Friday 12 March 2021

Chop into the weekend

US equity indexes closed rather mixed, SPX +4pts (0.1%) at 3943. Nasdaq comp' -0.6%. Dow +0.9%. The Transports settled +1.0%. The R2K +0.7%

SPX - daily5

VIX - daily3

Summary

US equities opened on a weak note, but all the bears could manage was cooling to the upper end of yesterday's gap to sp'3915. From there, the market slowly recovered into the late afternoon.

Meanwhile...


The sheep/serfs really should deem it Powell Bucks, but then very few of them will have heard of the Federal Reserve. If you told them such a name, they'd think it was Federal, and had Reserves. If only they knew!
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Volatility saw a high of 22.99, but settled -5.6% to 20.69.
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Spring nears


The Magnolias are ready


Another very chilly day

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Goodnight from London
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