Stock Market Blog -Oct 26th

We got a big bounce this week in spite of some earnings disappointments (Nasdaq was up more than 5%!). Next week we have a Fed meeting, along with more earnings reports. We've seen gas prices drop, and mortgage rates come down as well.

The market rose sharply this week, so it's reasonable to expect a pause or pullback in the next week -catalysts could be the Fed meeting, earnings, or some unexpected news event like Europe or ebola...

Earnings drops:  AAPL, AMZN, CMG, IBM, KO, MCD, P, VMW
Earnings pops: CAT, MMM

New all time highs:   AAPL, AEP, ALXN, CELG, EW, FB, GILD, PG, LOW, MCO, MMM, ORLY, PANW, TRV, UNP,  UNH, etc.

All time lows:   ANGI

Pops:   EW, HOG   Drops:    AMZN, CMG, DDD, GPRO, KO, IBM, OCN YELP 

Next week:  Economic reports,  

Earnings:     

Mon -AMGN, CLF, MRK, STX, TWTR, UNH

Tue -BP, DD, FB, PFE, GILD, 

Wed -BIDU, KRFT, PSX, V

Thu -COP, CME, LNKD, NEM, SBUX

Fri -CLX, CVX, SNE, XOM

This week's charts:

S&P 500 -still dropping!
10yr Interest Rates
Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart)

Commodities/Futures (charts):
Crude Oil was down again, closing at $80.94 -heading under $80!

Natural Gas was down, closing at 3.60
Gold was down, closing at 1229 

The 30 year Bond was down, closing at 141.62 

The US Dollar was up a bit, closing at 85.71

NEWS:

Scariest day for market looms, and it's not Halloween
Apple Pay Face Challenge as CVS, Rite Aid Reject System
Amazon shares drop 13 percent on missed estimates

IRS changes the 401(k) rules for 2015
Oil could slide further, but where's the bottom?
Dilma Rousseff re-elected Brazilian president