Stock Market update -Aug 18

Lots of large up & down action this week, closing the week down about 2% on the SPX, with Bonds rocketing up! The 30 year bond yield hit the lowest ever in history!


Bonds are holding at the highs, Oil is undecided, and Gold keeps moving up.

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

Pops:   WMT

Drops:   CSCO, PANW, 

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

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

Bonds holding up...

New all time highs:    AMT, CCI, FISV, FIS, SHAK, DNKN, CMS, NEE, XEL

All time lows:   ,  

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

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:   , 

This week's charts:

$NYA -NYSE Composite  -looking weak

 (IWM)   Small-caps -still struggling... maybe a double bottom here

Links...

S&P 500 - trying to recover

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 was up a bit, closing near 54.94

Gold was up again, closing near 1508 -now over 1523!

The 30 year Bond was up yet again, closing near 164.96

The US Dollar was mostly unchanged, closing near 98

News:

Stocks End Higher as Bond Easing Tempers Recession Fears

Tesla Order Canceled by Germany's Nextmove Over Quality Issues