Stock Market update

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Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was up, closing near 3.08

Crude Oil was up, closing near 46.06

Gold dropped, closing near 1178 -yet another drop

The 30 year Bond was mostly flat, closing near 152.81

The US Dollar was mostly flat, closing near 101.54

NEWS:

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Stock Market update -Nov 20th

The post election rally continued this week, as Bonds and Gold continued to drop. We saw new all-time highs in the small-caps (IWM) and the DOW, and a huge rally in the Financials. The US Dollar also rallied as interest rates spiked, and as the dollar surged of course, other currencies like the Euro dropped.

BBY, TGT popped on earnings...

New all time highs: FDX, HPE, LRCX, PNC, ROST, USB
All time lows:
Mergers/Deals: Samsung to acquire Harman

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

Next week: Economic reports,

Earnings: CPB, DE, DLTR, HPE, TSN,

This week's charts:

Financials (XLF) broke out after the election!

Is that a Double-Top in the Small-caps? (3yr view) -nope! This one broke out too...

NYSE never got back up to the 2015 highs, unlike the other indexes -still trying

Links...

S&P 500 - big post election rally

CBOE VIX -back down to the lows

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Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was up, closing near 2.85

Crude Oil was up, closing near 45.58

Gold dropped, closing near 1207 -another drop

The 30 year Bond dropped again, closing near 152.84

The US Dollar rallied again, closing near 101.42

NEWS:

Stock Market update -Nov 13th

Wild week in the markets with the election results. First we had the big Hillary rally on Monday thanks to the FBI, then we had the big Trump rally on Wednesday! In the middle of the night on Tuesday we had the big Trump crash! Quite a roller coaster ride. And of course, all the 'experts' got it totally wrong. The DOW closed the week at a new all time high! And the small-caps (IWM) had a huge rally, with heavy volume!

After the election:
Stock indexes rallied
Bonds tanked, Gold tanked
Tech stocks dropped, Bank stocks rallied

Bonds and Gold and Oil dropped...
DIS, NVDA and PCLN popped on earnings...
VRX dropped

New all time highs: BRK.B, NVDA, GD, MLM, UNH,
All time lows:
Mergers/Deals:

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

Next week: Economic reports,

Earnings: AAP, CSCO, CRM, HD, LOW, TGT, WMT

This week's charts:

Is that a Double-Top in the Small-caps? (3yr view) -will update next week

NYSE never got back up to the 2015 highs, unlike the other indexes

Links...

S&P 500 - big post election rally

CBOE VIX -?

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Nvidia stock rockets to record high following earnings shocker
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Chrome Is The First Google Product To Hit 2 Billion Installs

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was down, closing near 2.62

Crude Oil was down again, closing near 44.12

Gold dropped, closing near 1227 -big drop

The 30 year Bond tanked, closing near 155.34

The US Dollar rallied, closing near 98.97

NEWS:

Stock Market update -Nov 6th

The market contilued the slow selloff this week, ahead of the elections. We'll know next week after the elections, where the market might be headed next. For Options traders, look for a collapse in Implied Volatility after the elections.

Bonds and Gold rallied... Oil dropped
FB dipped on earnings...

New all time highs: AGO, HRS, UBNT
All time lows:
Mergers/Deals:

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

Next week: Economic reports, Elections! More earnings

Earnings: NVDA

This week's charts:

Is that a Double-Top in the Small-caps? (3yr view)

NYSE never got back up to the 2015 highs, unlike the other indexes

Links...

S&P 500 - trending down

CBOE VIX -rising