Stock Market update -Sep 17th

The markets ended at record highs this week! The SPX closed at 2500 for the 1st time. Bonds and Gold dropped. Biotechs continued to rally. VIX dropped. The market rally continues!

ORCL dropped on earnings
AAPL dropped a bit after their new phone announcement
NVDA popped again

Pops:  
Drops:  ORCL

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

This week (link)

New all time highs:   ABBV, BA, CAT, CELG, EBAY, NVDA

All time lows:   

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility dropped ahead of next week's expiration...
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  

Next week:   Fed meeting

Earnings:  ADBE, AZO, FDX 

This week's charts:

VIX dropping back down... Link

FAANG stocks & SPX -Link

Links...

S&P 500 - new all time high!

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 UP, closing near 49.83

Gold dropped, closing near 1323 -over 1300! 

The 30 year Bond was down, closing near 154.96

The US Dollar was up a bit, closing near 91.60

NEWS:

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