Stock Market update -Oct 4th

We closed out this quarter on a very negative note, with the stock indexes now down for the year, and maybe headed lower. After the bad Jobs report on Friday, Bonds, and Stocks, and Gold rallied. Hmmm... wonder which one is wrong!

Only 142,000 jobs were added in September, far below expectations, but the market rallied anyway!
Walmart announced layoffs, So have CAT, CAG, CHK, HPQ, KHC, HAL, WFM...

New all time highs:    HRB
All time lows:      
Pops          Drops:        
Mergers/Deals:  

Next week:  Economic reports,   Fed minutes...

Earnings:      AA, MON, PEP, YUM

This week's charts:

S&P 500 -topped! 

CBOE VIX -still elevated
10yr Interest Rates -dropping?
Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart)

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was mostly unchanged, closing near 2.47

Crude Oil was mostly unchanged, closing near 45.66

Gold was down, closing near 1137 -still holding above $1100

The 30 year Bond was up, closing near 158.75  -could be going to 160?

The US Dollar was down a bit,  closing near 96.04

NEWS:

Dow, S&P close up more than 1%, post biggest reversal in 4 years
Ugly jobs report casts doubt over 2015 Fed rate hike
Are you ready for the next bear market?
Brace for worst year on Wall Street since 2008

Google will become Alphabet
Does the market have a big Apple problem?
Thanks to Apple, US will buy Chinese phones: ZTE
Walmart to lay off 450 employees at headquarters