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lastlib

(28,603 posts)
Sun May 17, 2026, 06:50 PM Yesterday

Market Metrics, 5/15/26

For the folks playing along at home:

Dow Jones Industrial Average: 49,526.17, down 537.29 (-1.07%)
S & P 500: 7230.12, down 92.74 (-1.24%)
NASDAQ Composite: 26,225.14, down 410.08 (-1.54%)
2-Yr US Treasury Yield: 4.075%, 0.00
5-Yr US Treasury Yield: 4.262% up 0.004
10-Yr US Treasury Yield: 4.597%, up 0.002
US Dollar Index: 99.210, up 0.36 (+0.004%)
Gold: 4550.70, down 11.20 (-0.25%)
Silver: 77.547, down 7.691 (-9.01%)
WTI: 107.29, up 1.84 (+1.75%)


Happy investing, everyone! (Sorry it's late!)

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Market Metrics, 5/15/26 (Original Post) lastlib Yesterday OP
Looks like markets fall out of bed this morning bucolic_frolic 12 hrs ago #1
Ugly indeed. The WRECKAGE this basturd is inflicting...... lastlib 9 hrs ago #2

bucolic_frolic

(55,805 posts)
1. Looks like markets fall out of bed this morning
Mon May 18, 2026, 06:58 AM
12 hrs ago

Everything is down except oil.

I sense a TACO trade opportunity ahead.

7 years of $5 gas ahead. So said a video yesterday. Can't repair supply chains, refineries, contractual relationships very fast.

7 years.

lastlib

(28,603 posts)
2. Ugly indeed. The WRECKAGE this basturd is inflicting......
Mon May 18, 2026, 09:44 AM
9 hrs ago

will be with us for many years. It's appalling and inFURIATING!

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