Dow appreciates 40.68 points ( +0.22 %) to settle at 18,202.62.

The US Large Cap S&P 500 index appreciates 4.69 points ( +0.22 %) and is now at 2,144.29.

The tech heavy Nasdaq went up 2.57 points ( +0.05 %) close at 5,246.41.

Oil settles at $51.44 ( -0.31 % from last trading day.)

Gold is now at $1,270.20 ( +0.02 % from previous.)

The 10 year bond yield is at 1.75%. 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 58.16 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 33.67 %. Volume is -02.87 % % 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 42.02 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 55.80 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in an uptrend and not yet overbought.

There are 01.47 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.54 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.

The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is 04.71 %.

The median forward PE is at 15.89, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 12.66 % and average yield is 01.58 %.

The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 2.21. The PEGY Ratio of 2.21 is greater than 2 and the market is very expensive!

The average short percent of float is at 06.47 %.

The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:

  1. Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) at 121.87 (3.08; 02.59 %)
  2. Intel Corporation (INTC) at 35.51 (-2.24;-05.93 %)
  3. Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 117.12 (-0.35;-00.30 %)
  4. Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 130.11 (1.54; 01.20 %)
  5. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at 817.69 (0.04; 00.00 %)

The winners with above average volume are:

  1. Lucas Energy, Inc. (LEI) at 2.20 (0.51; 30.18 %)
  2. Technical Communications Corporation (TCCO) at 2.85 (0.50; 21.28 %)
  3. Ritter Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (RTTR) at 2.77 (0.47; 20.43 %)
  4. Banc of California, Inc. (BANC) at 13.33 (2.07; 18.38 %)
  5. Optical Cable Corp. (OCC) at 3.35 (0.50; 17.54 %)

The losers with above average volume are:

  1. Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (PBYI) at 42.70 (-9.95;-18.90 %)
  2. VASCO Data Security International Inc. (VDSI) at 15.01 (-2.93;-16.33 %)
  3. Imperva Inc. (IMPV) at 39.20 (-7.45;-15.97 %)
  4. Opus Bank (OPB) at 24.13 (-3.17;-11.61 %)
  5. Cree, Inc. (CREE) at 22.41 (-2.79;-11.07 %)

Most Recent Financial News (Updated Wed Oct 19 15:00:01 MDT 2016)


  1. How Google Pixel stacks up in reviews
  2. American Express pops 5% on earnings beat
  3. AI to alter ‘course of our species’
  4. China’s still growing, but fears are rising that it won’t last
  5. The most important question moderator Chris Wallace needs to ask
  6. Obama’s half-brother to attend debate
  7. With inflation ‘likely firming’, Fed’s Kaplan expects slow but sure rate
  8. Goldman Sachs’ Lloyd Blankfein: More confident, ‘market has improved’
  9. Goldman Sachs CEO: No I didn’t meet Clinton to ‘plot destruction of US
  10. Goldman’s Lloyd Blankfein on markets, banks and the election
  11. Google to carry CBS on web TV service
  12. Hedge fund star Kyle Bass sees ‘stagflation’ coming in 2017
  13. How one teen turned his social media success into 7 figures
  14. Detroit banks on ‘If you build it, they will come’
  15. It’s official: Apple sends invites for Oct. 27 event; new Mac expected
  16. Job futurist to young workers: No plan? No worries
  17. Facebook triples down on Peter Thiel in internal memo from Mark
  18. Morgan Stanley earnings top estimates
  19. Neiman reveals its fantasy gift list
  20. One investor’s guide to fix Twitter
  21. Pizza Hut will pay $50k to watch sports
  22. Salesforce target Tableau explored sale earlier this year – sources
  23. Saudi’s Falih says oil markets at end of downturn
  24. Secret Trump support may exist, so Clinton can’t take lead for granted:
  25. NAFTA isn’t culprit in move to Mexico
  26. Student loans smother your retirement
  27. To reach $100 million campaign funding promise, Trump will need to start
  28. After all this, voters’ dislike for Clinton and Trump has barely budged

As of: Wed Oct 19 15:10:02 MDT 2016

Dow appreciates +40.68 points (0.22%) to end at 18,202.62: Wednesday October 19, 2016
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