Stock Market update

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Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was up, closing near 3.28

Crude Oil was up, closing near 50.32 -back above $50

Gold was unchanged, closing near 1251 -below 1300

The 30 year Bond was down, closing near 163.12

The US Dollar was up, closing near 98.08

NEWS:

Stock Market update -Oct 9th

Another week of indecision in the markets as we hover around 2150 on the S&P 500. The Jobs report didn't really move the markets, nor did the 'flash crash' in the British Pound, or any other global events. We have earnings from some of the big banks late next week, followed by earnings from most of the large companies over the next couple of weeks -could influence the market in one direction or the other.

Gold dropped, as did Bonds. Oil got over $50...
HON tanked after lowering guidance, as did PPG... TSN dropped too
GPS popped...
AMZN continues skyward...

New all time highs: AMZN, GDDY, LRCX, MA, STZ,
All time lows:
Mergers/Deals:  Janus Capital Strikes Merger With Henderson Group...

Options watch:   Implied Volatility now rising... Link to high IVR stocks
High volume: SPY, IWM, QQQ, AAPL, FB, BAC, GLD, GDX, USO, VXX, XLF, FXI, EEM EWZ, XOP

Next week: Economic reports,

Earnings: C, JPM, WFC

This week's charts:

NYSE still struggling to get back up to the 2015 highs

Links...

S&P 500 - uncertainty, where next?

CBOE VIX -rising

10yr Interest Rates

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Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was up, closing near 3.19

Crude Oil was up, closing near 49.81

Gold was down a lot, closing near 1252 -below 1300

The 30 year Bond dropped, closing near 164.90

The US Dollar was up, closing near 96.50

NEWS:

Stock Market update -Oct 2nd

We closed out the week, and the quarter with a bang! The Duetsche Bank scare on Thursday seemed to totally reverse on Friday. I don't think we've heard the last of this though. Should be a quiet week to start off the quarter, with the Jobs report due on Friday as a potential market event.

We also have Google's big event this week where they will announce new phones as well as other new products.

New all time highs: AMZN, BLL, EA, NVDA, VAR
All time lows:
Mergers/Deals:

Options watch:   Implied Volatility now rising... Link to high IVR stocks
High volume: SPY, IWM, QQQ, AAPL, FB, BAC, GLD, GDX, USO, VXX, XLF, FXI, EEM EWZ, XOP

Next week: Economic reports, Monthly Jobs report

Earnings: MU, YUM STZ, MON,

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 - uncertinty, where next?

CBOE VIX -rising

10yr Interest Rates

What traders will watch next week besides Deutsche Bank
Mohamed El-Erian: Deutsche Bank not a 'Lehman moment,' but still a big risk
Google Home, Pixel phones and VR: What to to expect at Google's big event

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was unchanged, closing near 2.90

Crude Oil was up again, closing near 48.05

Gold was down, closing near 1318

The 30 year Bond rallied, closing near 168.50

The US Dollar was unchanged, closing near 95.39

NEWS:

Stock Market update -Sep 25th

This was the big week for the Fed, but was really uneventful for the market. The S&P 500 got back above the Friday Sep 9th drop, while the Nasdaq got above it a week ago, and is now at a new all time high! Next week marks the end of the Quarter, and I suspect we'll close out with a nice gain, as funds maybe pile in for window dressing.

Bonds rallied, Gold rallied, as did Oil (though it pulled back on Friday).

This week TWTR rallied on takeover rumors. ADBE FDX, RHT, popped on earnings
WFC dropped on consumer fraud news, FB dropped on false ad info...

Next week: Economic reports, End of 3rd Quarter -big gains this quarter.

Earnings:

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 - where next?

CBOE VIX -rising

10yr Interest Rates -rising?

Apple Slides on Speculation of Lower iPhone 7 Sales Outside U.S.
Fitch warns bad debts in China are ten times official claims, state rescue urgent

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was unchanged, closing near 2.96

Crude Oil was up, closing near 44.59

Gold was up, closing near 1341

The 30 year Bond rallied, closing near 167.72

The US Dollar was down, closing near 95.41

NEWS:

Stock Market update -Sep 18th

Stocks tried to recover from the pre-911 sell-off, but some indexes did, and some didn't. The NASDAQ fully recovered mainly because of the huge rally in AAPL, while the S&P500 and DOW remained at the low. Next week's big potential market moving event will be the Fed announcements on Wednesday, regarding an Interest rate hike, as well as the Bank of Japan's announcement.

This week AAPL rallied... as did INTC
DB dropped, while WFC continued it slide. ORCL dropped on earnings

New all time highs: DKS, GIMO,
All time lows:
Mergers/Deals:

Options watch:   Implied Volatility now rising... Link to high IVR stocks
High volume: SPY, IWM, QQQ, AAPL, FB, BAC, HYG, GLD, GDX, USO, VXX, XLF, FXI, EEM EWZ, XOP

Next week: Economic reports, *** Fed Interest Rate decision, also Bank of Japan

Earnings: AZO, ADBE, FDX, GIS,

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 - where next?

CBOE VIX -rising

10yr Interest Rates -rising?

If you're watching the Fed, you better pay attention to this instead
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Elizabeth Warren: 'There's a serious problem with senior management at Wells Fargo'
On this day 8 years ago, Lehman Brothers collapsed: Have we learned anything?

Commodities/Futures (charts):

Natural Gas was up, closing near 2.96

Crude Oil dropped, closing near 43.19

Gold dropped, closing near 1313

The 30 year Bond dropped, closing near 165.68

The US Dollar was up a bit, closing near 96.05

NEWS:

Stock Market update -Sep 11th

Wow! The market sold off on Friday... after two months of no movement, and with no warning.

Some say it was the Fed, some say it was Draghi, some say it was ahead of the 911 weekend, but no one really knows -it just happened, so just trade it!

This week saw Stocks drop, and Bonds drop as well. We also saw AAPL drop after the new iPhone announcement. We'll see if we get a bounce next week ahead of Friday's Quarterly Options expirations.

APA popped

New all time highs: DLTH
All time lows: SEAS
Mergers/Deals: Dell/EMC finalized

Options watch: Implied Volatility still at extreme lows... Link to high IVR stocks
High volume: SPY, IWM, QQQ, AAPL, FB, BAC, HYG, GLD, GDX, USO, VXX, XLF, FXI, EEM EWZ, XOP

Next week: Economic reports, Options Expiration -Triple witch... SPY dividend

Earnings:

This week's charts:

ITT Technical Institutes shut down after 50 years in operation

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 - dropped on Friday!

CBOE VIX -rising

10yr Interest Rates -rising?