Stock Market update -Dec 27th

The market clawed its way back up this week to recoup some of the losses from the prior week, but the overall trend since early November still remains to the down-side. With another short trading week coming, along with light volume, I don't expect anything to change. We'll see what next year brings as earnings reports kick off in January.

Gas prices dropped below $2 per gallon, even with Oil making a slight rebound. We have yet to see the fallout from lost jobs and bankruptcies in the energy space.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

New all time highs:  KR, MCD, 

All time lows:  
Pops:          Drops:     
Mergers/Deals:  

Next week:  Economic reports, End of the year!

Earnings:            

This week's charts:

... 2015 performance ...

S&P 500 -downtrending?

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

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was up, closing near 2.04 -nice rally

Crude Oil rallied, closing near 38.12 -nice rally this week

Gold was up, closing near 1075

The 30 year Bond was down a bit, closing near 155.06

The US Dollar was down a bit,  closing near 98.04

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