Marketwatch

An important part of every small business owner's day should be to watch financial and market trends. This will give you important background information when making financial decisions:

Equity Markets
09/30/11
YTD (%) 1 YR(%) 5 YR(%)
Dow Jones Industrial Avg. 10,91338 -5.74 0.77 1.43
NASDAQ Comp 2415.4 -8.95 1.88 1.51
S&P500 1131.42 -10.04 -1.29 -1.03
MSCI EAFE (International) 1373.33 -17.18 -12.41  -8.62
MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) 880.43 --23.53 -18.94  
Interest Rates        
10 YR Treasury Yield 1.92   2.54 4.62
Commodities (Prices)
09/30/11
 
   
Crude Oil -WTI Cushing 79.20   81.58 50.98
Gold- Spot 1623.97
 1319.1 1086.93
Minnesota 8/2011 8/2010   8/2006
Unemployment (%) 7.2 7.1   4.1
Disposable Personal Income per capita   $38,411 (2010)    
California  8/2011  8/2010    8/2006
Unemployment (%) 12.1 12.4   4.9
Disposable Personal Income per capita   $38,674 (2010)