Stock Market
Market Outlook
The popular stock market averages closed to the upside after Wednesday's shortened session. The S&P 500 again achieved a record closing high. The interest rate for 10-yr treasury notes closed lower. The prices closed down for gold and crude oil.
A Santa Claus rally appears underway. The stock markets will not open on Thursday in celebration of Christmas, but will open for a full session on Friday.
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative. - H.G. Wells