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Economics Call
November 30, 2009
• Existing Home Sales were up 10.1%• New Home Sales were up 6.2%
– Up big because home prices falling
• Case-Shiller 3Q were up 3.1% compared to 2Q 2009– Down 9% vs 3Q2008
Home Sales
Home Sales
http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-new-and-existing-home-sales-2009-11
• Consumer Spending up .7%• Personal income up .2% more in the 3Q than in
the 1st month of 4 Q• Consumer confidence increase to 49.5 from 48.7• Corporate Profits 3Q were up 10.6% annualized
basis• Domestic Non Financial up 8.1% annualized
basis
Early Data
Corporate Profits
http://www.bea.gov/briefrm/corpprof.htm
• Monday: Chicago PMI– 56.1 from 54.2
• Tues: ISM manufacturing index fell to 53.6% from 55.7%
• Thurs: Initial Unemployment, Productivity Numbers, ISM Services
• Friday: Non Farm Payroll
This Week:
• S&P Unchanged last week– Ended the week up 7.2% for November
• Lagging performance by small cap stocks– Russell 2000 lagging behind the Large Cap Indexes
• Last 6-8 weeks increasing bias from institutional buyers with Large Cap Stocks
• HP was good for tech sector, up 14%– Dell
Stock Market
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-0.04
-0.02
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Daily Change
Since Beginning of the Month
S&P 500
• Lowry Selling Pressure Index– Made New Lows– Lows Show Healthy Market
Lowry Selling Pressure Index
• Dubai World– Privately Run Government Owned Corporation– Owe 60 billion in Total Debt– 6-Month Moratorium on those Debts– Surprise to General Investors.
• Abu Dhabi and United Arab Emirates – Stand Behind this Debt – Big Oil Exporters.
Global Economy
• The Dollar Rallied Last Week on Geopolitical News
• Still a Safe Haven with Uncertainty in the World.
• Expect Dollar to be Flat Through the End of the Year.
Dollar
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