Dow Closes YTD Performance Gap With S&P 500

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: Below we highlight our trading range chart for ten major commodities. In each chart, the green shading represents between two standard deviations above and below the commodity's 50-day moving average. Moves to the top or bottom of this range are considered overbought or oversold.

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: Below is a snapshot of the QTD and YTD stock market performance numbers for nearly 80 countries around the world. So far this quarter, the countries below are collectively averaging a decline of 0.11%. The average for all of 2012 stands at +6.99%.

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: Yesterday we highlighted that the Nasdaq Composite was off to one of its best starts to a year ever, and the best since 1991. So which stocks have been driving the rally? In the tables below, we highlight the best and worst performing stocks in the Nasdaq 100 year to date (YTD).

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: Below is a table highlighting the MTD and YTD performance numbers (in local currencies) for the major equity market indices of 78 countries. The majority of countries have seen their equity markets decline so far in May. The average month-to-date performance of the 78 countries shown currently stands at -1.58%.

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: Below is a chart highlighting the year-to-date performance of ten key commodities. As shown, silver is up the most so far in 2011 with a gain of 26.85%. Corn ranks second with a gain of 20.93%, followed by oil (18.29%) and coffee (11.81%). Gold and platinum are both in positive territory for the year but not by much.

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: The average year-to-date performance of the 81 countries listed below is 6.94%. With a YTD gain of 5.27%, the US is just below average. Only 12 of the countries shown are down so far in 2010.

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: The month of November is now complete, and below we highlight the performance of key ETFs across all asset classes over the last month, QTD and YTD.

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: Below we highlight the performance (YTD and since 4/23) of the major equity indices for 80 countries around the world in local currencies. The list is sorted by performance since April 23rd, when US markets hit their bull market peaks.