The markets closed out a negative and volatile month with a very positive Thanksgiving week.  The S&P 500 led the way up over 12% for the week, followed by the NASDAQ up almost 11% and the Dow up almost 10% during the same period.
**The Dow and S&P have had the best five-day gain since 1933 with the Dow up over 17% and the S&P up over 19% in the last five trading sessions.

Top constituent performers:
-JPMorgan [JPM  Loading...      ()   ] rebounded this week, and had the most positive impact on the Dow & the S&P 500, up over 39%, erasing last week's losses.
-Johnson & Johnson [JNJ  Loading...      ()   ] had the least positive impact on the Dow, up only 0.39% for the week.
  *All 30 Dow components were positive for the week
  *21 out of 30 Dow components were negative for the month of November, led by Citi down almost 40% even though it was up almost 120% for the week
-Campbell Soup [CPB  Loading...      ()   ] had the most negative impact on the S&P 500, down almost 12% for the week.
-Google [GOOG  Loading...      ()   ]  had the most positive impact on the NASDAQ 100, up almost 12% for the week
-Oracle [ORCL  Loading...      ()   ] had the most negative impact on the NASDAQ 100, down almost 2% for the week.


All the S&P 500 sectors were positive for the week led by Financials up over 31%. Utilities brought up the rear, up only about 5% for the week.
  *For the month of November, the majority of sectors were negative, led by Financials down almost 19% for the month
Financials were helped by Citigroup [C  Loading...      ()   ] up almost 120% for the week, however for the month, Citi is still down over 40%
Utilities were dragged down by Entergy [ETR  Loading...      ()   ] down almost 1% for the week


Crude Oil for January delivery settled at $54.43 per barrel as traders closely watch the OPEC meeting on Saturday in Cairo. Oil closes up over 9% for the week, but is still down over 20% in the month of November. Year-to-date Oil is down over 43%.
The AAA current national average for regular gas is $1.835 per gallon down 40.73% from a year ago when the average was $3.096 per gallon.


The dollar index was poised for its fifth monthly gain, up about 1% in November; however, it was down nearly 2% this week.

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