Market Weekly: Dec 18 Dec 22 2017

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This weeks U.S. market data includes Housing starts and building permits (November), Existing and new home sales (November), Gross domestic product (3rd quarter – 3rd release)
Conference Board leading index (November), Personal income and spending (November), PCE deflator (November) and Durable goods, capital goods orders and shipments (November – Preliminary)

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Last Weeks recap

Mortgage applications   
w/w purchase -1%
YoY purchase +10%
w/w refinance -3%

M1
+0.5% w/w
+2.1% m/m
+7.4% YoY Real M1

Initial jobless claims
225,000 -11,000 

Railroad transport
Carloads +3.4% YoY
loads ex-coal +4.1% YoY
Intermodal units +4.6% YoY
Total loads +4.0% YoY

Oil prices and usage
Oil +$0.02 to $57.35 w/w, +12.7% YoY
Gas prices -$0.01 to $2.49 w/w, +$0.25 YoY 
Usage 4 week average +1.6% YoY

M2
+0.3% w/w
+0.5% m/m
+2.5% YoY Real M2

0.320 TED spread +0.040 w/w
1.49 LIBOR +0.058 w/w

Shipping transport
Harpex unchanged 477
Baltic Dry -11 to 1668

NYSE ^TRIN
0.74

Week
Dow Jones 1.3%
Nasdaq 1.4%
S&P 500 0.9%
Russell 2000 0.6%     
YTD
Dow Jones 24.7%
Nasdaq 28.9%
S&P 500 19.5%
Russell 2000 12.8%

 

Baltic Dry Index

bdi dec 17 2017

P/Es & Yields on Major U.S. Indexes
pe yields dec 17 2017

 


Earnings report this week – here is a ticker list of notables

MegaCaps: 

LargeCaps: NKE ACN HDB FDX MU CUK CCL GIS PAYX KB RHT SHG CTAS CAG KMX TV DRI

MidCaps: FDS HEI BB NAV BBBY WOR SFIX MLHR

 

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