The document provides a weekly global market update and charts to watch, covering developments in financial conditions, fixed income and credit markets, global equities, the global economy, currencies, and commodities. Key points discussed include developed and emerging market year-to-date performance, volatility indexes, bond yields, sector performance, leading economic indicators, currency movements, and commodity price trends.

1. Charts to Watch
Global Market Update
August 11, 2014
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2. Financial Conditions

3. 5
Developed Markets – Year to Date

4. 6
Emerging Markets – Year to Date

5. 7
The VIX Index (S&P 500 Implied Volatility)

6. 8
VIX index – Long Term Perspective

7. 9
Global Financial Stress Index (Higher Level = Higher Stress)

8. 10
S&P 500 – This Week

9. 11
10 Year UST Yields – This Week

10. 12
Gold Price – This Week

11. 13
S&P 500 Sectors – This Week

12. Fixed Income & Credit

13. 15
US Yield Curve (Current vs. 1 Month & 12 Months Ago)

14. 16
UST Curve vs. US Investment Grade Curve

15. 17
U.S. Treasury 2 Year Yield

16. 18
U.S. Treasury 10 Year Yield

17. 19
U.S. Treasury 30 Year Yield

18. 20
Fed’s 5 Year Forward Breakeven (Inflation Expectations)

19. 21
Investment Grade Bond Prices

20. 22
Investment Grade Credit Spread (BBB – 10 Yr. UST Yield)

21. 23
High Yield Bond Prices

22. 24
High Yield Credit Spreads (HY – 10 Yr. UST Yield)

23. 25
Emerging Market Debt (USD Denominated)

24. 26
Emerging Market Bond Spreads

25. Global Equities

26. 28
S&P 500 Earnings – Q2 2014

27. 29
MSCI All Country World Index

28. 30
S&P 500 Index

29. 31
MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australia, Far East) Index

30. 32
MSCI Emerging Markets Index

31. 33
Trend Analysis by Sector (S&P500)

32. 34
Sector Performance by Region (YTD)

33. The Economy

34. 36
Last week’s Economic Calendar

35. 37
Next week’s Economic Calendar

36. 38
U.S. Economic Watch – Leading Economic Indicators

37. 39
U.S. Economic Watch – Leading Economic Indicators

38. 40
U.S. Economic Watch – Housing Market

39. 41
U.S. Economic Watch – Housing Market

40. 42
NFIB Small Business Actual Capital Expenditures

41. 43
Business 6 Month Outlook for CAPEX

42. Currencies & Commodities

43. 45
World Currencies vs. U.S. Dollar (6 Month Spot Returns)

44. 46
World Currencies vs. U.S. Dollar (Spot Forecast: Q4 2014)

45. 47
Euro €

46. 48
Japanese Yen ¥

47. 49
Global Commodity Prices

48. 50
Continuous Commodity Index – 5 Years

49. 51
Gold Prices – 5 Years

50. 52
Crude Oil Prices – 5 Years