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Crisis Dashboard: LIBOR, VIX, TED Spread, Dow

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CRISIS DASHBOARD

Figures are calculated according to the latest stock data available at approximately 4:30 pm ET

July 14, 2009

Benchmark
Spread
Change from previous day
1 week ago
1 month ago
1 year ago

LIBOR 1-MONTH
0.29
-0.001
0.30
0.32
2.46

LIBOR 3-MONTH
0.51
+0.004
0.55
0.62
2.79

TED
0.33
+0.004
0.34
0.45
0.99

Exchange
Average
Change from previous day
1 week ago
1 month ago
1 year ago

VIX
25.11
-1.20 (-4.56%)
30.85
30.81

28.48


DOW
8359.49
+27.81 (+0.33%)
8,163.60
8,612.13
11,055.19

T-bond
Current Price/Yield
Price/Yield change

3-Year
100-03+ / 1.46
-0-04+ / .048

5-Year
101-11 / 2.34
-0-12 / .080

10-Year
97-09+ / 3.45

-0-26 / .099




The Dow  was slightly up Tuesday afternoon, rebounding from the morning. A number of factors contributed to the bounce-back:

  •  Producer prices rose 1.8% on the strength of autos and energy sales, while retail sales were up 0.6%.
  • An economic report showed a 1% drop in business inventories.
  • Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NMYSE:GS) a nnounced second-quarter earnings.
  • The U.S. budget deficit topped $1 trillion for the first nine months of the fiscal year.
  • Shares of CIT Group Inc.  (NYSE:CIT) rose upon news that the lender is ramping up its discussions with regulators.

Meanwhile the credit crunch continues to have a strong effect on debt markets two years after the implosion of subprime lending set it off. In spite of LIBOR rates and the Ted Spread both being at lows not seen in years, corporations and consumers are still having a tough time borrowing or refinancing the mountains of debt both groups took on before July 2007.

Treasury yields fell again as investors worry that the recession isn't ending anytime soon and seek safety. The Treasury Department is taking a two-week break on auctions of T-bills, having sold U.S. debt at a blistering pace this year, according to Reuters.
 

Although interbank lending rates are still below where they were even a month ago, there remains a lack of confidence among banks in lending to each other. Additionally, government bailouts have increasingly made LIBOR less useful a measure of the health of credit markets, according to Ze ro Hedge.

The VIX has been continuing to bob between a low of 25 and a high of 32 over the past two weeks. The VIX holding above 40 indicates a bottom hasn't hit yet, as the VIX in the range of 25 to 30 signals a recovering economy. In May 2008 the VIX was below 20, and typically volatility rises in July and August so the dip in VIX is temporary, according to Marketbeat. - Maria Woehr and George White


Troubled Wall Street
Prices at approximately 4:30 pm ET
Name Price at
open
Price
at 4:30 pm
Change Market cap
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 34.53 34.70 -0.01 130442.87
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 148.98 149.66 +0.22 75341.98
Morgan Stanley 27.97 27.88 -0.03 30161.76
Citigroup Inc. 2.90 2.92 +0.14 16097.52
Fannie Mae 0.59 0.60 +0.02 664.67
Freddie Mac 0.63 0.63 +0.02 408.38
Bank of America Corp. 13.21 12.91 -0.08 82662.30
Wells Fargo & Co. 24.72 24.40 -0.40 104038.19
American International Group Inc. 15.65 14.32 -0.25 1927.38
Fifth Third Bancorp 7.16 7.06 -0.10 4073.17
Capital One Financial Corp. 21.90 23.11 +1.25 9148.23
SunTrust Banks Inc. 16.27 15.98 -0.26 5701.73
U.S. Bancorp 17.68 17.42 -0.27 30637.64
Regions Financial Corp. 4.06 4.09 +0.02 2842.67
KeyCorp 5.39 5.20 -0.18 2612.89
PNC Financial Services 37.80 36.70 -1.24 16341.73
BB&T Corp. 21.72 21.65 -0.21 12136.19
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 28.88 28.76 +0.23 33173.21
State Street Corp. 45.97 46.15 -0.38 20064.73
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Comments

From: holymoly,

what is the libor spread?


From: CECT,


Very Nice article, digg it!


From: Matt,

To answer your question on the TED spread, here are a couple articles that explain it:

http://www.liborated.com/libor_news02_04_09b.asp

http://www.liborated.com/libor_news01_31_09.asp


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