From Jill Mislinski: The S&P 500 plummeted on open Friday, but began climbing just before noon and continued to rise until closing 0.20% below Thursday. Year-to-date, the index is up 18.02%.
The U.S. Treasury puts the closing yield on the 10-year note at 2.37%.
Here is a daily chart of the S&P 500. Today’s selling puts the volume 23% above 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 $264.46 on Friday, down $0.55 (-0.21%). Year-to-date, SPY has gained 19.40%.
SPY currently has an ETF Daily News SMART Grade of A (Strong Buy), and is ranked #1 of 138 ETFs in the Large Cap Blend ETFs category.
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