Dow appreciates 53.21 points ( +0.32 %) to settle at 16,484.99.

The US Large Cap S&P 500 index appreciates 8.53 points ( +0.44 %) and is now at 1,929.80.

The tech heavy Nasdaq went up 39.03 points ( +0.87 %) close at 4,542.61.

Oil settles at $32.23 ( +0.25 % from last trading day.)

Gold is now at $1,230.10 ( -0.73 % from previous.)

The 10 year bond yield is at 1.74%. 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 60.20 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 32.48 %. Volume is 04.86 % % from the average. Higher volume means there is higher conviction in this (up) move.

The percent of stocks above the 50 Day Moving Average is 51.29 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 27.02 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in a downtrend and not yet oversold.

There are 00.72 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.91 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.

The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is -08.04 %.

The median forward PE is at 13.96, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 12.46 % and average yield is 02.40 %.

The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 1.93. The PEGY Ratio of 1.93 says market is on the more expensive side, but not a more extreme expensive valuation (PEGY of greater than 2.)

The average short percent of float is at 07.03 %.

The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:

  1. Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 106.88 (1.42; 01.35 %)
  2. Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 96.10 (1.41; 01.49 %)
  3. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at 554.04 (1.10; 00.20 %)
  4. Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company (WSH) at 47.18 (-1.39;-02.86 %)
  5. Bank of America Corporation (BAC) at 12.13 (-0.03;-00.25 %)

The winners with above average volume are:

  1. Sequential Brands Group, Inc. (SQBG) at 7.55 (1.87; 32.92 %)
  2. Ixia (XXIA) at 11.93 (2.58; 27.59 %)
  3. Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) at 2.69 (0.50; 22.83 %)
  4. Encana Corporation (ECA) at 3.68 (0.67; 22.26 %)
  5. DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (DWA) at 25.63 (4.57; 21.70 %)

The losers with above average volume are:

  1. Skyline Medical Inc. (SKLN) at 1.70 (-1.22;-41.78 %)
  2. C&J Energy Services, Ltd. (CJES) at 1.09 (-0.52;-32.30 %)
  3. The Advisory Board Company (ABCO) at 26.50 (-9.79;-26.98 %)
  4. Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR) at 22.04 (-7.95;-26.51 %)
  5. Heat Biologics, Inc. (HTBX) at 1.18 (-0.39;-24.84 %)

Most Recent Financial News (Updated Wed Feb 24 15:00:01 MST 2016)


  1. Apple Watch had a disappointing holiday quarter
  2. Maricopa official: No more iPhones for employees
  3. Unicorn once worth $2.7B goes into bankruptcy
  4. Volatile oil is rocking markets (again)
  5. Apple’s stock has worms but FBI isn’t one of them
  6. The $100,000 job: Garbage workers
  7. What would a President Trump mean for the Fed?
  8. Can you build a $1 million nest egg from scratch at age 50?
  9. Kesha: Battle with producer ‘bigger than just about me’
  10. Walmart yanks hoverboards from its site
  11. The surprisingly best strategy of 2016
  12. Shopping health: You can save lots
  13. ‘Year Up’ offers path to success
  14. The Victoria’s Secret disruptor?
  15. Fast food is suddenly having a hot dog war
  16. Canada can adjust to low oil prices: Minister
  17. China has most billionaires: Report
  18. Tornado turns city into ‘war zone,’ others expected
  19. For sports, streaming is game changer
  20. Fed’s Kaplan does not expect recession this year
  21. Lacker: No evidence recession imminent
  22. Expert: The end of manual labor
  23. The real problem with health insurance
  24. The economics of a Supreme Court pick
  25. Most/least expensive cars to insure
  26. HP earnings fall on ‘tough’ PC and printer markets
  27. New home sales fall sharply in January
  28. Tighter rules for some Obamacare customers
  29. This is one of San Francisco’s coolest offices
  30. Workers at an oil well in Kazakhstan.
  31. Nuts recalled for possible salmonella
  32. ‘We will destroy you’: Strip club clients blackmailed
  33. Where Target trounced Wal-Mart
  34. Target profit, revenue fall short
  35. 5 stocks strictly for the bulls
  36. US Treasurys are the place to be: Pimco’s Clarida
  37. 1 in 4 Americans on verge of financial ruin
  38. Anadarko shares up 7% after company discloses asset sales
  39. U.S. stocks stage late-day rally to end higher as oil
  40. Europol chief warns ‘Brexit’ could undermine crime-fighting
  41. HP earnings fall amid weakness in printers, PCs
  42. HP shares gain on in-line quarterly earnings
  43. Imax shares fall after earnings miss Street view
  44. Dollar trims decline as oil recovers
  45. QEP Resources halts dividend on lower crude, gas prices
  46. Restoration Hardware shares sink in after-hours after
  47. Salesforce.com shares rally 7% on outlook
  48. Salesforce.com’s sales, outlook top expectations
  49. Stripe starts program for foreign startups to do business in
  50. Target has taken e-commerce lead against bricks-and-mortar
  51. Treasury yields swing higher as oil, stocks recover in choppy
  52. Our family home was destroyed in a fire ‘ now my siblings want
  53. We see more sideways price action for HON and perhaps renewed
  54. Looking at the price action and volume on 3 key financials, I
  55. Investors should be concerned if the analog semiconductor device
  56. A weak sector, a quant downgrade and a bearish chart.
  57. Both companies are relying on revenue and earnings from a
  58. Bank of America has lost a third of its value in just two months,
  59. Sometimes you just can’t unlock a good stock’s underlying worth.
  60. And it could present a buying opportunity for the British pound.
  61. Shares of the online marketplace could be hemmed in by resistance
  62. Earnings are behind the stock and the recent gap up is holding
  63. The world of manufacturers is under renewed pressure to combine,
  64. Weak stocks hurt consumer confidence, which further weakens
  65. Looking ahead, Target could retest and go upward, but let’s not
  66. Momentum-income model can help.
  67. Real Money’s poll shows that the public is not a fan of large
  68. Odds favor further upside, but I’m sticking with my trading range
  69. The office supply retailer’s 4Q report doesn’t matter nearly as
  70. While the Canada-based company says it has no plans to issue
  71. This is not an environment for building big positions.
  72. Transocean Still Drilling Down
  73. U.S. indices continue to fall along with crude prices.
  74. A stake in Paramount is for sale, but is the movie industry stable
  75. The next important support area on the downside is $40, and our
  76. The home improvement retailer’s chart is increasingly bearish.
  77. Consumers can now use Pay with Amazon to pay for in-flight
  78. Regional lenders like Bank of Oklahoma and Comerica have more to
  79. Target’s fourth quarter profits trailed analyst estimates, but its
  80. JPMorgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank, is bolstering its reserves
  81. Instagram is rapidly increasing both its number of users and
  82. You won’t read much about it in the financial press, but bullish
  83. Argentina-based MercadoLibre (MELI) is putting Latin American
  84. Stocks turn mixed by late in the session Wednesday as crude oil
  85. Lowe’s reported a healthy quarterly increase in comparable-store
  86. With the economy losing some momentum, Americans are struggling to
  87. The new math on house unaffordability – and pointers to where you
  88. Stocks need some help from other catalysts — like commodities —
  89. Many long-held beliefs about how millennials and Gen Xers engage
  90. GM stock is declining after analysts warned U.S. auto volumes have
  91. REIT shares have popped in the past two weeks primarily because
  92. Insiders at these companies have been scooping up shares of their
  93. Office Depot will continue to close stores in 2016 in a bid to
  94. Costco is not in full breakout mode yet, but investors should be
  95. Portfolio manager Michael Barclay likes Microsoft, Johnson &
  96. The FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile for the fourth quarter shows a
  97. Chesapeake was up 16% in morning trading due to slightly
  98. Here’s a technical look at how to trade some of the most active
  99. Target (TGT) stock is gaining after the company reported solid
  100. Although government economic policies have good intentions behind
  101. Oil Grips Stocks in Topsy-Turvy Trading
  102. Storing personal goods may sound good, but it keeps you from
  103. Kraft Heinz (KHC) stock closed in the green before the company

As of: Wed Feb 24 15:10:03 MST 2016

Dow appreciates +53.21 points (0.32%) to end at 16,484.99: Wednesday February 24, 2016
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