Stock Market update -May 20th

The IWM  (small-caps) broke out to new highs (chart link below)...
Oil held up, while Gold & Bonds were mostly unchanged.

 

5/13: IWM top, or ready to break out?? ...it broke out! 

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

DE rallied

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:   

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  
T   
W  
T    
F   , 

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 71.79 -holding 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

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