Just looking back at the stock market action from January 20, 2021 - pretty solid day overall. All three major indices closed in the green, which doesn't happen every day. The Nasdaq led the way with a 1.5% jump to 13,197, tech stocks were really carrying the load that day. S&P 500 up 0.8% and the Dow gained 0.4%. VIX was down too, so sentiment was pretty good. What was driving it? Mainly two things - Janet Yellen was talking about fiscal stimulus during her Senate confirmation, and there was optimism around the vaccination rollout. Biden had just proposed that big $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan a few days earlier with direct payments and unemployment benefits. Some individual stocks had a great day too. Tesla jumped 2.2% after starting Model Y deliveries in China, General Motors popped 9.8% on a Microsoft partnership for autonomous vehicles, and Boeing surged 3.1% on news about the 737 MAX flight ban being lifted. Trading volume was solid at 13.87 billion shares. Overall, January 20 2021 was one of those days where the stock market was pricing in optimism about stimulus and vaccination progress. Looking at that period now, it's interesting to see what was moving markets back then versus where we are today.