Stock Market update Aug 11

We got a big drop on Monday, but recovered most of it by Friday... Markets continue to be somewhat volatile, with China trade tensions among other issues, like global central banks lowering rates.

Bonds are holding at the highs, Oil is undecided, and Gold keeps moving up.
GBP (British Pound) continued to sink...

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

Pops:   AMD

Drops:   DBX, 

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

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

Recovery this week...

Bonds holding up...

New all time highs:    AMT, CCI, FIS, MCD, NEE, ROKU, SHOP, SO, TTD, WM and more...

All time lows:   CLVS, DBX, JCP, RIG  

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility  (CBOE VIX) -lower & lower!

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:   AAP, BABA, CSCO, CGC, WMT, NVDA, 

This week's charts:

$NYA -NYSE Composite  -big drop this week

 (IWM)   Small-caps -still struggling...

Links...

S&P 500 - big drop again

10yr Interest Rates  -even lower!

Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart) 

Fear & Greed Index

ETFs - Ranked by YTD Percent Change
S&P 500 Sector performance

Commodities/Futures (charts):  

Crude Oil dropped a bit, closing near 54.27

Gold was up, closing near 1508 -now over 1500!

The 30 year Bond was up again, closing near 161.06

The US Dollar was mostly unchanged, closing near 97.36

News:

Week ahead could bring more volatility as worries over trade and the economy linger