S&P 500 Snapshot: Up 14.6% YTD
The S&P bounced back from last week, climbing to a close on Friday with a gain of 1.05% from Thursday. The index is up 14.62% YTD and is up 4.41% from last Friday.
The U.S. Treasury puts the closing yield on the 10-year note at 2.09%, which is still inverted - the 3-month note is at 2.38%.
Here's a snapshot of the index going back to October 2009.
A Perspective on Drawdowns
Here's a snapshot of record highs and selloffs since the 2009 trough.
Here's a table with the number of days of a 1% or more 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 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.