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Market Data

Daily What's Hot

Aug 19

Symb	Last	Change	% Chg
M F S GOVT MKT TRUST	6.90	+0.20	2.99%
NUVEEN MD PREM II	12.29	+0.12	0.99%
SPDR LEHM MUNI ETF	22.12	+0.21	0.96%
ALLOY INC	7.45	+0.45	6.43%

Daily What's Not

Aug 19

Symb	Last	Change	% Chg
HILLTOP HLDGS PFD A	17.10	-0.55	3.12%
DB CNGT CAP TR PFD	19.25	-1.06	5.22%
ZIONS CAP TR B	19.80	-1.95	8.97%
SLM CORPORATION	13.00	-2.47	15.97%

Commodities

Symb	Last	Change	Date
Gold	816.8	+11.1	08/19/08
Crude Oil	114.54	+1.65	08/19/08
Platinum	1351.3	-42.6	08/19/08
Silver	13.105	+0.005	08/19/08
Palladium	283.85	-3.05	08/19/08
High Grade Copper	3.4285	+0.1135	08/19/08
Natural Gas	7.976	+0.088	08/19/08