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lastlib

(28,298 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:43 AM 3 hrs ago

Market Metrics, 4/2/26

For the folks playing along at home:
(markets closed Friday, 4/3/26, for Good Friday holiday)

Dow Jones Industrial Average: 46,504.67, down 61.07 (-0.13%)
S & P 500: 6582.69, up 7.37 (0.11%)
NASDAQ Composite: 21,879.18, up 38.23 (0.18%)
2-Yr US Treasury Yield: 3.846%, up 0.048
5-Yr US Treasury Yield: 3.987% up 0.039
10-Yr US Treasury Yield: 4.345%, up 0.032
US Dollar Index: 99.985, up 0.013 (0.13%)
Gold: 4702.70, down 110.40 (-2.29%)
Silver: 73.17,down 2.908 (-3.82%)
WTI: 112.06, up 11.94 (+11.93%)


(Sorry for delay posting—I got a little busy…)
Happy investing, everyone!

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Market Metrics, 4/2/26 (Original Post) lastlib 3 hrs ago OP
Last 7 days and Last 3 weeks (since March 13) progree 2 hrs ago #1

progree

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1. Last 7 days and Last 3 weeks (since March 13)
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 12:44 PM
2 hrs ago

Percent changes Last 7 days and last 3 weeks (since March 13)


(the yield changes are the percentage points differences,
e.g. for the 2-Y Treasury, it went from 3.93% to 3.85% over the past week. a change of -0.08%)

Treasury notes' yields up means the notes' values are down
as likely people's bond portfolios

Last week was a good week except for the oil price rise

Last 3 weeks was a bad 3 weeks: equity indexes down and Treasury yields up (which means the notes' values went down and likely most people's bond portfolios)

After I file my taxes, I will look at some formatting changes, to represent a positive percent change as e.g. +3.12% rather than just 3.12%.

I wish the minus sign showed up a little more strongly. Or I may make negative numbers in parenthesis and red.

Eventually I'll incorporate the dollar index but I can't do it all right now.

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