Stock Market update: February 2018

Stock Market update -Feb 25th

We got a nice boost on Friday, but was pretty much unchanged for the week on the S&P500. The QQQ did end up higher though. We could see a rally back up to the previous all time highs of January.

ROKU, OLED, WMT dropped

This week (link)

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

New all time highs: ADBE, GDDY,

All time lows:

Options watch: S&P 500 Implied Volatility dropped...
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:

Fed, Jobs report

Earnings:

This week's charts:

VIX dropping... Link

FAANNG stocks & SPX (link)

Links...

S&P 500 - trying for a rally

10yr Interest Rates -rising...

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 rallied, closing near 63.55 -holding over $60!

Gold was down, closing near 1330 -holding over $1300!

The 30 year Bond was flat, closing near 144.06

The US Dollar was up a bit, closing near 89.79

NEWS

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Amazon hits $1,500 for the first time ever

Samsung launches the Galaxy S9 smartphone to take on Apple's iPhone X

Roku forecast hurts stock, but includes a major milestone

Berkshire Owns $100 Billion In T-Bills: More Than China And The UK
Bitcoin’s bouncing back, here are the next big catalysts for the cryptocurrency
Bitcoin crashes below $10k as euphoric rally peters out

DROPBOX SEEKING TO RAISE $500 MILLION IN STOCK MARKET DEBUT

Stock Market update -Feb 18th

We got a big recovery rally from the prior week's sell-off. Lets see if it continues -Monday the market is closed. This pullback was steeper and faster than any in 2017, so maybe 'this time is different', and maybe the selling isn't quite over yet... we'll see.

Bonds, Oil, and Gold moved up. Bitcoin continued to move up too...

CMG , CSCO, FOSL, UAA, popped
EXPE dropped

This week (link)

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

New all time highs: ACN, CME, CTSH, DE, GRUB, INTU, NVDA, NKE, STLD, PNC,

All time lows:

Options watch: S&P 500 Implied Volatility dropped...
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:

Earnings: HD, WMT, ROKU

This week's charts:

Huge VIX rally... Link

FAANNG stocks & SPX (link)

Links...

S&P 500 - big recovery week!

10yr Interest Rates -rising...

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 rallied, closing near 61.61 -holding over $60!

Gold ralllied, closing near 1349 -holding over $1300!

The 30 year Bond was up, closing near 144.21

The US Dollar was down, closing near 89.04

NEWS

Dow and S&P 500 Finish Higher for Sixth Straight Day of Gains

Are We Witnessing A V-Shaped Stock Market Bottom?

Rates are jumping on more strong inflation data; US 2-year yield hits 9-year high
BlackRock bond guru: Treasury plan to borrow nearly $1 trillion will have a huge impact on markets

Amazon now more valuable than Microsoft

SpaceX launching its first test satellites to bring Internet to billions around the world

Total US household debt soars to record above $13 trillion

Stock Market update -Feb 11th

We got another big sell-off this week as interest rates continued to rise. For the first time since the election we are seeing a pullback in the market. We could reverse from here with a short-term rally, but with the recent damage done to price levels, I don't expect all time highs to come back anytime soon. Instead we could see more selling after a bounce from here... time will tell.

Bonds, Oil, and Gold corrected again. Bitcoin bounced...

Nvidia shares surge after earnings show big cryptocurrency, gaming demand

Snapchat stock soars 20% after ending losing streak

Twitter rockets more than 20 percent after the company reports first-ever net profit

Tesla posts narrower-than-expected loss, says it's on track to meet Model 3 production goals

Expedia stock plunges 19 percent on fourth quarter profit misses

Chipotle shares continue to nosedive on fears that customers won't come back

This week (link)

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

New all time highs: VIRT -VERY SHORT LIST!

All time lows: SHLD & lots more!

Options watch: S&P 500 Implied Volatility jumped again...
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: Feb Options expiration

Earnings:

This week's charts:

Huge VIX rally... Link

FAANNG stocks & SPX (link)

Links...

S&P 500 - ANOTHER BIG DROP THIS WEEK!

10yr Interest Rates -rising...

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 dropped, closing near 59.83 -holding over $60!

Gold was down, closing near 1325 -holding over $1300!

The 30 year Bond DROPPED again, closing near 143.18

The US Dollar was UP, closing near 90.07

NEWS

Why the stock market correction was long overdue, and what it means now

Why the bond market is freaking out Wall Street

Watch SpaceX launch its thunderous Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time

Apple's HomePod sounds great but you should probably just buy a Sonos

Stock Market update -Feb 4th

We finally got a down week, and a big one too, after many, many months of rallies! Supposedly the selloff was due to concerns over rising interest rates. The Jobs report was as expected, except for an increase in average hourly earnings. Bonds sold off on the news, as did stocks.

Oil and Gold corrected a bit. Bitcoin continued to drop...
AAPL, GOOGL, UPS, CVX, XOM dropped;