Previous SMW:
SMW for 2 May 2024



AT THE CLOSING BELL ON 2 May 2024


Dow Jones 38,225.66 +322.37 (0.85%)
S&P 500 5,064.20 +45.81 (0.91%)
Nasdaq 15,840.96 +235.48 (1.51%)

Market Conditions During Trading Hours:

Google Finance
MarketWatch
Bloomberg
Stocktwits

(click on links for latest updates)

Currencies:






(Awaiting new links)


Gold & Silver:

(Awaiting new links)


Petroleum:

DU Economics Group Contributor Megathreads:

Progree's Economic Statistics (with links!)
mahatmakanejeeves' Rail Safety Megathread
mahatmakanejeeves' Oil Train Safety Megathread

Quote for the Day:

It would be tempting to claim that the comfort of carriage horses lost America, but distance, time, uncertain planning and incoherent generalship were the greater faults. Lord George's nonchalant way with despatches was only a symptom of a larger carelessness. It would be tempting, too, to say that this carelessness might be traced to the overprivileged lives of Georgian ministers, but then, what of another famous failure of communications: when American commanders were not warned of probable attack on Pearl Harbor? Failure of communications appears to be endemic to the human condition.

Barbara W. Tuchman. The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam. Ballantine Books. 1984.