Stock Market Blog -Oct 19th

We saw a steep sell-off this week, with a small recovery toward the end of the week. The indexes have now crossed below the 200MA. The Bond market saw some volatility too as it spiked on Wednesday. Oil prices continued downward, while Gold was up a bit. Financial troubles in Europe seem to be stirring up again.

The S&P500 is obviously in a short term down-trend. We could see it bounce a little higher this week (maybe resistance around 1920), but that will probably be followed by a continuation of the down-trend. Earnings reports could be a catalyst for providing short term market direction, and this week we get lots of companies reporting -AAPL reports on Monday.

You can trade the Bond market using TLT or TBT, or OIL using USO, or Gold using GLD. For the overall market you can use SPY, QQQ, IWM, or for the down-side, SH, PSQ, or RWM.
-List of Inverse ETFs


New all time highs:     DPZ, EXR, MJN, REGN,
All time lows:   AU, MWW
Pops:    REGN     Drops:  NFLX, WMT 
Next week:  Economic reports,  
Earnings:     
Mon -AAPL, CMG, HAL, IBM, TXN, VFC
Tue -DFS, ISRG, KO, LMT, MCD, TRV, VZ, VMW, YHOO
Wed -BA, EMC, T
Thu -AMZN, CAT, CELG, GM, MMM, MSFT, UA, 
Fri -BMY, CP, F, PG, UPS

This week's charts:
S&P 500 -still dropping!
10yr Interest Rates
Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart)

Europe's troubles aren't over...

Commodities/Futures (charts):
Crude Oil was down again, closing at $82.75 -heading under $80!
Natural Gas was down, closing at 3.76
Gold was up, closing at 1239 
The 30 year Bond was up again, closing at 142.90 -another surprise!
The US Dollar was down a bit, closing at 85.21

NEWS:
S&P 500 posts longest weekly loss streak since 2011
Steep Sell-Off Spreads Fear to Wall Street
What could rock the markets in week ahead
How to play tech earnings next week: 'Fast' pros

Netflix: Anatomy of a disaster
It's baaack: $100 curse haunts Apple again
Fears That Pimco and Other Big Firms Could Be Unable to Unload Risky Bonds
The depressing truth behind the jobs 'recovery'


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