Stock Market update -Aug 5th

The market rallied on Thu & Fri after AAPL  & TSLA reported earnings. This is the 6th consecutive rally week for the S&P500, as it heads back up to the Jan high!

The Jobs report came in a little weak...

Gold dropped again.

AAPL and TSLA popped on earnings!

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:   AAPL, HCA, HLF, ILMN, NEE, TTWO, WING

All time lows:   , 

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility -LOW
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:    DIS

This week's charts:

FAANNG stocks & SPX (link) -AAPL all time high

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 flat, closing near 68.68 - below $70

Gold was flat, closing near 1221 -well below $1300

The 30 year Bond was flat, closing near 143

The US Dollar was up a bit, closing near 95.35

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