Stock Market update

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Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas dropped a bit, closing near 2.57

Crude Oil was up again, closing near 48.57

Gold was unchanged, closing near 1345

The 30 year Bond dropped, closing near 170.97

The US Dollar was down a bit, closing near 94.50

NEWS:

Stock Market update -Aug 14th

The market was more or less flat this week, having hit new all time highs in all three major indexes. Gold sold off on Friday.

NVDA popped on earnings. M, JWN and others also popped, pushing up XRT...

New all time highs: ACIA, AVGO, CL, LMT, NVDA, ROST, RTN, TSN, ULTA
All time lows:
Mergers/Deals:  Randstad buys Monster, Walmart buys Jet.com

Options watch:   Implied Volatility still at extreme lows...
High IVR link  Also companies reporting earnings
High volume: SPY, IWM, QQQ, AAPL, FB, BAC, HYG, GLD, GDX, USO, VXX, XLF, FXI, EEM EWZ, XOP

Next week: Economic reports, Monthly Options expiration on Friday...

Earnings: HPQ, HD, LOW, TGT, CSCO, WMT

This week's charts:

NASDAQ -16 years to get back to even!

The S&P 500 got there a long time ago...

NYSE still struggling to get to the 2015 highs

Links...

S&P 500 - new all time high!

CBOE VIX -dropped again

10yr Interest Rates -rising?

Stocks close mostly lower; Nasdaq posts longest weekly win streak since 2012
U.S. stocks post modest weekly gains; Nasdaq hits record
Central banks are printing money as though the global economy is in freefall

Macy's is shutting down 100 stores...
Android dominates in India with 97% market share
Amazon's 'Prime Air' Boeing 767 Takes Its Maiden Flight
Randstad buys Monster for $429M as recruitment consolidation continues
As of today, we have used up all the Earth’s resources for 2016

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas dropped a bit, closing near 2.60

Crude Oil was up, closing near 44.69

Gold was unchanged, closing near 1341

The 30 year Bond was up, closing near 173.06

The US Dollar was down a bit, closing near 95.67

NEWS:

Stock Market update -Aug 7th

The market rallied to a new all time high on a good Jobs number on Friday, with 255,000 new jobs added (S&P 500). Financials rallied too, with the increased expectation for a rate hike. Implied Volatility is at a very low level, and Bollinger Bands suggest an upcoming breakout move -we'll only know the direction after it happens though! But this rally is long in the tooth... Bonds and Gold dropped.

Market worries... Japan, GB/Brexit, Italian banks, DB, Europe, Turkey...

BMY dropped, while MRK popped on news.
PCLN popped on earnings, closing at 1414 on Friday!
FEYE, TRIP dropped on earnings.

New all time highs: AVGO, BLL, HPE, MNST, NVDA, TTWO,
All time lows:
Mergers/Deals:

Options watch:   Implied Volatility at extreme lows... except for stocks reporting earnings!
High IVR link  Also companies reporting earnings
High volume: SPY, IWM, QQQ, AAPL, FB, BAC, HYG, GLD, GDX, USO, VXX, XLF, FXI, EEM EWZ, XOP

Next week: Economic reports, More earnings,

Earnings: DIS

This week's charts:

IWM is the star performer since the Feb lows...
-even tho its not yet back to all time highs.

Links...

S&P 500 - new all time high!

CBOE VIX -dropped again

10yr Interest Rates -rising

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas dropped, closing near 2.73

Crude Oil was up, closing near 42.04

Gold dropped, closing near 1339

The 30 year Bond dropped, closing near 171.25

The US Dollar was up, closing near 96.23

NEWS:

Stock Market update -Jul 31st

The market was flat to slightly down for the week, with tech earnings boosting things a bit for the NASDAQ. We continue to get a barrage of earnings this week, along with the usual issues in Japan and Europe. Friday is also Jobs day!

Oil prices fell, while Bond prices rose. Gold was up a bit too.

AMZN, AAPL, FB, GOOGL popped on earnings. TWTR, WDC dropped.

New all time highs: AMZN, ALGN, ESRT, HPE, HD, NVDA, RTN, SAP, SPG, SRC, O, TJX, TSN...
All time lows:
Mergers/Deals: ORCL to buy NetSuite

Options watch:   Implied Volatility at extreme lows... except for stocks reporting earnings!
High IVR link  Also companies reporting earnings
High volume: SPY, IWM, QQQ, AAPL, FB, BAC, HYG, GLD, GDX, USO, VXX, XLF, FXI, EEM EWZ, XOP

Next week: Economic reports, Earnings, Monthly Jobs report

Earnings:

M:
T: CVS, PG, PFE, STX,
W: DDD, HUM, HLF, TSLA, RIG, TRIP
Th: ATVI, LNKD, MNST, PCLN,
F:

This week's charts:

IWM is the star performer since the Feb lows...
-even tho its not yet back to all time highs.

SMH -weekly breakout

Links...

S&P 500 - rally stalled?

CBOE VIX -dropped again

10yr Interest Rates -dropped again

Stocks close mixed; S&P, Dow snap 4-wk win streak
Cheaper oil sends Exxon, Chevron to worst quarter in years
Amazon keeps its crown as king of cloud as sales pop
Microsoft to cut about 2,850 more jobs
Spring slump: U.S. economy only grows 1.2%

Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos have put legendary Warren Buffett in their rearview mirror
Is Bank of Japan signaling that it’s running out of ammo

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was about the same, closing near 2.85

Crude Oil dropped again, closing near 41.38

Gold was up, closing near 1357

The 30 year Bond was up, closing near 174.50

The US Dollar was down, closing near 95.51

NEWS:

Stock Market update -Jul 24th

The market was up a bit this week, hitting new all-time highs again, then pulling back. Maybe we'll see the NASDAQ and Small-caps (IWM), hit all time highs and catch up to the S&P500 before this rally takes a break.

Oil prices dropped again, while Bonds seem to have settled down from the prior selling.

Tech giants reporting earnings next week: AMZN, AAPL, FB, GOOGL, more...

NFLX, SKX sank after earnings. QCOM popped! JNJ continued its long rally.

New all time highs: AMT, CHTR, DG, DPS, DPZ, ESRT, EBAY, NVDA, SO, SPG, STZ, SWK, ROST, TJX, TSN,
All time lows:
Mergers/Deals: YHOO & VZ??

Options watch:   Implied Volatility at extreme lows... except for stocks reporting earnings!
High IVR link  Also companies reporting earnings
High volume: SPY, IWM, QQQ, AAPL, FB, BAC, HYG, GLD, GDX, USO, VXX, XLF, FXI, EEM EWZ, XOP

Next week: Economic reports, Fed meeting, Earnings

Earnings:

M: GILD, S
T: AAPL, TWTR, UA, MMM, CAT, BP, DD, FCX, MCD, VZ, X, MO
W: FB, BA, KO, AMGN,ABX
Th: AMZN, GOOGL, BIDU, BMY, CELG, DECK, AMT, COP, MA, WYNN
F: MRK, CVX, XOM, UPS

This week's charts:

IWM is the star performer since the Feb lows...
-even tho its not yet back to all time highs.

Links...

S&P 500 - rally stalled?

CBOE VIX -dropped again

10yr Interest Rates -paused

Wall Street braces for feeding frenzy of earnings, central bank action
5 Earnings Reports To Look For Next Week: (AAPL, TWTR, FB, GOOGL, UA)
British Economy Shrinking Fast, Post-Brexit

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...

Wall Street's bull will have to navigate earnings and politics in the week ahead
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Watch for Earnings, Opportunities Next Week

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...

Dow closes up triple digits as stocks soar on jobs beat
S&P 500 Hovers at Records as Jobs Report Brings Economic Confidence
Payrolls in U.S. Rose 287,000 in June, Most in Eight Months
5 things you need to know for this earnings season
Growing Unease as British Mutual Funds Block the Exit Doors
Time To Take The Fed's Warning Seriously: CMBS Has "Greatest Ever Monthly Delinquency Increase"

Deutsche Bank or Dumb Bank?
These stocks could surge on earnings -vid
What to buy at market highs: 9 trades
Why Is Apple Slowing, And Samsung Sprinting?
Amazon close to topping Berkshire for fifth biggest U.S.-listed company by market cap.

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!