Stock Market update Aug 16th

The market had ups and downs this week but ended mostly unchanged. Gold was up, as was Bonds. Oil continued to drop. China announced a surprise currency devaluation.

Google announced a new company structure  with the new company being called 'Alphabet' (abc.xyz). WFM continued to drop.

AAPL continues trade below its 200MA, while the S&P500 is holding above its 200MA. GOOGL is trading way above its 200MA.

New all time highs:    ADBE, FBHS, LMT, NDAQ,
All time lows:    ARCO, LOCO, TRCO,  
Pops          Drops:        BABA, LOCO, KING, KSS, SHAK  
Mergers/Deals:  

Next week:  Economic reports,   Aug Options expiration

Earnings:      HD, HPQ

This week's charts:

S&P 500 -topping?
CBOE VIX -holding the lows
10yr Interest Rates -rising?
Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart)

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was up  a bit, closing at $2.81

Crude Oil dropped again, closing near $42.18

Gold was up, closing near $1113 -back above $1100!

The 30 year Bond was up again, closing near 158.06

The US Dollar was down, closing at 96.61

NEWS:

Alphabet (the new Google)
The world has a bigger problem than China’s currency devaluation