From Jill Mislinski: The S&P 500 opened Friday well above Thursday’s close and climbed throughout the day, closing with a daily gain of 0.89% and a weekly gain of 0.26%.
Year-to-date, the index is up 15.59% and is at another all-time high.
The U.S. Treasury puts the closing yield on the 10-year note at 2.34%.
Here is a daily chart of the S&P 500. Today’s selling puts the volume at its 50-day moving average.
Here’s a monthly snapshot of the index going back to December 2008.
A Perspective on Drawdowns
Here’s a snapshot of record highs and selloffs since the 2009 trough.
Here is a more conventional log-scale chart with drawdowns highlighted.
Here is a linear scale version of the same chart with the 50- and 200-day moving averages.
A Perspective on Volatility
For a sense of the correlation between the closing price and intraday volatility, the chart below overlays the S&P 500 since 2007 with the intraday price range. We’ve also included a 20-day moving average to help identify trends in volatility.
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) closed at $258.45 on Friday, up $0.86 (+0.33%). Year-to-date, SPY has gained 16.69%.
SPY currently has an ETF Daily News SMART Grade of A (Strong Buy), and is ranked #1 of 126 ETFs in the Large Cap Blend ETFs category.
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