It's The Economy Stupid: I want to take you higher! Dow 15,000

I want to take you higher!  Boom shaka-laka!

 

-The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 15,000 for the first time, at 15056.20

-The S&P 500 Index rose 0.5 percent to 1,625.96, its fourth straight record close

-The Russell 2000 Index and the S&P Midcap 400 Index also closed at record highs

 

This is starting to be old hat.

 

About 72 percent of the 423 S&P 500 companies that have released results since the start of the earnings season have exceeded profit projections, while 53 percent have missed sales estimates.

 

Description	Ticker	Last	CHANGE	% Chg Today	Pct Chg 1Yr
STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones Industrial Average	INDU Index	15056.200	87.3100	0.5833	15.7410
S&P 500 Index	SPX Index	1625.960	8.4600	0.5230	18.6667
S&P 400 Mid Cap Index	MID Index	1181.180	10.3100	0.8805	21.8273
S&P 600 Small Cap Index	SML Index	466.570	-2.3100	-0.4900	20.4516
NASDAQ 100 Index	NDX Index	2952.883	-2.4800	-0.0839	11.8821
NASDAQ Composite Index	CCMP Index	3396.626	3.6570	0.1078	14.8378
Russell 3000 Index	RAY Index	966.540	5.4400	0.5660	19.3230
Russell 1000 Index (Large Cap)	RIY Index	902.220	4.8800	0.5438	19.1115
Russell 2000 Index (Small Cap)	RTY Index	967.820	8.0200	0.8356	21.9196
Wilshire 5000 Total Market	W5000 Index	17161.230	88.9000	0.5207	19.3896
TREASURIES	% Yield
3 Month Treasury	0.0355		0.0000	0.0000
6 Month Treasury	0.0761		-0.0003	-0.4267
2 Year Treasury	0.2200	99.813	-0.0156	-0.0157
5 Year Treasury	0.7467	99.406	-0.0625	-0.0628
10 Year Treasury	1.7795	101.984	-0.1719	-0.1682
30 Year Treasury	2.9981	102.531	-0.3906	-0.3795
ENERGY
Crude Oil, Brent Index	Brent Crude	104.100	-1.3600	-1.2896	-3.4128
Crude Oil, Louisiana Lt. Sweet	LA Lt Sweet	106.390	-1.0700	-0.9957	-7.1200
Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index	Nat Gas	3.936	-0.0750	-1.8699	13.3065
PRECIOUS METALS
Spot Gold $/oz	GOLD	1451.220	-18.1800	-1.2372	-11.3948
Spot Silver $/oz	SILVER	23.928	-0.0905	-0.3768	-20.3277
CURRENCIES
Euro	EUR Curncy	0.765	-0.0003	-0.0392	-0.1958
Japanese Yen	JPY Curncy	99.010	-0.3200	-0.3222	-19.2910
British Pound	GBP Curncy	0.646	0.0024	0.3730	4.5653
Swiss Franc	CHF Curncy	0.940	0.0018	0.1918	-2.0638
Canadian Dollar	CAD Curncy	1.005	-0.0023	-0.2284	-1.1249
Chinese Renminbi	CNY Curncy	6.154	-0.0126	-0.2043	2.3659
FOREIGN INDICIES
FTSE 100 INDEX	UK	6557.300	35.8400	0.5496	15.9546
CAC 40 INDEX	FRANCE	3921.320	14.2800	0.3655	21.9991
DAX INDEX	GERMANY	8181.780	69.7000	0.8592	24.5423
NIKKEI 225 INDEX	JAPAN	14180.240	486.2000	3.5505	54.4411
HANG SENG INDEX	HONG KONG	23047.090	132.0000	0.5760	12.5085