Market metrics - stock indexes, treasury yields and gold, silver, and WTI oil over the past 3 weeks thru 4/2

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building on Lastlib's every Friday market metrics in Personal Finance and Investing Group

Percent changes Last 7 days and last 3 weeks (since March 13)


(the yield changes are the percentage points differences,
e.g. for the 2-Y Treasury, it went from 3.93% to 3.85% over the past week. a change of -0.08%)

Treasury notes' yields up means the notes' values are down
as likely people's bond portfolios

Last week was a good week except for the oil price rise

Last 3 weeks was a bad 3 weeks: equity indexes down and Treasury yields up (which means the notes' values went down and likely most people's bond portfolios)

After I file my taxes, I will look at some formatting changes, to represent a positive percent change as e.g. +3.12% rather than just 3.12%.

I wish the minus sign showed up a little more strongly. Or I may make negative numbers in parenthesis and red.

Eventually I'll incorporate the dollar index but I can't do it all right now.

All time closing highs --

S&P 500: 6978.6 on January 27
DOW: 50,188 on February 10
NASDAQ: 23,857 on January 28

For a 6- to 9-month perspective, depending on which graph, I like pasting these in because the automatically update. I wish I had one for the S&P 500, but I don't, oh well.

Dow, Oil, and Dollar (last several months) - they update a few hours (like about 6 hours) after the close

The attacks on Iran began on February 28.

Dow 30,
3/28 3:04 PM ET - I don't know why the big one is still March 26, so I added the little version which is through March 27
https://kshitij.com/graph-gallery/equities/dowjones-candles-Daily

?0.5749081749552942

Crude Oil


US Dollar Index (DX-Y.NYB)


The graphs above update automatically. So they are up-to-date a few hours after each close.

There should be 3 graphs above. If you see little image squares and no graphs, right click on each such image square and choose Load Image.

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Many of course focus on precious metals, commodities, MAG7, crypto .......... so don't take my guru's opinions for anything other than awareness of someone's perspective ......

I've been following this guy since 2012 when he had a website called In the Money Stocks. He's a sound technician

And I like this economist, though he's skeptical of all US parties at various points, but this one is worth the listen just for his idea there will be in regime change .... in the US!

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2. I have from 3/6 to 3/13 and from 3/13 to 3/20 side-by-side

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1121&pid=6817

I will produce a version similar to the OP above when I get done with the Friday update of the S&P 500 thing

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3. Kicked for 3/27 update, extra info /nt

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4. Kicked for Friday 4/3 update /nt