Stock Market update -Jul 22nd

The market was mostly flat this week, as MSFT hit all time highs, and Gold continued to drop...
Some of the big tech names report next week.

NFLX, SKX dropped

This week -(CHART Link)

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

How high will Oil prices go?? (5 yr chart)

New all time highs:   COST, DNKN, CSX, NSC,  FDC,  FISV, FB, MSFT, ISRG, SHOP, SQ, TJX, V, ZEN

All time lows:   FTR, WIN 

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility rising?
CBOE VIX (Volatility Index) was up...  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:   Earnings:   Also monthly Options expiration!

Mon  GOOGL, 

Tue  MMM, T, UTX

Wed  BA, FB, GILD, V

Thu   AMZN, INTC, MCD, CMG. SBUX

Fri    TWTR, CVX, XOM

This week's charts:

FAANNG stocks & SPX (link) -FB at all time highs

Links...

S&P 500 - 

10yr Interest Rates  -steady under 3%...

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 down, closing near 68.14 -back below $70

Gold was down, closing near 1231 -well below $1300

The 30 year Bond was down, closing near 144.25

The US Dollar was up, closing near 94.25

NEWS

Stocks close little changed as strong earnings offset Trump’s comments on trade
Amazon, Alphabet and Facebook — more than $2 trillion in market cap — report next week

CEO of the world's largest asset manager is worried that tech shares are the only stocks doing well

Microsoft crushes earnings and reports $110 billion in annual revenue...
Gold pain is far from over, says veteran chart watcher Louise Yamada
Bitcoin could take a major chunk of change from gold, crypto expert says