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Week
in review:
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The Markets –
Investors adjusted positions to consolidate gains last week ahead of
the holiday weekend. Friday’s 0.49 percent increase in the Dow
couldn’t offset the sluggishness of the previous four days, leading
the Dow to close the week down 0.34 percent to 13,507.28. While the
S&P broke a seven-year record on Monday, it failed to maintain that
momentum the rest of the week, finishing at 1,515.73, a decline of
0.46 percent. The NASDAQ had a similar run, posting a six-year high on
Wednesday only to close the week down 0.05 percent at 2,557.19.
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Homes On Sale, Part I
– The median price of a new home dropped 10.9 percent in April from a
year ago and 11.1 percent from March, marking the biggest 12-month
drop since 1970 and the largest single month drop on record. The price
break fueled sales to an annual rate of 981,000 in April, well ahead
of the 860,000 forecast by economists and an increase of 16.2 percent
from the revised pace of 844,000 in March.
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Homes On Sale, Part II
– Purchases of new homes in the U.S. unexpectedly surged in April by
the most in 14 years as buyers took advantage of the biggest decline
in median prices since 1970. New-home sales rose 16 percent to an
annual rate of 981,000, the highest this year, the Commerce Department
said today in Washington. In a separate report, the department said
that April orders for goods meant to last several years rose 0.6
percent, the third straight monthly increase.
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More Money –
President Bush is expected to sign a bill that includes the first
minimum wage increase since 1997. Included in a supplemental spending
bill for the Iraq war, the provision will increase the federal minimum
wage from $5.15 to $7.25 over the next two years. Twenty-eight states
and the District of Columbia have a minimum wage higher than the
federal level.
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% change in week ending 05/25/07 |
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S&P500 |
(0.46) |
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US Lg Val (Russell 1000 Value) |
(0.55) |
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US Sm (Russell 2000) |
0.76 |
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Intl (EAFE) |
(0.26) |
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Intl Sm (EAFE Small) |
0.40 |
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3-5yr Govt (Bloomberg) |
(0.13) |
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| S&P 500 - Standard & Poor's 500 Index (not
including dividends) - generally considered a U.S. Large Growth
company market index. |
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Russell
1000 Value Index (US Lg Val) - generally considered a U.S.
Large Value company market index. |
Russell 2000 Index (US Sm)- generally considered a U.S.
Small company market index. |
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EAFE - EAFE Index (Intl) (not including dividends) Europe,
Australia, Far East and generally considered a large company
international market index. |
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EAFE Sm - EAFE Small Index (Intl Sm) (not including dividends)
Europe, Australia, Far East and generally considered a small company
international market index. |
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Bloomberg Silicon Valley
Index - market index of high tech companies located in the Silicon
Valley area. |
Global Hedge Fund Index - representative
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comprised of eight strategies:
convertible arbitrage, merger arbitrage, equity hedge, equity market
neutral, relative value arbitrage, event driven, distressed
securities, and macro. The strategies are asset weighted based on
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3-5yr Treas. - Bloomberg U.S. Government Treasuries
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