Stock Market update -Oct 9th

Another week of indecision in the markets as we hover around 2150 on the S&P 500. The Jobs report didn't really move the markets, nor did the 'flash crash' in the British Pound, or any other global events. We have earnings from some of the big banks late next week, followed by earnings from most of the large companies over the next couple of weeks -could influence the market in one direction or the other.

Gold dropped, as did Bonds. Oil got over $50...
HON tanked after lowering guidance, as did PPG... TSN dropped too
GPS  popped...
AMZN continues skyward...

New all time highs:    AMZN, GDDY, LRCX, MA, STZ, 
All time lows:  
Mergers/Deals:  Janus Capital Strikes Merger With Henderson Group...

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

Next week:  Economic reports,  

Earnings:      C, JPM, WFC

This week's charts:

NYSE still struggling to get back up to the 2015 highs

Links...

S&P 500 - uncertainty, where next?

CBOE VIX -rising

10yr Interest Rates 

Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart)

Fear & Greed Index

ETFs - Ranked by YTD Percent Change

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was up, closing near 3.19

Crude Oil was up, closing near 49.81

Gold was down a lot, closing near 1252 -below 1300

The 30 year Bond dropped, closing near 164.90

The US Dollar was up, closing near 96.50

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