I charted the past three months of daily prices for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJIA, $INDU, $DJI, the Dow) after the index closed at 13,157.97 on Friday, August 24, 2012. The Dow rode along its trend line of higher highs for a couple of weeks, but appears to be slipping now. The short trend line…
Month: August 2012
S&P 500 Chart – August 17, 2012
This S&P 500 ($SPX) chart shows the past three months of daily prices after the index finished the week at 1,418.16 on Friday, August 17, 2012. The sideways movement of the past couple of weeks gave just enough room for the SPX to bump up a little higher in the final two days of the week to…
DJIA Chart – Near a Top?
I charted the past six months of daily prices for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJIA, $INDU, $DJI, the Dow) after the index closed at 13,207.95 on Friday, August 10, 2012. The DJIA has had a fantastic run since the first week of June. Just as I commented in last week’s SPX chart, this index has…
S&P 500 Chart – Year-to-Date Through August 3, 2012
This S&P 500 ($SPX) chart shows the past year-to-date, daily prices after the index finished the week at 1,390.99 on Friday, August 3, 2012. The path of the rally since the beginning of June looks more like a roller coaster’s route than a fun way to gain 100 SPX points. The beauty of such an up and…