Stock Market update -Feb 21st

We finally got a nice bounce in the market this week. Lets see if it will hold. The short-term chart shows us to be in a down-trend, so this may just be a temporary bounce. Crude Oil rallied, while Bonds dropped a bit.

New all time highs:    HON, RSG, SYY, TSN, 
All time lows:  ...
Pops:        Drops:   
Mergers/Deals:   

Next week:  Economic reports, More Earnings next week -Retailers... 

Earnings:            

MON - AGN
TUE -DLTR, HD, M, ODP
WED -HPQ, LOW, CRM, TGT
THU -BBY, BIDU, DPZ, GG, PANW
FRI -FL

More Earnings Next Week 2/22 – 2/26

This week's charts:

Stock Indexes 15 years -Barchart.com	Sectors 15 years -Barchart.com

S&P 500 -will this bounce hold?

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

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas dropped, closing near 1.80

Crude Oil was up a bit, closing near 29.72

Gold dropped a bit, closing near 1226

The 30 year Bond was mostly unchanged, closing near 166.62

The US Dollar was up,  closing near 96.60

NEWS:

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The worst quarter for earnings since 2009
Cramer game plan: Retail earnings ready to run
Prepare For Financial and Economic Crisis, Expected to Last Until 2020

Apple to issue $10 billion to $12 billion of bonds to finance share buybacks, dividends
Apple Analysis (Video)
Tough times at Walmart