Stock Market update -Aug 20th

The market was down this week as we got another big drop on Thursday, just like the prior week. We could be seeing a market running out of steam at this level, after the 9 month election rally. The US Dollar may be showing signs of maybe turning around from the 8 month drop too.

Bitcoin continued to rise.

Total Solar eclipse on Monday

Pops:  BABA, ROST
Drops:  FL, ULTA

We surpassed the $20 Trillion debt level in February! See Debt Clock on the left... 

This week (link)

Some stocks going the wrong way!

New all time highs:  BABA, EL, TTWO -short list!

All time lows:   AMC, JCP, RIG, UA

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility high
Link to high IVR stocks   
High Options volume:   

	ETFs	SPY, IWM, QQQ, GLD, GDX, USO, XOP, VXX, XLF, FXI, EEM EWZ,
	Stocks	AAPL, AMD, BAC, BABA, FB, MU, NVDA, TSLA

CBOE VIX Volatility Index   CBOE blogs  VIX spiked this week!

Next week:   

Earnings:  AVGO, CRM, HPQ, VMW, LOW, MOMO, ULTA, DLTR

This week's charts:

VIX spiked... Link

FAANG stocks & SPX -Link

Links...

S&P 500 - dropped again this week

10yr Interest Rates 

Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart) 

Fear & Greed Index

ETFs - Ranked by YTD Percent Change
S&P 500 Sector performance

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Crude Oil was unchanged, closing near 48.73

Gold held, closing near 1290 -approaching 1300! Top?

The 30 year Bond held, closing near 155.81

The US Dollar was up a bit, closing near 93.36

NEWS:

Two charts point to big trouble for tech stocks

The energy sector has tumbled 16 percent this year — is it time to buy?