S&P 500 closes infinitesimally down on the year

If you bought the S&P 500 at the close last year, you lost 0.43 points on the year. The close was 1257.21 compared to 1257.64 in 2010. That’s just incredible.

On the day, the index fell 5.5 points, or 0.4%. On the week, it lost 0.6%.

The yearly is a massive doji.

The AUD/USD and NZD/USD charts look very similar to the past three years, both closing this year nearly unchanged.