Financial Quick Hits

Be on the lookout for the new $5 dollar bill that goes into circulation this very day, check at the bottom of this post for a picture. The new $5 has color for the first time and it is similar to changes made to $10, $20 and $50 dollar bills. Next in line for a makeover, none other than the $100 dollar bill.

Oil closed above $110 dollars a barrel today and just below Wednesday’s record of $110.20 a barrel. And in something related to oil, the price of a gallon of regular gasoline is $5.20 in Gorda, California.

If you remember the stock market shot up 417 points on Tuesday. The party continued on Wednesday after a morning rally but by the end of day the market was down 47 points.