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Related: About this forumSTOCK MARKET WATCH -- Thursday, 21 April 2022
STOCK MARKET WATCH, Thursday, 21 April 2022
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SMW for 20 April 2022
AT THE CLOSING BELL ON 20 April 2022
Dow Jones 35,160.79 +249.59 (0.71%)
S&P 500 4,459.45 -2.76 (0.062%)
Nasdaq 13,453.07 -166.59 (1.22%)
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progree
(11,493 posts)Both graphs are of the 5 year, 10 year, and 30 year bonds.
What "short-term" means is the period from June 2020 to present
Notice how the yields of the 3 bonds have converged.
while "long-term" means is the period October 1993 to present
Great one for seeing the secular drop in interest rates since 1993 (which started in 1982 or thereabouts)
All 3 graphs -- including the medium term one which covers June 2016 to present -- from here:
https://kshitij.com/graph-gallery/bond/usd-yields-Long-Term
bucolic_frolic
(47,969 posts)My speculative plays, which is to say most of them, are in a downtrend. They just don't trend upward more than a day here or there. Risk-off can take hold slowly. It's the Fed and their rate hikes, and inflation. A lot of uncertainty on pricing power with inflation. Some companies do well, others - discretionary goods - not so much. Witness NFLX earlier this week.