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S&P 500 closed Friday 1/9 at 6966 up 0.6% to new ATH # Lots of job reports - ADP, BLS, JOLTS, unemployment claims
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Last edited Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:19 PM - Edit history (233)
Saturday 10:00 PM ET - I think I'm done with this Friday report -- a huge amount of economic reports since I posted last Tuesday. Since the version of this that was here Saturday 7:00 AM, I've just added some words on the JOLTS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey report, and I completed the summary of the Stock Market Today Yahoo Finance article.
Wednesday:
# ADP private payroll employment, +41,000 PRIVATE payroll jobs (by the way, in comparison the BLS jobs report that came out Friday 1/9, with the headline +50,000 jobs number, had a PRIVATE payroll jobs increase of +37,000, a very unusally close match to the ADP number).
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143594195
https://adpemploymentreport.com/
# ISM Services,
# JOLTS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, - kinda bad report. lowest job openings in over a year for one thing. The number of job openings fell in November, while the hiring rate was a paltry 3.2%. There were 1.1 unemployed people for every available job, the highest level since early 2021. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/layoff-plans-for-december-hit-lowest-monthly-level-since-2024-in-positive-sign-challenger-says-131808125.html (the article is almost all about the Challenger, Gray, and Christmas report, but the above blurb is in reference to the JOLTS report)
Thursday
# Unemployment insurance claims: 208,000, an 8,000 increase over last week
# Q3 Productivity - I haven't looked at it, but from a headline I saw, it's a big jump thanks to the big +4.3% Q3 GDP increase (annualized rate) reported in December,
Friday
# Big BLS jobs report : +50,000 non-farm payroll jobs, unemployment rate ticked down from 4.5% to 4.4%. A LOT more to this story, for example, thanks to downward revisions of October and November, there are actually 26k fewer non-farm payroll jobs than were reported in the previous (December 10) report. AND , didya know, in December actual (meaning not-seasonally adjusted) jobs fell by 192,000, but seasonal adjustment turned that to a positive 50,000? Could YOU use a seasonal adjustment like that? AND, President literal asswipe posted several jobs numbers 12 hours before the 8:30 AM ET release time (did you know that they show the president and the entire Council of Economic Advisers the jobs report the evening before it is released?). AND there is probably a couple other things to say, I'll have to review the thread...
the LBN thread link, full of information, is https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143595598
# Consumer Sentiment - a slight improvement but graph still looks awful
https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/
GRAPH: https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/chicsr.pdf
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From the Department of Excuses The big jobs report today pretty much ate up all my time Friday, and there were other things I had to attend to on top of that. But thought I should give you a quickie look
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 jump to records, Nasdaq surges as stocks end 2026's first week with big gains, Yahoo Finance, 1/9/26
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-jump-to-records-nasdaq-surges-as-stocks-end-2026s-first-week-with-big-gains-210029649.html
US stocks rose to all-time highs on Friday as investors assessed the December jobs report to end a jam-packed first full trading week of 2026.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) gained 0.6%, notching a new record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose around 0.5% to also post an all-time high close. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) jumped 0.8%, marking a winning week for all three major averages. ((to be clear, the NASDAQ didn't set a new record -progree))
The nonfarm payrolls report, which returned to its normal cadence following disruptions from the government shutdown, showed the US added 50,000 jobs in December. Payroll growth fell short of economists' expectations of about 70,000 positions added, sealing bets that the Federal Reserve will stand pat on interest rates in less than three weeks. ((This doesn't quite make sense -- if the jobs report was seen as being really weak, that would make a rate cut more likely. So apparently Yahoo Finance thinks the Fed will see this report as being good enough to leave rates unchanged. Though the number of jobs added was a little below expectations, the unemployment rate ticked down, see next paragraph, which is a positive -progree))
The unemployment rate declined to 4.4%, from 4.6% in November, carrying 2025's labor market theme of a “no-hire, no-fire” economy through the end of the year. ((The November unemployment rate was reported as 4.6% in the report that came out December 16. But today's report revised November's unemployment rate down a notch to 4.5%. And December came in at 4.4% -progree.))
Wall Street was also on alert for a tariffs ruling from the Supreme Court, which could carry huge implications for US economic strategy if the levies are found to be unlawful. Friday came and went without a decision. The court indicated its next opinion day would come Wednesday, Jan. 14.
Meanwhile, investors are weighing the latest developments in the US moves on Venezuela. Trump said he has canceled a second wave of attacks in the country, citing cooperation over US plans to rebuild its crumbling energy infrastructure. The White House has called a meeting with global oil majors on Friday to discuss the fate of Venezuela's huge reserves.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) gained 0.6%, notching a new record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose around 0.5% to also post an all-time high close. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) jumped 0.8%, marking a winning week for all three major averages. ((to be clear, the NASDAQ didn't set a new record -progree))
The nonfarm payrolls report, which returned to its normal cadence following disruptions from the government shutdown, showed the US added 50,000 jobs in December. Payroll growth fell short of economists' expectations of about 70,000 positions added, sealing bets that the Federal Reserve will stand pat on interest rates in less than three weeks. ((This doesn't quite make sense -- if the jobs report was seen as being really weak, that would make a rate cut more likely. So apparently Yahoo Finance thinks the Fed will see this report as being good enough to leave rates unchanged. Though the number of jobs added was a little below expectations, the unemployment rate ticked down, see next paragraph, which is a positive -progree))
The unemployment rate declined to 4.4%, from 4.6% in November, carrying 2025's labor market theme of a “no-hire, no-fire” economy through the end of the year. ((The November unemployment rate was reported as 4.6% in the report that came out December 16. But today's report revised November's unemployment rate down a notch to 4.5%. And December came in at 4.4% -progree.))
Wall Street was also on alert for a tariffs ruling from the Supreme Court, which could carry huge implications for US economic strategy if the levies are found to be unlawful. Friday came and went without a decision. The court indicated its next opinion day would come Wednesday, Jan. 14.
Meanwhile, investors are weighing the latest developments in the US moves on Venezuela. Trump said he has canceled a second wave of attacks in the country, citing cooperation over US plans to rebuild its crumbling energy infrastructure. The White House has called a meeting with global oil majors on Friday to discuss the fate of Venezuela's huge reserves.
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# In meeting with oil execs, Trump says companies will spend 'at least' $100B to rebuild Venezuelan oil industry
# March rate cut still at play: BNP Paribas -- the gist of the article is that a rate cut is less likely in January and in March, with today's jobs report reduction of the unemployment rate from 4.5% in November to 4.4% in December. Last month, the unemployment rate for November was reported at 4.6%, but that was revised down in today's report, which incorporates the annual seasonal re-adjustments to Household Survey numbers.
# Gold, silver rise for the week - gold is up more than 4% over the past five days, and silver has surged roughly 12%.
# Drop in unemployment rate expected to keep Fed on track for rate-cutting pause
# Consumer sentiment hits highest level since September - Progree says it's a trivial uptick if you look at the graph - https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/chicsr.pdf
The report from the source: https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/ . It's down 25% below last year's level.
# Meta seals nuclear power deals to fuel AI push, lifting Oklo and Vistra shares
# Productivity can be another name for a rough job market
Worker productivity grew at its fastest clip in two years as businesses spent heavily on AI and pulled back on hiring. It took less labor to pump up GDP, generating growth without much more elbow grease or keyboard tapping from American workers.
The Labor Department found the hourly output per worker accelerated at a 4.9% annualized rate in the third quarter, matching levels not seen since 2023.
The Labor Department found the hourly output per worker accelerated at a 4.9% annualized rate in the third quarter, matching levels not seen since 2023.
# There's also some chips and AI stories that came out before noon, and some of that may change before the close,so I didn't include in the above
The below, for now, is still exactly the way it was posted Tuesday (exception: the 3 self-updating graphs at the bottom are newer)
The below, for now, is still exactly the way it was posted Tuesday (exception: the 3 self-updating graphs at the bottom are newer)
In the future I will only be doing these twice a week: Tuesday and Friday, unless it's really interesting.
10 Year TREASURY YIELD 4.18% on 1/06 - up 0.01 from yesterday, up 0.06 from Tuesday 12/30, It was 4.19% on Friday 12/12 (It local-bottomed out at 3.95% 10/22/25, its lowest point since April.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5ETNX/
Bitcoin: $93,134 @ 456p ET (almost matching it's end-of-2024 closing level) It was $90,084 last Friday. It was $87,453 Friday 12/26, It has wiped out all its gains for 2025 -- it ended 2024 at $93,429. It's in bear market territory, down more than 20% from it's $126,000+ all-time high in October (actually down 26% from that level) (Cryptocurrencies trade 24/7) https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BTC-USD/
Next Fed rate decision: January 28
CME FedWatch tool (probabilities of various Fed interest rate moves)
. . . https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html
Market news of the day: https://finance.yahoo.com/
How to find the latest Yahoo Finance "stock market today" report if it's not at the finance.yahoo page (note that the headline displayed there does not include the "Stock Market Today" words): click on
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22stock+market+today%22+site%3Afinance.yahoo.com&oq=%22stock+market+today%22+site%3Afinance.yahoo.com
If the link doesn't work for you,
Google: "stock market today" site:finance.yahoo.com
Stock market today: Dow crosses 49,000, S&P 500 jumps to new high in record-setting start to year, Yahoo Finance, 1/6/26
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/stock-market-today-dow-crosses-49000-sp-500-jumps-to-new-high-in-record-setting-start-to-year-194907643.html
US stocks rose to fresh records on Tuesday as investors continued to weigh US moves on Venezuela and braced for a flurry of fresh data this week to shed light on the health of the economy.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) added 0.6%, closing at a record high, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) also rose 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) climbed 1% to close above 49,000 for the first time as the blue-chip index notched a back-to-back record.
Investors assessed Nvidia (NVDA) and AMD's (AMD) competing AI roadmaps, laid out at CES in Las Vegas. CEO Jensen Huang launched Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin AI superchip platform, followed by AMD CEO Lisa Su's first look at its rival Helios system. Eyes were also on new PC chips from Intel (INTC) and Qualcomm (QCOM), with updates from other tech stalwarts expected as the marquee tech event continues this week.
. . . On Tuesday, the final reading of S&P Global's Services PMI for the month of December showed the US services sector growing at its slowest pace in eight months. ((more below -progree))
. . . [On Friday, the big jobs report comes out -- the one with nonfarm payroll jobs and the unemployment rate]
In commodities, copper (HG=F) continued to surge after breaking above $13,000 a ton for the first time, hitting a fresh record as worries about potential Trump tariffs spur stockpiles in the US, leaving the rest of the world short.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/stock-market-today-dow-crosses-49000-sp-500-jumps-to-new-high-in-record-setting-start-to-year-194907643.html
US stocks rose to fresh records on Tuesday as investors continued to weigh US moves on Venezuela and braced for a flurry of fresh data this week to shed light on the health of the economy.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) added 0.6%, closing at a record high, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) also rose 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) climbed 1% to close above 49,000 for the first time as the blue-chip index notched a back-to-back record.
Investors assessed Nvidia (NVDA) and AMD's (AMD) competing AI roadmaps, laid out at CES in Las Vegas. CEO Jensen Huang launched Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin AI superchip platform, followed by AMD CEO Lisa Su's first look at its rival Helios system. Eyes were also on new PC chips from Intel (INTC) and Qualcomm (QCOM), with updates from other tech stalwarts expected as the marquee tech event continues this week.
. . . On Tuesday, the final reading of S&P Global's Services PMI for the month of December showed the US services sector growing at its slowest pace in eight months. ((more below -progree))
. . . [On Friday, the big jobs report comes out -- the one with nonfarm payroll jobs and the unemployment rate]
In commodities, copper (HG=F) continued to surge after breaking above $13,000 a ton for the first time, hitting a fresh record as worries about potential Trump tariffs spur stockpiles in the US, leaving the rest of the world short.
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3 semiconductor stocks to play the AI supercycle, according to analysts Inbox
Yahoo Finance's Francisco Velasquez reports:
The AI trade has hit a new stage: The spotlight is shifting from the chips that process data to the hardware required to store it.
"Right now, we are very early in the memory cycle," DA Davidson analyst Gil Luria told Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid. "The progress that we've made in AI models has made it so memory is the next frontier. We need a lot more memory in the chips, in the installations, in the servers, in the data center."
"Companies like Micron, SK Hynix and the part of Samsung that does memory are now becoming increasingly important," he added.
The AI trade has hit a new stage: The spotlight is shifting from the chips that process data to the hardware required to store it.
"Right now, we are very early in the memory cycle," DA Davidson analyst Gil Luria told Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid. "The progress that we've made in AI models has made it so memory is the next frontier. We need a lot more memory in the chips, in the installations, in the servers, in the data center."
"Companies like Micron, SK Hynix and the part of Samsung that does memory are now becoming increasingly important," he added.
Bitcoin and broader crypto markets 'have bottomed,' Bernstein analysts say (article)
Venezuela says it has the world's largest reserves of crude oil. Making it viable is a whole other problem. (article)
Why the stock market is 'shrugging off' Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's capture (article)
S&P US Services PMI shows sector grew at slowest pace in 8 months in December (article)
Fresh economic data on Tuesday showed the US services sector — which employs the majority of Americans — growing at its slowest pace in eight months during December.
S&P Global's US Services PMI came in at 52.5 in December, below the preliminary reading of 52.9 earlier that month, which was expected to remain unchanged by economists tracked by Bloomberg.
The initial Services PMI reading in mid-December had already shown the index hitting a six-month low, and Tuesday's reading marked a further slowdown. The index reflects changes in businesses' costs, employment, and demand. A reading above 50 signals expansion in the services sector, while one below that figure indicates contraction.
"Confidence has been dampened principally by uncertainty over government policy and the broader economic outlook, with tariffs and affordability featuring as common threads throughout companies’ more cautious views on their prospects," wrote Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
S&P Global's US Services PMI came in at 52.5 in December, below the preliminary reading of 52.9 earlier that month, which was expected to remain unchanged by economists tracked by Bloomberg.
The initial Services PMI reading in mid-December had already shown the index hitting a six-month low, and Tuesday's reading marked a further slowdown. The index reflects changes in businesses' costs, employment, and demand. A reading above 50 signals expansion in the services sector, while one below that figure indicates contraction.
"Confidence has been dampened principally by uncertainty over government policy and the broader economic outlook, with tariffs and affordability featuring as common threads throughout companies’ more cautious views on their prospects," wrote Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Oklo stock rises another 6% on Energy Department [uranium] enrichment investment [article]
Oklo (OKLO) stock extended its nearly 15% gain from Monday, rising another 6% in premarket trading, after the US Department of Energy announced a $2.7 billion investment to strengthen domestic uranium enrichment over the next 10 years.
How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday, 1/6/2026, AP, 1/6/26
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/major-us-stock-indexes-fared-212527676.html
How the 4 major market averages (S&P 500, DOW, NASDAQ, Russell 2000 (small caps) fared for today, for the week (since last Friday), and for the year (since December 31), ,
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US Factory Malaise Continues as Gauge Drops to One-Year Low, Bloomberg 1/5/26
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-factory-malaise-continues-gauge-152835595.html
(Bloomberg) -- US manufacturing activity shrank in December by the most since 2024, capping a rough year for American factories.
The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index edged down to 47.9 from 48.2, according to data released Monday. The measure has been below 50, which indicates contraction, for 10 straight months.
The decline in the measure reflected producers drawing down their raw materials inventories at the fastest rate since October 2024. That indicates many firms are relying on existing stockpiles to satisfy tepid demand.
Plus, materials costs remain elevated. The ISM prices-paid index, which held at 58.5 last month, is 6 points higher than it was at the end of 2024.
New orders contracted for a fourth month and export bookings remained weak, based on the ISM data. Headcount shrank for an eleventh straight month, albeit at a slower pace, amid modest production growth.
((underlining mine. Much more at link -progree))
The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index edged down to 47.9 from 48.2, according to data released Monday. The measure has been below 50, which indicates contraction, for 10 straight months.
The decline in the measure reflected producers drawing down their raw materials inventories at the fastest rate since October 2024. That indicates many firms are relying on existing stockpiles to satisfy tepid demand.
Plus, materials costs remain elevated. The ISM prices-paid index, which held at 58.5 last month, is 6 points higher than it was at the end of 2024.
New orders contracted for a fourth month and export bookings remained weak, based on the ISM data. Headcount shrank for an eleventh straight month, albeit at a slower pace, amid modest production growth.
((underlining mine. Much more at link -progree))
Scroll down to see earlier in the day reports
And scroll down to the bottom of this post to look at the amazing Oil price graph
See Reply #1 to this thread for reports prior to December 23
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Recent and Coming Up, Reports (I'm also keeping the Dec 23 - Dec 31 ones for now
https://www.marketwatch.com/economy-politics/calendar
The government reports are all seasonally adjusted, as are most, if not all, of the non-government reports the media covers, so please don't post comments about how the numbers look good (or not as bad as expected) only because of Christmas season hires or Christmas shopping -- seasonal factors like that have been adjusted for
TUESDAY DECEMBER 23
* GDP Q3 first estimate (delayed report, normally released late September). (govt) -- it came in at a 4.3% annualized rate, well above the 3.3% rate economists were expecting. Various factors cited in media: an acceleration of EV purchases prior to the Sept 30 expiration of tax credits. A lot of spending by big tech companies on AI (investment spending boosts the GDP number). A substantial rise in exports (up 8.8% annualized rate) and a small drop in imports -- both these boost the GDP number, Federal spending also played a sizable role, a reflection of the large uptick in defense spending as well as buyouts for federal workers. Also, it reflects the "K-shaped" economy -- higher-income people flush with growing stock market wealth increased their spending, while lesser-income people struggled with higher prices and a weakening job market.
LBN thread: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143587157 ## From the source: https://www.bea.gov/news/2025/gross-domestic-product-3rd-quarter-2025-initial-estimate-and-corporate-profits
* Consumer Confidence (Conference Board, non-govt) - result: the 5th straight month of decline. The worst since April, and at about the same level as seen in the 2020 pandemic year. Except there is no microbe-driven pandemic, it's all Trumpdemic now. Consumers’ assessments of their current economic situation tumbled 9.5 points to 116.8.
LBN thread (see graph in reply #2) https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143587258
* Durable goods orders - I haven't looked at yet
* Industrial production and capacity utilization - I haven't looked at yet
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 24
* Weekly unemployment insurance claims - 224,000 was reported December 18. 214,000 was reported today, December 24, a drop of 10,000 . But continuing claims rose by 38,000 to 1.92 million (govt)
NO REPORTS DECEMBER 25 NOR DECEMBER 26
MONDAY DECEMBER 29
* Pending home sales - I saw a headline: up 3.35% from November and up 2.6% year-over-year (non-govt, National Association of Realtors)
TUESDAY DECEMBER 30
* Case-Shiller home prices index - I saw a headline: home prices up for a 3rd straight month, and up 1.4% since October 2024
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31
* Weekly unemployment insurance claims, 199,000. It was 214,000 in last week's report
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OPA/newsreleases/ui-claims/20251646.pdf
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2
* S&P Manufacturing - I haven't seen the report
MONDAY, JANUARY 5
* ISM Manufacturing -- US Factory Malaise Continues as Gauge Drops to One-Year Low, Bloomberg 1/5/26
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-factory-malaise-continues-gauge-152835595.html
head count shrinks for 11th straight month. (weren't tariffs supposed to fix that?)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 6
* S&P Services PMI -- shows sector grew at slowest pace in 8 months in December
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/stock-market-today-dow-crosses-49000-sp-500-jumps-to-new-high-in-record-setting-start-to-year-194907643.html
(and scroll down that page)
Most of the Wednesday thru Friday reports listed below are summarized at the top of this article, for now. Yeah, yeah, I should put those summaries here, and will when I do Tuesday Jan 13's update
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7
* ADP private payroll employment (they have payroll data for about 20% of the private work force, and somehow they estimate the other 80%)
* ISM Services
* JOLTS Job OPenings and Labor Turnover Survey (Labor Department)
* Factory orders
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8
* Unemployment insurance claims
* Productivity
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9
* Big BLS jobs report - payroll employment, Unemployment rate,
* Housing Starts
* Consumer Sentiment
# In concise form for January 2 - January 9: Fri(2): S&P Manufacturing Mon(5): ISM Manufacturing, Tue(6): S&P Services PMI, Wed(7) ADP private payroll employment, ISM Services, JOLTS Job OPenings and Labor Turnover Survey, Factory orders, # Thu(8) Unemployment insurance claims, Productivity, # Fri(9) Big BLS jobs report - payroll employment, Unemployment rate, , Housing Starts, Consumer Sentiment,
Revised release dates for Bureau of Labor Statistics reports: https://www.bls.gov/bls/2025-lapse-revised-release-dates.htm
BEA.GOV news release schedule (they produce reports on the GDP, Retail Sales, PCE Inflation (the Fed's favorite inflation gauge), and Personal Consumption and Income: https://www.bea.gov/news/schedule
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The S&P 500 closed Tuesday January 6 at 6945, up 0.6% for the day,
and up 20.1% from the 5783 election day closing level,
and up 15.8% from the inauguration eve closing level,
and up 18.1% since the December 31, 2024 close
and up 1.5% Year To Date (since the December 31, 2025 close)
S&P 500
# Election day close (11/5/24) 5783
# Last close before inauguration day: (1/17/25): 5997
# 2024 year-end close (12/31/24): 5882
# Trump II era low point (going all the way back to election day Nov5): 4983 on April 8
# October 28 all-time-high: 6890.90, surpassed by December 24's all-time high of 6932.00
# Several market indexes: https://finance.yahoo.com/
# S&P 500: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSPC/
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSPC/history/
Bitcoin
Bitcoin ended 2024 at $93,429. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BTC-USD/
Bitcoin's all-time interday high: 126,198 on Oct. 6
Bitcoin's all-time closing high: 124,753 on Oct 6. (that's what Yahoo Finance shows, but cryptocurrencies trade 24/7)
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BTC-USD/history/
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I'm not a fan of the DOW as it is a cherry-picked collection of just 30 stocks that are price-weighted, which is silly. It's as asinine as judging consumer price inflation by picking 30 blue chip consumer items, and weighting them according to their prices. But since there is an automatically updating embedded graphic, here it is. It takes several, like 6 hours, after the close for it to update, like about 10 PM EDT.
(If it still isn't updated, try right-clicking on it and opening in a new tab. #OR# click on https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI/ ).
The Dow closed Monday at 48,977, and it closed Tuesday at 49,462, a rise of 1.0% (485 points) for the day
https://finance.yahoo.com/
DOW: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI/
. . . . . . https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI/history/
DOW
# Election day close (11/5/24) 42,222
# Last close before inauguration day: (1/17/25): 43,488
# 2024 year-end close (12/31/24): 42,544
DJIA means Dow Jones Industrials Average. It takes about 6 hours after the close to update, so check it after 10 PM EDT. Sometimes it takes a couple days (sigh)
I don't have an embeddable graph for the S&P 500, unfortunately, but to see its graph, click on https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSPC/
While I'm at it, I might as well show Oil and the Dollar:
Crude Oil
US Dollar Index (DX-Y.NYB)
If you see a tiny graphics square above and no graph, right click on the square and choose "load image". There should be a total of 3 graphs. And remember that it typically takes about 6 hours after the close before these graphs update.
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I look at it often. 
If I had a nickel for every time I’d said that. 
I am far from liking anything about crypto. I try to avoid things that are easy to buy and difficult to sell. I do monitor it, tho. Due to its position in the techbro’s DOW -> AI -> Crypto financial ouroboros.