August 2023 Market Watch



8/31/2023 1 Mth Ago 1 Year Ago

US Benchmark Bond – 3 Mth

5.46

5.42

2.86

US Benchmark Bond - 6 Mth

5.51

5.48

3.24

US Benchmark Bond - 2 Yr

4.84

4.86

3.44

US Benchmark Bond - 5 Yr

4.23

4.19

3.28

US Benchmark Bond - 10 Yr

4.09

3.95

3.13

US Benchmark Bond - 30 Yr

4.21

4.02

3.25

Gold

1,965.90

2,009.20

1,726.20

Crude Oil

83.63

81.80

89.55

US Dollar Index

103.59

101.63

108.67

Bloomberg Commodity Index

106.03

107.34

121.64

Prime Rate

8.50

8.50

5.50

Federal Funds Rate

5.33

5.33

2.30

Libor Rate 30 Day

5.44

5.43

2.55

Libor Rate 3 Months

5.67

5.63

3.10

30yr Fixed Mortgage

7.18

6.90

5.66

Unemployment Rate

3.80%

3.60%

3.70%

Average Single Family Home

401,600

401,600

401,600

Capacity Utilization

79.30%

78.90%

80.71%



Indices
Date
8/31/2023
1 Mth
% chg
YTD
% chg
1 Year Ago
% chg
DJIA 34,721.9 -2.0% 6.4% 12.6%
S&P 500 4,507.7 -1.6% 18.7% 15.9%
NASDAQ Composite 14,035.0 -2.1% 34.9% 19.8%
Russell
1000 Value
963.7
-2.7%
5.9% 8.6%
Russell
1000 Growth
1,873.6 -0.9% 32.2% 21.9%
Russell
2000
4,721.2 -5.0% 9.0% 4.7%
Bloomberg
Barclays U.S. Govt.
Intrm. TR
92.5 0.1% 1.3% -0.1%
MSCI EM
(Emerging Markets) NR
980.3 -6.2% 4.6% 1.3%
MSCI EAFE NR 2,109.2 -3.8% 10.9% 17.9%


U.S. Equity
Sector
Performance
August YTD
1 Yr
Ret
Consumer Discretionary -1.2% 34.7% 11.3%
Consumer
Staples
-3.6% -0.2% 3.5%
Energy 1.8% 3.3% 15.1%
Financials -2.6% 1.5% 6.4%
Health Care -0.7% -1.2% 8.6%
Industrials -2.0% 11.1% 18.6%
Information Tech -1.3% 44.7% 33.3%
Materials -3.3% 7.8% 12.4%
Communication
Services
-0.4% 45.2% 25.8%
Utilities
-6.2% -9.3% -12.6%
Real Estate
1.25% 5.1% -10.6%
Performance for world indices represents price returns (excluding dividends) for the DJIA, S&P 500, NASDAQ, Russell 2000, MSCI EM, MSCI EAFE, NYSE, SSE, and Nikkei, due to data availability.

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