Stock Market update Oct 18th

 Another Sunday night/Monday rally, followed by a pullback, as we closed out the October monthly expiration cycle. We may be pulling back from a high again, after we saw the first pullback on Sep 2nd.

Gold was up slightly, as was Oil.  Bonds were rangebound. 

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




S&P 500 March market crash V recovery (chart...pulling back?

High yield Corporate Bonds (HYG)  (2yr chart) -pulled back a bit
Investment grade Corporate Bonds (LQD)  (2yr chart) -ditto



Market concerns:  Coronavirus... Unemployment? 
Over $25 Trillion in debt!  See Debt Clock on the left, or here... 

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:IBMNFLX, TRVBIIB, CMG, TSLAINTC, KO
Events:





This week's charts:




$NYA -NYSE Composite  -pulled back this week!
 (IWM)   Small-caps -ditto



Links...
10yr Interest Rates  -still veery low
Gold was up, closing  around 1907 -back over 1900!!
The US Dollar was down, closing near 93.90
The 30 year Bond was down, closing near 175.90

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