May 20, 2011
The S&P 500 closed the day down 0.77% and the week down 0.34%. The index is 97.1% above the March 9 2009 closing low but 14.8% below the nominal all-time high of October 2007. Here are two charts of the index — with and without th…
May 20, 2011
The S&P 500 closed the day down 0.77% and the week down 0.34%. The index is 97.1% above the March 9 2009 closing low but 14.8% below the nominal all-time high of October 2007. Here are two charts of the index — with and without th…
May 19, 2011
The S&P 500 closed the day up 0.22%, trimming the month-to-date decline to 1.47%. The index is 98.6% above the March 9 2009 closing low but 14.2% below the nominal all-time high of October 2007. Here are two charts of the index — …
May 18, 2011 New Update
Here is the latest look at the “Sweet Sixteen” Dow recoveries adjusted for inflation/deflation I’ve been illustrating over the past year. The charts below compare the current Dow recovery since the March 2009 low with fifte…
May 18, 2011
The S&P 500 closed the day up 0.88%, trimming the month-to-date decline to 1.68%. The index is 98.2% above the March 9 2009 closing low but 14.3% below the nominal all-time high of October 2007. Here are two charts of the index — …
May 16, 2011
The S&P 500 closed the day down 0.62%. Of the eleven market days so far in May, there have been seven closing losses for a month-to-date decline of 2.5%. The index is 96.5% above the March 9 2009 closing low but 15.1% below the nominal …
May 13, 2011
The S&P 500 closed the day down 0.81% but the week down only 0.18%. The index is 97.7% above the March 9 2009 closing low but 14.5% below the nominal all-time high of October 2007. Here are two charts of the index — with and witho…
May 11, 2011
The S&P 500 closed the day down 1.11% but remains fractionally positive for the week (up 0.14%). The index is 98.4% above the March 9 2009 closing low but 14.3% below the nominal all-time high of October 2007. Here are two charts of the…
May 10, 2011 new update
During the Great Financial Crisis, I updated this chart overlay on a daily basis. I retired it over a year ago, but I continue to post occasional updates on request. So here it is again, for a financial professional in Mou…
May 10, 2011
The S&P 500 closed the day up 0.81% on a bit better volume than yesterday, but still about 20% below the 50-day volume moving average (Monday’s volume was 36% below the 50-MA). The index is 100.6% above the March 9 2009 closing low but …
May 9, 2011
The S&P 500 closed the day up 0.45% on (if my Stockcharts.com data is correct) the lowest volume of the year. The index is 99.0% above the March 9 2009 closing low but 14.0% below the nominal all-time high of October 2007. Here are two c…