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

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 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

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