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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1975
Page
6
NYSE tickers show Dow Jones Industrial averages with Chrysler CocaCola and Citicorp among leaders, while others like Ampex Corp and Disney display varied price changes. The report lists intraday highs lows and last prices across multiple sectors including Industrials Utilities and Tech while noting overall market activity at 2 p.m. on a trading day.
The first half of 1975 marked the best calendar half-year for the stock market in 42 years. The Dow Jones average rose to 878.99, up 262.75 points or 42.6 percent from year end 1974, the largest half-year gain on record and the best since 1933.
London gold at 165.25 down 0.55. IMM Sept gold 169.60 up 0.20. July wheat 2.95 to 2 9/16. July corn 2.7312 down 12. July soybeans 5.00 2 down 6. Aug live cattle 47.20 down 1.50. July live hogs 53.55 down 1.50. July pork bellies 79.45 down 1.50. July eggs 43.05 down 0.05. potato May 9.05 down 0.34. plywood 127.00 down 2. cotton 46 down 1.25. Sept sugar 13.4 down 0.24.
The American Stock Exchange released noon price figures listing key quotes for trades in progress. Prices reflect current trades and market movements affecting listed securities at midday.
AP News analysis by John Cunniff examines policy options to sustain a slow recovery without reigniting inflation. Economists warn easy money and higher government spending could spur a boom that burns out and triggers another downturn, given political and human factors.
The second in a three part Ameri can Bankers Association series advises diversifying assets into high quality corporations or mutual funds and exploring tax exempt municipal bonds with around six percent yields. It warns against real estate speculative risk and highlights cash-management funds and government securities as liquid options.
The piece notes Mexico allows easy dollar purchases at about 12.50 pesos per dollar with no cap, highlighting a lack of exchange controls and the impact on foreign investment. It cites Jose Lopez Portillo’s debt rise to nearly 8 billion and Samuel L. Del Villar's critique of subsidies to dollar purchases.
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