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S&P 500 Snapshot: Seesaw Week Ends Higher

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08/26/2024 | 275 VIEWS
The S&P 500 ended a choppy week on Wall Street higher, finishing up 1.5% from last Friday. The index is currently 0.58% off its record high from July 16th, 2024 and is now up 18.80% year to date.The table below summarizes the number of record highs reached each year dating back to 2008.Here is a snapshot of the index over the past 5 days:Here is a snapshot of the index from the past six months with a 50-day moving average:The U.S. Treasury put the closing yield on the 10-year note, as of August 23rd, at 3.81% which is above its record low (0.52% on 8/4/2020). The 2-year note is at 3.90%. ETFs associated with Treasuries include: iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-), iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF B), and iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT B-). See our latest Treasury Snapshot here.S&P 500: A Perspective on DrawdownsOn October 9, 2007 the S&P 500 reached a then all-time high, closing the day at 1565.15. Then on March 9, 2009, the index dropped ~57% off of its high from exactly 17 months before, closing the day at 676.53. This time period became known as the Global Financial Crisis. It took over 5 years before the index reached a new then all-time high on March 28, 2013, where it closed out at 1569.19. The chart below is a snapshot of record highs and selloffs since the 2007 peak reached on October 9, 2007.What happens if we take out the Global Financial Crisis? Here’s a snapshot the same chart above where the start date has been changed to the trough reached on March 9, 2009. Note the recent selloffs in 2022.Here’s a table with the number of days of a 1% or greater change in either direction and the number of days of corrections (down 10% or more from the record high) going back to 2013.Here is a linear chart of the index since October 9, 2007:Here is a linearly scaled version of the same chart with the 50- and 200-day moving averages. As of November 3rd, the index has been above both its 200-day moving average. As of August 1st, the index has been below its 50-day moving average.S&P 500: A Perspective on VolatilityFor 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. I’ve also included a 20-day moving average to identify trends in volatility. On August 1st, the index experienced its largest intraday price volatility (2.88%) since December 2022.S&P 500 versus S&P Equal WeightThe S&P 500 is market cap-weighted index which includes roughly the 500 largest U.S. stocks spanning 11 sectors. The S&P 500 Equal Weight Index includes the same constituents as the S&P 500 but each company is equally weighted at a fixed weight. So how do these two indexes match up against each other this year? The S&P 500 is currently up 18.80% year to date while the S&P Equal Weight is up 10.26% year to date, its highest level for the year.ETFs associated with the S&P 500 include: iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV A), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY A), Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO A), SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (SPLG A), and Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF (RSP A-). Originally published on Advisor Perspectives. For more news, information, and analysis, visit the Innovative ETFs Channel.

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