Another S&P 500 Gain Puts a Record Stock Market High in Easy Range

By: PhilStockWorld

Courtesy of Doug Short: Before the US markets opened, Japan’s Nikkei had snapped a wicked four-day selloff with a 0.94% advance, and the European indexes were in the green. The EURO STOXX 50 would later close with a 0.81% gain. The S&P 500 rallied during the opening hour and traded the rest of the day in a fairly narrow range to its 0.72% final tally. The index is now less than six points from its record high set seven sessions ago.

With Crimea now annexed by Russia, attention will be focused on tomorrow’s FOMC minutes and Yellen’s first press conference as the Chair.

The yield on the 10-year note closed at 2.68%, down 2 bps from Friday’s close. The interim high was 3.04% at the end of 2013.

Here is a 10-minute snapshot of the week so far.

Here is a daily chart of the SPY ETF, where the volume data is probably a better gauge of investor participation in this week’s rally.

The S&P 500 is now up 1.29% for 2014.

Here is a longer perspective, starting with the all-time high prior to the Great Recession.

For a better sense of how these declines figure into a larger historical context, here’s a long-term view of secular bull and bear markets in the S&P Composite since 1871.

- Phil

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Philip R. Davis is a founder of Phil's Stock World (www.philstockworld.com), a stock and options trading site that teaches the art of options trading to newcomers and devises advanced strategies for expert traders. Mr. Davis is a serial entrepreneur, having founded software company Accu-Title, a real estate title insurance software solution, and is also the President of the Delphi Consulting Corp., an M&A consulting firm that helps large and small companies obtain funding and close deals. He was also the founder of Accu-Search, a property data corporation that was sold to DataTrace in 2004 and Personality Plus, a precursor to eHarmony.com. Phil was a former editor of a UMass/Amherst humor magazine and it shows in his writing -- which is filled with colorful commentary along with very specific ideas on stock option purchases (Phil rarely holds actual stocks). Visit: Phil's Stock World (www.philstockworld.com)

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