Stock Market update -Aug 16

The SPX rallied a bit further this week, now finally just about at the all time high from last Feb. Time will tell whether we see a double top in this area, or a continued rally! 

TSLA rallied after announcing a 5:1 stock split

Gold & Silver pulled back this week.
Bonds were down a bit. Oil was flat.

What was up this week:  TSLA
What was down this week: 

Covid cases continue to increase (now over 5 million)  
Covid-19 death tolls... World: 762,441

USA…171,535
Brazil…106,571
Mexico…55,293
India…49,134
UK…41,358
Italy…35,234
France…30,406
Spain…28,617



S&P 500 market crash V recovery (chart...now pretty much back at the all-time highs


High yield Corporate Bonds (HYG)  (2yr chart) -small pullback this week 
Investment grade Corporate Bonds (LQD)  (2yr chart) -ditto



Market concerns:  Coronavirus... Unemployment? 
Pops:   
Drops:   

Over $25 Trillion in debt!  See Debt Clock on the left, or here... 


New all time highs:   AMAT, BBY, CMI, DG, KLAC, SEDG, TGT, WSM -odd list
Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility  (CBOE VIX) -continuing to pull back!
ETFs SPY, IWM, QQQ, GLD, GDX, USO, XOP, VXX, XLF, XLE, FXI, EEM EWZ, 

Stocks AAPL, AMD, BAC, BABA, DIS, FB, MU, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA...


Next week:     
MTWTF
EARNING:JDHD, WMT, NVDA, LOW, TGT, BABA
Events:





This week's charts:



AAPL & TSLA stocks to split


$NYA -NYSE Composite  -just took out the Jun highs
 (IWM)   Small-caps -ditto



Links...
10yr Interest Rates  -still veery low
ETFs - Ranked by  Volume
S&P 500 Sector performance -

Crude Oil  was up a bit, closing near 42.23
Gold dropped, closing  around 1953 -back under 2000!!
The US Dollar was unchanged, closing near 93.11
The 30 year Bond was down again, closing near 177.75

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