Stock Market update -Apr 21st

The market was up a bit this week on very light volume. Next week we get earnings from some of the big Tech names... Looks like the SPX is still trying to get to the all time high we saw in October, and its very close -maybe this week. Small-caps dropped, and continues to be weak (IWM).

NFLX erarnings was a non event. IBM dropped a bit.
UNH and other Health Care stocks dropped.

Gold dropped, while Oil and Bonds were flat.

Continuing concerns:  Still keeping an eye on DB, Europe, Brexit, China

PINS & ZM IPOs did well.

Pops:   
Drops:   ISRG, 

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




S&P 500 performance chart, (9 months -Link)
Shooting for the all time high!


New all time highs:    AVGO, COST, DIS,  FAST, HON,  LULU, MA, MSFT,  MCD, NKE,  PEP, PG, UNP, WM.  WEN, YUM & more

All time lows:   -- TRVG

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility -flat...  (CBOE VIX)

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:    
M:  
T:   KO, LMT, PG, TWTR,  TXN, UTX, V
W:  BA, CAT, CMG, FB, MSFT, T
T:   AMZN, INTC, MMM, SBUX, 
F:    DB, CVX, XOM, 


This week's charts:



$NYA -NYSE Composite (link)  

 (IWM)   Small-caps are still weak


Links...
S&P 500 - big rally from the bottom now approaching all time highs!
Gold was down, closing near 1276
The 30 year Bond was flat, closing near 146.84
The US Dollar  was up a bit, closing near 97.12

News:


Stock Market update -Apr 14th

The market rallied again this week, with a pop in the Financials on Friday as JPM & WFC reported earnings. Still approaching the all time highs near 2940 on the S&P500, as we get more bank earnings this week, along with some techs. We'll probably see more upside as it tries to take out the all time high...
Short trading week -Good Friday

Bonds dropped again, while Oil and Gold were flat.

Continuing concerns:  Still keeping an eye on DB, Europe, Brexit, China

LYFT IPO drifted lower all week
DIS popped on their streaming announcement
Chevron to buy Anadarko Petroleum in a $33 billion cash and stock deal

Pops:   APC, DIS
Drops:   , 

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



S&P 500 performance chart, (9 months -Link)
Shooting for the all time high!


New all time highs:    AVGO, ACN,  ADI, ADP, DIS, DWDP, FAST, MSFT, MCD, PYPL, SBUX, V, XLNX, YUM and more...
All time lows:   -- DF

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility -dropped again...  (CBOE VIX)

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:    
M:  C, GS
T:   NFLX, IBM, BAC, CSX, JNJ, UNH
W:  MS, PEP
T:   AXP
F:   Good Friday


This week's charts:



$NYA -NYSE Composite (link)  

 (IWM)   Small-caps are still weak


Links...
S&P 500 - big rally from the bottom now approaching all time highs!
Gold was flat, closing near 1293
The 30 year Bond dropped again, closing near 146.84
The US Dollar  was flat to down, closing near 96.55

News:

Jeff Bezos warns Amazon will have ‘multibillion-dollar failures’
‘How about paying your taxes?’—Walmart responds to Amazon’s challenge over pay
Analysts don’t know what to make of Uber’s $100 billion valuation