Stock Market update -Aug 28th

The market pulled back a bit this week, with heavy trading volume on Friday (Fed day) -the heaviest volume since Brexit! We could be forming a top here on the S&P 500 near the 2200 level. Next week's Jobs number might be a catalyst for the next move up or down. Gold and Bonds seem to be slipping lower. Oil is holding up so far.

DG, DLTR, ULTA dropped on earnings...  ADSK, BBY popped



New all time highs:  ADBE, ADSK, AVGO, NTES, WB
All time lows:  
Mergers/Deals:  

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

Next week:  Economic reports,   Monthly Jobs report on Friday!
Earnings:      ANF, AMBA. AVGO, CRM, LULU


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 near all time highs!
Gold dropped, closing near 1324
The 30 year Bond dropped a bit, closing near 170.40
The US Dollar was up a bit, closing near 95.50

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