Dow declines 117.11 points ( -0.66 %) to settle at 17,603.87.

The US Large Cap S&P 500 index declines 15 points ( -0.72 %) and is now at 2,063.36.

The tech heavy Nasdaq declines 42.09 points ( -0.82 %) closing at 5,065.85.

Oil settles at $36.83 ( +0.63 % from last trading day.)

Gold is now at $1,060.80 ( +0.09 % from previous.)

The 10 year bond yield is at 2.30%. The interest rate of the yield has increased (-0.00%), meaning that the value of the bond has decreased. Increasing bond yield means that the value of the bond decreases and hurts bond holders but can encourage people to put more money in bonds for the higher yield.

The percentage of advancing stocks in the InvestDashboard.com stock universe is at 22.31 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 71.98 %. Volume is -35.96 % % from the average. Lower volume means there is lower conviction in this (down) move.

The percent of stocks above the 50 Day Moving Average is 41.56 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 38.00 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in a downtrend and not yet oversold.

There are 00.40 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.61 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.

The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is -01.15 %.

The median forward PE is at 15.73, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 12.93 % and average yield is 02.01 %.

The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 2.13. The PEGY Ratio of 2.13 is greater than 2 and the market is very expensive!

The average short percent of float is at 06.86 %.

The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:

  1. Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 107.32 (-1.42;-01.31 %)
  2. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at 689.07 (-4.90;-00.71 %)
  3. Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 106.22 (-1.04;-00.97 %)
  4. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) at 56.31 (-0.24;-00.42 %)
  5. Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) at 790.30 (-3.66;-00.46 %)

The winners with above average volume are:

  1. General Steel Holdings, Inc. (GSI) at 1.43 (0.60; 72.29 %)
  2. Skyline Corp. (SKY) at 3.75 (0.90; 31.58 %)
  3. Cadiz Inc. (CDZI) at 5.30 (1.13; 27.10 %)
  4. One Horizon Group, Inc. (OHGI) at 1.27 (0.25; 24.51 %)
  5. Weight Watchers International, Inc. (WTW) at 23.05 (3.68; 19.00 %)

The losers with above average volume are:

  1. Educational Development Corporation (EDUC) at 10.57 (-2.04;-16.18 %)
  2. Qumu Corporation (QUMU) at 2.51 (-0.43;-14.63 %)
  3. Aemetis, Inc. (AMTX) at 1.90 (-0.31;-14.03 %)
  4. Inventergy Global, Inc. (INVT) at 1.86 (-0.30;-13.89 %)
  5. NeuroMetrix Inc. (NURO) at 1.99 (-0.32;-13.85 %)

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As of: Wed Dec 30 15:10:03 MST 2015

Dow declines -117.11 points (-0.66%) to end at 17,603.87: Wednesday December 30, 2015
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