Current Market News & Review – Week Ending Jan 29, 2021

Posted by Daniel Iuculano on January 30, 2021 - 2:01pm

Current Market News & Review – Week Ending Jan 29, 2021

	Current	Prior	As of date	Trend
Dow Jones Index	29,982.62	30,996.98	Jan 29 2021	Down
Nasdaq Index	13,070.70	13,543.06	Jan 29 2021	Down
S&P 500 Index	3,714.24	3,841.47	Jan 29 2021	Down
Wilshire 5000 Index	39,396.17	40,783.64	Jan 29 2021	Down
Market Volatility Index	33.09	21.91	Jan 29 2021	Up
Inflation	1.36 %	1.17	Dec 2020	Up
Savings I Bonds	1.06 %	1.06	Effective end of Apr 2021	Down
Savings EE Bonds	0.10 %	0.10 %	Effective end of Apr 2021	Unchanged
Nat'l Avg. 1 yr. CD	0.53 %	0.53 %	Jan 29 2021	Unchanged

Crypto Currencies

	Current	Prior	As of date	Trend
Bitcoin - BTC	$ 34,164.90	$ 33,716.61	Jan 30 2021	Up
Ethereum - ETH	$ 1,347.50	$ 1,236.51	Jan 30 2021	Up

Week Ending Jan. 29, 2021

Markets declined this week and the YTD S&P 500 index went negative. Significant rise in the VIX (33.09). Added this week a table with two of the crypto currencies.

S&P 500 Index SPY - YTD decreased to a negative -0.06 %, one year at 17.75%, three year at 11.35% and five year annualize return is standing at 15.11 %