Stock Market update -Dec 31st

The S&P500 was mostly flat this week, as the Nasdaq 100 continued the slow grind down from the previous week, and as Bonds, Gold, and Oil moved up. The US Dollar continued its move down.
We closed out the year with nice gains in all the indexes, with the Nasdaq gaining around 28%.
Sears hit an all time low!

Oil closes above $60 a barrel for the first time in 2.5 years





Over $20 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left, or here... 

New all time highs:   ABT, BBY, DHI, DFS, LOW, MAR, ROST, PEP, STZ, SYF, VLO, UTX
All time lows:   SHLD

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility is still low...
Link to high IVR stocks   
High Options volume:   
ETFs SPY, IWM, QQQ, GLD, GDX, USO, XOP, VXX, XLF, XLE, FXI, EEM EWZ, 
Stocks AAPL, AMD, BAC, BABA, FB, MU, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA
CBOE VIX Volatility Index   CBOE blogs  

Next week:   Monthly Jobs report on Friday
Earnings:    

This week's charts:


VIX still near the lows... Link




FAANG stocks & SPX (link)


Links...
S&P 500 - near all time highs 
Gold was up, closing near 1305 -now over $1300!
The 30 year Bond was up, closing near 152.81
The US Dollar was down again, closing near 91.98

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