Market Metrics, 7/2/26

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2. Last week, and last 4 weeks through 7/2

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Thursday July 2 is the last day of the market week because markets were closed Friday July 3 for 4th of July weekend.

Percent changes Last 7 days and last 4 weeks (since June 5)


The yield changes are the percentage points differences,
e.g. if some Treasury went from 3.61% to 3.66% over the past week. then that is a change of +0.05%

Red numbers in ()'s are negative numbers, meaning the metric went down.

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

Last week was mixed: GOOD: equity markets up, oil down, BAD: Treasury yields mostly up

Last 4 weeks was GOOD: Equity indexes up, oil way down, Treasury yields down (dropping yields raise the values of people's bond portfolios. And mortgage rates closely follow the direction of the 10-year Treasury yield).

No comment about movements in precious metals and the dollar.

Dow, Oil, and Dollar (last several months) - they update a few hours (like about 6 hours) after the close

The attacks on Iran began on February 28.

Dow 30,
https://kshitij.com/graph-gallery/equities/dowjones-candles-Daily


Crude Oil


US Dollar Index (DX-Y.NYB)


The graphs above update automatically. So they are up-to-date a few hours after each close (usually).

There should be 3 graphs above. If you see little image squares and no graphs, right click on each such image square and choose Load Image.

Total Real Returns ("real" means inflation-adjusted. You can also set it to nominal dollars)
https://totalrealreturns.com/
# Total returns includes reinvested dividends. I don't see a price-only option.
# I don't see one for indexes like the S&P 500. Instead one must pick an index fund such as SPY (an ETF) or VFIAX (a mutual fund). I prefer the latter for this purpose because mutual funds are priced at NAV (net asset value) at the end of the day, so you don't have varying discounts and premiums like you have with ETFs.