Stock Market update

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Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was about the same, closing near 2.77

Crude Oil dropped, closing near 44.19

Gold was down, closing near 1323

The 30 year Bond was flat, closing near 171.62

The US Dollar was up, closing near 97.41

NEWS:

Stock Market update -Jul 17th

Another 'up' week in the equity markets, with Bonds finally dropping off a bit.
Earnings season begins next week -see list below.

Next week: Economic reports,

Earnings:

BAC, IBM, NFLX, VMW, YHOO

JNJ, GS, LMT, MSFT, UNH,

AXP, INTC, MS, QCOM,

BIIB, T, V, SBUX

This week's charts:

Links...

S&P 500 - continuation of the Brexit reversal rally!

CBOE VIX -dropped again

10yr Interest Rates -turned up this week...

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NEWS:

Stock Market update -Jul 10th

We got a positive surprise with the monthly Jobs number on Friday, and the market rallied some more. But so did Bonds -these normally move in opposite directions. The next few weeks will probably tell us where we go from here on a longer term basis -earnings, Brexit, Euro banks, Japan... For now, looks like we will take out the all time S&P500 highs this week or next.

Post Brexit, GOOGL recovered nicely, as did FB, AMZN, and others
AMZN closed at all time highs -so did Bonds! Stocks are almost there!

New all time highs: AMZN, ATVI, CL, CMCSA, DLTR, EA, FIS, HON, INTU, JNJ, LMT, LOW, MDT, MMM, NVDA, PM, ADP, PAYX, SYY, ULTA, and more...
All time lows:
Pops: , Drops -HUM
Mergers/Deals:

Options watch:   Implied Volatility dropped again!
High IVR:  FXE, FXY currencies! GDX, SLV, MON, POT -materials, Financials, TBT,
Also AMZN, CMG, STX, and more
High volume: PFE, GE, VRX, FCX, NFLX, MSFT
SPY, IWM, QQQ, AAPL, FB, BAC, HYG, GLD, GDX, USO, VXX, XLF, FXI, EEM EWZ, XOP

Next week: Economic reports, Brexit fallout?

Earnings: JPM, C, WFC -banks kick off earnings season

This week's charts:

10 year Bond keeps rising (and the 30yr too)
Spiked again this week -heading to 2012 level? it's almost there!
(which means even lower interest rates -dropping since 2014!)

After rising for several years...
The S&P500 hit a ceiling around 2100 for the past 18 months!

Maybe we'll break out this week?

Links...

S&P 500 - big continuation of the reversal rally!

CBOE VIX -dropped again

10yr Interest Rates -even lower still! again...

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Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was down, closing near 2.81

Crude Oil dropped quite a bit, closing near 45.12

Gold was up again, closing near 1367

The 30 year Bond was up sharply again, closing near 177.09

The US Dollar was up, closing near 96.34

NEWS:

Stock Market update -Jul 3rd

Happy 4th of July!

We saw a strong recovery rally after the Brexit selloff, which itself lasted only two days! But we also got a rally in Bonds and Gold -interesting, everything rallied! Lets see what the 3rd quarter brings as we get ready for earnings season again -could be a rocky one. We have been at this level in the S&P500 several times over the past 18 months but have not been able to break above it to new highs.
Dow, S&P 500 shake off Brexit, log best week of 2016

Bonds had a big rally this week! As did Silver

New all time highs: ATVI, CAG, CCI, CMCSA, JNJ, GIS, MDT, MMM, RAI, SO, STZ, SYY, UNH, WM & more
All time lows: RBS
Pops: HOG, SLV Drops -
Mergers/Deals: MDLZ to buy HSY

Options watch: Implied Volatility dropped!
High IVR: FXE, FXY currencies! GDX, SLV, MON, POT -materials, Financials, TBT,
Also GPS, STX, and more
High volume: SPY, IWM, QQQ, AAPL, FB, BAC, HYG, GLD, GDX, USO, VXX, XLF, FXI, EEM EWZ, XOP

Next week: Economic reports, Brexit fallout? Markets closed on Monday. Monthly Jobs report on Friday.

Earnings:

This week's charts:

10 year Bond keeps rising (and the 30yr too)
Spiked again this week -heading to 2012 level?
(which means even lower interest rates -dropping since 2014!)

After rising for several years...
The S&P500 hit a ceiling around 2100 for the past 18 months!

Links...

S&P 500 - big reversal rally!

CBOE VIX -dropped

10yr Interest Rates -even lower still!

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Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was up, closing near 2.99

Crude Oil was up, closing near 49.28

Gold was up again, closing near 1345

The 30 year Bond was up sharply again, closing near 174.34

The US Dollar was flat, closing near 95.72

NEWS:

Stock Market update -Jun 26th

This was Brexit week, and we got it on Friday! The DOW was down overnight over 700 points at one time, and Bonds and Gold shot up like a rocket. Great Britain decided to leave the EU and it roiled markets in a big way (see Friday's closing numbers below).

What does this mean going forward? No one really knows, but we could see further downside action back to the February lows maybe. Japan's market already dropped to the Feb lows on Friday.

With all the uncertainty, including Brexit, I have a hard time thinking that the market will rally from here, especially since it hasn't been able to rally past the tops of just over 2100 for more than a year. But in spite of the huge drop on Friday, we're just back to the mid-May levels of around 2040, hardly a market crash!

Brexit cost investors $2 trillion, the worst one day drop ever

Fridays carnage:

DOW	-610	3.4%
NASDAQ	-202	4.1%
NIKKEI	-1286	7.9%
DAX	-700	6.8%
CAC	-359	-8%

Spain was down 12.4%
The British Pound was down almost 9% -a massive move for a currency!

Options watch: Take advantage of the current high Implied Volatility!
High IVR: FXE, FXY currencies! GDX, MON, POT -materials, Financials, TBT, and more
High volume: SPY, IWM, QQQ, AAPL, FB, BAC, HYG, GLD, GDX, USO, VXX, XLF, FXI, EEM EWZ, XOP
VIX is much more elevated now

New all time highs: CCI, CLX, DOC, DG, AEP, ED, SUI, AMH, XEL, WM -still not the list you would expect!
All time lows: CS, LMCA, SEAS Many banks hitting 52 week lows...
Drops -TSLA
Mergers/Deals: TSLA to buy SCTY

Next week: Economic reports, Brexit fallout? End of the month & end of the 2nd Quarter.

Earnings:

This week's charts:

10 year Bond keeps rising -spiked this week...
(which means lower interest rates -dropping since 2014!)

Links...

S&P 500 - turned down

CBOE VIX -rising

10yr Interest Rates -even lower!

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Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was unchanged, closing near 2.66

Crude Oil was down a bit, closing near 47.64

Gold was up again, closing near 1322

The 30 year Bond was up again, closing near 169.97

The US Dollar was up, closing near 95.68

NEWS:

Stock Market update -JUN 19th

We ended the week of selling at the lows, with some of the Tech stocks selling off too -AAPL, FB, GOOGL. Bonds and Gold rallied. Next week we have the Brexit event, a potential market mover...

Options watch: Take advantage of the current high Implied Volatility!
High IVR: FXE, FXY currencies! GDX, MON, POT -materials ADBE, NKE (earnings), TBT
High volume: SPY, AAPL, FB, BAC, EEM EWZ, GLD, GDX, USO, VXX, XLF, FXI,
VIX still elevated

New all time highs: ALB, GIS, MGP, Z, NEE, WEC -still not the list you would expect!
All time lows: PSTG
LNKD popped!
Mergers/Deals: MST to acquire LNKD!

Next week: Economic reports, Brexit...

Earnings: ADBE, FDX,

This week's charts:

10 year Bond keeps rising... (lower interest rates)

Links...

S&P 500 - turned down

CBOE VIX -rising

10yr Interest Rates -even lower!

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was up, closing near 2.65

Crude Oil was down a bit, closing near 48.26

Gold was up again, closing near 1301

The 30 year Bond was up again, closing near 169.46

The US Dollar was down a bit, closing near 94.28

NEWS:

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Stock Market update -Jun 12th

The market was rising for the week, then dropped on Friday. Next week we get the Fed decision on interest rates, a potential market mover. Volatility is starting to increase as a result, and also from things like Brexit, currency volatility, and an increase in negative Bond yields globally. US Bonds rallied this week (pushing rates down), and Gold rallied as well. The VIX had a big move up for the first time in a long time, so be careful.

PAY tanked on earnings...
VRX continues to drop

Options watch: VIX jumped this week...
High IVR: FXE, FXY currencies! GDX, MON, POT -materials NKE ORCL (earnings), TBT
High volume: SPY, AAPL, FB, BAC, EEM EWZ, GLD, USO, VXX

New all time highs: AMT, ED, GIS, HON, JNJ, K, PCG, SJM, TAP, XEL -not the list you would expect!
All time lows: CS, RH
RH, PAY dropped
Mergers/Deals:

Next week: Economic reports, Fed meeting on Interest rates

Earnings: CTRP, ORCL

This week's charts:

How high: Auto parts... Really?

How high: ULTA

Can IWM get through the 120 ceiling??

Links...

S&P 500 -maybe starting to turn down?

CBOE VIX -rising

10yr Interest Rates -even lower!