A look at what can make the US S & P 500 Index change. 2015 Part 1

Date	S & P 500 % change	S & P 500	YTD % Change	Hari's comment
12/31/14	-1	2058		Year end profit taking. 52 week high was 2093
01/15/15	-0.9	1992	-3.2%	Swiss Bank lifted cap on Franc, lower bank earnings, economic data, retail less than expected.
01/16/15	1	2019	-1.9%	Took just one day to get over the “Swiss shock” and rally in energy after price of crude oil fell to 50% of peak and recovered.
01/21/15	0.7	2032	-1.3%	Oil Rally.
01/22/15	1.5	2063	0.2%	Swiss Bank lifted cap on Franc, lower bank earnings, economic data, retail less than expected.
01/27/15	-1.4	2024	-1.7%	Disappointing earnings from Microsoft, Caterpillar and drop in durable-goods.
01/28/15	1	2030	-1.4%	Crude oil rally and some bargain shopping.
02/03/15	1.4	2050	-0.4%	Crude oil rally and some bargain shopping.
02/04/15	-0.6	2041	-0.8%	ECB lifted waiver on Greek debt as collateral.
02/05/15	1	2062	0.2%	Crude oil rally Pfizer buying Hospira.