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

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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