Dow declines 53.42 points ( -0.29 %) to settle at 18,400.88.

The US Large Cap S&P 500 index declines 5.17 points ( -0.24 %) and is now at 2,170.95.

The tech heavy Nasdaq declines 9.77 points ( -0.19 %) closing at 5,213.22.

Oil settles at $44.83 ( +0.29 % from last trading day.)

Gold is now at $1,312.10 ( +0.05 % from previous.)

The 10 year bond yield is at 1.57%. 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 33.04 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 60.85 %. Volume is 03.93 % % from the average. Higher volume means there is higher conviction in this (down) move.

The percent of stocks above the 50 Day Moving Average is 53.74 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 66.91 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in an uptrend and not yet overbought.

There are 01.28 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.51 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.

The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is 13.93 %.

The median forward PE is at 16.24, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 13.05 % and average yield is 01.57 %.

The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 1.99. The PEGY Ratio of 1.99 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 06.43 %.

The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:

  1. Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 106.10 (0.10; 00.09 %)
  2. Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) at 97.19 (1.19; 01.24 %)
  3. Bank of America Corporation (BAC) at 16.14 (0.02; 00.12 %)
  4. Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 126.12 (0.28; 00.22 %)
  5. EMC Corporation (EMC) at 28.99 (0.00; 00.00 %)

The winners with above average volume are:

  1. SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (SPU) at 12.60 (4.28; 51.44 %)
  2. NL Industries Inc. (NL) at 5.90 (1.85; 45.68 %)
  3. Roka Bioscience, Inc. (ROKA) at 1.18 (0.26; 28.26 %)
  4. TRC Companies Inc. (TRR) at 7.62 (1.11; 17.05 %)
  5. Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. (SINO) at 1.62 (0.22; 15.71 %)

The losers with above average volume are:

  1. Atossa Genetics, Inc. (ATOS) at 2.48 (-0.97;-28.12 %)
  2. Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. (HEB) at 1.46 (-0.31;-17.51 %)
  3. AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) at 24.74 (-5.05;-16.95 %)
  4. NCI Building Systems Inc. (NCS) at 15.14 (-2.67;-14.99 %)
  5. Yulong Eco-Materials Limited (YECO) at 2.42 (-0.42;-14.79 %)

Most Recent Financial News (Updated Wed Aug 31 15:00:01 MDT 2016)


  1. Joe Scarborough releases music video mocking Trump
  2. Meet the 30 year old running Breitbart News
  3. On Mexico trip, Trump leaves press stranded
  4. EpiPen price hikes could net CEO $28M payday
  5. Kanye West: McDonald’s is ‘my favorite brand’
  6. American Girl dolls coming to Toys R Us stores
  7. Tesla: Autopilot improvements coming
  8. Instagram adds zoom feature to photos
  9. Why more people are suddenly dying on U.S. roads
  10. Brazil impeaches president
  11. Icahn: Ackman backed into corner on HLF
  12. Sales of million-dollar homes swoon
  13. Twitter’s latest revenue share plan
  14. 5 simple ways to become a better speaker
  15. Meet the next wave of workers who are taking over your office
  16. This is the top financial priority
  17. Bill Nye, who rose to fame as the ‘Science Guy,’ is coming back to
  18. Keep your powder dry as market downturn is coming, Pimco asset manager
  19. La: Vorgna: 60% chance of a September rate hike on strong jobs report, not
  20. Cooperman says he’s closed positions in Citi and Netflix, buying junk
  21. Markets are approaching a critical high, technician says
  22. Sept. rate hike likely, economists say
  23. Ryan Lochte’s new endorsement deal
  24. Smith & Wesson seen profiting from gun boom
  25. Trump’s Mexican trip is about jobs, votes
  26. US Justice Dept sues to stop Deere
  27. Want to win $3,330? Eat this burger, fast
  28. What Kanye’s Tweet just did for McD’s
  29. Why the Fed probably won’t like the jobs report Friday

As of: Wed Aug 31 15:10:03 MDT 2016

Dow declines -53.42 points (-0.29%) to end at 18,400.88: Wednesday August 31, 2016
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