Stock Market update -May 13th

We got a huge rally this week, regaining some lost ground. Let's see if it continues... Earnings are mostly over now, and geopolitical events may drive markets in the coming weeks. Looking at the NYA index below, it has a long way to go to get back to the Jan top, while the Small-caps (IWM) are already there, and AAPL & NVDA have already surpassed it.

The market is back at an important level now, and will show if its going to break out to new highs, or sell off from this 'resistance' level (e.g.  IWM chart below)
Oil held up, while Gold & Bonds were mostly unchanged.

 

IWM top, or ready to break out??

Other indices like this one still have a long way to catch up!

Walmart agrees to a $16 billion deal to buy a majority stake in India's Flipkart
Nestle Bets $7 Billion on Starbucks to Revive Coffee Sales

AAPL continued higher this week to new all time highs
SYMC tanked

This week -(link)

Over $21 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left, or here... 

New all time highs:   ADBE, CSX, EA,  EOG, INTU, MA, V, PGR, SCHW, ZEN

All time lows:   ADT 

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility dropping...
CBOE VIX Volatility Index   CBOE blogs  

Link to high IV 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

Next week:   Options expiration (monthly)

Earnings:    
M  TMUS
T   HD
W  CSCO
T    WMT
F   CPB, DE

This week's charts:

VIX... Link

FAANNG stocks & SPX (link)

AAPL & NVDA now above previous all time highs

Links...

S&P 500 - where next? resistance?

10yr Interest Rates  -steady...

Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart) 

Fear & Greed Index

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

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Crude Oil was up, closing near 70.51 -now over $70!

Gold was unchanged, closing near 1318 -holding over $1300!

The 30 year Bond was flat, closing near 143.12

The US Dollar was unchanged, closing near 92.43

NEWS

Dow marks longest win streak in 6 months as stock gauges log sharp weekly gains

Apple made more profit in three months than Amazon has generated during its lifetime

Apple will give $100 billion more back to shareholders because of the tax cut: Citigroup

The dollar is surging into overbought territory, warns chart watcher. Here’s what it means

The bond yield's big breakout is for real. Here’s why

Bitcoin conferences flood New York, bringing millions in ticket sales

Big Banks are Investing Heavily in Blockchain and Crypto: $364 Billion Investment Firm

Report: Facebook Is Considering Creating Its Own Cryptocurrency 

Argentina looks to be headed for another economic storm

Argentina raised interest rates for the second time in 24 hours — to 40%