Stock Market update: January 2017

Stock Market update -Jan 29th

The DOW finally crossed the 20,000 mark this week! And the Nasdaq notched another all time high too. GDP came in at a disappointing 1.9%. Next week we get the monthly Jobs report, and lots of earnings.
The market continues to grind higher, as the VIX drops to multi-year lows. If you are a contrarian trader, there may be opportunities to buy the VIX at these levels (using Options or other derivatives). This could also be used to hedge 'long' positions in equities.

BA and MSFT popped on earnings
VZ dropped

CSCO to acquire AppDynamics

We are now heading to $20 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left... let's see if we get there before the new president takes office! Didn't make it, but we're almost there... kinda like DOW 20000!

This week...

It's anyone's guess as to what 2017 will bring, but here is a chart that shows the past 5 years...

New all time highs: AVGO, DOW, GD, GOOGL, LRCX, MSFT, LUV, USB, PCLN, RAI, and more...

All time lows: GNC, SHLD

Mergers/Deals:

Options watch: S&P 500 Implied Volatility is still very low... 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 -scraping bottom!

Next week: Economic reports, Earnings, FED MEETING, JOBS REPORT,

Earnings:

Mon

Tue AAPL, AET, LLY, MA, PFE, XOM, UPS

Wed FB

Thu AMZN, AMGN, COP, CMG, MRK, V,

Fri

This week's charts:

VIX still scraping the bottom...

Links...

S&P 500 - post election rally resumed!

10yr Interest Rates

Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart)

Fear & Greed Index

ETFs - Ranked by YTD Percent Change

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Crude Oil was unchanged, closing near 53.20

Gold dropped, closing near 1191

The 30 year Bond was unchanged, closing near 150.43

The US Dollar was unchanged, closing near 100.56

NEWS:

Dow tops 20,000 on revitalized Trump trade, earnings
Stocks Soar To Record Highs As Peso Jumps Most In A Year
Bears Vanish From S&P 500 Options as Put-Call Ratio Baffles Pros
GDP shows economy slows to 1.9% growth
Outlooks for the Age of Trump are top focus of earnings season
Huge Insider Selling Continues as Market Hits Record Highs: MasterCard, Adobe Systems, Charles Schwab, FedEx and More

Apple, Amazon and the Fed all compete for attention in the week ahead
Apple’s hidden multi-billion dollar business could be the star of Tuesday's earnings
Barclays downgrades Apple, says investors are pinning too much hope on the iPhone 8
Microsoft Q2 strong, says commercial cloud tops $14 billion annual run rate
AutoZone Becomes #11 Most Shorted S&P 500 Component, Replacing Microchip Technology

Stock Market update -Jan 22nd

The S&P500 was flat for yet another week, while the Nasdaq 100 continued higher, and the small-cap IWM continued lower. Bonds were lower as well.

AAPL closed at 120 on the Option Leap expiration Friday! Pinned...

We are now heading to $20 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left... let's see if we get there before the new president takes office! Didn't make it, but we're almost there...

This week...

It's anyone's guess as to what 2017 will bring, but here is a chart that shows the past 5 years...

NFLX, PG, SWKS, popped
TGT dropped

New all time highs: AVGO, ALL, BA, DE, CMCSA, LRCX, MA, RAI, SHOP

All time lows: FIT

Next week: Economic reports,

Earnings:

Mon MCD, HAL, YHOO

Tue BABA, JNJ, LMT, MMM, TXN, VZ

Wed BA, CTXS, LRCX, QCOM, T

Thu BMY, BIIB, CELG, GOOGL, F, INTC, MSFT, JNPR, SBUX, VMW

Fri CVX, HON

This week's charts:

VIX scraping the bottom again!

JPM vs Citigroup -15 years

Links...

S&P 500 - post election rally stalled?

10yr Interest Rates

Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart)

Fear & Greed Index

ETFs - Ranked by YTD Percent Change

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Crude Oil was up, closing near 53.24

Gold was up again, closing near 1210

The 30 year Bond was down, closing near 150.62

The US Dollar was down, closing near 100.75

NEWS:

The week ahead in stocks
Apple sues Qualcomm for roughly $1 billion over royalties

Nokia's New Phone Sells Out in a Minute -- But What Does That Mean?
Report: Google wants to bring its dirt-cheap Android phones to the US
China Grows At Slowest Pace In 26 Years Despite Record Debt, Currency Devaluation

Stock Market update -Jan 15th

The Nasdaq hit record highs this week, as the other indexes struggled to move higher. The Dow has yet to pass the 20000 mark! The S&P500 has been stuck in a range...

Should be an interesting week with Earnings, Davos, Brexit, Inauguration Friday, and Monthly Options expiration Friday (Leaps)!

JPM hit an all time high after earnings...
FB, AMZN, and TSLA contiued to power higher... FAT :)
Netflix climbs to an all-time high ahead of earnings

We are now heading to $20 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left... let's see if we get there before the new president takes office!

This week...

It's anyone's guess as to what 2017 will bring, but here is a chart that shows the past 5 years...

...popped
...dropped

New all time highs: ADP, CMCSA, CSX, JPM, LRCX, MA,V , NFLX and more..

All time lows:

Mergers/Deals:

Options watch: Implied Volatility is very low... 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 -scraping bottom!

Next week: Economic reports,

Earnings:

Mon Holiday

Tue CSX, MS, UNH

Wed C, GS, USB, KMI, NFLX

Thu AXP, IBM

Fri GE

This week's charts:

VIX scraping the bottom again!

JPM vs Citigroup -15 years

Links...

S&P 500 - post election rally stalled?

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 3.42

Crude Oil dropped, closing near 52.52

Gold was up again, closing near 1197

The 30 year Bond was up again, closing near 152

The US Dollar was down, closing near 101.18

NEWS:

Nasdaq hits record; bank earnings validate Wall St. rally
The week ahead in stocks
Stocks may need a flawless earnings season to keep Trump rally going
The US dollar is the strongest it’s been since 1986
'An industry in crisis': Hedge funds bleed $100 billion in 2016
Carl Icahn's Investment Fund Plunged By 20% In 2016

The demand for AI is helping Nvidia and AMD leapfrog Intel
Is Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Becoming A Threat To Alphabet Inc (GOOGL)?
Now That The iPhone Is 10, It's Time For Apple To Kill It
Comcast Is America's Most Hated Company
India no longer the world's fastest-growing economy: IMF

Stock Market update -Jan 8th

Based on last year's January selloff, many people expected the same thing this year. It's not over yet, but so far we have a nice rally, with the VIX scraping the bottom! This week we begin to get earnings from the Banks, which had a nice run since the election. Bonds and Gold continued the short-term uptrend this week, while Oil was flat. We could see this stock rally continue as the DOW crosses the 20,000 mark this week, maybe...

We are now heading to $20 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left... let's see if we get there before the new president takes office!

It's anyone's guess as to what 2017 will bring, but here is a chart that shows the past 5 years?

...popped
M, KSS dropped

New all time highs: CHTR, DE, NFLX, PGR, PNC,

All time lows: DRYS
Mergers/Deals:

Options watch: Implied Volatility is very low... 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 -scraping bottom!

Next week: Economic reports,

Earnings: Banks... BAC, JPM, WFC,

This week's charts:

Links...

S&P 500 - post election rally resumed

10yr Interest Rates -rising!

Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart) -falling

Fear & Greed Index

ETFs - Ranked by YTD Percent Change

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas dropped, closing near 3.26

Crude Oil was flat, closing near 53.75

Gold was up again, closing near 1174

The 30 year Bond was up again, closing near 151.65

The US Dollar was mostly flat, closing near 102.28

NEWS:

Trump holds press conference; Banks report earnings; Rex Tillerson confirmation
Alphabet: Gearing Up For New Highs
Microsoft is killing Apple in every corner – What I’ve learned at CES 2017
Apple cuts Tim Cook's pay 15% for missing sales goals
Dear Apple, Please Fix Boring Problems This Year
Xiaomi hits $1 billion revenue in the world's fastest growing smartphone market

Macy's is closing 68 stores, cutting 10,000 jobs
Sears is closing 150 stores — here's the full list
Amazon Has Turned Sears and Macy's Into Graveyards

Stock Market Update -Jan1

Another quiet holiday week, although the market pulled back a bit. We could see some selling next week as investors take profits in the new tax year. Gold and Gold Miners rallied a bit.

The market closed out the year with approximately 10% returns on the large-cap S&P500, and almost 20% for the Small-caps (IWM). Bonds and Gold dropped for the year, while Oil was up.

Leading sectors for the year were Energy, Financials, and Industrials. Lagging was Health Care

We are now heading to $20 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left... let's see if we get there before the new president takes office!

It's anyone's guess as to what 2017 will bring, but here is a chart that shows the past 5 years?

KATE popped
OPK dropped

New all time highs:

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 -rising...

Next week: Economic reports,

Earnings:

This week's charts:

Links...

S&P 500 - post election rally stalled?

10yr Interest Rates -rising!

Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart) -falling

Fear & Greed Index

ETFs - Ranked by YTD Percent Change

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was flat, closing near 3.74

Crude Oil was flat, closing near 53.89

Gold was up, closing near 1152

The 30 year Bond was up, closing near 150.28

The US Dollar was down a bit, closing near 102.40

NEWS:

Wall Street and oil take the 2016 spoils
FACEBOOK DOMINATES TOP MOBILE APPS OF 2016

iPhone manufacturer Foxconn plans to replace almost every human worker with robots

How Amazon innovates in ways that Google and Apple can't

After a roller-coaster ride in 2016, here’s what sterling could do in 2017

Stock Market update -Dec 25th

Happy Holidays to all!

We had a quiet week as everyone prepares for the holiday weekend. The DOW tried to cross 20000 but couldn't get there. Bonds were up a bit. AMZN and FB continue to stall out.

We are now heading to $20 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left... let's see if we get there before the new president takes office!

NVDA continued to hit more new all time highs...
FRED popped
BBBY and RHT dropped

New all time highs: ALL, NVDA,

All time lows: FIT, GNC, SHLD
Mergers/Deals:

Options watch: Implied Volatility very low... 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 -rising...

Next week: Economic reports, Slow week?

Earnings:

This week's charts: