Stock Market update -Mar 11th

Big rally this week as the Nasdaq 100 takes out the prior highs and closes at new all time highs! The S&P500 may play catch-up this coming week. A great Jobs report helped on Friday. This week we also have Options Expiation for the month and for the quarter. Bonds seem to be trying to find a bottom here.

Cigna agrees to buy Express Scripts for $67 billion

AMZN and NFLX continued to power higher!
KR dropped. DLTR tanked


This week (link)


Over $20 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left, or here... 

New all time highs:   AMZN, MSFT, NFLX,   ATVI, AMAT, CRM, LRCX, MA, & more...
All time lows:    

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility dropped...
Link to high IVR stocks   
High Options volume:   
ETFs SPY, IWM, QQQ, GLD, GDX, USO, XOP, VXX, XLF, XLE, FXI, EEM EWZ, 
Stocks AAPL, AMD, BAC, BABA, FB, MU, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA
CBOE VIX Volatility Index   CBOE blogs  

Next week:   Options Expiration

Earnings:    ADBE, AVGO 


This week's charts:


VIX dropping even lower... Link




FAANNG stocks & SPX (link)


Links...
S&P 500 - rallying back to the top?
Gold was flat, closing near 1323 -holding over $1300!
The 30 year Bond was down a bit, closing near 143.00
The US Dollar was flat, closing near 90.00

NEWS

Small-caps speed ahead of market, but large-caps are still where the money lies, says market watcher



Stock Market update -Mar 4th

The market reversed course once again with a downward slide this week, based partly on proposed trade tariffs by the President, and also on the Feds testimony. Rates on the 10yr and 30yr Bonds may have peaked for now based on the charts. This week may help determine whether the market will continue the rally or the pullback, but it seems volatility remains somewhat elevated. We get the Jobs report on Friday.


BOX, CELG, FL, LOW, MCD dropped


This week (link)


Over $20 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left, or here... 

New all time highs:   , NFLX, VEEV
All time lows:    

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility dropped...
Link to high IVR stocks   
High Options volume:   
ETFs SPY, IWM, QQQ, GLD, GDX, USO, XOP, VXX, XLF, XLE, FXI, EEM EWZ, 
Stocks AAPL, AMD, BAC, BABA, FB, MU, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA
CBOE VIX Volatility Index   CBOE blogs  

Next week:   Monthly JOBS report

Earnings:    COST, DLTR, ROST, TGT, 


This week's charts:


VIX dropping... Link




FAANNG stocks & SPX (link)


Links...
S&P 500 - rally failed so far
Gold was down, closing near 1323 -holding over $1300!
The 30 year Bond was down a bit, closing near 143.43
The US Dollar was flat, closing near 89.94

NEWS
February was an insane month for the stock market
Salesforce stock carves out new records as analyst lovefest continues
Best Buy to close down all 250 of its U.S. mobile phone stores

Stock Market update -Feb 25th

We got a nice boost on Friday, but was pretty much unchanged for the week on the S&P500. The QQQ did end up higher though. We could see a rally back up to the previous all time highs of January.


ROKU, OLED, WMT dropped



This week (link)


Over $20 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left, or here... 

New all time highs:   ADBE, GDDY, 
All time lows:    

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility dropped...
Link to high IVR stocks   
High Options volume:   
ETFs SPY, IWM, QQQ, GLD, GDX, USO, XOP, VXX, XLF, XLE, FXI, EEM EWZ, 
Stocks AAPL, AMD, BAC, BABA, FB, MU, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA
CBOE VIX Volatility Index   CBOE blogs  

Next week:   
Fed, Jobs report

Earnings:    


This week's charts:


VIX dropping... Link




FAANNG stocks & SPX (link)


Links...
S&P 500 - trying for a rally
Gold was down, closing near 1330 -holding over $1300!
The 30 year Bond was flat, closing near 144.06
The US Dollar was up a bit, closing near 89.79

NEWS
Stock Market Closes On High Notes, Might Set Tests For Next Week's Trading
Amazon hits $1,500 for the first time ever

Berkshire Owns $100 Billion In T-Bills: More Than China And The UK
Bitcoin’s bouncing back, here are the next big catalysts for the cryptocurrency
Bitcoin crashes below $10k as euphoric rally peters out

Stock Market update -Feb 18th

We got a big recovery rally from the prior week's sell-off. Lets see if it continues -Monday the market is closed. This pullback was steeper and faster than any in 2017, so maybe 'this time is different', and maybe the selling isn't quite over yet... we'll see.

Bonds, Oil, and Gold moved up. Bitcoin continued to move up too...

CMG , CSCO, FOSL, UAA, popped
EXPE dropped




This week (link)


Over $20 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left, or here... 

New all time highs:   ACN, CME, CTSH, DE, GRUB, INTU, NVDA, NKE, STLD, PNC, 
All time lows:    

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility dropped...
Link to high IVR stocks   
High Options volume:   
ETFs SPY, IWM, QQQ, GLD, GDX, USO, XOP, VXX, XLF, XLE, FXI, EEM EWZ, 
Stocks AAPL, AMD, BAC, BABA, FB, MU, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA
CBOE VIX Volatility Index   CBOE blogs  

Next week:   

Earnings:    HD, WMT, ROKU


This week's charts:


Huge VIX rally... Link




FAANNG stocks & SPX (link)


Links...
S&P 500 - big recovery week!
Gold ralllied, closing near 1349 -holding over $1300!
The 30 year Bond was up, closing near 144.21
The US Dollar was down, closing near 89.04

NEWS
Dow and S&P 500 Finish Higher for Sixth Straight Day of Gains
Rates are jumping on more strong inflation data; US 2-year yield hits 9-year high
BlackRock bond guru: Treasury plan to borrow nearly $1 trillion will have a huge impact on markets

SpaceX launching its first test satellites to bring Internet to billions around the world

Stock Market update -Feb 11th

We got another big sell-off this week as interest rates continued to rise. For the first time since the election we are seeing a pullback in the market. We could reverse from here with a short-term rally, but with the recent damage done to price levels, I don't expect all time highs to come back anytime soon. Instead we could see more selling after a bounce from here... time will tell.

Bonds, Oil, and Gold corrected again. Bitcoin bounced...


This week (link)


Over $20 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left, or here... 

New all time highs:   VIRT -VERY SHORT LIST!
All time lows:    SHLD & lots more!

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility jumped again...
Link to high IVR stocks   
High Options volume:   
ETFs SPY, IWM, QQQ, GLD, GDX, USO, XOP, VXX, XLF, XLE, FXI, EEM EWZ, 
Stocks AAPL, AMD, BAC, BABA, FB, MU, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA
CBOE VIX Volatility Index   CBOE blogs  

Next week:   Feb Options expiration

Earnings:    



This week's charts:


Huge VIX rally... Link




FAANNG stocks & SPX (link)


Links...
S&P 500 - ANOTHER BIG DROP THIS WEEK!
Gold was down, closing near 1325 -holding over $1300!
The 30 year Bond DROPPED again, closing near 143.18
The US Dollar was UP, closing near 90.07

NEWS
Why the stock market correction was long overdue, and what it means now

Watch SpaceX launch its thunderous Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time


Stock Market update -Feb 4th

We finally got a down week, and a big one too, after many, many months of rallies! Supposedly the selloff was due to concerns over rising interest rates. The Jobs report was as expected, except for an increase in average hourly earnings. Bonds sold off on the news, as did stocks.

Oil and Gold corrected a bit. Bitcoin continued to drop...
AAPL, GOOGL, UPS, CVX, XOM  dropped; 





Over $20 Trillion in debt! See Debt Clock on the left, or here... 

New all time highs:   AMZN, BBT, CME, EW, MA, TRV
All time lows:    SHLD

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility jumped...
Link to high IVR stocks   
High Options volume:   
ETFs SPY, IWM, QQQ, GLD, GDX, USO, XOP, VXX, XLF, XLE, FXI, EEM EWZ, 
Stocks AAPL, AMD, BAC, BABA, FB, MU, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA
CBOE VIX Volatility Index   CBOE blogs  

Next week:   More EARNINGS,

Earnings:    
M  
T   CMG, DIS, GM
W  TSLA
T   CVS, ATVI, NVDA, TWTR, YUM
This week's charts:


VIX rising... Link




FAANNG stocks & SPX (link)


Links...
S&P 500 - BIG DROP THIS WEEK!
Gold was down, closing near 1335 -holding over $1300!
The 30 year Bond DROPPED, closing near 145
The US Dollar was flat, closing near 89.04

NEWS
S&P 500, Dow suffer biggest weekly decline in more than 2 years
Here's the stock market's big sell-off by the numbers

Wells Fargo shares dive after Fed replaces four board members, restricts bank's growth citing 'consumer abuses'