S&P 500 Snapshot: Index Up 10.57% YTD

The S&P opened near its daily high and dropped 24 bps before bouncing back a bit hours before close. The index saw a fractional daily loss of 0.10% and a YTD gain of 10.57%.

The U.S. Treasury puts the closing yield on the 10-year note at 2.32%.

Here is a daily chart of the S&P 500. Today's selling puts the volume 28% above its 50-day moving average.

Here's a monthly snapshot of the index going back to December 2007.

A Perspective on Drawdowns

Here's a snapshot of record highs and selloffs since the 2009 trough.

Here is a more conventional log-scale chart with drawdowns highlighted.

Here is a linear scale version of the same chart with the 50- and 200-day moving averages.

A Perspective on Volatility

For 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. We've also included a 20-day moving average to help identify trends in volatility.