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BREXIT VOTE BATTERS GLOBAL MARKETS

The world reacted to the news Thursday night that U.K. voters had decided to leave the European Union. Germany’s DAX, France’s CAC-40, and Japan’s Nikkei 225 respectively ended their Friday trading sessions with losses of 6.82%, 8.04%, and 7.92%. Wall Street was not hit as hard, but the Dow fell 3.39% Friday, while the Nasdaq declined 4.12% and the S&P 500 retreated 3.60%.^1,2

A GAIN FOR EXISTING HOME SALES IN MAY

Last month, the pace of residential resales accelerated another 1.8%. According to the National Association of Realtors, the latest annual rate of 5.53 million sales marked a 9-year high. Separately, a Census Bureau report showed a 6.0% drop in new home buying in May.³ 

CONSUMER SENTIMENT GAUGE DECLINES IN JUNE

Displaying a final June reading of 93.5, the University of Michigan’s monthly consumer sentiment index finished the sixth month of the year 1.2 points below its final May mark. A year ago, the index was at 96.1.⁴  

STOCKS END ROCKY TRADING WEEK LOWER

Even with global markets plunging on Friday, weekly losses for the major U.S. indices were not extreme. The Nasdaq declined 1.92% across five days, while the Dow and S&P 500 respectively retreated 1.56% and 1.64%. As the dust settled Friday, the Dow closed the week at 17,399.86; the S&P, at 2,037.30; and the Nasdaq, at 4,707.98. Gold jumped $59.30 Friday to a COMEX close of $1,322.40. Oil settled at $47.64 Friday on the NYMEX.^2,5

THIS WEEK

Global markets will react further to the Brexit on Monday; stateside, no major news releases are scheduled. Tuesday, an E.U. leadership summit begins in Brussels; the Conference Board presents its June consumer confidence index; the April Case-Shiller home price index appears; the BEA issues its final estimate of Q1 GDP; and Nike reports quarterly results. Wednesday, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, European Central Bank president Mario Draghi, and Bank of England governor Mark Carney take part in a panel discussion at an ECB forum in Portugal; Wall Street will also pay attention to May pending home sales, May personal spending figures, and earnings news from General Mills, Monsanto, and Pier 1. Thursday, a new initial claims report complements earnings from ConAgra Foods, Constellation Brands, Darden Restaurants, and Paychex. Friday, investors consider ISM’s June U.S. manufacturing PMI and China’s latest factory PMI reading.

% CHANGE Y-T-D 1-YR CHG 5-YR AVG 10-YR AVG

DJIA -0.14 -3.15 +9.16 +5.83

NASDAQ -5.98 -8.09 +15.49 +12.19

S&P 500 -0.32 -3.38 +12.12 +6.37

REAL YIELD 6/24 RATE 1 YR AGO 5 YRS AGO 10 YRS AGO

10 YR TIPS 0.15% 0.48% 0.64% 2.64%

Sources: wsj.com, bigcharts.com, treasury.gov - 6/24/16^2,6,7,8

Indices are unmanaged, do not incur fees or expenses, and cannot be invested into directly. These returns do not include dividends. 10-year TIPS real yield = projected return at maturity given expected inflation.

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