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
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

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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
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:
Stocks Fall Ahead Of Brexit Vote; Bad News For Apple


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?
Gold was up, closing near 1276
The 30 year Bond was up, closing near 168.31
The US Dollar was up, closing near 94.61

NEWS:


Stock Market update -Jun 5th

The market had lots of ups and downs, but ended pretty much unchanged for the week. Next week we have very little news events, so it could be a quiet week, or not!

The Jobs report was the worst in almost 6 years, with only 38000 new jobs vs. 160000 expected! Bonds and Gold rallied as a result. Stocks dropped, then rallied right back.

Options watch: Low VIX continues...
High IVR: MON, LULU (earnings)
High volume: AAPL, BAC, EWZ, FB, GLD, SPY, VXX


AMBA, AVGO KORS, GDX popped 
 ORCL dropped 
AMZN continued to hit new all time highs

New all time highs:  AVGO, AMT, BIG, CAG, CCI, DG, DLTR, DLR, DOC, JNJ, PCG, UNH, ULTA
All time lows:  
Mergers/Deals:  

Next week:  Economic reports,   
Earnings:      VRX, LULU

This week's charts:


How high can AMZN go?



AAPL seems to have lost its momentum...


Links...
S&P 500 -no trend
Gold popped, closing near 1246
The 30 year Bond popped, closing near 168.18
The US Dollar dropped, closing near 93.88

NEWS:
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Despite jobs bombshell, Fed could still hike rates in July
U.S. jobs growth in May was slowest in more than five years
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