S&P 500 Snapshot: Index Closes at Record High

The S&P 500 finished the first full trading week of 2026 at a new record high. Here is a snapshot of the index from the past week: The table below summarizes the number of record highs reached each year dating back to 2013. Here is a snapshot of the index from the past six months with a 50-day moving average: S&P 500: A Perspective on Drawdowns S&P 500: A Perspective on Volatility For a sense of the correlation between the closing price and intraday volatility, the chart below overlays the S&P 500 since 200 ...