ECONOMICS
Bellwether Cincinnati Metro Index Xavier Bellwether Cincinnati Metro Index is an index comprised of publicly traded companies headquartered in Cincinnati as of. January 3, 2011 = 1000. Since January 3rd, the Bellwether index gained 3.7% to end at 1037. Zoo Entertainment was delisted by NASDAQ in early December for failure to maintain a minimum of $2.5 million in shareholder’s equity, The company rebounded back 37%. The company experienced problems transitioning to an all-digital business model. Chemed Corporation posted a 15% YTD gain amidst concerns of pending litigation against a Texas subsidiary. P&G decreased 5.1%. The company recently announced intentions to lay off approximately 1,600 employees globally, primarily in marketing. This comes as P&G continues transition from traditional advertising into the digital arena. P&G CFO John Moeller indicated reduced EPS expectations reflect unfavorable currency trends and cost inflation.
Bank of Kentucky, First Financial Bancorp and Fifth Third Bancorp post gains of 19.9%, 7.7% and 4% respectively after posting strong Q4 earnings. Bank of Kentucky Q4 profits increased 37%.
Company American Financial Group Inc/OH
Last Price $37.90
AK Steel Holding Corp Ashland Inc Air Transport Services Group Inc General Cable Corp Bank of Kentucky Financial Corp Cincinnati Bell Inc Ceco Environmental Corp Chemed Corp Cheviot Financial Corp
$9.57 $64.13 $6.34 $32.62 $24.15 $3.53 $6.35 $57.28 $8.15
996,879,822 5,045,238,281 408,761,200 1,675,246,094 178,614,868 724,411,621 91,888,290 1,158,892,456 62,674,393
$17.88 $69.46 $8.65 $49.32 $26.00 $3.72 $8.05 $72.25 $11.09
9.4% 12.7% 35.2% 28.3% 19.9% 22.1% 14.4% 13.8% -5.0%
Cincinnati Financial Corp Cintas Corp Convergys Corp First Financial Bancorp Fifth Third Bancorp Frisch's Restaurants Inc
$33.21 $37.82 $13.39 $17.89 $13.14 $21.01
5,356,700,684 4,842,924,805 1,610,152,832 1,044,110,474 12,168,668,945 105,645,355
$34.33 $38.22 $15.00 $18.25 $15.75 $24.39
8.5% 7.2% 4.9% 7.7% 4.0% 10.3%
HealthWarehouse.com Inc Hillenbrand Inc Hill-Rom Holdings Inc Kroger Co/The Multi-Color Corp LCA-Vision Inc LCNB Corp LSI Industries Inc Macy's Inc NB&T Financial Group Inc Omnicare Inc
$6.05 $23.90 $33.91 $23.83 $22.88 $5.11 $12.70 $7.23 $33.99 $20.90 $33.11
$6.90 $24.20 $48.80 $25.85 $28.00 $7.79 $14.22 $8.91 $35.92 $24.00 $35.87
4.2% 5.1% 1.0% -1.0% -12.7% 81.4% -1.9% 18.8% 9.5% 4.6% -5.1%
Procter & Gamble Co/The
$63.21
$67.72
-5.1%
EW Scripps Co Streamline Health Solutions Inc
$8.75 $1.65
61,103,153 1,465,639,038 2,106,663,574 13,777,214,844 362,164,154 99,148,514 85,064,369 171,366,501 14,790,371,094 70,484,756 3,737,817,383 174,408,562,50 0 503,817,139 17,297,773
$10.20 $2.19
9.7% 0.1%
United Community Bancorp
$5.91
44,767,796
$8.13
3.3%
Meridian Bioscience Inc
$17.75
740,624,451
$27.37
-4.7%
$0.60
34,757,481
$1.75
-24.8%
$0.67
8,024,438
$5.52
37.0%
Valley Forge Composite Technologies Inc Zoo Entertainment Inc
LCA-Vision Inc. shares increased 81.4% in January after announced 30% increase in Q4 earnings. Lawrenceburg KY company General Cable posted gains after disappointing Q2 and Q3 earnings.
The Xavier Bellwether
Market Cap 52 Week High % Change YTD 3,697,366,455 $38.00 1.5%
Raw BETA
1.041
ALPHA(Intercept)
-0.011
R^2(Correlation^2)
0.915
R(Correlation)
0.957
Std Dev of Error
0.448
Std Error of ALPHA
0.027
Std Error of BETA
0.019
t-Test
53.994
Significance
0
Last T-Value
-0.049
Last P-Value
0.481
Number of Points
273
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