Dow appreciates 21.23 points ( +0.12 %) to settle at 18,003.75.

The US Large Cap S&P 500 index appreciates 0.1 points (+0.00%) and is now at 2,091.58.

The tech heavy Nasdaq declines 39.66 points ( -0.80 %) closing at 4,906.23.

Oil settles at $43.74 ( +0.02 % from last trading day.)

Gold is now at $1,234.50 ( +0.37 % from previous.)

The 10 year bond yield is at 1.89%. The interest rate of the yield has increased ( +0.02 %), 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 63.01 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 30.13 %. Volume is -01.28 % % from the average. Lower volume means there is lower conviction in this (up) move.

The percent of stocks above the 50 Day Moving Average is 71.91 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 61.91 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in an uptrend and not yet overbought.

There are 00.62 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.28 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.

The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is -00.50 %.

The median forward PE is at 15.01, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 12.50 % and average yield is 01.75 %.

The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 1.91. The PEGY Ratio of 1.91 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 06.85 %.

The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:

  1. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) at 51.78 (-4.00;-07.17 %)
  2. Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) at 737.77 (-42.23;-05.41 %)
  3. Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) at 718.77 (-40.37;-05.32 %)
  4. Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 110.56 (-2.88;-02.54 %)
  5. Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 105.68 (-0.29;-00.27 %)

The winners with above average volume are:

  1. Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. (EBIO) at 1.50 (0.61; 68.54 %)
  2. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) at 3.99 (1.37; 52.29 %)
  3. Legacy Reserves LP (LGCY) at 2.17 (0.67; 44.67 %)
  4. Neothetics, Inc. (NEOT) at 1.04 (0.30; 40.54 %)
  5. Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (SRPT) at 14.95 (3.93; 35.66 %)

The losers with above average volume are:

  1. FreeSeas Inc. (FREE) at 1.15 (-0.52;-31.14 %)
  2. Southcross Energy Partners, L.P. (SXE) at 2.35 (-0.44;-15.77 %)
  3. TransEnterix, Inc. (TRXC) at 1.94 (-0.33;-14.54 %)
  4. Rocky Brands, Inc. (RCKY) at 11.61 (-1.91;-14.13 %)
  5. Lakeland Industries Inc. (LAKE) at 9.43 (-1.47;-13.49 %)

Most Recent Financial News (Updated Fri Apr 22 15:00:01 MDT 2016)


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  3. GM CEO Mary Barra’s pay jumps 77%
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  47. Few signs of life in the major averages, while Apple acknowledges
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  51. Apple will report fiscal second-quarter earnings on Tuesday after
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  64. Casey Clark, vice president of investment strategy research for
  65. Investors still want to buy stocks, despite pullbacks in Alphabet
  66. Shares of American trade down Friday despite an earnings beat on
  67. CEO Mike Jackson continues to see a ‘plateau’ in new-vehicle
  68. Mc: Donald’s posted better than expected first-quarter earnings amid
  69. Heavy bank overdrafters pay a huge price for lax financial
  70. Can Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat tame costs at the Google parent?
  71. China has shut down Apple’s book and movie services in the
  72. Microsoft missed expectations and indicated some fourth-quarter
  73. The big chipmaker posted strong fiscal third-quarter earnings,
  74. Stocks attempt a late-day reversal, clawing their way back into
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  76. Carmakers Daimler and Volkswagen drop on separate emission
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  79. Ford will begin selling its F-150 Raptor SuperCrew, a
  80. For sale by owner homes multiplying in numbers as sellers cut out
  81. Mc: Donald’s continues to test several new items in a bid to
  82. Caterpillar lowers guidance for 2016 because of weakness in
  83. Cross-border buying by Chines companies in the first quarter was
  84. Sun: Trust used cost discipline in the first quarter to beat
  85. For patient Alphabet investors, a stand-aside posture until lower
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  89. Google and Facebook continue to dominate online ads. Google and

As of: Fri Apr 22 15:10:02 MDT 2016

Dow appreciates +21.23 points (0.12%) to end at 18,003.75: Friday April 22, 2016
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