Stock Market update -Sep 16th

The market bounced off support at the Jan high levels this week. We could see a double top forming here. Bonds & Gold pulled back.

This week we have Sep and 3rd quarter Options Expiration..

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

Market performance, 9 months -(CHART Link)

NYA -NYSE Composite Index -still below the Jan high...

New all time highs:   ADBE, ATVI, AMGN, CRM, FDC, MSFT, AXP, MA, V, UAL
All time lows:   , 

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility -up a bit
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:    AVGO

This week's charts:

FAANNG stocks & SPX (link) -AAPL, AMZN near all time highs

Links...

S&P 500 - holding above the Jan top...

10yr Interest Rates  -steady around 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 up, closing near 68.94 - below $70

Gold was flat , closing near 1200 -hanging around $1200!

The 30 year Bond dropped, closing near 141.78

The US Dollar was down a bit, closing near 94.48

NEWS

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