Dow declines 23.22 points ( -0.13 %) to settle at 17,828.29.

The US Large Cap S&P 500 index declines 0.44 points ( -0.02 %) and is now at 2,090.10.

The tech heavy Nasdaq went up 6.88 points ( +0.14 %) close at 4,901.77.

Oil settles at $49.31 ( -0.34 % from last trading day.)

Gold is now at $1,219.80 ( -0.05 % from previous.)

The 10 year bond yield is at 1.82%. The interest rate of the yield has decreased ( -0.05 %), meaning that the value of the bond has increased. Decreasing bond yield means that the value of the bond increases and benefits bond holders but can discourage people from putting money in bonds.

The percentage of advancing stocks in the InvestDashboard.com stock universe is at 41.05 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 51.26 %. Volume is -13.37 % % 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 54.98 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 59.99 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in an uptrend and not yet overbought.

There are 00.96 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.34 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.

The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is -01.34 %.

The median forward PE is at 14.94, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 12.78 % and average yield is 01.83 %.

The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 1.77. The PEGY Ratio of 1.77 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 06.47 %.

The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:

  1. Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 100.41 (0.79; 00.79 %)
  2. Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company (WSH) at 47.18 (-1.39;-02.86 %)
  3. Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 119.47 (1.58; 01.34 %)
  4. Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) at 78.35 (2.76; 03.65 %)
  5. Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) at 102.81 (2.61; 02.60 %)

The winners with above average volume are:

  1. Minerva Neurosciences, Inc. (NERV) at 11.80 (8.26; 233.33 %)
  2. Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. (FLXN) at 17.23 (5.78; 50.48 %)
  3. Peak Resorts, Inc. (SKIS) at 4.28 (0.91; 27.00 %)
  4. Barrett Business Services Inc. (BBSI) at 36.50 (7.37; 25.30 %)
  5. Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. (EBIO) at 1.36 (0.27; 24.77 %)

The losers with above average volume are:

  1. Tidewater Inc. (TDW) at 3.90 (-2.21;-36.17 %)
  2. Paragon Shipping Inc. (PRGN) at 1.04 (-0.55;-34.59 %)
  3. OvaScience, Inc. (OVAS) at 6.93 (-2.85;-29.14 %)
  4. Bristow Group, Inc. (BRS) at 11.49 (-3.99;-25.78 %)
  5. Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. (HMNY) at 1.13 (-0.22;-16.30 %)

Most Recent Financial News (Updated Thu May 26 15:00:01 MDT 2016)


  1. SWIFT hackers nicknamed ‘Lazarus’ hit a 4th bank
  2. How young millionaires invest their money
  3. Are airport security lines getting any better?
  4. Don’t shine on you crazy diamond? Jewelers slump
  5. Tech startup Twilio files to go public
  6. Google’s plan to kill passwords
  7. Clinton predicted to beat Trump…due to economics
  8. You need to earn $144,196 to afford a home here
  9. McDonald’s raided by French police in tax probe
  10. The Pittsburgh Steelers’ new MVP is a robot
  11. Woman trades Wall St career for wine
  12. How to cut your taxes in retirement
  13. Hulk Hogan, Gawker back in court
  14. An S&P 500 change has Wall St on edge
  15. $50 oil won’t last long: Kilduff
  16. Abercrombie bets you’re tired of $5 T-shirts
  17. California Gov. Jerry Brown gestures as he answers a reporter’s
  18. Powell: Hike may come ‘fairly soon’
  19. Forget the Fed’it’s all about THIS
  20. From meatballs to $21M empire
  21. The time I wore 10 fitness trackers
  22. New: Jury sides with Alphabet’s Google in copyright lawsuit against Oracle
  23. Obamas’ next home: A mansion in DC
  24. Pandora enlists musicians to beat competition
  25. The office dress code, as it’s known, may be coming to an end NYT
  26. This may be the tell-tale sign the Fed is about to hike rates
  27. Op-Ed: Hillary Clinton’s nightmare
  28. Two more Twitter execs are leaving the company Recode
  29. Facebook, Microsoft LITERALLY make waves

As of: Thu May 26 15:10:03 MDT 2016

Dow declines -23.22 points (-0.13%) to end at 17,828.29: Thursday May 26, 2016
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