%2F14%2F2008&date2=6%2F20%2F2008

This is what the above link looks like:

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bondsonline.com/Todays_Market/Chart_Center.php?FA=maturitySpread&type=C&maturity1=10A&maturity2=10A&date1=5%2F14%2F2008&date2=6%2F20%2F2008

This is what the graph of the above link looks like:


10-year Treasury over same period

*Again: Scale is different between Treasury & Corporate Bond graphs above

The ending date can also be moved back in time. For example, the period between April 3, 2008 and April 17, 2008 can be graphed, as per the link below:

www.bondsonline.com/Todays_Market/Chart_Center.php?FA=maturitySpread&type=C&maturity1=10A&maturity2=10A&date1=4%2F3%2F2008&date2=4%2F17%2F2008

Below is what the graph would look like:

[unlawflcombatnt]

Below are 2 comparison graphs between SPDR Gold ETF (GLD),
the Gold-Silver Index (^XAU), and Randgold mining company (GOLD).

The message is that the various indexes for gold do not perfectly track actual gold prices.



These indexes can be found at the following link:

finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=5d&s=%5EXAU&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=GOLD%2CGLD

[unlawflcombatnt]

Here's a graphic overview of today's market action from Market Watch:

LEH = Lehman
INDU = Dow Jones (not shown)
XBD = Investment Banks/Brokers
BKX = Commercial Bank Index



The above chart, including the Dow Jones, can be found at
www.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/intchart.asp?submitted=true&intflavor=advanced&symb=LEH&origurl=%2Ftools%2Fquotes%2Fintchart.asp&time=2&freq=7&startdate=6%2F13%2F2007&enddate=6%2F13%2F2008&hiddenTrue=&comp=BKX%2CXBD&compidx=DJIA%7E1643&compind=aaaaa%7E0&uf=0&ma=0&maval=50&lf=0&lf2=0&lf3=0&type=8&size=2&optstyle=1013

[unlawflcombatnt]

Below is a small-sized chart showing the 1-year changes between 6 major market indexes

BKX=Commercial Bank Index
XBD=Investment Bank Index
XAU=Gold-Silver Index
XOI=Oil Index
DJI=Dow Jones Industrial ( yellow )
FNM=Fannie Mae (yellow-orange)



The above chart is of limited use, due to its small size.
The larger-sized chart, however, is much more useful, and can be found
here

ichart.finance.yahoo.com/z?s=%5EBKX&t=1y&q=l&l=on&z=l&c=%5EXBD,%5EXOI,%5EXAU,FNM,%5EDJI&p=s&a=v&p=s.png

[unlawflcombatnt]

5-day chart of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Investment Bank Index (XBD), and the Commercial Bank Index (BKX)



ichart.finance.yahoo.com/z?s=FRE&t=5d&q=l&l=on&z=s&c=FNM,%5EXBD,%5EBKX&a=v&p=s

The "5d" in the above link for 5 days can be substituted for with 1d, 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m, 5m, & 6m to get a different time frame.

[bizblogged]

Very useful chart, considering the current state of the market, Is it worth to invest in.


BizBlogged - Finance blog,Finance,Economics,Corporate Finance,Personal Finance,Investing,Marketing

[unlawflcombatnt]

Below is a 9-year graphic of the Dow Jones, S&P, Treasury Bond Fund (TRUSX) and gold (GLD)

[unlawflcombatnt]

Below is the NY Commodities Index, which denotes futures for 17 different commodities, each contributing 5.88% to the total index.

The above is only for 1 month. (It's the only graphic I can post).

But it extends out over 2 years maximum. (Go to the site to see the full 2-year trend.)

The commodities index has dropped from 600 at its peak in mid 2008 down to ~360 today. And yet, there's been little overall change in prices. Further more, gold has not fallen over that time, so the declines are even larger in the other areas. Below are the 15 components of the NY Commodities Index.

www.gofutures.com/Continuous-Commodity-Index.pdf

WTI Crude Oil 5.88%
Heating Oil 5.88%
Natural Gas 5.88%
Corn 5.88%
Wheat 5.88%
Soybeans 5.88%
Live Cattle 5.88%
Lean Hogs 5.88%
Sugar 5.88%
Cotton 5.88%
Coffee 5.88%
Cocoa 5.88%
Orange Juice 5.88%
Platinum 5.88%
Copper 5.88%

I still can't see why prices haven't declined on common consumer goods, such as corn, beef, pork, etc.

[unlawflcombatnt]

Member "lookingforwork" and I have been discussing the connection between the Dow Jones falling and value of the dollar increasing. That relationship seems to be holding up. Yesterday the Dow fell and the value (price) of the dollar went up in most most foreign currencies, especially the Euro.

The same relationship has been noticed on many other days as well.

Yesterday the dollar was up early, while the Dow was down over -100 points as of 8:30 AM PDT.)

Has anyone else noticed this same trend? If you were a day trader of a stock or buyer and seller, it might be a way to pick whether to buy or sell on any specific day.


But I can't buy them myself, because I lack the "liquidity" to invest. But I'm certainly not insolvent. It's just that all of my assets are "mis-priced" by the current market. My assets really & truly are worth more than the market will pay. No, really. They are.

I know that my '94 Camaro is really worth $20K, despite the "mis-priced" market price of only $1,000. And I just know that the true price of my wife's '87 Honda Accord is actually $15K, not the $900 the market is willing to pay. In fact, all of my assets (like my baseball equipment and toothbrushes) are badly underpriced.

So I just need for someone to buy my underpriced (toxic?) assets at their true value, to get me spending again. You know — just to "clean up" my balance sheet, so I don't have to sell my mis-priced assets at fire sale prices.

I also need a capital injection. I'll even promise to keep executive salaries at Unlawflcombatnt Enterprises at under $500K per year, because I'm willing to do my part to help end the financial crisis.

I'm just happy to help wherever I can. ;D

[unlawflcombatnt]

Dow Jones Prices (Daily)

The link below is for the 8 days from June 12 closing through June 20, 2009

finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=%5EDJI&a=05&b=12&c=2009&d=05&e=20&f=2009&g=d

Below is the same link color-coded to show how to change the numbers to get different dates.

finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=%5EDJI&a=05&b=12&c=2009&d=05&e=20&f=2009&g=d

The start month is in Red. However, it is in units of the current month's number (6) - 1 = 5 (Thus, June is 5, May is 4, April is 3, etc.

The start date is in Orange.

The end month is in Green. Again, it is in units of the target month's number - 1 (Again, June's number would be 5.)

The end date is in Maroon.


Below is the same time frame link (June 12 -20) for the Treasury bond fund TRUSX:

finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=TRUSX&a=05&b=12&c=2009&d=05&e=20&f=2009&g=d
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Just a link for me to return to when I change computers and continue reading. (This is the only way I can store the link)

buzz.yahoo.com/article/1:y_news:2c6b5b5525dbedd9600082b020c8e2d0/AP-Poll-Taxpayers-more-frugal-with-refunds-AP

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Morgan Stanley Health Insurer's Index

^HMO

^HMO--Components

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This is probably just a repeat of some of the earlier graphs. But today's markets have fallen dramatically for some reason.

As of 10AM PST, the Dow is down -2.2%, Gold & Platinum -4%, and Silver -7%.

US Treasury yields are also down -2.0%, which means the secondary market price for Treasuries has increased by a corresponding amount. Which also means that unlike the Dow and precious metals, money is flowing in to Treasuries.

The dollar is also up by almost +1%.



Link to the above

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Mon., Feb 22, 2010

China's yuan has actually fluctuated some in relation to the dollar over the last week or 2. Below are 2 graphic showing this from ino.com

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Here's a 9-year tracking of the Dow Jones Industrial





Here's a 9-year tracking of the Dow Jones vs. (paper) Gold:




The point here is that the Dow had almost no net gain over the entire decade.

You don't hear too much nowadays from all those people who said that over time, the stock market always rises. The Dow first went over 11,000 in the year 2000.

10 years is an awful long time for there to be 0 net gain.

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There were other long periods of little to no gain in the last 81 years.

1966 to 1982 = 16 years

1929 to 1942 = 13 years

When you add the current 10 years plus the above 29 years your get 39 years of the last 81 years when investing in stocks was for no gain.

It get more complicated by adding in dividends, paying taxes, accounting for stocks that went to zero, mergers, inflation, brokerage fees, changing what stocks were in the indexes.

In the 1960s, after considering these complications and long periods of no gain, I decided that investing in stocks was a tactical, trader's market that should not be a buy and hold approach. I studied 'market timing' but never found a single approach in my entire life that seemed very good.

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<sup>Below is a 9-year tracking of the Dow Jones vs. (paper) Gold:



Below is a 10-yr tracking for solid gold.</sup>


So over the last 10 years, solid gold has increased by over 300% (i.e., it's price is over 400% of it's year 2000 low of ~$280/oz)

The Dow---0% increase.


Silver went up a similar amount as well.

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Health Care Stock Index (^HMO)

finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=%5EHMO+Basic+Chart

COMPONENTS FOR ^HMO

AET Aetna Inc.
AGP AMERIGROUP Corporation
CI CIGNA Corporation
CNC Centene Corporation
CVH Coventry Health Care, Inc.
HNT Health Net Inc.
HUM Humana Inc.
MOH Molina Healthcare Inc
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
WCG Wellcare Health Plans, Inc
WLP WellPoint, Inc.

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The "Global" Dow vs. the US Dow from Marketwatch.

Below is a graphic that shows the Global Dow over 1 month. (Apparently a graphic comparing the Global Dow with the US Dow cannot be displayed on the fourm.)

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Here's link I just found to Commodity Price charts:

link

To find prices of different commodities, go to the box on the top left.

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PBS news dishonestly reported today that the DJI is up for the year.

To the contrary, the Dow is still down -120 points since it's Jan 2, 2014 closing.

Link

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Due to recent move in the Swiss Franc, I'm adding this chart in here.



direct graphic link