STOCK MARKET WATCH: Wednesday, 13 December 2023

[Tansy_Gold]

STOCK MARKET WATCH: Wednesday, 13 December 2023

Previous SMW:
SMW for 12 December 2023



AT THE CLOSING BELL ON 12 December 2023


Dow Jones 36,577.94 +173.01 (0.48%)
S&P 500 4,643.70 +21.26 (0.46%)
Nasdaq 14,533.40 +100.91 (0.70%)

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Market Conditions During Trading Hours:

Google Finance
MarketWatch
Bloomberg
Stocktwits

(click on links for latest updates)

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Currencies:













Gold & Silver:






Petroleum:

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DU Economics Group Contributor Megathreads:

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

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Quote for the Day:

The narrative of American exceptionalism, beginning with the founding of the United States, has provided cover for aristocracy at home and imperialism abroad. Over time, it has grown more complicated and contradictory, distorting reality and tearing our understanding of the world to pieces. Now, trapped in a cycle of self-mythology and atrocity, Americans feel immobilized and confused, incapable of change and troubled by a moment inundated with inconsistencies, contradictions, and outright nonsense.

Jared Yates Sexton. American Rule: How a Nation Conquered the World but Failed Its People. Penguin Publishing Group. © 2020.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Optimism breaks out over cutting interest rates next year

and it's driving markets higher.

I don't know how but I wound up today long 2 Disney options. I don't recall entering the order. I walked away from the computer during lunch, and came back at 3p or so to find I owned them. I got a good price, but it's a blank as to how. I recall walking away from an XOM order, don't remember entering DIS. I wonder if it's phantom, I mean usually I have to update quotes but today they were automatic. Entering orders is automatic too? My bad. Something to keep an eye on.