Stock Market update -May 26th

Another down week, making it 3 in a row now from the recent all time high. We are pretty much at a support level near 2800, so we could see a bounce soon. Concerns remain about China trade & tariffs. We saw some of the retailers drop after reporting earnings.

Oil dropped, while Bonds continue to move up.
Gold may be trying to find a bottom in this area.

TSLA continued its slide from December
JWN dropped on earnings

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

Pops:   TGT
Drops:    JCP, JWN, KSS, LOW

Over $22 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left, or here...

S&P 500 performance chart, (9 months -Link)

Still dropping from the all time high

New all time highs:    AEP, CMS, NEE, AMT, FIS, GPN, ROKU,  PGR,  SO, WP, WM

All time lows:   -CLDR

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility -holding up...  (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:    Uber, COST, DG

This week's charts:

$NYA -NYSE Composite  -never made it back to the Oct high!

 (IWM)   Small-caps -ditto...

Links...

S&P 500 - dropped again this week!

10yr Interest Rates  -dropping even more!

Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart) 

Fear & Greed Index

ETFs - Ranked by YTD Percent Change
S&P 500 Sector performance
$NYA -pulled back

Commodities/Futures (charts):  

Crude Oil saw a sharp drop, closing near 59.02

Gold dropped too, closing near 1284

The 30 year Bond was up again, closing near 151.21

The US Dollar  was mostly flat, closing near 97.44

News:

Dow rises nearly 100 points, but posts longest weekly losing streak since 2011

The stock market would be much lower if it weren’t for companies buying back their own shares

Ford to eliminate 7,000 jobs, or 10% of workforce, by end August

Stock Market update -May 19th

The market dropped a bit again this week, the second week in a row after returning to the all time high. Concerns remain about China trade & tariffs.

BIDU, DE dropped on earnings
TSLA continued its slide from December
AAPL dropped as well

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

Pops:   
Drops:    

Over $22 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left, or here...

S&P 500 performance chart, (9 months -Link)

Dropped from the all time high

New all time highs:    AFL, COST, CMS, NEE, ROKU, SBUX, OKTA, PEP, XEL, 
All time lows:   -- 

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility -RISING...  (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:    More Retailers

This week's charts:

$NYA -NYSE Composite  -trying to rally!

 (IWM)   Small-caps are still weak

Links...

S&P 500 - dropped again this week!

10yr Interest Rates  -near the lows!

Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart) 

Fear & Greed Index

ETFs - Ranked by YTD Percent Change
S&P 500 Sector performance
$NYA -pulled back

Commodities/Futures (charts):  

Crude Oil was up, closing near 63.60

Gold was flat, closing near 1277

The 30 year Bond was up a bit, closing near 149.50

The US Dollar  was up, closing near 97.82

News:

Amazon is spending billions on internet satellites, self-driving cars and more as revenue growth slows