Stock Market update -Aug 21st

The equity market was pretty much flat for the week, but Bonds dropped and Oil popped. Earnings season is pretty much over, and next week we have the Fed with possible news out of their meeting -nothing expected though.

Meanwhile the usual worries linger re. Europe/Italy, Japan, etc.

LOW, TGT dropped on earnings...  DE popped

New all time highs:  EA, EW, ROST, 
All time lows:  
Mergers/Deals:  

Options watch:   Implied Volatility still at extreme lows...  Link to high IVR   
High volume:   SPY, IWM, QQQ, AAPL, FB, BAC, HYG, GLD, GDX, USO, VXX, XLF, FXI, EEM EWZ, XOP

Next week:  Economic reports,   Fed event...

Earnings:      BBY, DG, DLTR...

This week's charts:

NASDAQ -16 years to get back to even!

The S&P 500 got there a long time ago...

NYSE still struggling to get to the 2015 highs

Links...

S&P 500 - holding all time highs!

CBOE VIX -at lows!

10yr Interest Rates -rising?

Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart)

Fear & Greed Index

ETFs - Ranked by YTD Percent Change

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas dropped a bit, closing near 2.57

Crude Oil was up again, closing near 48.57

Gold was unchanged, closing near 1345

The 30 year Bond dropped, closing near 170.97

The US Dollar was down a bit, closing near 94.50

NEWS:

Stocks close lower, but Nasdaq posts first 8-week win streak since 2010
Week Ahead: Yellen, GDP, Durable Goods Reports Could Help Liven Things Up
The stock market is embarrassing Wall Street pros everywhere
Cisco to cut 5,500 jobs in shift from switches to software

Google still a good bet 12 years after IPO, expert says
Gartner: Android’s smartphone marketshare hit 86.2% in Q2
You'd have to be 'deaf, dumb and blind' to buy Apple, investor says
Apple blamed for 75% of Target’s electronics decline