Both the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average set new all-time highs last week, gaining 0.83 percent and 0.46 percent, respectively, in the process.
U.S. Treasury rates were lower heading into the holiday weekend. The yield on the 10-year Treasury stood at 1.83 percent early Thursday morning; it was up slightly to 1.87 percent as of Monday, April 1.
Read the Allen Insurance and Financial Weekly Market Summary for April 1, 2013.