Stock Market update -Dec 13th

The market gave up some ground this week and fell below the mid-November lows -not a good sign . Looks like we could be closing out the year with zero gains, though the Fed announcement next week could change that -the chart action doesn't look good though. We've struggled all year but made no gains so far. Bonds were up a bit sending rates lower!

Oil fell to a 7 year low, helping to send equity markets lower too. Natural Gas also hitting lows!

New Highs/New Lows -dropping below Zero this year!

New all time highs:  ADBE?, SWHC, 

All time lows:  lots of energy names..
Pops:          Drops:     
Mergers/Deals:  Dow Chemical and DuPont announced a merger.

Next week:  Economic reports, Watch for the big Fed Interest Rate announcement on Wednesday!
Earnings:            

This week's charts:

A tale of 2 stocks! AMZN vs WMT

Junk Bonds

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S&P 500 -going lower still?

CBOE VIX 
10yr Interest Rates -falling!
Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart)
Fear & Greed Index

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was down, closing near 1.98 -near all time lows!

Crude Oil dropped, closing near 35.36 -it's now well below $40!

Gold was down, closing near 1073  

The 30 year Bond was up, closing near 157.43 

The US Dollar dropped,  closing near 97.57

Does this tell us something??

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