Stock Market update -Mar 26th

We saw a bigger decline this week than we have had for some time now, which may be signaling that the market is out of steam for now. Financials are  lagging, while Utilities are up. Bonds & Gold rallied!

Pops:  MU
Drops:  GME, NKE, 

We are now over the  $20 Trillion debt level! See Debt Clock on the left... 

This week...

New all time highs:  AMT, CCL, HD, LRCX, MAR, PCG, RAI

All time lows:  FIT, FTR 

Mergers/Deals:   

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility rising... 
Link to high IVR stocks   
High Options volume:   SPY, IWM, QQQ, AAPL, FB, BAC, GLD, GDX, USO, VXX, XLF, FXI, EEM EWZ, XOP
CBOE VIX Volatility Index -still pretty low!

Next week:  Economic reports,  

Earnings:       

This week's charts:

VIX still near the bottom, but rising... 

Links...

S&P 500 - small pullback so far...

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 mostly unchanged, closing near 48.00

Gold was up again, closing near 1248

The 30 year Bond was up again,  closing near 151.18

The US Dollar dropped, closing near 99.30

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